The Svalbard archipelago, a strange name, even the most senior tourist player, does not necessarily know that it has won the reputation of a pure place in the world and is the true end of the world!
Even on the globe, you can't find it. You almost have to use a magnifying glass to find it. In addition to staying away from the scrambling, there is also a major benefit for the Chinese people who don't have a visa, in addition to getting away from the atmosphere of nature near the polar region. You can get in and out!
As early as 1925, China joined in the signing of the Svalbard Treaty, the only international treaty to date in the Arctic between goverment: the region "shall never be used for the purposes of war". Citizens of States parties are free to enter and work and live here as long as they comply with local laws.
Located in the Arctic Ocean, this beautiful polar Svalbard archipelago, (Svalbard), is Norway's northernmost territory, about 62000 square kilometers the size of Hainan Island and Taiwan Island, where the sky's northern lights shine and the underground polar bears are spread!
(Longyearbyen), the capital of the Svalbard Islands, is the world's closest city to the North Pole (1300 kilometers away) and the loneliest city on Earth.
This is where many people travel to the North Pole.
Here, you're more likely to see polar bears than people!
There are more than 1800 permanent residents, and there are more than 5000 cute bears!
Even on the road sign, it's not "be careful of the vehicle", but "beware of the polar bear"! This should be the world's unique city ~
Every year from November to February, Longer entered the extreme night season, during which the night was endless, the whole city was cold and dark, and from April to August it entered the extreme daylight period. It is an unforgettable experience for most people in the world who have never experienced it!
"bears are more populous than they are."
"the northernmost city on earth."
"one of the coldest places in the world."
"most of the year is extremely day and night."
If this already makes you feel so strange, then there's one big thing that makes you stare at your eyes: there are no children here, and no death! Yes, including local residents!
No life or death.
Because of its geographical location, the city is snowcapped all year round, frozen and frozen below the surface, which means that the body will not rot naturally and the virus will remain here forever.
So as long as the patient and the elderly still have a breath to leave, pregnant women will also be asked to leave this place before the birth!
Although many people think this rule is very strange, but once violated, in this is illegal!
It's also the only city in the world where death is illegal!
No one has the right to die here unless it is an unexpected sudden death.
So in Longer, there was only a small cemetery in the whole town, where the dead were buried 70 years ago.
Even hospitals in the city have only eight beds for emergency patients.
Look at one: extreme Night & Aurora
The most moving "one-night stand" in the world
In Longer's winter, the sun was almost 24 hours below the horizon, and the whole town was shrouded in darkness, with only a little light at noon, but still the lights needed to be turned on, but the bright stars and auroras, But it makes people feel beautiful and romantic!
Even if the whole day is dark, it will not affect the normal life, because the fire is clear here, all the shops are normal business.
If you're not careful to come here and have a relationship with the locals, if a Loner asks you, "would you like to have a one-night stand with me?"
You don't think he's in Jop for a simple reason: every November to February, Longair enters extreme night. One night, three months! One night is a few months, enough for you to have a romantic relationship.
From September to March, the sky's aurora, like a ballerina in the night sky, passes through the night sky of Longair, and from April to August, there will be no more sunsets, and you will still enjoy the sun at midnight. You will find that the dream that the sun never sets is so beautiful.
Look at point two: there are more bears than people,
You must go out with a gun.
Come to Longell, to Svalbard, you have to carry a gun when you go out!
But don't worry about safety. Security here is actually very good. The reason for carrying guns is that there are too many polar bears!
Anyone who travels here will have to attend a training course to learn how to deal with cute and dangerous polar bears.
But you can't shoot and kill them at will. Local law forbids polar bears from harassing them on their own initiative.
Polar bear kingdom, this land must deserve it!
But as the climate warms, polar bears are in jeopardy!
Look at the third point: diversity of species
More than half of the land is a nature reserve. The ecological environment is so fragile that no one can litter and destroy the environment. Animals and plants are strictly protected and hunting is prohibited. Even the plants and flowers here cannot be picked at will.
Besides polar bears, there are polar animals such as arctic foxes, wild deer, seals, walruses, whales and all kinds of gulls, sandbirds, snow-cheeked white birds and so on!
Since nearly 60% of the area is covered by glaciers, only 6% of the land is covered with plants, but there are also many rare plants, looking at a group of primitive beautiful natural scenery.
Look at the fourth: city of Colo
Despite the cool feeling of Longer, but the city is full of fairy tales, the houses here are all colorful! Colorful!
Whether there is snow in winter or wild flowers in summer, Longer is so beautiful in this small town.
In the evening, Longer really became a fairy tale world.
Longer's geographical location makes it the northernmost inhabited place on earth, and many of the buildings are also recorded as the northernmost universities, the northernmost post offices, the northernmost airports, and the northernmost cafes. The northernmost church, the northernmost lighthouse.
The northernmost church in the world.
The northernmost University in the World: Svalbard University Centre
The northernmost museum in the world
The northernmost post office in the world
The northernmost lighthouse in the world
Because of this, Longer is called "the final boundary of human civilization"! Apocalyptic bank
The last hope of human survival
In this magical land, there is a place commonly known as the "apocalyptic bank": the Svalbard Global seed Bank, known as the "Noah's Ark of Global Agriculture."
There are 1.5 million kinds of crop seeds stored all over the world, and the number of seeds is about 100 million! In these cellars of minus 18 degrees Celsius, such as wheat, barley and pea seeds can be stored for about 1, 000 years, sorghum seeds can be stored for about 1.95 million years!
It is the safest genetic repository in the world, as safe as America's national gold repository, capable of preventing disasters, earthquakes, and even nuclear weapons. Is the last hope of mankind!
The seed bank was built by Norway at a cost of $9.11 million. Because of its great significance to the survival of human beings, the time magazine once named it as "50 most important inventions" in 2008!
In addition to the first time, it is also located in China's first Arctic station-the Yellow River Station.
Due to its unique geographical location, almost all the Arctic research stations in the world are built here, including of course China's first Arctic station: the Yellow River Station!
Most commendably, the Arctic Yellow River Station has the largest space physical observation point in the global polar scientific research.
2015 Longer Total Solar eclipse (photo / Jon Olav Nesvold)
When it comes to the Chinese footprints in Longer, it dates back to May 1908, when Kang Youwei, who traveled around the world, arrived here as the first person in China!
Innumerable beautiful scenery, shocked extremely, like a distant world
In the Svalbard Islands, in the small town of Loner, there are so many rare and beautiful scenery that any photo taken is a postcard!
The "Golden Mountain of Sunshine" like an outsider in the world
Photography / Jens B ü ttne
Glacier sea water with jelly
A pure place full of game
An infinite reverie of coastal ridges
Photography / Chris Jackson
Ancient glaciers also moving and still
Photography / Dominique Faget
A mysterious island of magic
Photography / Michael Nolan
Besides, don't miss it when you go to Longer: a camp under the sky, a look at the stars, and an aurora.
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Snow riding a motorcycle or riding a track, chasing the northernmost freedom of the earth ~
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Go to the ice cave exploration, complete a small goal of life ~
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Take a walk in the ice field and feel the most shocking beauty of silence in the world.
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In a boat or kayak, meet the loveliest elves in the ice
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Hurry up to this romantic, the loneliest city on earth!
