Chapter 1296: 1296. Migration Road (5/5)

Chapter 1296 1296. Migration Road (55)

The Northland Islands are located along the coast of the Arctic Ocean and are an island belonging to the Krasnoyarsk Territory of Russia.

Its location is between the Kara Sea and the Laptev Sea in the Arctic Ocean, across the Velikitsky Strait and facing the northernmost point of Siberia, the Chelyus Golden Cape, so Li Du and the others directly entered the Kara Sea by boat and went straight according to the route to reach the islands.

Since it is an archipelago, there are naturally many islands here. Its main body is the 4 big islands of the October Revolution, Bolsheviks, Communist Youth League members and Young Pioneers, and there are more than 70 small islands.

The total area of ​​the archipelago is 37,600 square kilometers. It is not a small area and has a small population. There are almost no permanent residents on the island. Because the local temperature is cold, nearly half of the area is covered by glaciers all year round.

The glacial area is uninhabitable. The temperature is below zero all year round, and it is easy to reach minus 30 to 40 degrees in winter. Except for the glacial area, the rest of the area belongs to the Arctic desert, the Arctic tundra, and a small number of polar forests.

Little Ford told Li Du that there used to be some residents on this island engaged in fishing and hunting. They hunted seals, walruses and beluga whales in the waters around the Northland Islands. then left.

Steve leaned on the side of the boat and added: "Actually, you are wrong. They left not because the protection organization did not allow these animals to be hunted, but because these animals were hunted severely and their numbers dropped sharply. They harvested sharply in the archipelago waters. Minus, had to leave."

Li Du asked, "Have you ever been to this island?"

Little Ford pointed to Steve and said, "He's been here before, this island was actually discovered by his family."

Steve took a sip of the steaming coffee, and further explained: "It's my grandfather, he was a captain, he liked to travel around the world's seas, he idolized Columbus, but in the end he failed to be as famous as Columbus. "

This news surprised Li Du: "Did your grandfather discover the island? When did he discover it? The island is not connected with his name? What a pity."

Steve laughed and said: "It was lucky for him to survive and return to New York after discovering the archipelago. It was more than 80 years ago, when the Bolsheviks were the mainstream here, and he was born with such assets. A capitalist of the upper class will be shot if caught.”

It can also be heard from the names of the four main islands of the archipelago that they must have been discovered during the Red Empire, otherwise there would not be such a socialist name.

Li Du asked again: "Then, what is the purpose of our visit to this island? Just to find meteorites from the sky? Are you sure there are meteorites in the islands?"

Da Ford smiled and said: "We are here to explore the history of human expansion. Since the evolution of modern humans in East Africa 160,000 years ago, the boundaries of human life have been expanding outward. This is the end of expansion."

Li Du was taken aback, and said, "Is this the end of the expansion? What you want to say is that this is the last land discovered by humans?"

"It's not that simple," Big Ford shook his head, "Of course, your guess is correct, this is indeed the last large area of ​​land discovered by humans, do you know how Steve's grandfather got here? "

Li Du followed his example and shook his head: "I don't know, you don't follow a shooting star, do you?"

"You won't believe it, he followed the Polynesians to come here." Steve said himself, "Yes, the Polynesians, they left traces."

Li Du raised his hand and said, "Wait, Polynesians? What the hell are you doing? Don't Polynesians live in the South Pacific?"

When he went to Australia, he learned that the Polynesians are an ethnic group in the Polynesian Islands in eastern Oceania, including Maori, Samoans, Tongans, Tuvaluans, Hawaiians, Tahitians, and Tokelau There are more than 900,000 people in more than 10 sub-clans, including the Indians, Cook Islanders, Wallisians, Niueans, and Easter Islanders.

Indeed, the Polynesians are considered to be the last human migratory race. According to archaeological activities, modern people believe that the Polynesians crossed the South Pacific to the Pacific Islands about 2,000 years ago.

Da Ford further explained: "The Polynesians belong to the Mongolian race. Molecular anthropology has confirmed that their race genes originated from the coast of East Asia and moved to Taiwan between 6,000 and 4,000 years ago. They crossed the sea again and migrated to the Pacific Islands through the Melanesian Islands, where they fused with the local indigenous genes to form the modern Polynesians."

"What does that have to do with this place?" Li Du asked, "The South Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean are almost exactly the two most extreme sea areas on Earth?"

Big Ford shrugged and said, "Yes, that's where the problem lies. They should have gone to the South Pacific, but after some time, traces of their lives were found in the Northland Islands. Isn't it too weird?"

Li Du frowned and said, "Okay, what you want to say is that it's another unsolved mystery of the world, right?"

The Ford brothers nodded, and Little Ford said: "This mystery has indeed never been solved."

Steve said: "According to our exploration, there is now a hypothesis, that is, the Bosnians first explored all the way north. According to the climate survey and sea state survey at that time, it was easier for them to go north."

"They traveled all the way north, and finally came to the Northland Islands at the extreme north, and then found that there was no place suitable for their race to survive on this road, which means that their migration path was wrong."

"Originally, this was a terrible mistake that could destroy their entire race, but they corrected the mistake and returned to the original point of departure. Instead of continuing to go north, they went south, crossed the equator into the South Pacific, and found A warmer, more resource-rich new habitat."

Li Du said: "I understand, I understand, how can they go back? The fifth dimension, right? They found the node or some gate of the fifth dimension, and returned to the origin when they set off through the fifth dimension."

Steve nodded and said, "That's a reasonable statement."

Li Du laughed, and said, "Perhaps it was because they split into two groups at the beginning? One failed to go to the north, and the other succeeded to the south. Doesn't that make sense?"

Steve waved his hand and said: "First, they were still primitive tribes at that time, and they didn't have such sufficient population and resources to migrate by two routes. Second, if they really split into two routes, the failed route should all die. In the Northern Islands, there should be more traces on or around the island, and..."

Just as he was about to continue explaining, the captain's anxious voice sounded: "God bless! Our luck is too bad today, pirate! We have encountered pirates! Prepare to fight!"