Langyiner City has a little less prosperity in the world, but more beauty wrapped in silver.

When the drone looks down from above, in addition to the endless white, you can also see a touch of green, which is a plant life growing in the snow.

Contrary to what the audience imagined, Svalbard is not completely covered in snow and ice, and there is a rare "vegetation" as far as the eye can see.

In low-lying and moist places, plants of various colors can always be seen.

There are flowers, grasses, and even a special plant – the edelweiss.

The shape of this flower is very similar to cotton, a white one, blooming all over the mountains.

There are no towering trees, no dense jungle, and this green is the swan song of summer in Svalbard.

Year after year, you can finally see the vegetation growing tenaciously in the summer.

Walking on the road, you can see warning signs everywhere on the roadside, which not say "Beware of vehicles", but "Beware of polar bears".

It's a ridiculous scene, as if you're not in the real world, but in the polar bear kingdom in The Golden Compass.

Bi Fang pointed to the sign and smiled: "The only road sign in the world in the city of Langyin in Svalbard will say this, because there are nearly 5,000 polar bears in the entire area, and there are less than 2,000 permanent residents." ”

True, there are more polar bears here than the locals.

Although it is a habitable place, the low temperature throughout the year and the endless snowfields are prohibitive for many people.

With the depletion of mineral resources, the original scattered gathering points of people are gone. Only this city of Langyiner remains.

There are only about 2,000 people living here all year round. Among the more than 2,000 people, mainly Norwegians and white bears, the rest are some researchers from all over the world.

Of course, there are also people who live scattered around Svalbard, and most of them are clustered together, just for fear of polar bear attacks.

This situation reminded Bi Fang of the kangaroo invasion of Uruguay.

"So, if there is an organized rally in a polar bear, it means that the average person has to deal with more than two heads."

"It's the largest carnivore in the world, with a body length of between two and three meters, and adult males often weigh more than half a ton."

As the northernmost city on Earth, it is only 1,300 kilometers from the North Pole and is one of the only remaining large landmasses outside of Greenland, and is one of the strongholds of polar bears.

Walking on the path, Bi Fang even saw a polar bear looking at him from a distance, but as soon as he looked at each other, he fled in a hurry, and the hair on his body was fluttering in the wind.

[Hahaha, escaped]

[Polar bear: I have looked at each other, I am the one I can't mess with]

[Chill behind the polar bear]

If it is inhabited, there will be all kinds of infrastructure. Hotels, churches, post offices, and even pedestrian streets are just like the average city.

The only difference is that there are few recreational, transportation, financial, and educational facilities.

But this is also an inevitable dilemma in Svalbard.

There are no cars on the road, and it looks very deserted.

"The city itself is not big, so there is no need to drive, and it is usually only when people are born and die that people drive to the coast to board a boat or plane to leave."

"Aren't there any hospitals on the island?"

"Yes, but people still try to go to other places as much as possible, on the one hand, because of the poor medical conditions, and on the other hand, to protect the environment."

【？？？ 】

[What does this have to do with protecting the environment?] 】

The audience was somewhat incomprehensible.

"I saw that you didn't look at the ban carefully just now, and another article on it says that burial is not allowed."

"Svalbard is the only place in the world where birth and death are banned."

The audience was in an uproar.

What is the rationale for this?

Bi Fang explained: "This is actually for safety reasons, because the perennial cold here and the underground is mostly permafrost, which makes it easy for the virus produced by the corpses to be frozen and preserved, and once the permafrost thaws, the virus will start to spread, which will bring unimaginable disasters." ”

"There is only a small cemetery in the whole of Langyiner, and this cemetery stopped receiving new bodies 70 years ago."

"Due to the poor medical conditions, pregnant women and seriously ill people who are about to give birth are taken out of the area to give birth or be buried in other cities in Norway, so you have no right to die here unless you die suddenly."

"Of course, there is no specific prohibition of birth and death, everything is done to protect this pure land as much as possible."

In Svalbard, everyone is a guest.

In addition to polar bears, whales, arctic foxes, walruses, arctic reindeer and other animals can be seen on the shore.

Creatures in the snow that are rarely seen in normal times can be seen everywhere here.

The crowd even saw a polar bear feeding

But these are not the real purpose of Bi Fang's trip.

As a survival expert, Bi Fang has been curious about a place in Svalbard for a long time, and it is impossible to miss it this time.

The granary of doom.

Also known as the Global Doomsday Seed Bank.

A strong apocalyptic wind made many viewers feel ridiculous, they all heard of it for the first time, and there is such a place?

What does it do?

"Built deep beneath Svalbard, this doomsday granary is the last line of defense to ensure global food security."

"The seed bank can store 2.25 billion seeds for up to 1,000 years and is designed to protect crop diversity and cope with disasters such as asteroid impacts and nuclear war. The Norwegians also gave it a resounding name - Doom Dome. ”

"Now, about 100 million seeds from crops around the world are kept in cellars at minus 18 degrees Celsius."

[Hey, why am I feeling a little nervous?] 】

[Don't say it, I'm already nervous. 】

[What's going on with this illusion that everyone is preparing for the end behind my back, and only I am drunk and dreaming of death? 】

[I'm already learning to survive by brushing the Fangshen video]

【Fang Shen! Save me! 】

【Hold your thighs tightly】

[Wait, can you just go to this kind of place?] 】

"Of course not." Bi Fang reached into the pocket inside his jacket and fumbled for something, as if looking for something, "This doomsday library has had a weak presence since it was built, because there is almost no news about it. ”

"The only time I shot inside was in September and October '08, when French photographer Caroline Pollan filmed the whole process of transporting plant seeds from a farm in India to the seed bank, and then they were never since."

"Thankfully, I got my pass."

Bi Fang finally took his hand out of his pocket, which was a stamped document and magnetic card.

The document was unfolded, and it was a few very simple sentences, but the seal on it was clearly of great permissive effect.

This was the case when Bi Fang asked the Norwegian government two days in advance.

The Norwegian side agreed very happily and mailed the corresponding documents directly.

"Let's go, let's take you to see the modern version of Noah's Ark!"

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