Chapter 1303: 1303. The Far North (2/5)

Chapter 1303 1303. The Land of the Extreme North (25)

After the ship sailed at sea for four full days and nights, the Northern Islands finally appeared.

These days, Steve and others played cards on the boat, while Li Du led people to dry fish during the day and store ice fish at night.

The temperature in the Arctic Circle is very low, and it is still below zero in this season at night. They hang the fish and use a brush to continuously brush water on the fish, just like brushing oil, and eventually a snow-white ice layer will appear on the outside of the fish. .

So when they got off the boat, they threw the icefish into the trunk of the car, just like throwing a brick, making a 'crack bang bang bang' sound.

Steve picked up an ice squid and said with a smile: "This thing can not only be used as food, but also can be used as a weapon. If there is such a thing before, we don't need grenades, we can use this thing to hit them! "

It is not very easy to land on the Northland Islands. The Velikitsky Strait separates it from the land. There are no good ports on the island. There are only a few natural piers, which can be used for docking after simple cleaning. vessel.

Li Du looked around and saw that the Northland Islands were left alone on the vast and cold ice sea, and there was a snow-white ice field on it.

The terrain of the archipelago is complex. The four main islands seem to be carved by ancient glaciers. There are swamps and hills on the islands. Some hills in the north are almost covered with snow all year round.

Fortunately, there is some green on the southernmost Bolshevik Island, where there are rare polar forests in the Arctic Circle, and a series of cold zone trees such as cedar, black spruce, fir, and oak grow.

If it weren't for these greens, the island would be a bit too dead.

Of course, there must be residents on the island. As the Ice Sea Narwhal approached the pier, some wooden boats appeared in front of them.

Several small boats floated slowly in the clear and deep sea, tied to the pier pillars by cables. There were some exquisite and lovely houses on the coast, which were still piled up of simple wood, but they did not look rough.

Sophie took out her camera and sighed softly, "This place is beautiful, it's really a paradise for photography lovers."

The Northern Islands may be deserted and deserted, but the scenery here is not to mention, the islands are green or white or grayish-yellow, like ice beauties in brocade.

But if people live here, it is estimated that no one is willing to, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, they will get tired of it. What people need is change and excitement.

The cargo ship approached the pier carefully, because the pier was too narrow, and the cargo ship could only put down a narrow iron plate as a passage.

Steve went to measure it, shook his head and said, "No, it's not as wide as the car, how can I drive it down?"

The driver threw away the cigarette in his hand and knelt down to look at it, and said, "Get out of the way, I'll come."

He got into the car, and the heavy off-road vehicle first adjusted its direction in the cabin, and then drove out slowly.

Almost only half of the tires on both sides could be pressed against the iron plate, and the other half was vacant. Li Du looked outside, and there was rough sea water below, and it was very dangerous for the car to drive on the iron plate.

The driver drove down the car steadily, one after another, never missing.

The crew couldn't help applauding: "Great!"

There are a lot of supplies on board, and they have to stockpile these supplies. In addition to food, vegetables, fruits, clothes and tents, there are other things, such as medicine, oxygen tanks, and various fuels.

Back and forth they transported all the supplies to the ground, and a hill quickly piled up on the pier.

There are some small wooden houses on the shore, and several families live in them.

Steve went to discuss with them, rented six houses, moved the supplies in, and they came back later to replenish.

The cargo ship docked at noon, and it was already sunset by the time they finished packing their things.

When the weather is clear, the Arctic Circle has the most beautiful night in the world, and the stars here are even more brilliant. The colors of the stars in the night sky are colorful, including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, including thousands!

Li Du looked up, and he really felt that there were stars when he looked up, and these stars were like hanging on his head.

"You can pick the stars with your hands, and you will be afraid of the people in the sky." He said to Sophie, "You see, our poetry culture is not created out of nothing, and evidence can always be found in reality."

Sophie adjusted the focus of the camera and said with a smile, "That's why I like Tang poetry and Song Ci so much."

There are quite a lot of houses on the shore, there are more than 20 houses on the pier, and there are more if you go deeper. There are some small villages on the island. There are few people here, but there are still people living there.

The Ice Sea Narwhal brought some daily necessities, such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, spatulas, pans, clothes, bedding, glass, oil, etc., all kinds are complete.

In the dark, a bonfire was lit by the pier, and people from the villages on the island continued to appear. They came to do business with the Narwhal, lived here, and could only rely on foreign ships to replenish their daily necessities.

Similar to a certain job that Li Du had been engaged in for a period of time, the transaction here is to barter, and everyone gets what they need.

The things brought by the Narwhal are very cheap outside, but it is not convenient for people on the island to go out, so the rare things are expensive, and the prices of these things rise on the island.

The things that the villagers use to trade are mainly wild resources, such as seal skins, bird's nests, abalone, dried shrimp, fish fillets, animal skins, antlers, etc., in addition to some more precious things, such as silver nuggets and gold sand.

The captain and the crew checked what the villagers had brought, and they would accept them when they were almost the same, and let the villagers choose the daily items they brought.

Disputes rarely happen, and the local villagers are relatively mild. If the captain and the crew shake their heads and say no, they will put down the selected item and change it.

Someone took a fancy to a cotton coat, and he only brought some dried shrimps. The captain shook his head.

Li Du said: "You don't have to be so stubborn, right? Look at his clothes, how tattered are they? Just take pity on him and give him convenience."

The captain said helplessly: "We didn't expect to make a fortune in this kind of transaction. We can only earn a little money to subsidize the fuel. We trade many things at a fair price. I know he is very pitiful, but we can't lose money, you know. After all, sir, we are not philanthropists."

Li Du was about to pay by himself, but Steve stopped him, shook his head and said, "It's not the time."

Li Du didn't understand what he said, but since Steve blocked him, there must be a purpose, and he just waited and watched.

The transaction finally came to an end, and the villagers left the pier, and there were still many post-natal items brought by the boat that had not been traded.

Steve asked the captain for a quote, billed him and left the item.

Li Du asked, "What does this mean?"

Steve laughed and said, "It's not about helping the poor, buddy, we won't be on the island for a short time, and we will do charity when the villagers run out of living supplies and need it, so as to earn more favors. "