Death is equal to everyone, no one can be an exception, no one can escape. As the saying goes, “life on earth thirty thousand days, wine and meat fairy.” Human life is very short, so life should learn to live by heart. Don’t be entangled every day for some troubles, don’t always look up and work hard, to be happy every day, that is the best way to live life. Even so, no matter how you choose to live your life, no one can escape death.
If someone told you there was a place in the world where life and death were forbidden, would you believe it? In fact, there is a town called Longyearbyen, which is the only place in the world where life and death are forbidden.
1. The location of the “No Life or Death” town
Longyearbyen is located in Svalbard, a little-known island that might be hard to find on a globe. It belongs to a small part of Norway, the northernmost part of the earth. It is actually an island surrounded on all sides by the Arctic Ocean, which is so cold that 60% of the island is covered by glaciers. In other places there are seasons of the year, but in this town there is only one season, and there is no day or night. The North Pole is only 1,300 kilometers away, so the cold there is beyond our imagination. It’s always snowy in the town, so when you go out, make sure you have a locator or compass so you can tell which way you’re going.
The town is small, but it has all the viscera. All kinds of facilities are very complete, schools, hospitals, supermarkets, even bars, people’s life is still secure. The shops in the town are very informal. They don’t open every day like in other cities, but they open at random times. If you really want to buy something, then you must be in advance and the shop owner about a good time, otherwise suddenly empty run once, can not buy what you want, there is a special post office in the town, known as the “earth’s northernmost post office”, to play this traveler can send beloved postcards to distant relatives and friends, let them feel the surprise from the Arctic.
2. Why the town bans life and death
There is a very strange rule in this frozen town. It clearly states: life and death are forbidden here. Due to the special climatic conditions and geographical location of the town, there is also a large shortage of supplies, and the biting cold has a great impact on the survival of newborns and the decomposition of dead bodies. The medical facilities and environment of the town are very poor, the hospital only has no more than ten beds, there are uncertain factors in the birth process of pregnant women, there may be emergencies, if there is a big problem, the hospital is unable to timely solve, it is easy to appear medical accidents. So pregnant women leave town a month or two before their due date to give birth elsewhere, and then have to wait until the baby’s first year before returning to town.
In fact, it is also forbidden to die because the temperature there is too low, so you can not bury the dead here, the body in the cold climate is difficult to decompose. There are a lot of viruses in the body after death, and the virus is difficult to disappear in this extremely cold environment. This regulation is to strictly protect the ecological environment of the town.
According to records, there was a bad flu epidemic in Spain in 1918, when the government buried people who had died of the flu here. Many years later, scientists still found samples of the virus here. Because in these temperatures, the virus cannot be destroyed.
3. The town is a fairy tale
The town is a beautiful place to see the northern lights and the starry sky. People don’t need visas to come to town. The interesting thing is that there are more polar bears here than there are people. There are more than 5,000 polar bears, and there are only 2,000 people, so it’s like polar bears are the real masters here. Polar bears live freely on this island. Polar bears are not the only animals in the town. Seals, walruses, reindeer and other animals also frequent the town. The town is also very rich in exotic flowers, some of them are rare plants. The town has formulated strict protection regulations for these animals and plants. The existence of these animals and plants keeps the town’s original ecological beauty.
Birth brings joy, death brings sorrow. Life is a natural process. Not afraid of death, cherish the moment, every day to live and work well, is a light attitude to life and death. If you have time, you can take this attitude to such a fantastic town and experience a fairy tale ice world with your pure heart!
