Section 517 Journey to the North Pole (6)
Dumbo chattered and translated for us, because they asked us where we came from and how we came from, and they had made the long journey to their extremely cold place, where they had lived for generations, and who had never seen anyone outside, and who welcomed us, and who warmly reopened the closed door curtain and let us go into their snow room for a rest.
We hurriedly followed the brisk footsteps of these Eskimos and curiously walked into the Eskimo Snowroom, their Snowroom not only has a door, but also a small window, which is made of all kinds of sun-dried sea beast intestines as window paper, the light transmittance is very good, if there is sunlight, the sun will definitely penetrate without reservation, but at this moment the outside looks dark, Xiaofei said that they think the sun is very sacred, so their room, the windows are facing the sun.
There are a few small oil lamps made of Arctic animal fat in the four corners of the snow house, which makes the whole snow room brightly lit, showing a charming and soft orange light, which is particularly bright in the reflection of the snow room, adding a few beautiful and brilliant colors to the dim Arctic black day, even in the dark Arctic winter wax moon makes people feel much happier.
And this snow room is much more magnificent than ours, and the furnishings inside are also very beautiful, there are all kinds of colorful, colorful animal skin decorations, as well as huge animal bones carved handicrafts, the two huge ice beds are piled up with animal skins, it seems that a wealthy Eskimo family.
High on the walls of the ice bed are all sorts of strange, bizarre and bizarre masks, presumably representing the souls of animals or supernatural things, and which these Eskimos have carved from a variety of materials when they have nothing to do.
The shapes are different, strange and varied, with green faces and fangs. These monsters depicting primitive totems look particularly distinctive and distinctive, full of rich primitive natural nature, clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving and other artistic feelings, very pleasing to the eye.
After watching us look around carefully, these amiable Eskimos smiled politely and talked to us, and their subdued and frustrated tones sounded unique, but unfortunately we were confused, so we could only wait for Xiao Fei to translate for us.
It turned out that those Eskimos just now were talking about the history of their ancestors, and they were rare to see the yellow race in the Arctic Circle.
Thousands of years ago, the last migratory armies of mankind set out from Asia across the Bering Strait and headed for the heart of the Americas.
The Inuit fought and retreated, and finally retreated to the Arctic Circle, when it was a cold winter, and the Indians thought that their ancestors would soon freeze to death, so they stopped the pursuit.
Unexpectedly, they miraculously survived in the Arctic, and they created a miracle of human survival. We didn't understand their language at all, so we watched them in confusion, and if we looked at them closely, we would see that they were still not the same as us, they were short and stout, with long and slender eyes, a wide nose with a curved nose tip, a wide face plate, and a thick subcutaneous fat.
It is estimated that the stout stature can withstand the cold, and the small eyes can prevent the irritation of the eyes from the bright light reflected by the polar ice and snow.
So such physical characteristics give them an amazing ability to withstand the cold. While they were chattering and waiting, they took out the small and delicate freezer in the corner, shaped like the refrigerator we are waiting for, and the large number of fragrant dried fish hidden in it were unreserved, and warmly entertained us uninvited guests from afar.
Hu Jiaojiao couldn't help but ask Xiao Fei: "This Arctic winter is cold, is there actually fish to eat?" Xiao Fei said disapprovingly, and popularized the encyclopedia knowledge of Arctic fish for us;
"Of course, there are fish, and there are many kinds of fish, and the main food of these Eskimos is fish. The important fish in the Arctic Ocean is cod, and there are two types of cod – Atlantic cod and Pacific cod, which live in shallow water and feed on clams and other benthic animals. The Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea are some of the largest fisheries in the world, with large catches of cod, haddock, butterfly fish and capelin. Arctic cod is found throughout the Arctic and is a typical cold-water fish, disappearing when the temperature exceeds 5°C. It is a small and medium-sized fish with a maximum body length of 36 centimeters, and is one of the important economic fish species in the Arctic region. By September each year, the Arctic cod begins to migrate west and south, spawning floating eggs in sub-zero winter temperatures with a population of 9,000-18,000 eggs. Due to the low water temperature, the incubation period is as long as 4-5 months. Arctic cod grows at an average length of 17 cm at the 3rd instar, 19.5 cm at the 4th in, 21 cm at the 5th in, and 22 cm at the 6th instar. The maximum age of Arctic cod is up to 7 years old. In winter, Arctic cod has a liver that accounts for 10% of its body weight and contains 50% of its valuable fat, so it has become an important feeding object for seals, whales and fish-eating birds. ”