My travels can open treasure chests

Chapter 407 Looking for Polar Bears

The owner of the store has white hair, is very young, and is dressed in fashion. When he sees someone coming in, he warmly greets him and asks: "Handsome sir, young and beautiful lady, do you want to participate in tomorrow's motorcycle trip?"

"Tomorrow? Can't today?"

"Today's tour group has already gone out. We can only gather one tour group every day. You should know that although there are many tourists who come to Longyearbyen, most of them don't know how to operate snowmobiles. , although it seems that they are so simple, by the way, I haven't asked you yet, you should know how to drive it?"

"we will."

"That would be great." He clapped his hands. "Are you sure you want to participate? If you want to participate, come to the back of the store and take a test."

Han Qi paid attention to this store.

In addition to the service desk where the boss sits, there are a lot of photos on the walls here, including those of polar bears and seals. Some daring tourists even dare to get close to the polar bear and take pictures at a distance of 30 meters.

Fortunately, they were riding snowmobiles, otherwise the polar bear would not be easy to mess with.

Bears, whether they are polar bears or brown bears, are scary, but since they are animals, they will have their own unique character and temper. Only by following an experienced guide can you go further and see more scenery in this dangerous place.

In addition to the photos plastered everywhere, there is a sofa and a table on the right, with a coffee machine on it, and a small black basket with an umbrella at the door.

After following this person into the store, you can see a large yard with two snowmobiles beside it.

"Come on, sorry, this is a process that you have to go through. If you don't, we can teach you here. If you have experience in riding a motorcycle, you can quickly get started with snowmobiles, and the fee is not high."

Ingrid went first, a posture that I am already a veteran.

She was indeed an old hand, she went up to light the fire and left, walked around the venue twice and stopped beside Han Qi.

Han Qi also got in the car and drove for a while.

"The car is okay, so it's good, right?"

"Okay, no problem." The handsome white-haired guy gave a thumbs up.

Re-entering the store to sign, the white-haired brother sorted out the materials and said to the two of them: "There are already six people in the convoy that will leave tomorrow morning, including you. If you come tonight with four more people, you can start tomorrow morning. The time is about Five in the morning, any questions?"

"Five in the morning?" Ingrid asked back, looking at Han Qi.

She can get up at this time, which is about the same as her usual time of waking up anyway, but Han Qi is not good at it, she knows her man's habit, if she can wake up naturally in the morning, she will never get up early.

But she seldom travels with Han Qi, she doesn't know that even if Han Qi wakes up at three o'clock in the morning when he is on a trip, there is no problem.

Habits developed from the early days of travel are not easy to change.

After all, it is for making money, not shabby.

Han Qi was still signing, and after seeing Ingrid's eyes, he said, "Don't worry." Then he asked the white hair, "What if no one comes for a while?"

"Then wait until ten o'clock." He said, "Anyway, we will notify you tonight, so don't worry about coming here too early tomorrow."

"Okay." Han Qi handed him the list.

The white hair took it over and said, "Well, we'll call you later, no matter whether there are ten people or not, we will set off at ten o'clock tomorrow morning."

"it is good."

Walking out of the store, the two walked around the street.

There are shotguns sold in the store. The so-called guns here are actually this kind of shotguns. When you go out for a stroll, you only need to see who is carrying a shotgun to know that they have walked out of the city, and Han Qi saw it at the door of those shops before. black basket.

He thought it was for an umbrella, but when Han Qi entered the mall, he found that it was for a gun.

Yes, very punishing.

Back at the hotel, Ingrid threw herself on the bed as soon as she entered the room.

"Tired?"

"It's okay." She said, looking at the phone for a while, she read aloud:
“一头雄性北极熊重300到700千克，一头雌性北极熊重150到250千克，刚出生的北极熊幼仔有600克重。成年的北极熊能闻到32千米外海豹的气息或从1千米外的1米厚冰层下嗅出海豹的味道……”

Han Qi stuck his head out from the bathroom.

"What are you doing?"

"Looking for information on polar bears, we will go to see them tomorrow, ah, I am so happy, I wonder if we can see the little bears."

Han Qi rolled his eyes and continued to take a bath.

think too much.

