"Wherever the heart goes, the journey is like a journey against the odds, sailed by a reed." After reading this book, this sentence suddenly popped up in my heart like a grass.
This book is very young. The certificate of successful arrival at the North Pole on the cover is written on July 27, 2016, which was last summer.
"Age reminds me that some ideals must be given priority. Otherwise, there will be a day when I cannot achieve what I want. Most dreams in the world are not shattered, but are just postponed by their owners for various reasons until they are unable to complete them. ."
Bi Shumin should have been 64 years old last year, already in her sixties. However, in the photo, he still has black hair and looks very gentle.
I have to admire her courage. It is said that she has traveled to 73 countries and regions before. And I can count the places I have traveled now on one hand.
I usually like to read some travel notes, write about scenery, food, and local customs. Most of the styles are fresh and fresh, and the writing is beautiful.
"Breaking Ice at the North Pole" should be the most special travelogue I have ever read.
On the one hand, of course, it is because of the special destination. The northernmost point of the world, under the North Star, has been reached by only more than 20,000 people in the world.
There are always some places that we may not be able to reach in our lifetime, such as the North Pole.
In the past, the North and South Pole were undoubtedly taboo places that humans could not touch. Nowadays, ordinary people have the opportunity to see the Arctic scenery as long as they can afford the boat fare.
This is a route opened up by countless explorers one after another, and it is also the result of the rapid development of modern technology.
Even those of us who have never been to the North Pole can now read books. The most valuable thing in the book, in my opinion, is the photos taken during the Arctic trip, which took me through the quiet and magnificent scenery of the Arctic, which made people marvel at the miraculous craftsmanship of nature.
On the other hand, Bi Shumin's writing is also light, leading us to peek into the process of this light expedition to the North Pole.
There is not much gorgeous rhetoric in the book, as if it was affected by the ice and snow at the North Pole, so I suddenly felt a little cold.
The orange and black "50-year Victory", the pale sun, the blue sea ice, the magnificent sky, the vast ice fields, the flying blizzard shearwaters, the cute polar bears, and the peculiar unicorn. Whales...
From time to time, I sketched out pictures of the Arctic in my mind, and I felt like I had a little understanding of the Arctic.
This book is not particularly interesting. It has a lot of popular science knowledge, including history, biology, geography, etc.
As a liberal arts student, I am very poor in science. I probably have lost very little of the physics and chemistry I learned a few years ago. However, I have a teacher who strongly advocates that science students learn some cultural knowledge and liberal arts students learn some scientific knowledge.
Nowadays, "slash" young people are popular. It is always good to learn a few more skills. Having a little more knowledge will also help avoid some jokes.
Closer to home, this book not only records the process of the expedition and popular science, but also records the author’s insights at the time. I simply and roughly divided the author's insights into three parts. (Of course there are more than that)
The first is about environmental protection. Relying on the power of science and technology, mankind has traveled quite far, and even the unfamiliar outer space has begun to leave human footprints. Everything has two sides, and technology also has side effects.
Human beings only have one earth, and the earth is not endless, whether it is land or resources. The Arctic ice surface is shrinking, the glaciers are melting, the number of polar bears continues to decrease, and the Arctic haze appears in winter.
"National borders are just artificially drawn lines on a map that divide borders, but the earth is a seamless whole."
It can be said that humans occupy a large part of the destruction of the earth's environment. credit. But human beings have to develop, and development must continue to require...
Maybe there will be a solution in the future, who knows?
Will the future be better? Who knows?
The second is about the meaning of travel, which is mentioned many times in the book.
Calvino said that walking is to return to your past and find your future.
I prefer the word travel to travel.
Xing is divided into 彳亍, which means walking slowly and wandering forward.
Each of us is a traveler on the road of life, and everyone has his own story, thick or thin.
When traveling, if you see a picture that makes you emotional, you have to understand that this touching is not without reason. It comes from within you and is tied to your experience.
Travel is actually a self-examination and self-cultivation.
However, not every trip will have so many stories, if you don’t bring your brain.
The third is about family ties. Blood is thicker than water, and even the Arctic glaciers cannot freeze the fused bones and blood.
Time is not a panacea that can cure all diseases. Some pains last forever.
At the moment when he closed his eyes and meditated at the North Pole, the author thought of his father who had been gone for 24 years and his mother who had been gone for 11 years.
"Sorrow is like wine. It has been stored for many years and has penetrated deeper into the bone marrow."
Apart from parents, there is really no one who is closer to me in the world.
Cherish the time you have now. In the future, you may feel happy letting them beat you and scold you. At that time, you will regret it.
The wishes people put into wishing bottles are often very simple. Joy, health, and happiness for the whole family are just horoscopes and are rare.
No matter how difficult the road in life is, I wish you full of courage and perseverance.
Life is like a journey against the odds, sailing with a reed.
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