Chapter 383: Longyearbyen
Yang Meng had a serious expression: "These scientists are really great, it is really not easy to suffer this crime in such a difficult place for the development of human science." ”
Xiao Peng looked suspicious, this is not like what Yang Meng would say?
Sure enough, Yang Meng continued: "No, I also want to go to Antarctica when I have time to talk about life and ideals with those science girls。。。。。。 I think when I get there, I will discover the true beauty of Antarctica beyond feeding the penguins. Brother Peng, how many sets do you think I can bring?"
Xiao Peng let out a sigh, well, this is Yang Meng's correct way of thinking. Well, he's not sick yet.
Old Al walked out of the mobile room at this time: "Xiao, we have been contacted over there, the tourist plane has departed, and it will take about 20 minutes to arrive at us." ”
Xiao Peng looked left and right: "Old El, don't tell me, this is the airport?"
Old Al nodded: "Yes, this is our airport in New Ålsund, how is it, it is very distinctive, right?"
Well, the biggest feature of New Ålsund Airport is that it doesn't have any features.
New Ålsund and the capital of the archipelago, Longyearbin have a fixed route, which is also the patent of the City of Sciences, and the whole Spitsbergen archipelago, there is only a fixed route here.
And the airport in New Ålsund, if no one told Xiao Peng, he would never have thought it was an airport: the entire airport was located on a slightly flat land in the middle of the hills. There is no waiting room, no airport-specific rotating radar, no flight attendants, there is a mobile room of six or seven square meters, when a plane comes, it is pushed here as a duty room, if it is not for a few lines of goose-yellow navigation lights next to the road, Xiao Peng will not think that this is an airport. Kindness. It's pretty much the same to say that he is a training ground for a car driving school, and the whole thing is a wilderness.
In fact, Longyearbin and Neu-Ålsund are very close, only 114 kilometers, and you can reach your destination in 20 minutes. The most important purpose of this flight is sightseeing, as it is a small aircraft flying at an altitude of only two thousand meters, allowing passengers to look down on the land and sea of Spitsbergen through the portholes.
However, the short 20-minute flight really responded to the domestic saying: "flying".
Not long after, a PA-28 'Cherokee' flew in the sky, which was a private jet pilot he knew that Xiao Peng wanted to go to Longyearbin and specially contacted Xiao Peng. The most important thing is, who made Xiao Peng not bad for money?
After the driver got down, he didn't say a word, and gave Xiao Peng a warm hug: "Hey, you're Huaxia Xiao, right? I heard that you got old Al drunk? Thank God! Then you're my good brother! You've done a good thing that all the Viking descendants of Spitsbergen will raise their hands to praise! My name is Hafdan! Brother, let's go, let's go to the sky to see this pearl of the Arctic Ocean." ”
Havertan spoke like a machine gun, but Xiao Peng liked this person and was enthusiastic enough.
Xiao Peng and Yang Meng got on the plane and flew to Longyearbin, the world's closest city to the North Pole and the capital of the Spitsbergen archipelago, which is listed in the world record!
Hafdan is really interesting, it only takes 20 minutes to reach from New Olsen to Longyearbyen, but Hafddam took Xiao Peng to fly in the sky for more than an hour, allowing Xiao Peng to overlook the archipelago, and Xiao Peng and his Twitter Twitter added a lot of beautiful scenery.
After Xiao Peng was happy, Havertan sent the two to Longyearbyen. Havertan turned into a tour guide and took Xiao Peng and the others out of the airport and came to Longyearbin, the northernmost city in the world.
The city of Longyearbyen was built in a valley to keep out most of the Arctic winds and make it more suitable for human life, and is home to about 2,800 people. But there are more than 100,000 tourists who come here every year, and people want to visit this northernmost city, including many Chinese people, after all, it is visa-free for China. Many Chinese who travel to Norway will stop by to see here.
Longyearbyen has a unique law: it is the only city in the world that makes death illegal.
Unless there is a sudden death, the sick and the elderly must leave Longyearbyen and go to a hospital in Norway for treatment and retirement. It is also forbidden to give birth, and pregnant women must leave Longyearbyen a month before they give birth.
Of course, this law is actually very reasonable, and the rejection of death is also determined by the harsh natural environment here. The temperature here is too low, and the ground is basically frozen under the surface, so the corpses do not decompose naturally, and it is definitely a special treatment to die here.
In 1918, the Spanish flu that ravaged Europe reached here, and seven absentees were buried here. In 1998, scientists found the bodies of the seven absentees and extracted samples of the 'Spanish flu' virus from them.
That's why people don't dare to die here, God knows what virus lurks here? If the virus breaks out, things will be a big deal.
