Chapter 998: The Voyage Diary of a Learned Man, Fog and Storm, and the Difficult Exploration of the Aleutian Islands
"God bless you! At the end of August, we left more than 50 samurai sailors and a long ship to build the God Dadi Port at the beginning of the island chain in the west. More than 70 of the surrounding Unanga tribes also joined.
We. We selected about 10 Unanga Dingzhuang to replace the last batch of Prepecha sailors. Almost all the sailors in the entire fleet are from the tribes of the North..."
"The leader in charge of God Dadi Port is the Tekos warrior Luo Heishi. Like many Tekos warriors who are brave and good at fighting, he received the word 'Luo' as his surname given by His Majesty. And his body is indeed strong enough and can perform well.
Adapted to the harsh climate in the north, he is worthy of being a barbarian from the mountains!…”
October is considered the beginning of autumn in the Aleutian Islands. The foggy summer has passed, and it is a more suitable time for sailing. The sun hangs close in the sky in the north, and is obviously larger than in the south. I don’t know why.
Mikey, the knowledgeable man, raised his head and looked at the clear sky for a while, as if he was looking at the upside-down sea. The sun was bright today, but the temperature was very low. The fallen snow on the hills covered the rocks, and there was no sign of melting.
.Beside him, the white bear Gaowa sat on the snowy stone, looking at him with a silly smile, as if he was not afraid of the cold at all.
"Gaowa."
"Weng?"
"are not you cold?"
"cold?"
The white bear Gaowa blinked in confusion. It is only early October, and the temperature in the Aleutian Islands has already swung back and forth around zero. But for the white bear Gaowa, who is used to the cold of minus 20 degrees in winter, today's feeling is
It's very comfortable and you don't even need to wear a thick leather robe.
In fact, for the Unanga people in the North, they are used to being "hot" in the summer and autumn. In this way, when the baby is born, it will happen to be the spring and summer when the climate is warm and the food is abundant. The young and strong people will give birth to the baby.
Women can also immediately participate in hunting and gathering activities, which is more conducive to the continuation of the tribe.
In the long and dark winter, they will reduce any unnecessary consumption, including "heating". Therefore, sleeping with a heater at that time is really just sleeping with a heater...
The harsh natural environment has had such a profound impact on these extreme northern tribes that it has even affected all aspects of life. Of course, White Bear Gaowa didn’t know the reason for all these traditions, but she was just used to following them. So, she blinked
Blinking his eyes, he looked at the knowledgeable Mickey and asked expectantly.
"Weng? Do you want to... have sex with me? Here? On the stone?..."
"Well!…"
Hearing this, Mikey, the knowledgeable man, shuddered. He was not as strong as Gao Wa, who could keep warm in the snow. He quickly shook his head, avoiding Gao Wa's fiery eyes, and turned from the sail that had just been put in.
Next to the records, he pulled out the most recent one and pretended to read it seriously.
"God bless you! In early September, we took three long boats, 120 warriors and sailors and left the Kami Dadi Port near the hot springs... We followed the extended large island and a series of small islands, and kept heading westward
Row away... And those towering icebergs revealed in the western sea are the direction the Lord God guides the fleet!..."
"Starting from the ancestral island chain heading west, the exploration fleet gradually disappeared after relying on the warm current for several months. Zuvalo was very sorry, because this warm current flowing westward day and night was really
It helped us so much!…We were able to reach the island chain so quickly because of this mysterious warm current! It is not far from the shore, flowing like a spirit hidden in the sea.
Thousands of miles away, it’s like the Lord God’s blessing in the water…”
Mickey, the knowledgeable man, scratched his head, still not understanding how this warm westward current appeared and how it suddenly disappeared.
Starting from Whale Harbor in the south and ending at Shendadi Harbor in the island chain to the west, the gift of the Alaskan warm current, like the unpredictable wind of fate, appears and disappears inadvertently. But what still accompanies them is
The heavy fog that rises in summer and the turbulent waves test the fleet of "Shenqi Exploration" on the verge of death time and time again!
"On the island chain in September, the wind is mostly from the north or northeast. But sometimes, it suddenly turns to the south or southeast. The wind is very strong and completely unreliable. Therefore, we dare not raise the sail to full height.
, at most, when the line of sight is clear, ascend a small half surface, and use a little bit of wind to speed up the fleet's westward direction..."
"Witness the Lord God! We must follow the island chain and go west carefully. We must never, never, never let the guiding sacred mountain leave our sight!!"
"Praise the Lord God! It was under the guidance of the Holy Mountain that we arrived at the second island of our ancestors, the Akutan Island (Akutan), in September. This island is not big, with only one iceberg on it, so I call it 'Akutan'.
Mountain'... Not far from this island are the three islands of the ancestors, the sacred volcanic island (Ualaska). This island has a natural harbor sheltered from the wind, which is very deep. Zuvarro wants to build one there as well.
We are in port, but we don’t have enough ships..."
"It is worth mentioning that there is only one iceberg on Shenshiwan Island, but sometimes it flashes a strange, lavender light... like a strange omen from the gods! The Unanga tribe on the island said that it was
Because that iceberg is alive, it is an ancestral giant that has never died. It will shout from time to time, and even spit out flames and black smoke in legends!..."
