Chapter 668 Tracking
Bifang gave up the hunt.
By the time we crossed the valley, it was already afternoon, and in about an hour, it would be dark again.
If we go out now, even if we catch up with it within an hour, we won't be able to bring the bison back. Besides, the food reserves are not abundant. If it takes two days, the situation will get worse. It's better to set off tomorrow morning and go ice fishing again today.
After searching carefully on the ice, Bifang found a good place, chiseled the ice, sat on a dead tree, made a fishhook out of fish bones, and used the remaining fish entrails from yesterday as bait.
Before dark, eight fish of different sizes were caught. The largest one weighed more than 15 kilograms and needed to be held to stop it. It was caught by Bifang with a harpoon.
But the most exciting thing is that with charcoal, I can finally eat some cooked food.
After roughly building an igloo, Bifang lit a bonfire. The environment quickly became warmer, making Bifang, who was tired after a day's work, a little sleepy.
"We are going to hunt musk oxen tomorrow. We don't need to save food. We should eat as much as we can and replenish our energy as much as possible."
Bifang's cheeks were bulging. He cut off all the fish belly and swallowed it raw, chewing it with big mouthfuls to replenish calories and vitamins. After he was half full, he sliced the fish meat under him and stewed it in a wooden pot.
Bifang chose to fight to support the war rather than save supplies and survive.
In previous lives, many survival experts have participated in Arctic survival, but they were too cautious, or not confident enough.
Therefore, they dare not eat the supplies they hunted with great difficulty, so that even if they win, their weight will drop sharply, and their condition will get worse day by day, so that they can't catch prey in the later stage and have to rely on endurance.
The root cause of lack of self-confidence is essentially lack of ability.
The curled pieces of fish meat rise and fall in the boiling water , and their color changes from pink to white, which is very appetizing.
At this moment, Bifang cut off the last bit of wood chips and made a pair of chopsticks. He picked up the fish and started eating it in big mouthfuls. As soon as it entered his mouth, the long-lost burning sensation almost made him cry.
Still delicious!
Without caring about the scalding taste, Bifang picked up a large pair of chopsticks and stuffed the food into his mouth before the boiling juice had even dried up. Or perhaps, he wanted this hot feeling.
There is a slight burning sensation in the mouth, but it makes one feel extremely fresh.
It is such a rare thing to feel the warmth in the cold and snowy world.
It is also at this time that the texture and freshness of the Arctic fish fully burst out.
There is a fishy smell, but after blanching, it is almost negligible compared to what Bifang has eaten before. It is unusually sweet and clean, and the fish meat is very elastic.
"The quality of the water in which the fish grow has a great impact on the taste of the fish. The better the environment, the more delicious the fish meat will be. Fish grown in different water qualities taste very different. Fish grown in high-quality water sources are often very tender and full of vitality. There is no better water environment in the world than the Arctic Ocean."
"Believe me, even without any seasoning, the fish here is delicious beyond imagination."
Bifang's hearty eating made the audience envious.
[I want to eat too, but I don’t have money]
[I've been to Iceland once, but I couldn't fly directly, so I had to transfer in continental Europe. The cheapest I've seen was 5,000 yuan round trip, but if you book it during the peak season or at a later time, it might even cost 12,000 yuan. Greenland is at a higher latitude, farther away, and it seems that planes can't get there, so it might be more expensive.]
[Not counting airfare, if you go for 7 or 8 days, including all accommodation, tour groups, and airport buses in Iceland, the total cost is about 15,000]
[Hiss, the poor man’s dream]
[Greenland should be more beautiful than Iceland, Iceland is also full of people now]
[I just checked the club's hunting information and found that the top three rewards this time are a ten-day trip to Greenland for five people, and you can also take the same cruise ship as Lao Fang... In addition to the rewards, you can also pay for your own expenses, 18,000 per person...]
[As expected of you, A-Yao! ]
[I don’t find it strange at all (dog head)]
After eating and drinking, Bifang exhaled a breath of hot air with satisfaction, and his whole body felt warm. While chatting with the audience, he also talked about some of the dangers of musk oxen.
Although the musk ox is not as strong as the white-lipped buffalo that Bifang had encountered before, it is more dangerous.
"Musk oxen are social animals and are very organized. When they encounter natural enemies, they do not panic and run around like ordinary bison. Instead, they form a special defense circle. More than a dozen bulls and cows rush to the high ground, shoulder to shoulder, surround the calf in the middle to protect it, face outward, lower their heads, and stare at the enemy fiercely."
"In the Arctic, only wolves and polar bears can threaten them, but facing the huge bodies of 300 to 400 kilograms and hard horns, Arctic wolves and polar bears are often helpless. Sometimes angry musk oxen will rush out of the defense circle and take the initiative to attack."
This really scared the audience. We have all seen the animal world, and the scene of wildebeests galloping on the grassland is deeply rooted in people's minds. It is beyond human control. Even a group of lions have to think twice. Can such a creature be caught by one person?
【Brave Bull! 】
【Don’t be afraid of difficulties! 】
[So awesome, how is Lao Fang going to catch him tomorrow? ]
[This bull is so fierce]
"But when gun-wielding Europeans entered the Arctic and waged war on the musk oxen for their furs, beef and horns, the oxen's defenses were not only rendered useless, but worse than scattering."
"The hunters first sent out hunting dogs to chase the musk oxen, and then when the musk oxen formed an angry defensive circle ready to fight to the death, they shot them one by one. This killing method is extremely efficient."
"The last musk oxen were shot in Alaska around 1865. Musk oxen were also on the verge of extinction in Canada and Greenland by the early 20th century."
"Between 1902 and 1909, the U.S. explorer and Rear Admiral Perry led several expeditions to the Arctic, shooting about 600 musk oxen for food and obtaining funds for the activities by selling musk ox fur."
"If the small Canadian government had not passed a law in 1917 to ban the hunting of musk oxen, the musk ox might have been extinct long ago. With the subsequent protection, the musk ox has reproduced very quickly. There are about 3,000 musk oxen in Alaska and about 80,000 in the world. They are no longer considered endangered species, and some areas even allow limited hunting of them."
"So I have a tough battle tomorrow, so I'm going to rest early today."
After saying that, Bi Fang closed the live broadcast.
The drone landed quietly on the ground. Bifang put out the fire, blocked the entrance, leaving only a vent, and began to rest.
In the live broadcast room, the audience stayed for a while out of habit, chatted for a few words, and then left the room in twos and threes.
The next morning, before dawn, Bi Fang dug open the entrance, jumped out of the igloo, and came to the place where he found the musk ox yesterday.
Bifang lay on the ground and sniffed. Fortunately, the smell was still there.
