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1342. Reindeer sleigh (1/5)

Before coming to the Arctic, the polar indigenous people Li Du knew were Eskimos, which he learned in junior high school geography textbooks.

When he was preparing to come to the Arctic, he studied the residents' situation and found that there were quite a few natives in the Arctic, and this area has been a habitat for humans for thousands of years.

In a narrow sense, the Arctic region is the ice cubes in the polar regions, with very few people on it.

In fact, the Arctic region is used more internationally, which refers to land within the Arctic Circle. Canada, the United States, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Greenland. These countries have territories in the Arctic Circle.

That way, the population will be larger, about four million, more than 40 different ethnic groups, and more than 10 languages ​​are spoken.

Because of the ice sheet and ice layer, the various regions of the Arctic are well connected, the land where residents live is connected, and their language, culture and traditional lifestyles are also integrated, and they have many common points.

In addition to the famous Eskimos, there are also Sami people, Yupik people, Chukochi people, Yukagi people, Comey people, etc. In addition, the Nenets people to which Hankway and Lidu are now meeting Nasan people.

Da Ivan communicated with the two Nasan people, and the man who spoke was always the stuttering man. The woman didn't speak and hid behind the man.

The man's name is Sotar Nasan and the woman's name is Gulichenal. They live in the ice cap area. This time they take a boat out to supplement their daily necessities.

They drifted on the sea for a few days. When they were tired before, they hurried in the fur and bedding and fell asleep. As a result, their ship encountered the impact of the Hammerhead Shark. Brother Wolf was in a daze and did not notice the boat and destroyed the boat.

Listening to the introduction of Ivan, Sophie was surprised: "How many days did they drift on the sea with that small boat? God, how could such a small boat travel in the Arctic Ocean with harsh environments last for so many days?"

Da Ivan chatted with Sodaer Nasan for a few more words, and then explained: "Their boat is small and has shallow drip, and they are driving along the ice. When the climate is bad, they quickly move to the ice."

The two men's ships were destroyed, and Li Du and the others must have to send them back, so their routes will change again. Fortunately, there is no big change. Anyway, they were also driving along the ice before.

The two were curious about everything on the boat. After receiving hot coffee and cake treats, they forgave Li Du and his party and visited on the boat.

After they visited the boat, Li Du pointed to a lifeboat and said, "I will pay you this boat. If you protect it properly, it can last twenty years, which will last longer than your wooden boat."

Ivan translated it to Soda Nasan and heard that he could receive a ship, so he was very happy and went up and hugged the lifeboat and kissed it.

The Nasan people's settlement was not far away. After five hours of the boat sailing, Sodaer Nasan waved at the bow, meaning that the boat could be stopped here.

The impact of the hammerhead shark is a big ship at least, and it is hard to get ashore without a pier. Fortunately, they have lifeboats and kayaks on the boat, which can be taken to get ashore by small boats.

Brother Wolf broke down and fixed the ship's position. Li Du and several people accompanied Sodaer Nasan off the ship.

They talked about it while on the boat. Sodaer Nasan and the others went out to buy oil, candles, clothes and spices and other daily necessities. They happened to have reserves on the boat. Li Du generously compensated them and sent them ashore together.

The Sodaer Nasan couple were very happy, they called Li Du ‘Talad’, which Ivan explained in the Nasan native language that means Lord God.

Li Du laughed, these two people were so interesting.

After getting ashore, Sodaer Nasan and his wife invited Li Du and the others to visit the tribe, and even Gulichenal, who had never spoken before, spoke.

Unlike her husband, Gulichner's voice is crisp and nice. Li Du can't understand Russian, but in her mouth, the charm of Russian is fluent and full of rhythm.

Li Du was not in a hurry, and the weather in Shanghai became a little bad, so he simply took people to the Nasan tribe to avoid the wind and waited until the weather was clear before setting off again.

Reindeer grazing, fishing and hunting, and collecting wild plants are the main contents of Nasan's life. Someone came to pick up two people by the sea, bringing reindeer and hunting dogs, among which the reindeer is used to pull carts.

Seeing Li Du and his group coming ashore, the young man Nasan was huddled in the sled car, a little vigilant, holding the gun tightly in his hand.

Sodaer Nasan waved to the young man and shouted. Seeing the couple, the young man smiled silly and waved to shout.

Both sides hugged each other, and the three of them hugged each other hard, looking like old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"Every time you go out to sea to exchange for daily necessities is an adventure. You see, their boats cannot fight the wind and waves of the Arctic Ocean. Once they encounter bad weather or are pushed into the far sea by ocean currents, they are basically dead."

The youth brought eight reindeer and four reindeer pulled a sled, and each sled was tied to a hound.

These hounds don't know what breed they have, they look like wolves and have a strong personality. When they see the cats and the others, they yell.

Aao used to bullying others. Its size is bigger than the two hunting dogs, but the hunting dogs are not afraid at all, and grinning and keep rushing upwards.

Their fighting spirit made Aao retreat, which was also a coward who bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong. Seeing that he did not scare the other party, he gave up the idea of ​​continuing to attack.

Sodaer Nasan asked Li Du and his party to wait. He and the young man were riding in a sled car toward the distance of the ice cap. The reindeer flew over and ran very quickly on the ice.

In just twenty minutes, a shadow appeared in the distance of the ice layer, and a faint sound of hoofs came into everyone's ears.

A Miao, who was fighting on the ice, looked up alertly in the distance. A Ao opened his mouth and wanted to scream. Sophie quickly covered his mouth to prevent it from scaring the deer.

Needless to say, the shadows running are the Nasan's reindeer herds.

Sodaer Nasan brought dozens of reindeer and several tribe members. They returned on a sled car dragged by the reindeer. When they saw Li Du, they smiled brightly and started talking stumbled.

Big Ivan translated next to him: "He invited us into the car and said that the clan was preparing supper, and after we were over, there would be hot rice to eat."

"This guy is real." Li Du said with a smile.

Reindeer have much more strength than dogs. There are two types of sled 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 for pulling goods.

Li Du and his group were crowded, and Godzilla and Dao were big guys again, so they got into the truck and dragged six reindeer together.

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