Chapter 1249: Fierce Inuit
The sun hung high in the sky, as if it would never set, and when I looked at my watch, it was already past six o'clock.
In the snowy mountain pasture, the sun should be about to set by now, but near the town of Innewik, it is still a clear day, and the sun is bright and dazzling.
The first time he experienced the polar day, Han Xuan felt very novel, the north and south poles of the earth, there will be about six months of polar day and polar night alternately every year, because the latitude of the town of Neuvik is not high enough, so the polar day phenomenon is only more than 50 days, and there are still a few days to disappear.
Wherever there is hot news that people pay attention to, there are journalists, and now is no exception.
Last year, Columbia Pictures just filmed a movie called "Fly High with You", which tells the story of a little girl who drove a paraglider and sent geese to Lake Ontario for the winter.
What happened to Han Xuan is a bit similar to the story in the movie, revealing people's protection and care for wild animals, because the protagonist of this story is Han Xuan, so it is natural that it will receive more attention.
At the moment, he is surrounded by reporters to tell the story of the cause and effect of sending the reindeer over, and the Hoyer couple drives to chase the reindeer herd far away to shoot the final image of the documentary.
The reindeer were a little confused, very uncomfortable with the sudden change of environment, and the old reindeer were very happy, although they didn't know why they suddenly came here, but the neighborhood was indeed a sacred place that they thought about day and night.
Surrounded by enthusiastic Canadian reporters for a long time, Han Xuan learned through their words that the matter of sending reindeer had been widely circulated in Canada and the United States through various media channels.
When he was a child, he accompanied his parents to Canada, and this was the first time he came to Canada after he was 10 years old, and the reporters were very excited to ask him how he felt about Canada and whether he would come to invest.
Han Xuan replied very routinely, and it was not until about seven o'clock that he got into the car and left the train station.
The car was arranged by Mr. Notley, the governor of the Northwest Territory, who personally came to Inuvik town and had just been interviewed with Han Xuan.
The road is icy and the speed of driving is not fast, and the nearby land is covered with dead grass mixed with green grass, and many places are covered with snow, and wild animals can often be seen.
Like most cities in Canada, Innewwick is small in size, with large yards for each house, thick walls, large roof slopes for easy snow clearing, and a variety of architectural styles.
In Canada, Australia and other sparsely populated countries, the last thing to worry about is the land problem, apartments in big cities may not be affordable, but you can build a villa in a remote area, almost everyone can afford it, but the degree of luxury is different.
The town of Inuvik belongs to the Eskimos, with more than 30 percent of the population being Eskimos.
Their appearance is similar to that of the yellow race, and every family likes to raise dogs, and they are a large group.
The breed is mostly Alaskan Malamutes like Snoopy, and occasionally the Dasha Husky and the Three Silly Samoyed can also be seen.
The vast majority of dogs can't adapt to the cold climate of the Arctic, where the temperature often drops below minus 20 degrees in the summer, and only these cold dog breeds are suitable.
The Eskimos have a long tradition of owning dogs, and they like to use them as a means of transportation, and the origin of the dog sledding project comes from the Eskimos.
Han Xuan donated to rescue the dogs trapped in the North Pole last time, and this time he helped the reindeer go home, and won the recognition of the locals with these two things.
There are seal meat, wolf meat, whale meat, etc., Han Xuan was frightened and took it with tears and laughter, all of them are protected animals.
An old man stood on the side of the car, stuffed the bear's paw into Han Xuan's hand, muttered something, and gave a thumbs up.
A white local man helped translate: "He said that this is the claw of a brown bear, and that you can be strong if you eat it, and that you look like their Inuit." ”
"Thank you......"
Han Xuan looked behind him weakly, afraid that Pooh in the pickup truck would suddenly burst out and take over the bear's paw like a hot potato, thinking to himself what kind of nation this is, how can they like to eat these.
With scrutiny in his eyes, Fat Ding poked the bear's paw with his paws, and meowed from his mouth, as if to say that you have a big deal in the master, and Pooh will definitely destroy you when he knows about it......
"The Inuit came to the American continent from the frozen Bering Strait more than 10,000 years ago, and they lived in Asia, and we probably came from the same place, so we look very similar.
I love dog sledding and usually take good care of them, just like you Inuit, and enough gifts, thank you for your hospitality. ”
After the man translated Han Xuan's words to them, the local Inuit laughed.
"Eskimos" means "people who eat raw meat" in Western countries, and they are discriminatory, they prefer to call themselves Inuit, call them Eskimos indiscriminately, and these people will immediately turn their backs.
Historically, because they had a lot of precious animal products, and they knew where gold was, they were oppressed by white people, and it was only in recent years that they gave up their primitive life and came to live in comfortable towns under the call of the government.
But many habits are still retained, such as hunting animals for food, which cannot be changed for a while, and the Canadian government for the sake of peace and stability, so it turns a blind eye and pretends not to see it.
The Inuit know how to maintain ecological balance, do not kill animals indiscriminately, and refuse to use modern hunting tools, so they cause little harm.
Holding the brown bear paw and looking through it, it is said that this is a rare delicacy, but Han Xuan decided in his heart that it is better to burn it quietly and not let Pooh see it.
Don't look at the big size of that guy, it's actually very glassy, and when you watch the animal documentary, you will be sad and sad for a while when you find that the bear is dead.
And Fat Ding, he is looking at the sky and thinking about what kind of hush money he can get by threatening his master with this matter......
At this moment, two police cars and an ambulance came from behind, and even the provincial governor's motorcade needed to pull over and let them pass first.
Governor Notley jumped for a while, thinking that at such an important moment as today, there had been a crime, and the three cars were parked not far in front.
The car started again, and when he passed by those cars, Han Xuan found a big white bear lying on the side of the road, with a lot of air and little air intake, and there was blood on the side of his mouth.
An Inuit was sitting next to the big white bear, and he was probably injured as well, as he looked at his blue nose and swollen face.
In addition to bears with albinism in the world, only polar bears are white, and one of the purposes of Han Xuan's visit to the north this time is to see the polar bears living in the wild, and he hurriedly asked the driver to stop at the moment.
Pushing open the door and getting out of the car, standing behind the crowd and peeking in, the polar bear struggled to get up, but had no strength.
People discussed a lot, and Han Xuan asked a white man next to him: "Sorry to disturb, may I ask sir, what's going on here?" ”
The other party saw that he was wearing a down jacket and a tightly wrapped appearance, thinking that he was also Inuit.
told Han Xuan: "Two people were attacked by polar bears just now, but the polar bears were beaten by them.
The man went home and changed his clothes, but his clothes were torn by the polar bear, and he was not hurt at all, my God, you Inuit are terrible! ”
“…… What? Han Xuan was dumbfounded.