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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@Archon1995

3y↑55

We were there in May 2017, as part of two weeks in Europe. "Oh, hey. There's cheap flights to this place waaaaay up north. [checks online for what's up there] Why not? We can always say we've been to the northernmost bar and grill in the world!"

One thing to be aware of is that Svalbard is outside the Schengen Zone, so you have to go through customs each way. Direct flights are to/from Oslo, but there are also flights which stop in Tromso, which is worth a day or three layover itself.

There's a thriving ecotourism business. If you're not interested in that or a visit to Pyramiden you can see & do most everything available in two to three days depending on how ambitious you are. There's a good Arctic museum, and another museum about the North Pole expeditions a century ago. Many of the points of interest are the northernmost example: northernmost church, northernmost [type] restaurant, etc.

Events might draw you, such as the Polar Jazz Festival every February or the Spitsbergen Marathon ("the only race with armed guards to keep the runners safe from polar bears"). We had no idea we were visiting on Norwegian National Day. Many people wore traditional dress from their ancestral homes, and there was a parade plus performances at the community center. My companion is an expert seamstress and spent half an hour talking to a couple about their clothing, which was Sami.

Food for the most part is typical Western fare as found in Norway, though there is a sushi place and the Thai restaurant got two thumbs up from us. Yes, by law you must have a high-powered rifle if you leave the town's area because of the polar bears...there are more bears than humans in the archipelago.

All comments from YouTube:

@Hawest

8y↑3K

Just returned from there about an hour ago. Big thanks to Tom Scott for inspiring me to go there and subsequently causing me to have probably the best trip of my entire life. I can thorougly recommend this to basically everyone who likes interesting places.

@0Phyzer0

8y↑74

I was there 7 years ago and it was one of the best trips of my life... :)
So I agree with you!

@Alex-bf7mc

7y↑6

+Hawest how long did you go for?

@MultiInko

7y↑6

POST A VIDEO OF IT

@user-zd9fc4vs4q

5y↑20

If I want I would want to rent a rugged truck with supplies, lots of gas, a few guns for protection & just have a blast exploring during the summer. Depending on how good solar energy is up there I already have portable power supplies I can use for my phone & GPS. Though maybe I would want some buddies to come up & we take 2 or 3 cars just in case anything happens, with plug sets, & lots of fix a flat kits.

A week in the artic wilderness would be a blast!

@LouisKing995

4y↑20

Jorden Belanic hmmm, I really don’t think it would be wise to leave the settlement alone even if you do have some guns.

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@urban3921

9y↑1.1K

25 years ago it was a remote outpost, with no shops, no hotels, with only tourist facility being a water faucet on an open spot near the airport. If you didn't work for the mining company you brought your own food for the stay.
No rules changed, it was just that someone realised there was a tourist market and any citizen of a country which has signed the treaty may start commercial operations there if they feel like it.
My profile photo is from there, 20 years ago, when there had been simple tourist accomodation and a few surprisingly large shops for a few years.

@clockworkkirlia7475

4y↑20

What a fascinating comment! Much appreciated.

@cantthinkofnameyeah7249

4y↑7

Thanks for the insight wow!

@MrSen4lifE

4y↑22

@Arruda dude this post is 4 years old...

@xanbantaliban8147

4y↑9

@JoJos HoHo and?

@oomahuntressprotectress848

get over it toebee, those sneeds are freezing! get yur buemass ready for a visitation!!

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@JRCSalter

9y↑5.6K

Things to do: Open up a portal to another world through the Aurora Borealis.
Things to Avoid: Armoured polar bears.

@lem0nwings

9y↑33

***** You beat me to it on that second one...

@SlykeThePhoxenix

9y↑122

***** The Longyearbyen airport code is LYR. 1 letter short from Lyra.

@MajesticSkywhale

9y↑28

SlykeThePhoxenix we set a course just east of Lyra, northwest of Pegasus. flew into the light of Daneb sailed across the milky way. on my ship the 'Rocinante' wheeling through the galaxy headed for the heart of Cygnus, headlong into mystery

@lokegustafsson247

8y↑11

+Majestic Skywhale but then we won't find the Borealis?

