Chapter 1342: 1342. Reindeer Sled (1/5)

Chapter 1342 1342. Reindeer Sled (15)

Before coming to the North Pole, the indigenous inhabitants of the polar regions that Li Du knew were the Eskimos, which he learned in junior high school geography textbooks.

When he was preparing to come to the Arctic, he studied the residents and found that there are quite a lot of indigenous people in the Arctic. This area has been a human habitat for thousands of years.

The Arctic region in a narrow sense refers to those ice blocks in the polar regions, on which there are very few people.

In fact, the Arctic region is used in a broad sense internationally, which refers to the land within the Arctic Circle. Canada, the United States, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Greenland are all countries in the Arctic Circle. There is territory.

That's a huge population, about four million, with more than 40 different ethnic groups speaking more than 10 languages.

Because of the ice caps and ice sheets, the various regions of the Arctic are well connected. The land where the residents live is connected to each other. Their languages, cultures, and traditional lifestyles also blend with each other, and they have many things in common.

In addition to the famous Eskimos, there are Sami, Yupik, Chukchi, Yukagil, Komi, etc. in the Arctic region. In addition, the Nenets and Li Du who belonged to Han Kewei and others now meet The Nathans who arrived are also the aborigines here.

Big Ivan communicated with the two Nathans, and it was the stuttering man who was always talking, while the woman kept silent and hid behind the man.

The man's name is Sutarnasan, and the woman's name is Guliqinar. They live in the ice-capped area. This time they went out by boat to replenish their living supplies.

They drifted on the sea for a few days. They were tired before, so they curled up in the fur blankets and fell asleep. Unfortunately, their boat hit the Hammerhead Shark. Brother Lang was in a trance and didn't notice the boat. Crashed.

Listening to Big Ivan's introduction, Sophie was very surprised: "They drifted on the sea for a few days on that boat? God, how can such a boat sail for so many days in the harsh environment of the Arctic Ocean?"

Big Ivan chatted with Sutar Nathan for a few more words, and then explained: "Their boat is small, with a shallow draft, and they have been driving along the ice layer. When the weather is bad, they will quickly move to the ice layer."

The boat of the two was wrecked, and Li Du and the others must send them back, so their route would have to be changed again. Fortunately, the change was not big, anyway, they were traveling along the ice before.

The two were very curious about everything on the ship. After being treated with hot coffee and cake, they forgave Li Du and his party and began to visit the ship.

After they visited the ship, Li Du pointed to a lifeboat and said, "This ship is paid to you. If you protect it properly, it can last for twenty years, which is longer than your wooden boat."

Big Ivan translated to Sutarnathan, and he was very happy when he learned that he could get a boat as a gift. He went up and kissed the lifeboat.

The settlement of the Nathan people is not far away. After the boat sailed for five hours, Sutar Nathan waved at the bow, which meant that the boat could stop here.

The impact hammerhead shark is a big ship anyway, and there is no pier to go ashore. Fortunately, they have lifeboats and kayaks on board, and they can go ashore in small boats.

Brother Lang dropped anchor to fix the position of the ship, and Li Du took several people to accompany Sutar Nassan off the ship.

When they were on the boat, they had a talk, and Sutar Nassan went out to buy daily necessities such as oil, lamps and candles, clothes and spices, which happened to be in stock on the boat, and Li Du generously compensated them with a share and sent them ashore together.

The Sutarnathans were very happy. They called Li Du "Talad", and Big Ivan explained that this means the Lord of Heaven in the indigenous language of the Nathans.

Li Du laughed, these two are so interesting.

After going ashore, Sutarnathan and his wife wanted to invite Li Du and the others to visit the tribe no matter what, and even Gulchinar, who had never spoken, also spoke.

Unlike her husband, Gulchinar's voice was crisp and pleasant. Li Du couldn't understand Russian, but in her mouth, the charm of Russian was revealed, fluent and full of rhythm.

Li Du was not in a hurry, and the weather at sea became a little bit bad, so he simply took people to the Nathan tribe to take shelter from the wind, and set off again when the weather was clear.

Reindeer herding, fishing and hunting, and collecting wild plants are the main contents of Nathan people's life. Someone from the beach came to pick them up, with reindeer and hounds, and the reindeer was used to pull the cart.

Seeing Li Du and his party go ashore, young Nathan, who was shrinking in the sleigh, was a little vigilant, holding his gun tightly in his hand.

Sutar Nathan waved at the young man and shouted. Seeing the couple, the young man smiled silly and waved and shouted too.

The two hugged each other, and the three embraced vigorously, looking like old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Big Ivan said: "Every time I go to sea to exchange for living supplies, it is an adventure. As you can see, their small boats cannot withstand the wind and waves of the Arctic Ocean. Once they encounter bad weather or are pushed into the open sea by ocean currents, they are basically dead. "

The young man brought eight reindeer, four reindeer pulled a sled, and each sled was tied with a hunting dog.

These hounds don't know what breed they are, they look like wolves, and they have a tough personality. When they see the dogs, they bark and bark.

Ah Ao habitually bullies others. He is bigger than the two hounds, but the hounds are not afraid at all, and keep rushing upwards with grinning teeth.

Their fighting spirit made Ah Ao shrink back. This is also a bullying coward. Seeing that he didn't scare the other party, he gave up the idea of ​​continuing to attack.

Sutarnathan asked Li Du and his party to wait a while, and he and the young man drove to the distance of the ice cap in a sleigh cart. The reindeer were flying on all fours and running very fast on the ice.

Twenty minutes later, a shadow appeared in the distance of the ice layer, and the faint sound of hooves came to everyone's ears.

Ah Miao and his party, who were playing on the ice, raised their heads vigilantly and looked into the distance. Ah Ao opened his mouth to scream, but Sophie quickly covered his mouth to prevent it from scaring the deer.

Needless to say, the running shadows were the Nathans' herd of reindeer.

Sutarnathan brought dozens of reindeer and several tribesmen, and they returned in a sleigh cart pulled by the reindeer. When they saw Li Du, they showed bright smiles and started talking again.

Big Ivan was on the side to translate: "He invited us into the car and said that the clan is preparing dinner, and there will be hot food to eat after we pass."

"This guy is real." Li Du laughed.

Reindeer are much stronger than dogs. There are two kinds of sleigh carts they pull, one is a small cart with seats on it, which is obviously used to pull people, and the other is a large cart, which is used to pull goods.

Li Du and his party were many, and Godzilla and Da Ao were big men, so they got into the truck and were dragged by six reindeer.

Sophie rode the reindeer sleigh for the first time, and said happily: "It's a pity it's not Christmas, otherwise we can be Santa Claus."