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1163. Heaven and Earth Under the Hills (4/5)

Wang Bo means this. Alaska is not a fun place. This season is the coldest time of the year. The temperature reaches minus 20 degrees Celsius, just like playing.

Eva did not insist, she said, "Then I won't accompany you this time. My dear, you have to take good care of yourself when you are there."

Wang Bo patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, don't you understand me, you have a man? If there is danger, I will definitely be the first to run away."

The little loli said, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, please take me with you, I will take care of you for my sister."

The elementary school holiday is on, and the little loli is really fine, but Lao Wang is afraid that something will happen to her, so he still refuses to take her out.

Eva said, "Take Dai'er with her. She was born in the snow and ice. She has such a thick skin. She must be thick in other places and can't freeze her."

She likes the little girl to go out for more walks and see. The girl is rich, but not the kind of "rich" that gives more money, but broadens her horizons and enriches her spiritual world. In this way, she will not be easily deceived and played with when she enters society in the future.

If someone had been said to be thick-skinned in the past, the little loli must argue. This time she honestly accepted this statement and nodded, "Yes, yes, Dai'er is thick-skinned, Dai'er is very cold-resistant!"

Wang Bo gave her a mild brain breakdown and said, "But you must be obedient after you go, otherwise I will throw it there and not bring it back."

The little loli swears in various ways, God, Bodhisattva, Buddha, gods and Buddhas all over the sky and the Nordic gods were all moved out.

In this way, the two of them embarked on the journey with two dogs, two big fat cats, and one fat snow fox.

The plane flew from Wellington to Lima, the capital of Peru, and then stopped from Lima to Seattle, USA. Then it stopped again before it flew to Juno, the capital city of Alaska.

Alaska is located at the northwest end of the North American continent, bordering Canada in the east, and on the other three sides are surrounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean.

The state has 17 of the 20 highest mountain ranges in the United States, and the 6,194-meter peak of McKinley is the highest peak in North America. Most of the active glaciers in the world are in the territory of Azerland, with the largest Malaspina Glacier basin area of ​​5,703 square kilometers.

The area of ​​this state is 1.71 million square kilometers, and it once belonged to the Russians.

After the outbreak of the Crimean War in 1853, Russia was afraid that the Alaska colony would be taken away by Britain, so it proposed to sell Alaska to the United States. In April 1867, the two sides sold for $7.2 million.

In other words, the Russians sold this land to the Americans at the time for four yuan per square kilometer, so when it comes to the super prodigal sons in the world, the Russian Tsarist government always has something to say.

When it comes to Alaska, people think of it as the roaring snow and cold winds. In fact, this land is extremely vast, with a temperate climate in the southeast and the central and southern regions. The annual temperature is about 0c to 15c, which is not very cold.

Its inland has a continental climate, which can reach 26c at daylight in summer and -15c at night in winter. The real cold place is within the Arctic Circle, which is the polar climate, with temperatures below zero throughout the year, and minus 40 degrees Celsius is the norm.

Editarod is a route, not the name of a region. Originally, it was a supply route connecting seaside villages and inland mining camps. Various mail and supplies were imported into the inland, and gold mines were continuously transported out.

At that time, these tasks were done by sled dogs, so sled dogs have always had an extraordinary status in this area.

In 1925, the sled dog ushered in a glorious moment. At that time, diphtheria was raging, and the town of Norm, which had only 1,400 people, was in a critical condition, so he asked Anchorage for help.

At that time, in addition to the diphtheria virus that was raging in the Norm area, there were also days of blizzards roaring. In that era, small aircraft using open-air seats could not take off and land and accurately cruise.

At a critical moment, the governor of Alaska decided to use 20 dog sled teams to transport serum to Norm in a relay manner. On January 26, 1925, anti-diphtheria serum was transported by rail to the town of Ninana west of Fairbanks. On the night of January 27, 1925, the first dog sled team set off.

The transportation line is near 64 degrees north latitude, which is the extreme night time every year. Most sections of the road are carried out in the dark, with temperatures below minus 35 degrees Celsius, and the lowest temperature is as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius.

At dawn on February 2, 1925, the first batch of serum was delivered to Norm, which took 127 hours in total, less than 5 days and 5 hours!

The competition is now just to commemorate the great rescue of human nature in history. The competition route is not the same as it was at that time. After all, no one can stand the competition in a minus 30 to 40 degrees Celsius.

There are many introductions to related competitions, but what is rarely introduced is that in order to rescue Norm Town, many sled dogs died on that route, mainly exhausted...

Nowadays, the event is being carried out, not to be a life-threatening one, so except for the same length, everything else has changed.

After landing at Juno International Airport, they also had to take a car to downtown Anchorage, which started the competition.

The little loli didn't understand and asked, "Since we started the competition from Anchorage, why don't we land there? There are airports in Anchorage, and we have studied geography."

Wang Bo said: "Because Anchorage is like the town of Norm in 1925, it will be a blizzard and the planes cannot land, so we have to rush over from the land."

They were riding in a bus, with dog seats on the bus, and many people took dogs in the bus.

This is a local feature. Dog sledding is an important means of transportation, but when there is a car, it is definitely more convenient and comfortable to ride a car.

But at this time, the dog cannot be thrown away, so the bus has set up special seats for the dog, which are cages embedded in the back.

The bus was walking slowly in the wind and snow, and the snow was everywhere I could see the white snow.

The little loli lay on the window and looked for a while. Wang Bo pulled her back. After a long time, she would get snow blindness, which hurts the eyes very much.

The little white fox and the fat cat brothers were lying on the window and looking out, looking at the howling ice and snow outside, and they looked at the little loli while looking at it: Humans are really fragile, and they will be blind when they see the snow scene.

After a arduous trek during the day, at night, the bus finally entered Anchorage.
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