Chapter 445: Antler Whalebone
Barrow, one of the four corners of heaven and earth.
Before coming to Barrow, Tang Hai also knew about the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, which was written down because the name was easy to remember.
Walking at the very edge of Barrow Town, everyone has no destination, so just take a walk. It's three o'clock in the afternoon, but you can work even if it's three o'clock in the morning here, so time isn't particularly important, especially for fishermen who are used to staying up late to work.
There are hardly any people in the town, there were only about 2,000 people in the 1980 census, and by 2008 it was close to 5,000, but in recent years it has been declining year by year, and the rate of decline is still very fast.
The reason is very simple, there are only 3 months a year where the road can be easily driven, and in addition, the city relies on slow transportation such as boats to communicate with the outside world all year round......
The people on the road are basically black with thick eyebrows, high apple muscles, black and white teeth, black eyes, and long black hair......
Tang Hai admitted that most of the people he watched were girls.
It feels no different than in China! It really feels like this place has become a Chinese colony!
"Tang, you've been looking around, what are you looking at?" Malena squinted at Tang Hai.
"Oh, I looked through some Inuit profiles before I came, and they all wore furs, and they were basking in all kinds of wolf meat, seal meat, sled dogs, and the animal fur on their hats was frozen to ice...... Why is there nothing here? ”
As soon as Tang Hai spoke, even Jennifer looked at him with the expression of a gorilla.
Merlin smiled: "You have to look at this, you have to get Greenland." ”
"There are Inuit in Greenland too?"
"Hmm. From Siberia to Alaska to Greenland, there are quite a few. Many people think that they are close relatives of the nomads of your country, but genetically they should be closer to the highlanders...... They have been here for more than 14,000 years. There was a big contradiction with the Indians at the time, and the Eskimos were the more insulting name given to them by the Indians...... There is actually a slight difference in the names of people in these three places, for example, we should call them Inupit, but they will also understand the name Inuit......"
"Bah! Do I have a conflict with the ancestors of Tang! It's really exciting to love and kill each other! ”
"What nonsense...... My ancestors ten generations ago were in the Shandong region, and were forced south to the west by the Qing Dynasty's encirclement movement, and then ran to the border between the two provinces, from this point of view, our ancestors have no contradictions, but my mother's ancestors 10,000 years ago are not very contradictory to you......"
Tang Hai knew that his ancestors had two major relocations. Look at the Inuit 14,000 years ago during the Ice Age, when the Bering Strait was frozen, they crossed the sea with their legs, trees died, people moved, and many times humans had to do crazy things in order to fight for their lives with God.
In ancient times, the Inuit could fight polar bears with wooden spears, and ancient humans were actually among the beasts, but now there are certainly few people who can really fight beasts, and medium-sized cats can't beat them.
The advancement of science and technology has led to many changes in human customs, such as the Inuit in the Tang Hai generation. Basically, no one eats raw meat anymore, and everyone has warmer special down jackets, and they don't wrap themselves in thick fur coats anymore, as for working dogs like sled dogs. Now in addition to selling cute, it's basically a waste......
Igloos and the like are half on the bottom and half on the upper floor. Houses that can survive in the polar regions are estimated to be made by some elderly people in the Siberian alpine regions and Greenland. In another twenty years, there may be no one at all.
"But the Inyupits still make dried fish and jerky, you see." Merlin pointed to one place. It's actually dense meat! It looks like whale meat!
There are big wangs everywhere, most of the big wangs here are huskies or Alaskan dogs, Tang Hai has some knowledge of animals, some of the big wangs are very fierce, and they have the blood of the arctic wolf at a glance, which is a white canine beast, several heavyweights smaller than the gray wolf, but better domesticated, and many people make a mix of sled dogs and arctic wolves to sell......
No matter whose big Wang Wang was, it was tied well with ropes, and when he saw Tang Hai and his party, he began to shout.
The hosts are much friendlier than these big Wangwangs, some of them came out to see a few people, they thought they were tourists, and they wanted to invite them to sit at home, but Tang Hai refused with a smile.
"The people here are so friendly!" Malena was surprised.
"The Inuit are arguably the friendliest and most hospitable people, they live in the Arctic, and in ancient times there was often no catch, and if someone caught a seal, they would never have it for themselves, but they would share it together...... Without this spirit of solidarity, the Inuit would have been extinct in this harsh environment. Merlin sighed.
"There are antlers! Do they still grow antlers? Can it be harvested? Malena suddenly pointed to the ornament outside a hut.
Deer antler velvet is a very good Chinese medicine, but people here do not believe in deer antler, the Inuit used to have the habit of hanging the whole deer head and tiger head together, and the Europeans also have a lot of them, but now they only hang deer antler velvet.
Others are placed in low courtyards, and you can see from the walls that there are 'antlers' on the ground.
The family was probably not at home, and a husky with arctic wolf blood screamed fiercely, and the bird that followed by Malena instantly turned on the guardian mode......
The arctic wolf lives in Greenland, northern Canada, and Siberia, and it is a beast that can survive in a very harsh environment, but the disadvantage is that the tonnage is too light, and it is generally difficult to exceed 45 kilograms.
And the golden eagle happens to like to catch some small and medium-sized ground animals.
The two can be said to be natural enemies, as soon as this big Wang Wang screamed, the golden eagle immediately exploded, and finally Ma Lena forcibly took it away, and the big Wang Wang behind was still calling, and the little bird was obviously very unhappy to be pulled away by the owner.
In addition to the large horns and antlers everywhere, there are many buildings made of whale bones, most of which are made of arches, which is a characteristic scenery here.
Whenever Malena went to an interesting place, she would hold the bird and put it in the attraction, order the bird not to move, and then take pictures, and then everyone took turns to take pictures, and also pulled passers-by to help......
Tang Hai's delay made the previous Innuyupitt guy seem very unhappy, but Tang Hai was also bitter in his heart! He just wanted to take a walk around and see the small animals, but he was pulled by four people to see the scenery! His unhappy face made the guy who took the photo even more unhappy, and he didn't hit him because the other party was of high quality......
"Why, is there a cemetery here?" When Malena saw a tombstone, she trotted over strangely, and her face was immediately gloomy.
Tang Hai looked over and saw that there were words written on the tombstone.
This is many years ago when the Inuit hunted bowhead whales and brought them here to cut their meat.
It was only when the bowhead whale's belly was cut open that the female whale was pregnant.
At that time, the Inuit gave up cutting meat and buried the mother and child together, and the inscription recorded the courage of the female whale at that time.
"Don't be sad, the female whale is so brave to protect the child in her belly, she must have gone to heaven, maybe she has entered reincarnation and has a happy next life." Tang Hai waited for Malena to finish a strange set of gestures before smiling and rubbing her hair.
"Boss, look at that! It's the man...... Prad! Jennifer suddenly pulled Tang Hai's sleeve and pointed to one place.
…… (To be continued......)