The Yellow River Station is the only polar research station established in China in the Arctic Circle, and it is also the third polar research station in China after the Antarctic Great Wall Station and Zhongshan Station.
However, when it comes to the Yellow River Station, there are really quite a few twists and turns.
In fact, the Yellow River Station was able to be built in New Ålesund in Svalbard thanks to Professor Gao Dengyi in China.
In fact, the name Svalbard was still very unfamiliar to the Chinese people before 1991, or in other words, the Chinese people forgot about this place that China should have sovereignty over for 66 years.
In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the Dutch and the British discovered Svalbard, an archipelago with many whales and walruses.
By 1858, the Finns had discovered a large amount of coal and other mineral resources in the archipelago, and the archipelago was immediately coveted by many European countries.
Many European countries began to enter the archipelago, Norwegians, Russians, British, Germans, Swedes, Danes, and so on.
But the largest population is still Russians and Norwegians.
These people first hunted whales, walruses, and seals in Svalbard, and then slowly began to dig into the island's mineral resources, and gradually formed a number of settlement towns.
Longyearbyen, Barentsburg, Sveagluwa, Neu-Ålesund, and the Soviet-built and now completely empty town of Plamidon are all places where European settlers first settled in Svalbard.
In terms of population and actual administrative jurisdiction, Norway and Russia seem to have a heavier weight.
However, Norway was limited in national strength, and Russia was in the midst of revolution and civil war, so it had no time to look westward.
This is undoubtedly the best historical time for the European and American powers that are unwilling to give up the interests of Svalbard.
As a result, various countries hurriedly launched shuttle diplomacy, going back and forth, bargaining, applying many "doctrines" and "principles", and after countless rounds, finally reached a set of conditions acceptable to everyone.
On February 9, 1920, 18 countries, including Britain, the United States, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan.
The Treaty of the Administrative Status of the Spitsbergen Islands, known as the Treaty of Svalbard, was signed in Paris.
In 1925, 33 countries, including China, the former Soviet Union, Germany, Finland and Spain, also joined the treaty and became entente countries of the Svalbard Treaty.
The treaty made Svalbard the first and only demilitarized zone in the Arctic.
The treaty recognized Norway's "full and complete sovereignty" and that the area "may never be used for the purposes of war".
However, citizens of the States Parties have free access to engage in legitimate production and commercial activities within the limits of Norwegian law.
In other words, as a signatory to the treaty, the Chinese had already acquired an enclave in Europe in 1925, and the Chinese had every right to enter and leave Svalbard at will, as well as to build their own outposts there.
But alas, this treaty was forgotten.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, I did not expect that there would be such a treaty that would be extremely beneficial to China.
It was not until 1991 that Professor Gao Dengyi was invited to Norway for a polar expedition and saw the English version of the Svalbard Treaty in the "Arctic Guide" presented by Professor Y.
Yexin of the University of Bergen in Norway.
Later, when Professor Gao Dengyi brought the Svalbard Treaty back to China, Huaxia realized that his country still had such an enclave in Northern Europe.
Eventually, with this treaty, Huaxia established the Yellow River Station in New Alesund in 2004.
That is, the polar research station in front of you, which was originally converted into a dormitory building where miners from Wangwan Company lived.
This building is one of the few reinforced concrete buildings in New Ålesund, and after it was built in the forties of the last century, it was used as a dormitory for the miners of the Wangwan Company.
Later, Huaxia and Wangwan signed a lease agreement to rebuild the building into a Yellow River station.
If it weren't for the two white marble lions squatting in front of the door, it would have been hard for Yang Jing and Gege to believe that this was the gate of the Yellow River Station - the gate was just a single door, no different from the door of ordinary residents' homes.
Under the leadership of He Rui, Yang Jing and Gege were just about to push the door in, when the door was opened, and a young man walked out yawning and frowning.
When He Rui saw this young man, he asked, "Zhao Bin, didn't you get the expression of you by Stationmaster Li again?"
” Zhao Bin spread his hands helplessly and said, "Sister He, don't tease me?"
Sister He, these two are domestic tourists?
” "Well, my college classmate, I happened to be passing by here, so I came to visit."
"Welcome to the Yellow River Station."
The young man was just polite, and he didn't have the enthusiasm he imagined, and then said to He Rui: "Sister He, I'm out of company, I have to quickly send this information to the laboratory on the mountain to compare, or Stationmaster Li should kill me again."
