People Still Catch Fish in Subzero Temps like the Ancient Mongolians | Ice Country E3

Mar 17, 2022

Welcome to Ice Country. In this series, we’ll see what winter looks like in some of the coldest parts of China. 
 

At Chagan lake, a giant freshwater lake in northeastern China, local ethnic Mongolians hunt for fish every winter using a 2,000-year-old method involving horses.

It may be old-school, but the method works. Sometimes, they net over 200 ton of fish in one day. People from across China travel north just to get their hands on some of this rare catch.

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