"Blessed by the Lord God! Then I knew that this is an active volcano, which contains the active divinity underground! Therefore, I called it 'God Volcano' (ie Makushin Volcano). And the three ancestral islands are called 'God Volcano Island'
'!…"
Thinking of the radiant divine volcano, Mickey, the knowledgeable man, showed pious yearning in his eyes. Such a magical place is indeed worthy of the kingdom's fleet to build a separate port! What's more, since there are active volcanoes, there will be
Warm spring water, and a place to grow potatoes. Unfortunately... we can only wait until later.
This chapter is not over, please click the next page to continue reading! "Continuing westward from the Shen Volcano Island, almost connected to the Shentian Stone Island (Nikolski). According to the legend of the Unanga tribe on the island, this island
On the east side of the , there is a huge depression that extends for more than ten miles, and the reason why this depression appears..."
"The cloud god of the sky once threw burning sky stones to kill the giants of our ancestors! The giant sank into the sea, and his injured head floated on the surface of the sea. The sunken wound was where the sky stones fell!..."
Mickey, the Knowledgeable One, had eyes flashing as he stroked the line of inherited songs he had recorded, and thoughts were swirling in his heart. He wanted to go to the depression on Shentian Stone Island and search carefully to see if he could find the legendary
"Sky Stone", or even a little bit of remnant of the divine object...
"Continuing westward from Shentian Stone Island, there are a series of sporadic small islands. The distance between these small islands is too far, and there are no high enough snow-capped mountains on the island to guide the exploration fleet... From the four ancestral islands to Shentian Stone Island
, to the ancestral Five Island God Gaoshan Island, the more than 300 miles in between is the most dangerous voyage!..."
"O Lord God! The heavy fog covering the sky is rising, and the rolling waves are hanging high above our heads! The turbulent sea currents are surging everywhere, and the violent sea wind can blow off the sails! ... We traveled for a full two weeks on this journey of more than 300 miles.
.There is heavy fog in the morning and evening. You can only row desperately during the half day when the fog lifts at noon to find the next small island to dock. Because a terrible storm may suddenly appear at any time, setting off layers of doomsday-like waves.
, leading us to destruction!”
"And the truly terrible apocalypse is the storm coming from the north... We encountered three storms, and only one of them came from the sea in the north, which was very, very, very big! And in that storm, there was not only blizzard, but also...
Terrible, deadly hailstones!…”
"If we hadn't recruited several Unanga sailors who were familiar with the sea conditions on Shentian Stone Island and discovered the storm in the north in advance... If it weren't for the northern tribes on the boat, they could row on the violently bumpy boat... If we hadn't left
The nearest island is only two to three quarters of an hour away... Lord God bless us! Lord God bless us! Lord God bless us!!"
Seeing this, Mickey the Knowledgeable trembled all over, recalling once again the great northern storm that appeared repeatedly in his nightmares!
The wind, snow and hail that covered the sky, the cascading waves that rose more than ten meters high! The hard struggle of sailing on the sea of death was like running madly with your feet on the edge of a cliff! It was only two-quarters of an hour,
Let him never forget it!
"Witness the Lord God! Navigation on the island chain is so difficult, but Gao Wa doesn't take it seriously at all. She is always curious and groping on the long boat. Even if the long boat swings violently in the wind and waves, she can still stand firmly on the deck.
...Later, she told me through gestures that the Unanga people used kayaks like canoes to fish in rough seas. Compared with their kayaks, our big boat seemed to be floating.
An island in the sea!…”
"I didn't quite believe it, so I asked her: 'How bumpy and swaying is your kayak?'... She seemed to have misunderstood, or maybe she understood too much... Or maybe, after experiencing that death
After the storm, we all need to vent, like beasts..."
"She pushed me down in the bottom cabin and let me really feel it for once... Then, I couldn't get up for a few days until I arrived at Shengao Mountain Island and saw the juxtaposed peaks and white light..."
Seeing this last paragraph, Mikey, the knowledgeable man, shivered in his heart. He felt that his waist and legs were weak for no reason, and his whole body ached. He turned his head guiltily and glanced at his wife, who was as strong as a white bear, but was instantly noticed by the other party.
"Weng? What's wrong with you?... Your face is so pale? Are you shaking all the time?"
"Uh! Gaowa. I...I remembered that big storm of death again. If you and the Annu fish hadn't caught me, I would have fallen into the waves long ago... But the Anu fish was there a few days ago.
In a huge storm, in order to recapture the longship that was swept away!..."
Speaking of this, the knowledgeable Mickey sighed, with real sadness in his eyes. The white bear Gaowa also knew the reason for his sadness, so he lowered his head, put his forehead against his forehead, and gave her husband a hug. Her figure
It's very big. When he hugs Mickey, it's like a big bear hugging a baby seal, but his movements are extremely gentle.
"Weng. A lot of people die here every year! We, the Unanga people, are like this. They, the Sugpia people, are the same!…"
"Well... the Lord God witnesses! I understand!"
Mickey the Knowledgeable felt sad for a moment and nodded. He knew that death was the most common thing in this difficult and difficult Far North. He thought of the annu fish that had saved him but fell into the storm.
I remembered meeting these Sugpiaq tribe. In the extreme north at 60 degrees north latitude, at the mouth of the mighty river, and on the blue delta at the mouth of the river...
Thinking of this, Mickey the Knowledgeable lowered his head, moved his fingers slightly in the bronze box, and picked up another volume of the voyage diary next to it. And with this slight movement of his fingers, he went from the west to the beginning of the island chain to the east.
More than two thousand miles away, we are back in the midsummer of July...
Note: The Easter Egg Chapter is an exploration map of the Aleutian Islands.