You should be able to see it, but animals with babies are generally more aggressive. Han Qi can't see any dangerous scenes far away. He is fine by himself, but Ingrid is with him.

Although the white-haired man said that their travel agency hadn't had any safety incidents since they came here five years ago, after all, it's the wilderness. Leaving Longyearbyen, the place outside is equal to a desert without people, and there will be Nothing is surprising.

After dinner, news came from the travel agency.

"Mr. Han? We are full of people here. There is a customer who does not want to come over at five o'clock. We would like to ask for everyone's opinions. When do you think you would like to come over? You can do it at any time. Our car is already ready outside the city. .”

"What time are they going to go?"

"The customer said to come to our store at seven o'clock at the earliest."

Han Qi discussed with Ingrid, and said to him: "We are also at seven o'clock. You can ask other people and call me later. We can come anytime."

"Okay, thank you for supporting my work."

After hanging up the phone, Ingrid said, "What's wrong, someone can't get up in the morning."

Han Qi nodded, "It should be, I don't know what kind of partner I will meet tomorrow, I hope there are not too many things, just listen to the tour guide when you come to such a place."

If you want to stroll around by yourself, you can get up at any time, but as long as you enter a travel agency, you can trust the tour guide.People from the outside world will never have locals who know about this place. What Han Qi is afraid of now is that if he goes later, he will miss some attractions.

After exporting the photos from the camera, the two of them started to rest early.

………………

Han Qi and Ingrid arrived at the travel agency on time at seven o'clock,

Yesterday the place was empty except for the white hair, but today it is bustling, with a few cars parked at the door, and the inside is also bustling with more than a dozen people squeezing the small shop tightly.

Han Qi took a look and found that he was the last one to arrive.

It's not even seven o'clock.

Seeing the last two people coming, the handsome white-haired guy said: "Now everyone is here, let me introduce you, this is Halifax Carey, the leader of your trip this time, you call him Carey." Just fine."

Carey stepped out of the crowd.

In his thirties, he looks like a native of Norway. He wears a down jacket with a jacket and a gray shirt inside. He can't see his figure, but he can see the muscles in his neck are very obvious.

He is also a tough guy by looks.

The white hair continued:

"As long as you go out of Longyearbyen, it is a dangerous zone. All wild animals outside are dangerous. If you encounter them, don't scream loudly. Don't touch wild animals. No matter how cute animals are, don't touch anyway. Motorbikes on the road are not allowed. Turn off the engine, not even for a moment, and just follow Carey's instructions for the rest, understand, we set off when we understand."

"Understood." Everyone shouted in disarray.

Han Qi also looked at the people who traveled together this time.

One Asian, maybe Western Chinese, two Latinos, and the others are all European and American whites.

Although there are many people who come here to travel, there are still more Europeans. Chinese people generally travel to Britain, France and Germany, as well as Norway, Iceland and so on.Unless you are someone who has an impression of Longyearbyen, you will not come here for a trip.

Even if you want to see polar bears and aurora, Tromso, where Han Qi built a library, is more suitable for travel than Longyearbyen.

"GOGOGO!!" Someone yelled.

A beautiful Chinese, Han Qi thought to himself.

Baitou waved, and Carey said, "Then get in the car first."

Ten tourists and a few men with guns filed into the cars parked outside. Han Qi and Ingrid were sitting in the back row. The only Asian besides Han Qi was in front. A man with a gun was driving. , the Asian man said to Han Qi as soon as he came in:
"Hello? Korean?"

"Chinese people."

"Yasi... I heard the boy with white hair say there was a man with black hair yesterday. I thought it was Korean."

"Are there many Koreans traveling here?"

"It's okay. Recently, there was a popular commercial on TV about Longyearbyen, so many people came here. Speaking of this, I came here with my friend. He had something to go home in the morning."

"Oh."

This Korean is quite talkative, and he has always wanted to chat with Han Qi Ingrid.

But the car only drove for about ten minutes, and stopped in a place with deep snow outside the city. A pile of snowmobiles lined up neatly outside the car window looked much better than the two cars behind the shop. It needs to be new and the lines are more beautiful.

First of all, each of them chose a car, and they were all very skilled. There was no novice on the scene.

