Information and stories about exploration.

Wei Gena was born in Berlin, Germany, on November 1st, 188. He liked fantasy and adventure since childhood, and he loved reading stories about explorers when he was a child. sir john franklin, a famous British explorer, became his idol. In order to prepare for future exploration. He studied meteorology. In 195, at the age of 25, Wei Gena received a doctorate in meteorology. In 196, he finally realized his lofty ideal as a teenager, joined the famous Danish expedition and came to Greenland to investigate meteorology and glaciers. In order to find more evidence, in April 193, Wei Gena led an expedition to visit Greenland for the fourth time in the face of the snowstorm in the Arctic. Under the freezing cold of minus 65℃, most people lost their courage, only he and two other followers moved on, and finally successfully arrived at the Esmit base in the middle. On November 1st, he ventured back to the West Coast base after celebrating his 5th birthday. In the white ice and snow, he lost track. His body was not found until the following April. He was frozen like a stone and integrated with the glacier.

(II) The Story of Kyle Poirot

Kyle Poirot was born in a travel family. His father nicolo and his uncle matteo are Venetian businessmen. They went to China for business in the 196s. In 1271, they visited again and took young Kyle with them. They arrived in China and went to the palace to see the Mongolian ruler Kublai Khan of Yuan Shizu. They stayed in China for 24 years and made a fortune in business. Kyle Poirot won Kublai Khan's trust, and was sent to various parts of China for many times, and visited India, Myanmar, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Southeast Asia.

Attachment: The Story of Kyle Polo

Adventures of Kyle Polo (episode I): The magic coin was stolen

The story happened more than 7 years ago. The Italian navigator Kyle Polo was about to leave office and return to China. Kublai Khan, king of Xiangdu, the ancient city of China, summoned the Prime Minister Fulin and ordered him to take a magic gold coin from the treasure house to give it to Kyle. Unexpectedly, the rebellious Fulin stole the gold coin. Kublai Khan broke another gold coin on his chest in half and gave it to Kyle

Adventures of Kyle Poirot (Part II): Family Secret

One night several years later, grandpa found a dazzling new star in the East, so he decided to tell young Kyle the family secret, gave him half a gold coin he treasured, and told him to prepare for a long voyage to Xiangdu, China, to explore the mystery of the half a magic gold coin.

The Adventures of Kyle Polo (Episode III): Rebellion and Forced Marriage

Fulin usurped the throne of Xiangdu and was ecstatic. He abused his power and forced Princess Lotus to marry him, so that he could become a legitimate king. However, the princess is unyielding. She looked up at the stars and looked forward to the arrival of the savior.

The Adventures of Kyle Poirot (Episode 4): Storm at Sea

Fring became angry and put Princess Lotus in the tower. With the help of the power of Vulcan, it set off a storm and waves at sea and sank Kyle's sailboat to the bottom of the sea. Ruijie Seagull angrily scolded: "What skill do you have to bully the small!" "

Adventures of Kyle Poirot (episode 5): Being caught in a pirate

Grandpa's instructions awakened Kyle, who fought the waves tenaciously and was rescued by a big ship. Unexpectedly, this is a warship occupied by pirates. Kyle became a coolie on the ship, but the pirate captain coveted half a gold coin hanging around Kyle's neck.

(3) The Story of Magellan

The death deprived Magellan of the honor of being the first explorer to complete the voyage around the world. In 1519, ordered by the Spanish king, he led an expedition to find the westbound route of Spice Islands to east indies, and the journey across the Atlantic to Brazil was smooth, but later the situation began to deteriorate. One of the ships in the fleet was wrecked in a storm. Then several captains plotted against him. A ship turned around and returned. Magellan put one of the conspirators to death, left two on the desolate beach and set sail again. When the fleet arrived in Mariana Islands, local residents attacked them. Magellan was killed in a battle with a tribe on Mactan Island in the Philippines.

(4) The Story of Columbus

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451, and went to sea at the age of 14. After studying maps and books, he was convinced that sailing west across the Atlantic could reach Asia.

(5) Amundsen's story

Amundsen won two "firsts" in the history of exploration: the first sailed in the northwest channel; The first to reach the South Pole.

In June, 193, Amundsen's expedition began a long voyage to find the Northwest Passage. The whole team camped on King William Island, which goes deep into the Arctic Circle, and spent two winters, and another winter on Mackenzie Island. They completed their voyage to the Pacific Ocean in September 196.

In November, 191, Amundsen left Norway for the South Pole aboard another explorer, Fridtjof Nansen's Flam. On October 2, 1911, he set out from the base at the eastern end of Ross Ice Shelf before his British rival Captain Scott, and arrived at the South Pole on December 14, 1911.

International online report: Since China became the first person to walk the Great Wall of Wan Li in May 1984, Liu Yutian's feet have never stopped. He crossed the Taklimakan Desert, the second largest desert in the world in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, four times, once crossed the Gurbantunggut Desert, and visited the no man's land of Lop Nur, Xinjiang, which is known as the "Valley of Death". He also went to Tibet ten times, walked through the no man's land in northern Tibet, and was the first to walk through the Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon, and tried to climb Mount Everest ...

All these difficult expeditions were completed by Liu Yutian alone. He not only challenged the limit of life many times, but also created the "firsts" in countless China expeditions. Over the years, Liu Yutian has been walking in the wilderness, desert, snow-capped mountains and jungle without stopping. A few days ago, Liu Yutian was interviewed by our reporter Li Guangming, who talked about his exploration, pursuit and life experience.

