People often see the news that whales are stranded where and where they are found, and after trying to get the whale back into the sea, they find that the whale is still dead.

This is because whales are so heavy that their ribs can't bear their weight on the shore at all, and only in the sea can they rely on the buoyancy of the sea water to ensure that they are safe, and after going ashore, it often happens that their ribs are crushed by their own weight, so even if they are sent back to the sea to die, it is not surprising.

In fact, Xiao Peng said that the Arctic right whale is the rarest whale in the world, this statement is also not true, if according to taxonomy, the rarest in the generalized cetacean is not the Arctic right whale, such as the Jiawan porpoise, the Chinese finless porpoise, and the legendary shovel tooth beaked whale are much rarer than it. The last one in particular, which is known only to the carcasses of two dead whales found by chance.

Xiao Peng caught a female Arctic right whale, and when Xiao Peng saw that everything was okay, he let her go. Arctic right whales take more than ten years to mature and reproduce, and 25% of their calves die in the process of growing, so with the help of spiritual enlightenment, this young female should grow up.

Don't look at the long trawling time this time, there are not many fish, only a few cod, plaice and the like, only three or four tons. This was all caught in the net by himself, and Xiao Peng did not deliberately look for fish.

However, Xiao Peng didn't care about these catches, the purpose of his coming here this time was the 'big goldfish', not the small fish in front of him.

However, Wang Hu and the others were disappointed: "Boss, there are too few fish here, and so few can be caught after dragging the net for so long." We can lose a lot of money on this net fish. ”

Xiao Peng smiled: "Everything is possible in the sea, if there are really fish everywhere, everyone will become fishermen." Alright, let's get some good food for everyone and ask Hill and Ivan to give everyone some good food, let's eat and drink to our heart's content, and go to New Olson! Everyone can have two drinks in the evening, except for the staff on duty!"

"Long live the boss!" cheered the crew. The mood of the depressed people caused by the poor catch instantly became happy------ after floating on the sea for so long, they could finally go ashore again.

After a night's journey, the Vladimir finally arrived at New Olsen in the Spitsbergen archipelago, where the Yellow River Station of the Chinese Arctic Expedition is located.

The Spitsbergen archipelago is composed of many islands, which are the territory of Norway. However, in 1925, 51 countries signed an interesting treaty: the Svalbard Treaty.

According to international practice, in order to obtain territorial rights to a piece of land, two minimum conditions should be met, namely, 'first discovery' and 'effective administration'. But for Spitsbergen, neither of these conditions exists.

Spitsbergen, first discovered by the Dutch explorer Barents, unfortunately did not have time to return home, and died on Novaya Zemlya due to hunger, cold and scurvy, and before his death he wrote an expedition report without stating whether he had ever claimed the territory of the islands in the name of His Majesty the King.

Ten years later, the British explorer Henry Hudson came here and found a large number of whales and walruses here, and then the Finnish explorer Cyndenschoerd visited the area five times and found that there was a lot of minerals! Although he is a Finn, he went on an expedition on behalf of Sweden.

As the resources were discovered, a number of Europeans came to start their own businesses, most of them Norwegians and Russians. They whaled and hunted bears, mined coal, and even founded a city-state here, which is now the capital of the Spitsbergen archipelago, Longyearbyen. It is also the northernmost city that humans have built on Earth.

The interests of the Spitsbergen archipelago are growing, and questions arise about the ownership of this country.

If we look at the 'first discovery' power, it was discovered by the Dutch, but there is no evidence that the Dutch said that it was Dutch territory.

Norway and Russia seem to have a heavier weight in terms of 'effective administration', but at that time, Norway's national power was limited, and Russia was in a period of civil war, so it had no time to look west.

This was undoubtedly the best opportunity for the European and American powers who were unwilling to give up the interests of the Spitsbergen Islands, and finally the countries bargained back and forth, and finally reached an agreement, which was later the Treaty of Svalbard. This treaty makes Spitsbergen the first and only demilitarized zone in the Arctic.

The treaty recognises Norway's 'full and complete sovereignty', but citizens of the contracting parties have free access. Conduct legitimate production and commercial activities within the limits of Norwegian law.

China is also a party to this treaty, so Chinese people can enter the Spitsbergen Islands at will, live and work here, and do not even need a visa.

Therefore, the only Arctic scientific research station in China, the 'Yellow River Station', is built here.