With that, the young man politely waved his hand to Yang Jing and Gege, and hurriedly walked out.
Gege wondered, "This guy doesn't seem to welcome us, huh?"
We're all from China, so why aren't these guys excited to meet so far away?
” He Rui smiled: "Haha, are you deflated?"
Four girls, let me tell you, it's not that Zhao Bin doesn't welcome you, it's not that he is not excited to see the domestic villagers, mainly since the beginning of the summer, there are tourists from China coming here every day, and at most we have to receive three waves of domestic tourists a day at the Yellow River Station, and we are now numb to domestic visitors. ” Yang Jing and Gege glanced at each other and smiled bitterly.
Yang Jing and Gege followed He Rui as they walked inside, and asked curiously, "Where did that young man just now send the materials?"
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” "Here, things like sounding rockets, atmospheric environment research equipment, and a lot of observation data can be shared between research stations in various countries," he explained.
Zhao Bin was in charge of monitoring the atmospheric environment, and estimated which data was wrong, so he asked Stationmaster Li to send the data to the laboratory sent to the top of Zeppelin Mountain for comparison. ” With such an explanation, Yang Jing and Gege understood.
Although the Yellow River Station is the largest scientific research station in New Ålesund, the total area of the two floors upstairs and downstairs is only about 500 square meters, and the average of 32 rooms is not much bigger.
There are not many people in the station, and Yang Jing estimates that there are about twenty people.
These people were all in a hurry, and when they saw Yang Jing and Gege, the most they could say hello with a smile was to say hello, and then what to do.
He Rui led Yang Jing and the two of them into his office, and Yang Jing and Gege found that although this office was only about ten square meters in size, it was quite warmly furnished.
On the windowsill there are two pots of flowers, September chrysanthemum and upside-down golden bell, which grow very well.
On the desk under the windowsill are computers, various documents, and, of course, a small national flag.
In one corner of the room, there is a single bed, a large filing cabinet and a few simple chairs.
"Sit, sit."
He Rui said as she began to make tea for the two of them, "The conditions here are relatively simple, you two have to take care of it a little more." ” Gege smiled: "It's already very good here, can you ask for any good conditions in this kind of place?"
” "Thank you for your support, long live understanding!
I'll see if Stationmaster Li has time in a moment, and if he has time, you can meet with Stationmaster Li. ” Gege said: "It's best to meet each other, we have prepared a lot of good things on the Blue Whale, and we want to invite the compatriots in the station to go to the ship in style." ” "Well, this reason is very good and powerful, I guess our stationmaster Li will not refuse such an invitation.
He's been on duty here for a winter, and if you count this summer, that's a whole year.
If you can give his old man a change of taste, he will definitely like it. ” After a pause, He Rui said with some regret: "It's a pity that you two can't live here tonight."
Because the environment here is so fragile, generally if it is not for scientific researchers, although cruise ships carrying tourists can dock at the port, tourists are not allowed to stay overnight on shore. ” "And that?"
"Hmm."
He Rui nodded very affirmatively, "Our Stationmaster Li is old and abides by the rules in this regard, so we only have one day."
Of course, if you have a place on the ship, we can talk again in the evening. ” Gege looked at Yang Jing, Yang Jing shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "It's up to you, I'm in charge of logistics, and I'm happy to be able to serve the two eldest ladies, this is my biggest responsibility." ” He Rui nodded with great satisfaction and said, "I said Yang Jing, your sentence is my favorite sentence to hear today." ” Gege covered her mouth and laughed, although He Rui didn't smile, the smile between her eyebrows already indicated her mood at this time.
"Well, you two sisters haven't seen each other for more than two years, so you two will continue to talk here, and I'll go out for a walk.
At the same time, inform the ship and ask the chef to make more when making breakfast. ” Gege looked at Yang Jing apologetically and said, "Then you have to be careful when you go out, don't provoke those bad birds, and don't let me wrap your head at night." ” "How is that possible?
I have a big white tweed, and those bad birds don't dare to come near me. ” As he spoke, Yang Jing waved his hand, opened the door and walked out.
He Rui asked strangely, "Who is Dabai?"
” Gege explained to his girlfriend, and He Rui was stunned when he heard it