In the Chef's Errand series
Jun took us through one unforgettable place after another
With a different taste
Imprint them in memory
This stop will be the last destination of the trip
Where will he take us?
Come with Xiaobian to take a look!
01
Switzerland has such a fairy tale town called "Interlaken",
Since the town is located between two lakes
Hence the name.
The destination of this trip is
From Interlaken to the Jungfraujoch, which is 3,454 meters above sea level.
Want to go to jungfrau,
There is only one railway route in Interlaken.
Chef Jun took the Golden Pass Express to the small town of Interlaken at the foot of the JungfrauJoch,
He's going to change trains here,
Climb to the summit of the Jungfrau.
Jungfrau station at an altitude of 3454 meters,
It is the highest railway station in Europe,
Construction began in 1896,
The construction lasted 16 years.
In this century-old railway,
Three-quarters of the road is paved
The tunnel below the glacier is in the rock wall.
Arriving at Jungfrau Station,
Jun will send off the last train down the mountain.
Take the elevator to the viewing platform at an altitude of 3571 meters,
Get a glimpse of the majestic snow-capped mountains of the Alps,
And experience a monotonous and dangerous job here.
02
Riding the elevator to the viewing platform at an altitude of 3571 meters,
Hope to see the majestic sight of the Alpine snow-capped mountains,
Although the view is absolutely beautiful,
But the bitter snowstorm,
Turned the work he was going to experience into a challenge.
At the summit of the Jungfraujoch, at an altitude of 3500 meters,
There is an air monitoring station established in 1930,
After a hundred years of wind and snow baptism, it still stands at the top of the peak.
This monitoring station,
Since its inception, it has been responsible for monitoring the global climate.
In such a harsh climate,
There are two scientists who have been at the summit for 15 years,
As the guardian of the monitoring station, no matter the storm and snow,
will stick to their jobs,
Seemingly simple jobs are actually dangerous.
At the summit of the Jungfraujoch at an altitude of 3500 meters,
Jun felt uncomfortable because of his height,
This added a lot of difficulty to his later work.
The meteorologist couple lives here alone
Wife Joan is also responsible for managing the room outside of work,
Do some administrative work such as reception,
The small room was well kept by Joan,
It's like a cozy home,
Add a touch of warmth to a monitoring station in the midst of a year-round blizzard.
The body has not yet adapted to the Jun's early rest,
Because early the next morning he was going to follow Joan's husband, Fisher
Experience the content of a meteorologist's lonely work.
03
The sky is not yet light, and it has not yet fully adapted to the high altitude of the Jun,
Get up in a strong spirit,
Follow Fisher to begin his work,
But at this time at the summit of the Jungfrau,
Outside in the pitch-black, only a howling snowstorm can be seen.
Because it is located at the top of a peak with low temperature and wind and snow,
Outdoor equipment and guardrails,
After a night, the snow will freeze.
Fisher is the first thing to get up every morning
It's about clearing these snow and ice.
so as not to affect the normal operation of the equipment.
The temperature at the summit of the Jungfrau at the moment
has reached minus fourteen degrees, the wind speed is 60 km / h,
De-icing and snow-clearing work in snowstorms
It seems easy, but in the harsh environment,
Greatly increases the difficulty of the work.
From time to time, a chaotic wind makes Jun lose his center of gravity,
If you are not careful, you are in danger of being blown off the platform.
But in this case of harsh conditions,
Jun still insisted on completing his work.
Clearing the snow from the platform,
Indoor work is much easier.
Due to the arrival of tourists, it will affect the air quality,
Fisher needs to be there every day before the arrival of tourists,
Collect air on the Jungfrau.
The workflow for collecting gases is very rigorous,
The slightest error will affect the final monitoring data.
Every day Fisher collects good air
will be put into such a glass bottle,
It is then transported to a local university for research purposes.
04
After a hard day's work,
As a chef,
Give a delicious dinner,
It is the most appropriate way to show respect.
Chinese food is not common here, and the amount is small and the price is high,
Jun decided for this hard-working meteorologist couple,
Let's have a big Chinese dish!
Big Plate Chicken!
First deboned the chicken,
Ginger and garlic chopped into small pieces,
Marinate the chicken for half an hour with seasoning.
Stir-fry the marinated chicken,
Add potatoes, carrots, peppers and other condiments to the broth that has been boiled in advance,
Finally, put the sautéed chicken in a pot and cook it together.
Although the cold wind outside the window is still fierce,
But a hearty plate of chicken,
Enough to make the monitoring station at an altitude of 3500 meters full of laughter.
At the summit of the Jungfrau,
Not only do you need to deal with all kinds of bad weather conditions every day,
There is also the loneliness of the mountains to face.
Fisher and Joan, because of their love of the job,
Jungfrau is like a child to them,
All the hardships turned into fun,
Every day deserves to be taken seriously.
And in this world,
There are also many, many workers,
Taking the work of year after year in earnest,
Behind the ordinary profession is written extraordinary.
Jun took us through 12 beautiful places,
Experience the difficulties of 12 different jobs,
No matter where in the world,
There is a group of people who have always stuck to their posts,
Writing the extraordinary nature of human nature with his own ordinariness.
Jun with 12 different flavors,
Imprint the story of their encounter on the taste buds.
Although the journey always has an end,
But life doesn't stop.
Let this journey come to an end in this fairytale town,
The next stop wasn't far from us.
And much more
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