@Valhalla_Heathen

7y↑22

John Salter I agree, what if people encounter armed polar bears riding snowmobiles. Scary

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@Davemcfc

8y↑501

It's amazing how the internet has made pretty much everything and everywhere so accessible

@vinlud

6y↑14

There are important sattelite uplinks on Svalbard because its one of the most northern spots with a (coal) power station. The combination is the main reason there is such a good fiber connection with the rest of the world. Interesting stuff

@BuyTheDip627

6y↑1

True

@jamesclouse9947

2y↑1

On the opposite side this makes the places that have remained un accessible especially in places you wouldn't expect that much more amazing to me

@jbjaguar2717

3y↑31

If you want Svalbard Lite, go to Shetland in Scotland. It's like Svalbard but with grass and without the polar bears, and with some awesome stone age and viking ruins.

@kwikdahl

9y↑2.5K

Being a Norwegian, I think I'd rather go to Cyprus this summer. But hey, nice videos about Svalbard.

@neilisbored2177

7y↑9

Hey jacksfilms, are you still doing YGS? have i got the comment for you.

@tatianarojas785

5y↑51

Iam from a tropical green country and I want to go there so bad...

@peepeetrain8755

4y↑11

their summer is colder than my winter, i'd go there during my winter (cause im in the southern hemisphere) and in their summer.

@bonenintomatensaus

4y↑2

@Raj Very wise words

@0hjaa3.06

Where would you go this summer?😎

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@bobthebob4701

5y↑98

Two years ago I went by ship from the Netherlands to Svalbard. When we finaly arrived in Longyearbyen I was shocked by the fast amount of tourists.Even in such a remote place on earth it is busy these days. I wished I had seen it 50 years ago when there were only miners and polar bears.

@user-ki6id4vt8u

41w↑1

You’re a tourist yourself

@jeremysaklad6703

9y↑133

I am always amazed at humanity’s ability to plop down their stuff at any point in the world and make it home.

@foty8679

3y↑9

Thats what will make Mars our home.

@Bloodlustian

8y↑288

I just saw this video after going though Toms back catalogue.

My wife and I had our honeymoon inside Svalbard in 2014. It was one of the most relaxing 2 weeks i ever had. The silence and the sky at night were worth the 25,000 SEK to go there. It took us 5 hours total from Stockholm going through Oslo.

If you are going there during spring you need to take a Night Time tour to see the stars and the northern lights. It's perhaps one of the most brilliant places i have ever been and i would like to go back.

@politicallycorrectredskin796

4y↑7

Not sure if they're still running them, but there used to be cruises that sailed around the entire thing so people got to see the walruses and things living around Nordaustlandet and Kvitoya. I know all of that is a natural preserve now, but worth checking into if it's still tourist accessible. And affordable I suppose. It's a long way away, so it might not be.

@MrDoYouKnowMe2211

4y↑48

Svalbard in summer looks like my home in spring.
Funny thing, it's also customary and almost mandatory that you take off your shoes when you enter someone's home. Not so much for public places.
I live in the Faroe Islands and i think the only natural difference between us and Svalbard is that our wildlife would have a very hard time killing you, we have no glaciers and we have more grass.

i genuinely thought the shot at 3:28 was somewhere in Sundalagi, in the Faroes.

@foty8679

3y↑2

Yea, Svalbard has the "privilge" of hosting the only animal that did not develop a fear towards humans and will actively hunt humans.

@OurayTheOwl

9y↑347

You should do these videos for some of the other places youve been. Seriously you travel more than any other youtuber i follow

@RainaRamsay

9y↑17

OurayTheOwl I know, right? I keep being jealous.

@Rovering0Spirit

9y↑11

OurayTheOwl You might like LindyBeige, he travels sometimes and records his findings. His channel is mostly about history and stuff though. See how you like him because I think he's great.

