Happy Tycoon

Jack is a good tour guide, and the price of one thousand Danish kroner a day is worthy of his hard work this day.

Under his leadership, Yang Jing and the others visited the University of Greenland, which they thought was shabby at first. After visiting this university, Yang Jing and Grid learned that the university looks very small on the surface, but it is quite predictable inside.

Whether it's the faculty or the library collection, the University of Greenland is very good, at least much better than expected.

The only thing that made Yang Jing and Grid feel a little uncomfortable was that the university was built next to Nuuk Airport, and the straight-line distance from the airport runway was even less than 700 meters.

"No way, Nuuk is so big, and the terrain is constantly ups and downs. It is not easy to find a place suitable for building an airport. However, although our airport is the Capital Airport, there are not many aircraft that can take off and land every year, and most of them are Propeller. That kind of jet airliner cannot take off and land on this runway of only 950 meters. The noise of propeller aircraft is relatively much lower..."

This is really justified.

But having said that, Yang Jing had never seen such a shabby Capital Airport. Although Nuuk is the smallest capital of a country in the world, you are also the capital of a country at any rate. As one of the external projects, you have built your capital airport better. The airports in many small cities with third and fourth tiers in China are better than this airport...

And what the **** is the golf course between the University of Greenland and the airport? If Jack kept insisting that this is their only golf course in Gotthob, Yang Jing and Grid could barely identify some greens, they really couldn't believe that this was actually a golf course.

The golf courses in other places are either green and picturesque, or grassy, ​​even if the golf club Yang Jing and Gege saw on the Yulong Snow Mountain a few days ago, although the altitude is more than 3,000 meters, There is still green grass and snowy mountains, and the beautiful scenery is like a painting.

But what the **** is this here? Is the turf of the golf course all frigid moss? It seems that the turf of public football stadiums in many small cities in China is a hundred times stronger than here!

It's too shabby...

Finally, after seeing the world's most shabby Capital Airport, the smallest Capital University, the most like a football stadium, and a series of "most", Yang Jing and Gege are finally gone. Can't bear to go shopping anymore.

But having said that, this is definitely a very wonderful experience. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no matter what others said, they would not believe that a country with a per capita GDP five times that of China would be so shabby.

Absolutely long experience!

It is better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles. The ancestors really are not deceived by me!

But for lunch at noon, the few people who had eaten were grinning.

Compared to the seafood feast I ate in St. John's three days ago, the seafood feast here is undoubtedly better.

Many frigid sea seafood from the Labrador Sea or Baffin Bay made Yang Jing and the others happily eating. Precious Arctic ginseng, delicious Arctic prawns, and queen crabs that are about the size of the lid after spreading out. These are hard to see seafood outside. There are so many here, you can eat it if you want, and the price is not good. expensive.

Therefore, two foodies from China and five more edible foodies from San Francisco, USA, really enjoyed one.

After lunch and a short rest, the group took a yacht under the leadership of Jack to watch the whales.

Nuuk is a world-famous whale-watching sanctuary. Although Greenland is located in the extreme north, it has many pure and flawless glaciers, and the excellent sea environment has bred as many as fifteen species of whales.

If you come to Nuuk for whale watching in winter, you can only see three types of whales, narwhals, beluga whales, and bowhead whales, also known as Greenland whales. Up to fifteen species of whales can be seen in the sea, such as humpback whales, fin whales, minke whales, and fin whales.

Yang Jing saw a pair of humpback whales smoothly in the afternoon.

The humpback whale is a medium-sized whale, not a big one among the whales. However, it has a pair of super long forewings and a very complicated call. Humpback whales are known as "ocean singers". Their calls are extremely complicated. Once they are called, it is really a yin and yang frustration, especially when a pair of humpback whales start to call at the same time, the sound is really the same. A concerto.

And this kind of big guy also likes to jump out of the water. When they jump out of the water when they are happy, their posture is extremely vigorous.

Once such whales appear, they must be in pairs. When you see one humpback whale, you can see the other. It is definitely a model of deep love between the couple.

On the return trip, Yang Jing and the others were lucky enough to see a group of about ten narwhals.

This kind of narwhal with a length of more than two meters is only four or five meters long, which is considered small among the whales. However, because of the unique unicorn of the narwhal, it is easy to think of the legend of the unicorn, so for centuries, people believed that it has medical effects and even magical powers.

You know, in the Middle Ages, when the long horns of narwhals were the most valuable, the price of "narwhal horns" was ten times that of the same weight of gold. Legend has it that Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom once received a narwhal horn worth 10,000 pounds, which could buy a castle at that time.