Standing on the wharf to greet everyone was the stationmaster of the 'Yellow River Station' and others.

Coincidentally, this stationmaster is also surnamed Yang, after Yang Meng knew about it, he held someone's neck and didn't let go, not to say that this is the talent of their old Yang family, no one should rob him, which made everyone cry and laugh.

Under the leadership of Stationmaster Yang, Xiao Peng visited this small town located in the Arctic Circle.

New Ålsund is not big, but you can walk all over the city in 15 minutes. There are only about 60 small buildings with two or three floors, and in fact it is also a science city with complete scientific research facilities. More than a dozen countries have once again set up research stations, which are bases for scientists from all over the world to conduct research in the Arctic. In 2004, Huaxia rented a house in Science City here and established a scientific research station.

Here, as long as you are willing to pay more, you can rent more and renew the rent, the heat and power lines in the room have already been prepared, and the tenant only needs to install and furnish their own scientific research equipment. However, don't think that it is easy to establish a scientific research station here, the cost here is very terrible, and the cost of photoelectric is equivalent to 300 yuan per kilowatt-hour of electricity. As for the other costs, they are even more terrifying.

After all, this is a city in the Arctic Circle, and everything is extremely difficult to build, and it is understandable that it is expensive.

Stationmaster Yang took Xiao Peng and Yang Meng to a two-story red building: "Captain Xiao, this is the New Olpine Complex, let me introduce you to the management personnel here." ”

Several people walked up to an office door and knocked on the door: "Please come in." A man's voice came from the room.

Stationmaster Yang pushed open the door, and a tall and burly middle-aged man stood inside. Seeing Stationmaster Yang walk in, he greeted with a smile: "Stationmaster Yang, what kind of wind blew you here?

Stationmaster Yang introduced: "Al, these are our compatriots in China, they said that they had a few tons of fish and wanted to give them to us, so I brought them. ”

When Al heard this, his face was overjoyed, and he and Xiao Peng hugged warmly: "Introduce yourself, my name is Al Harrodson, you can call me Old Al." Wow, it's unbelievable to think about it, the Chinese fishermen came here? You are really brave people! Just like our ancestors. ”

"Your ancestors?" Xiao Peng asked, how can he praise himself for your ancestors?

Al pointed to an oil painting hanging on the wall and said, "This is my ancestor, Anfield Harold, the great Viking!"

Looking at the proud look on Old El's face, Xiao Peng didn't know where to start complaining, your great ancestor, isn't he just a pirate?

This feels like someone in China has a big photo of his ancestors in his house, and he proudly introduced to Xiao Peng: "This is my grandfather, who was a bandit in Xiangxi, and was later exterminated by the state" is a truth. Where is there to be proud of? I have to say, this is the difference between Eastern and Western civilizations.

However, the old El's name is a standard Viking name, with his ancestor's surname Harold, and his descendants' names are followed by the suffix Sen, which means Harold's children. The Vikings came up with a name, and it was as simple and crude as that.

Xiao Peng looked at Old El's excited expression, so he had to follow him: "Oh, Vikings are brave adventurers!"

When Old Al heard this, his face was full of excitement: "Right? Stationmaster Yang, you Chinese compatriot is much better than you! He knows the true meaning of our Vikings, we are not Vikings, we are just explorers." ”

Even Xiao Peng didn't know how to answer now. Although the word 'Viking' means adventure at sea in the Icelandic language, the Vikings' way of adventuring is a bit domineering, which is to snatch, snatch, and snatch at sea.

Xiao Peng thought for a moment: "At that time, the Vikings were indeed explorers of the sea, and there is strong evidence that the Vikings had reached Newfoundland and explored part of North America five hundred years before Columbus discovered the New World. ”

Old Al was so excited when he heard this, he put his arm around Xiao Peng's shoulder: "You are a friend of our Vikings, I welcome you on behalf of New Olsun! I will have two drinks with you today no matter what! I invite you to meet more Viking descendants at night!"

There may be only so few people in New Ålsund, but there are bars, but they are only open on weekends. This is the only official entertainment in New Ålsund, as far as the private 。。。。。。 As soon as Xiao Peng came ashore, he saw a few members of the scientific expedition who did not know which country were playing football there. In a less-than-the-beaten place like Ny-Ålsund, people will go crazy if they don't entertain themselves. ()

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