@OurayTheOwl

9y↑3

Simply Rover already subscribed, but thank you ^ ^

@comradep8519

4y↑757

in ww2 some german troops set up meteorology stations here, when germany itself surrendered... nobody was in the radio station back in mainland norway

they were the last german troops to surrender because it took months for norway to realise they were broadcasting SOS

@LLPTV

4y↑108

That's a film right there.

@erinmcdonald7781

3y↑44

That would've been a crazy experience for those soldiers. Definitely movie worthy. 🌎😎

@jokuvaan5175

3y↑105

I like to think Norwegians intentionally ignored them just as a little sweet revenge

@angussoutter7824

3y↑10

Think they did that on purpose

@angussoutter7824

3y↑1

Perhaps on purpose 🤣🤣

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@otuzak19644

8y↑963

you can barely use buses with credit cards in friggin Geneva holy crap this place is advanced

@derkateramabend

7y↑27

カステラ It's Geneva...what do you expect from Romands?

@EmmaHj

5y↑13

@LegendMeadow hah. Yes, we have distriktspolitikk, but the services you get in most of the districts can't even compare to the ones in the more populated areas. Internet and transportation for example, is something we have to fight for if we want good quality.

@PickeringSamuel

5y↑15

I went to London about a year ago and they wouldn’t accept cash on the bus! Only card I couldn’t believe it

@ze_rubenator

4y↑16

@PickeringSamuel Who still uses cash? It's just a recipe for getting robbed.

@customsongmaker

4y↑7

They're building it new, so they're using the newest technology. The U.S. has had telephone lines for over 100 years, so it takes a lot of time and money to upgrade the entire system. India has millions of people without telephone service, but they're going straight to cell phones and skipping all the earlier stages.

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@ToreOnYouTube

2y↑21

Hiked from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg with my dad, just the two of us. It was absolutely amazing, and a little terrifying.
We had to carry a rifle and flare gun in case we had a stand off with a polar bear.
Took 2,5 days to hike.

@shanekeenaNYC

52w

Iceland is the Bahama's, Svalbard is Turks and Caicos.

@Justin_Leone

1y↑6

Svalbard has an enormous satellite communication complex just outside Longyearbyen (one of only 2 in the world able to communicate with LEO polar satellites on every orbit), so it doesn't surprise me that fast internet is available there.

@Archon1995

3y↑55

@austevik1

7y↑25

Went there in June filming, and did fossilhunting, visited a ghosttown and enjoyed the nightlife. It truly is a unique and amazing place! One of the best places I have been on.

@hazardeur

1y↑1

did you find any fossils?

@c12onnor

4y↑12

I went in 2018 on my own and loved it, climbed glaciers, mountains, went wild flower finding, had a cheap but very informative private tour around longyearbyen, walked into the abandoned mines, went kayaking around cruise ships, went on a ferry and toured pyramiden, saw massive icebergs and beluga whales and loads more that I cant remember off the top of my head. It didn't cost that much either :)

@raquelquintilla1200

2y↑1

Hi! In which month where you there? Thanks!

@DeviousWizard

4y↑3

Have you ever thought about visiting the Faroe Islands? Our one and only airport was initially built by the British in WW2 when they basically took the country by force for strategic purposes. A lot of interesting history, both old and new

@Razeiel

9y↑2

If you did a regular 'travel/tour' show I would actually be interested in watching that. I normally don't have any taste for such things, but I like the way you've presented this locale. I actually want to go see Svalbard now. :3

@aritmay2327

7y↑10

I went there this summer and it was amazing!! We stayed in a house right next to the water so we had a fantastic View from the livingroom. It was probably the most extraordinary trip I'll ever make and I'm so happy to have been there!

@zebulonmccorkle5930

8y↑304

As someone who plans to be a software engineer, I would love to live there. All you need to be a software engineer is internet, and the crazy fast Svalbard internet would work just fine.