It is precisely because the narwhal has such a peculiar long horn, this kind of whale has been killed almost to extinction for a long time.

Like the ivory of an elephant, everyone is innocent and guilty!

But now it is much better. Under the vigorous protection of various countries, this once-endangered animal has now regained its prosperity.

Compared to the shabby Nuuk, watching whales in the sea is undoubtedly much better. The only pity is that I did not see the largest northern blue whale when I went to sea to watch whales today.

However, it was quite enjoyable to play this day. At least Yang Jing and Gege were extremely happy to play, which is enough.

The next day Yang Jing and Gege slept three rods in the sun, which was really three rods in the sun. In Nuuk, the sun came out after three o'clock in the morning, and after seven o'clock in the morning, isn't it just three poles in the sun?

Lin Dan didn't get up. This guy returned to the boat last night and took a pair of blindfolds, and finally got a good night's sleep.

Yang Jing and Grid didn't bother him either, let him sleep a little longer. After breakfast, Yang Jing and Grid took four bodyguards to the Katujak Cultural Center, and then visited the Nuuk Art Gallery and the National Museum of Greenland.

It was not until four o'clock in the afternoon that Yang Jing received a call from Andre, saying that he would leave tonight and let them come back.

This small capital city was almost gone, and the two hurried back to the pier, boarded the Blue Whale and continued on.

The huge Blue Whale sails in the Davis Strait. To the east is Greenland, the world's largest island, and to the west is Baffin Island, the fifth largest island in the world.

In fact, since crossing the Labrador Sea, the Arctic Archipelago, the world’s second largest archipelago, has appeared to the west of this route.

As the second largest archipelago in the world after the Malay Archipelago, the Arctic Archipelago is not as fragmented as the Malay Archipelago. The archipelago at the northern tip of the North American continent is more famous for its large area of ​​islands. For example, Baffin Island is ranked fifth in the world in terms of area, while Victoria Island to the west of Baffin Island is the eighth largest island in the world in terms of area. Yang Jing’s first destination on their voyage, Ellesmere Island, is It is the tenth largest island in the world.

This vast archipelago was originally part of the North American continent, but after the end of Quaternary glaciers, sea levels rose, causing these islands to separate from the North American continent, forming a large fragment of a large area of ​​islands on the sea.

The longer you go north, the longer the sun stays in the sky. Especially after crossing the Arctic Circle, the sun in the sky is like an undead Xiaoqiang, swaying above the horizon, even if it falls below the horizon, it seems In the blink of an eye, his head will appear again. The farther you go north, the more severe this phenomenon becomes. This is the famous polar day phenomenon.

At the same time, the farther you go north, the lower the temperature. Even though it is the hottest summer season in the south, there is still no hint of summer here.

After the Blue Whale sailed out of the Davis Strait into Baffin Bay, there was even ice on the sea.

In fact, the seas north of Baffin Bay, including the Smith Strait that is about to pass, are navigable in August and September. In July, the sea is still frozen.

Fortunately, the ice on the sea surface is not thick at this time. The Blue Whale is an A1 icebreaker. It is easy to deal with this ice layer of only a few centimeters thick. Even if it continues to sail north, the maximum is to let the Blue Whale. Just slow down a bit.

When the Blue Whale sails on this route, it is as close as possible to the center of the route. After all, it has already entered the Arctic Circle, especially in summer, sailing is a more dangerous thing.

Whether it is glaciers shedding from Greenland or Ellesmere Island~www.readwn.com~, there will be icebergs that can only be seen a little bit. Driven by ocean currents, this kind of iceberg that can be called a giant ship killer will follow. Continue to swim along the coastline, once a ship encounters this thing, the end is very tragic.

The famous Titanic unfortunately met these big guys and then sank.

Although the Blue Whale is an icebreaker, it is also far from this kind of giant ship killer. Fortunately, the Blue Whale is a scientific research ship with extremely modern equipment. The iceberg radar on the ship can detect icebergs hidden under the sea level at a long distance, so as to issue an alarm to remind the captain to avoid.

After entering the Smith Strait, the ship's speed has dropped from 14.5 knots to 10 knots, and finally to the current 7 knots.

No way, the ice in the Smith Strait is already 20 centimeters thick, and some rampant icebergs appear from time to time. Compared to the Davis Strait, which has 300 kilometers at its narrowest point, this strait is simply too narrow. The widest part of this long and narrow strait is only more than 100 kilometers, and the narrow place is less than 30 kilometers.

When sailing in this strait, you must be careful and then careful.