As soon as Xiao Peng and Yang Meng walked out of the airport, they saw a lot of snowmobiles parked outside the airport. Havertdam has said that there is only a BUS when the flight arrives, and it usually relies on some snowmobiles as a means of transportation, and Spitsbergen is one of the few places in Norway where snowmobiles are licensed. Therefore, it has also become the main mode of transportation in Longyearbyen.
As a native of Longyearbyen, Havertan is familiar with snowmobilekers. Three snowmobiles were rented, which other tourists couldn't do. Although the snowmobile is very simple to drive: brake with your left hand and throttle with your right hand, and have nothing to do with your feet. However, if you want to drive a snowmobile in Longyearbyen, you need a driver's license.
The three of them didn't drive long on the snowmobile, and they came to the center of Longyearbyen, and Xiao Peng's first feeling was: "I have come to a fairy tale world." "The neat cabins are colourful and add a lot of colour to the white, snow-covered city.
Despite the fact that Longyearbyen has less than 2,000 inhabitants, it is a tourist city after all, and it is really a small sparrow, such as swimming pools, climbing walls, gymnasiums, grocery stores, bars, hotels, churches, theaters, nightclubs, tennis courts。。。。。。 There's even a university!
Hafdan arranged a hotel for the two, and Hafdan walked over with three shotguns on his back and handed one to each of them: "Xiao, take it." ”
Xiao Peng was puzzled: "What are you doing with a gun?"
Havertan said: "In Longyearbyen, you are not allowed to go out of the city without a gun. After all, there are too many bears here. ”
"How many bears?" Xiao Peng didn't forget that he was going to bring a bear and Teddy as a companion.
Hafdan sat on the snowmobile: "Of course, there are only more than 2,000 people in this Longyearbyby city, but there are more than 3,000 bears living here, do you say there are many bears?"
Xiao Peng put the shotgun on the snowmobile: "Everyone in the bear country hunts bears, why don't you hunt bears here?"
Havertan said with a smile: "It's illegal to kill people here, let alone bears? Polar bears here are very dangerous, a few days ago a foreign tourist was attacked by a polar bear, and hung up directly, so although bear hunting is not allowed here, but in case of a crisis, you can shoot to defend yourself." But you must remember that you can only hit your feet, not your headshots! If you do get a headshot, hehe, you have to wait for a huge fine!"
"Ugh。。。。。。 This rule is too unique, isn't it?Emotional bears are more important than people?" Yang Meng said.
Xiao Peng nodded: "This is understandable, after all, with the original Arctic environment, it means that there are endless tourism resources here, which is of great help to the development of the city." You say that if one day, there are no polar bears here, what will be the people who will come here? So the government here is really right to do this, and polar bears are really more important here than humans. ”
Havertdan stretched out his thumb: "Xiao, he is really a smart person, and he said that the problem is on the key point." We started as a mine here. Mining is still an important part of Longyearbyen, with almost half of its residents working in the coal mines. But now that tourism has been developed, residents' pockets are much richer than before. So now, protecting the environment here is a very important thing for us Longyearbyennese. ”
However, for Xiao Peng, the original scenery here is really beautiful, and the reindeer herd is not afraid of people at all, even if Xiao Peng walks next to them with a camera to take pictures, they still look leisurely. Xiao Peng reached out and stroked them without dodging.
This made Xiao Peng amazed: "Hafdan, your protection here is so good, this reindeer is so not afraid of people." Look at how cute they are. ”
Hafdan pursed his lips and said with disdain: "The whole Spitsbergen Islands are forbidden to hunt beasts, they have no natural predators, and of course they are not afraid of humans." But I'd rather believe that they're stupid. When they encounter something unfamiliar, they always have to think first, 'Should I be afraid of him?' If they are not afraid, they will walk like a crab and ignore you. Of course, it is not excluded that while walking, I suddenly reacted, 'Oh, Nima, I should be afraid of him'. Then the situation of running away happens. ”
Yang Meng smiled: "Why do you say that it looks like our stupid roe deer in Huaxia?"
Xiao Peng pointed at Yang Meng: "How can you rob me, I want to say so, but these two things are two extremes, okay." ”
Hafdan was puzzled: "Xiao, what are you talking about stupid roe deer?"
Xiao Peng explained: "The roe deer is a common wild animal in the forests of northeastern China, and it is the opposite of the reindeer you have here. It's so curious that it wants to stop and see what is going on, and when it sees its pursuers suddenly yell, it stops to see what's going on. Therefore, in our Huaxia, if an experienced hunter misses a roe deer, he will not chase it, because the roe deer will run back to the same place after running for a while, and see what happened just now. That's why we call it a stupid roe deer. ”
Hafdan smiled: "Ha, the world is really big, it's too stupid, it's too smart." ”
Xiao Peng was just about to say something, when suddenly the phone in his backpack rang, and Xiao Peng saw that it was an encrypted satellite phone!
Xiao Peng apologized to Havertdan, walked aside, and picked up the phone: "Hey?"
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