Team Lin Kaili drove the car in front of everyone, and instructed again: "You can't turn off the car on the road, even if I ask you to stop and take pictures, you can't turn off the car, and you are ready to drive away at any time, you understand?"

"clear,"

"Also, don't speak loudly during the trip. There may be wild animals hidden in the snow. Maybe they will run out of the snowdrifts to hurt people because they are frightened. There are precedents for this."

Everyone also nodded.

Among the tourists, two people from the beautiful country who seemed to know each other rented a shotgun, and their expressions were very excited, as if they were going to hunt. Kaili also said, "Hi, friends, the guns you bring are flare handles? If you encounter When there is danger, we always fire signal flares first, and do not shoot polar bears with live ammunition unless it is absolutely necessary."

One of them said: "Yes, we understand that the gun is only for self-protection, not to trouble the bear."

Another beautiful countryman also nodded in agreement.

If it was just for hunting, they would have gone to Australia a long time ago, where wild animals are overflowing, and they are inviting tourists from all over the world to travel there, and experience the feeling of hunting wild animals by the way, even kangaroos are already within the range that can be hunted Inside.

Feeling that there is no problem, Carey led the team to set off.

A group of people ignited their engines, and the rumbling sound resounded throughout the world. Han Qi thought to himself, can you still see polar bears with such a loud sound?The animals ran away long ago when they heard such a loud noise.

Whoever is fierce will have the loudest voice.

The IQ of animals is not high, but fear of loud things seems to be an innate conditioned reflex. Even a short article "Tiger and Donkey" in ancient China has such a record, such a powerful tiger will be afraid of loud noises. donkey.

Ingrid didn't think too much about it, she drove and walked side by side with Han Qi, smiling happily.

There is snow everywhere here, although I don't know how deep it is, but according to Han Qi's feeling of driving, there is at least [-] centimeters.

This environment is very suitable for snowmobiles.

Since there is no exact road as wide as a highway, everyone drives their own, no one follows the other, and they are all scattered.

Finally followed by hunters hired by several travel agencies.

When Han Qi went shopping yesterday, he asked ordinary travel agencies, and the snowmobile ride was four times more expensive than theirs.In fact, you get what you pay for. Ordinary travel agencies have [-] tourists at a time, and there are only five locals for protection including the tour guide.

There are ten guests in this team, but there are six experienced old hunters, and the safety has been considered to be the ultimate.

Entering the valley, the terrain has ups and downs, but the lines and colors are extremely soft. After driving for more than two hours in a chilly environment, we passed the snowfield, passed through the trough, and came to the dividing line between the east and the west of the island.

Looking around, real glaciers and distant fjords appear impressively, the ice field is vast, and the sea seems to be close at hand, but far away.Going forward, the glacier gradually becomes clear, changing infinite hues under the sunlight, blue light rippling on the unmelted ice and snow...

Carey stopped, told everyone to take a rest, and called two people to find the polar bear.

"Be careful." Carey said, "This is a place where polar bears often move, there is no need not to wander around."

Ingrid let out a breath. She was exhausted.

She has never driven for three hours in a row. She has never driven a car for three hours at a time, let alone a motorcycle, and it is still cold. When the speed is fast, the cold wind is like an ice knife, scraping her face. It hurts.

Ingrid pouted and said to Han Qi, "I can't feel my face..."

Han Qi took off the mask and kissed, and said, "Do you feel it?"

"……kindness!"

After a while, someone came over and said that the polar bear had been found, and everyone got in the car and followed.

More than a dozen people were lying on a hillside, and a group of polar bears were resting 200 meters away. They were jumping in twos and threes, or walking slowly on the thick ice.

A pair of polar bear mother and child suddenly appeared not far away. Han Qi adjusted the focus of the camera and looked over. The big bear lay motionless on the ice, as if it came here just for the camera.On the contrary, the little bear rolls and kicks sometimes, very lively.

What was even more exciting was that not long after, another big bear appeared. After walking on the ice for a while, it jumped into the ice water and swam far away with its head out.

There are reports that as the climate warms, the decline of sea ice, which serves as a hunting platform and migration path for animals, is threatening the survival of polar animals such as polar bears.Carey joked: "Because of the melting of Arctic sea ice, polar bears have become so thin that they are almost bearless. The bears in the past were much bigger than these."

(End of this chapter)