@Valhalla_Heathen

7y↑13

Zeb McCorkle Best of luck to you, bud 👌🏻

@HornOKPlease

5y↑91

You just wanted to put in Software Engineer in here didn’t you

@TheMitcher

5y↑21

The only way to permanently settle in Svalbard is by working there. So you can't just move there and work for a company that's somewhere else; you'd need to land a tech job at one of the establishments there. (Which still isn't out the question!)

@hauglid-

5y↑35

@Benoit J technically you dont have to have a job, just need to be wealthy enough to provide for yourself

@EdGeLV

4y↑29

@Joakim Hauglid technically if youre rich you can live anywhere doing nothing

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@modus_ponens

9y↑4

It's nice to visit fascinating places around the world from here behind the computer screen. Great show!

@Mark_Ocain

4y↑5

I liked Svalbard...I went in the Polar night but had fun. The hotels range from very nice to utilitarian. I stayed at the Svalbard Hotel which is new and comfy. Internet is probably the best in the world because of the science missions up there. They have a CO-OP grocery store, stores for warm clothing, a cafe, a few restaurants a brewery (bloody great beer I must say!!) and plenty of seasonal activities as mentioned here. I spent a week and had a great time.

@RosieGalbally

4y↑3

thank you so much for taking the time to show us this footage! <3
I would also appreciate this sort of footage for all the other places you visit :)
Love your videos!

@BillyJameson

Can you do more of these for different places by chance? They're really good!

@fatmaninthesun1

5y↑6

I visited a few years ago during a Princes Line cruise from the UK.
Fascinating place.
Purchased a red, wind proof jacket which I still use on cooler dry days.
Recoded this as one of the best, non-run-of-the-mill destinations.

@randomtangle4629

3y↑3

Svalbard has interested me for a while. I don’t know why, but a lot of animals there and just the tree-less environment, it’s so… pristine-looking.

@TeamFlamingStones

Hah! Again, you've taught me a lot of things I should already know as a Norwegian! My only relationship with Svalbard is a movie called Orions Belte (Orion's Belt), which tells the tale of a man who finds himself locked in a fight with some very angry Russians, in the middle of an arctic barren wasteland. It's an old movie, and now I've forgotten most of its story, so that suffering person was sort of my image of the entire overseas territory (my best guess at its classification).

@TheIntendedOutcome

4y↑1

That was exactly what I needed to see, thanks!
Wish there were more videos like this for other places in the world!

@xp_studios7804

3y↑9

The most "inaccessible" part of Svalbard is the long flight across the Atlantic xD
For Europeans it doesn't seem that far away

@Obbliteration

9y↑1

Keep making this kind of videos please! I would be really interested in one about chernobyl

@adrianadrian2735

The game of DayZ needs this place as an in-game map. Simulating a survival situation in such an environment would be an amazing idea. Abandoned post-Soviet worker towns and mines, the harshness of the arctic. It'd work perfectly

@andy_liga

7y↑1

Seeing your appartment, your workplace and your everyday places in a Tom Scott video is priceless ahaha 😂

@kennethh3790

7y↑8

This actually gave me the idea to travel to Svalbard... In the winter, and it was AMAZING! Thanks Tom for the amazing suggestion!

@Aetohatir

9y↑315

it's 40°C in Germany right now... I want to be in Svalbard so much right now

@chrischolewa9104

5y↑5

its time for air-conditioning-due to global climate change!-in Deutschland-Wo ist Der Klima-anlage?

@unknown-jr3xe

5y↑1

Aetohatir
._. Since when is Germany 40°C?

@neptune5555

We all do...

@camelopardalis8506

5y↑18

@unknown Late reply but ... It's climate change that's doing it. Also, there were 38 degrees Celsius days in Switzerland - and not the hottest part of it - in about 1998.

@politicallycorrectredskin796

4y↑4

@@Marie Lastname That's ridiculous. It's summer that's doing it. Not even slightly warmer in Germany now than it was before statistically. It always get sweltering there in the summer, particularly in the south. Between 35 and 40C happens every year in Germany and it always has. Doesn't last long though.