Liu Yutian is a 63-year-old man, with gray hair hanging over his shoulders. Although the face is full of vicissitudes of life wrinkles, but the skin is dark and bright. He told reporters:

"At first (walking) was because of competition and strong feelings. Americans and French want to walk the Great Wall. Our ancestors built the Great Wall and let foreigners walk, feeling ashamed. This belongs to glory for our country. Later, I struggled to get around, and my job was gone, which made adventure a job for me. Finally, exploration changed my concept and changed my whole life. "

Twenty-one years ago, 42-year-old Liu Yutian walked the Great Wall of Wan Li under the slogan "Revitalize China, Start with Me". At that time, his behavior caused quite a stir in China and became an idol worshipped by many people. Since then, he has been out of control and determined to go alone before foreigners cross the Taklimakan desert. So, regardless of the hot weather and immature conditions, he set off. During the more than 2 days of trekking in the desert, he experienced the dangers of disorientation, lack of food and water, hunger and fainting. He ate flies, mosquitoes and lizards in the desert ... After many hardships, when he was finally rescued by the shepherd, he was only 45 kilograms from his original weight of 74 kilograms.

Although he failed to cross the Taklimakan Desert on foot for the first time, he didn't give up. That winter, with the support of enthusiastic people, Liu Yutian finally crossed the Taklimakan Desert with six camels, becoming the first explorer in the world to cross the "Sea of Death" on foot.

After that, he crossed the Gurbantunggut Desert alone. He almost lost his life in this crossing. In the desert, he was ill, swollen all over, with a high fever, festering feet and frozen boots.

He struggled to find a hospital on the edge of the desert. The doctor diagnosed him with "septicemia" and suggested cutting off his legs. Liu Yutian said he didn't agree with anything. Having studied Chinese medicine, he thought that only in the desert can diseases be cured. He prepared enough food and water, called two Uighur villagers, asked them to make a stretcher out of willow sticks and carried him to the wilderness desert.

At that time, the temperature was 4 degrees below zero. The doctor said that it would be tantamount to death, but Liu Yutian insisted on going. As a result, he miraculously cured his illness with his unique medical methods and essential drugs. The doctor looked at Liu Yutian, who came back with a full leg scar, and said assiduously, How is this possible?

Liu Yutian's behavior is incomprehensible to ordinary people. Some people say that he is a "fool" and a "mental derangement". His wife also divorced him because she couldn't stand his "weird" problems such as opening the window to sleep at MINUS 3 degrees.

but Liu Yutian still went his own way. When crossing Lop Nur, he had no money to buy camels, so he bought seven little donkeys to carry things and took his 18-year-old son with him. As a result, the donkeys ran away and his son was almost lost.

"At that time, I said, son, I was hurt all over, and I was too tired. Go and get the donkey back. As a result, there are antelope in the desert. (My son has no desert experience.) I can't tell the antelope from the donkey's hoof marks in the desert and get lost in the desert. I left in the morning and didn't come back at night. Fortunately, my son didn't go too far. On his way back at night, he saw the bonfire I lit and found me. Of course, this is also in line with my idea. Throw you into the desert. If you can climb out, others will say that you are a hero, but if you can't climb out, you are a bear. "

Liu Yutian is such a strange man and an eccentric. He said that exploration brought him back to nature.

"Twenty years' travel has kept me away from the city, and my concerns are getting farther and farther. I don't care about what you care about, I don't know what you know, and there is a gap between what you think and what I think. I feel that in nature, I feel like I am home. "

Liu Yutian completely integrated his life into nature. Up to now, he still remembers his feelings when climbing Mount Everest:

"After reaching more than 6, meters, I suddenly saw that the snow was so white and clean. When I stepped on my big boots, my heart thumped, as if I had stepped on my heart. Such clean snow is uncontested, but I have brought trouble to it. I dare not go, as if the front is where the gods (immortals) stay. "

It is the special feeling for Tibet that Liu Yutian crossed the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon for the first time in 1993. Over the past few years, he has been hiking in Tibet and climbed the sacred mountain of his father in the hearts of Tibetans-the Geladan Winter Snow Peak at the source of the Yangtze River. Later, he walked through no man's land in northern Tibet, and he also went to remote and dangerous mountainous areas such as Ganoderma lucidum, Medog and Zhangmu in Tibet.

Liu Yutian was once asked about the significance of going on like this. He said that he collected information as he walked. At the same time, he is also taking the time to sort out information and write his adventures. He said that he was a pioneer, and he wanted to use his life to leave something for later explorers, but he felt that his knowledge was limited and he felt a little sorry. He said:

"I think China's exploration is still in the initial stage. Just like me, I haven't even been to a university, but foreign explorers are all scholars, experts, professors, archaeologists, geographers and geologists, all of whom are accomplished in some aspects, and we regret this. If exploration is a kind of project, what is more important now is the accumulation of knowledge. I am so old that I have been making up lessons now. "

Liu Yutian loves his adventure career, and has put more than 8 adventure projects into action and planned to try. He told reporters that he would soon go to the no-man's land in Hoh Xil, where Tibet, Qinghai and Xinjiang meet, to see what the Tibetan antelopes living there are now.

"Just like being a mom and dad, these more than 8 adventure projects are all my children, and I will never forget any of them. Of course, the most unforgettable thing is to go to Tibet. "

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