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People living on this earth may each have a polar dream to explore the extremes of this world. The South Pole and the North Pole are too far away, and Mount Everest is too high. For most people, how to realize the Polar Dream? The outdoor enthusiasts who participated in this event seem to have found the answer.

The hiking route of this event fully embodies the "most north" feature. On the 22nd of December, the low temperature of -40 degrees Celsius did not stop the enthusiastic enthusiasm of the challenger on foot. At 8 o'clock in the morning, a brief opening ceremony was held in Mohejiao Village Square. Leaders from the State Sports General Administration, Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau, Daxinganling District, and Mohe County attended the opening ceremony. The party secretary of the National Sports General Administration Mountaineering Management Center, Ji Chuan, awarded the flag to this event and announced the start of the competition.

At 8:30 in the morning, winter hikers with the theme of seeking the most “Northern” formally kicked off. More than 200 trekkers started from the Moheji Village Square and walked south along the Sino-Russian boundary river bank under the leadership of the team leader. The northernmost post in China travels all the way north to find the Arctic Village Sign Stone Monument, the Arctic Village's First Friends Hotel, the Northernmost Post Office in China, the northernmost school in China, the northernmost pole in China and other signs, the 99 most northern signs, and China The northernmost people then returned to the North Pole Village Square along the Heilongjiang River and had a total length of 16 kilometers. In extreme weather conditions, the trekkers insisted that they did not give up and that the personnel who completed the trekking in the closing time of three and a half hours won the honorary certificate awarded by the China Mountaineering Association.

The contents of the National Winter Trekking Conference are rich and varied. In addition to hiking in the northernmost Arctic Village in China, there are interesting ice and snow competitions such as "Tiannu Sanhua", "Take Snow", and "Ice Mountain Waterfall". Extremely cold and challenging self camping experience activities. Professionals sent by the Mountaineering Association of Heilongjiang Province built snow houses in the Arctic Village Square, and six outdoor enthusiasts selected by the country led Han Chuntao, a professor at the Harbin Sports Institute, to enter snow houses for camping activities and use of snow houses in the winter. Ways, winter snow house camping should pay attention to matters and the camping process, the way to survive in the wild to explain. After the event, the Mountaineering Association of Heilongjiang Province awarded the "Chinese Arctic Village Winter Solstice Extreme Cold Camping Challenge Certificate" to the players who completed the Arctic Village Extreme Cold Camping.

In addition to a variety of venue activities, the “National Winter Outdoor Sports Development Forum” debuted before the end of this walking session. Dr. Zhang Zhijian, Director of the Outdoor Department of the Mountaineering Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China and Dr. Zhang Zhijian, Secretary General of the China Mountaineering Association delivered a speech on the forum. Speech on the status and outlook of outdoor sports development. Qi Yuedong, director of the competition management center of the Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau and secretary of the Heilongjiang Mountaineering Association, made an introduction to the status quo of Heilongjiang winter sports.

Mohe, located in the northernmost part of China, is known as the "China's Arctic." Mohe is located on the south bank of Heilongjiang, the border river between China and Russia, at a latitude of 53°N. It is cold for most of the year and it is only a month in summer. The North Pole Village is the northernmost town of Mohe County, and is also the northernmost town in China. It is the only place in China that can appreciate the “Northern Lights”. In the winter, the “Arctic Village” is a sea of ​​snow and ice, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow-drifting North China scenery, speeding horse-drawn sleighs, and unique tastes that keep visitors entertained. From December 21 to December 23, Mohe is the place with the shortest daylight hours and the lowest temperature in China.