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@adelarsen9776

8y↑164

I recommend going in January. Still lots to do and no tourists.
Just because it's dark and cold doesn't make it any less fantastic.
January is the best time to go.

@adelarsen9776

8y↑4

***** Well, err, yes, you can't see them in the summer.

@Prolificlade

7y↑3

Ade Larsen hi please My name is Lade. I am planning to come to Svalbard, can you help me with some informations, please how can I reach you for better communication?

@adelarsen9776

TifFy Johnson PM me or ask me a question.
Ask me :-)

@MadMusicologist

4y↑2

Well in January you have dusk and dawn round noon, and it will be a bit chilly with -20°C or lower. But if you love that, you surely will have an experience you'll never forget.

@GlobalConcierge2405

is it safe in darks?

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@JoraffProductions

9y↑25

I love, love, LOVE obscure tourist destinations. Add this one to my bucket list, next to Greenland, Andorra, and (most of all) Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands.

@maric820

2y↑1

How's the bucket list coming along?

@mattg5878

2y↑3

Andorra?!

I think you’ve confused that with somewhere else.

Andorra is a cheap ski destination full of package holidays. I saw a 12 year old do a tequila shot on Mexican dinner night in Andorra.

Don’t bother with Andorra

@konstantink07

Add Jordan

@alexdelalune

7y↑5

This is bringing back memories from my trip last year! Svalbard is so beautiful))

@HarryNewbury

9y↑323

Few more questions. How long did you go for? How easy would it be for someone who only speaks English?

@TomScottGo

9y↑492

Two nights! (Er, "nights".) And because it's an international university and research centre, pretty much everyone speaks excellent English!

@What_was_wrong_w_jst_our_names

9y↑260

Everyone in the Nordic country is pretty much fluent in English. And if you wanted to learn Norwegian, it is not very hard coming from English.

@HarryNewbury

9y↑6

***** Sounds good, almost like a "City Break"! Definitely going to look into this.

@HarryNewbury

9y↑7

***** Cheers man!

@davebjork

9y↑9

***** To be fair, some have just ghastly grammar

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@RobertWarrenGilmore

6y↑1

You mentioned Piramida. My favourite album is named after that town and consists largely of sounds recorded there and that haunting Scandinavian echoey singing.

@SerbAtheist

3y↑3

''You know those short speed boar trips where you bounce up and down the waves? It's that but for several hours.''

Me: reaches for my motion sickness bag.

@Lorentari

4y↑7

"I can use my credit card everywhere and in any store however small" is apparently a very Scandinavian thing... Please catch up The-Rest-Of-The-World xD

@galadriel481

Thanks for this great information. I've been curious about going there as a tourist, but wasn't sure how difficult it would be

@geraldhenrickson7472

So...after few minutes I was thinking..."where is Svalbard?". Per Wikipedia it is a archipelago located North of Norway. Great for viewing glaciers, frozen tundra, polar bears, Svalbard reindeer, Arctic foxes and the Aurora Borealis. One of the northernmost inhabited area on the Blue marble upon which we all exist. I must know more!

@AubriGryphon

Speaking of geology, you should do a bit about one of the oldest rock outcrops on Earth -- either Australia or Canada.

@Hyraethian

If you go in the summer you can experience 24 hours of daylight. I used to live in Alaska, and I honestly miss the looong days. I do not miss the complete lack of sun in the winter.
A quick Google search shows that Svalbard doesn't see the sun for about two months of the year.

@SidharthMakhija

This kinda reminds me of my trip to Ladakh.Loving these Amazing Places videos....keep em coming Tom!

@sundhaug92

9y↑5

Svalbard having good internet connection makes sense giving the position as a major satelite down-link, the research-work and the setlement

@mvnorsel6354

4y↑2

I took a ship MS Norsel in 1992 camped near the airport, stayed 2 weeks and returned to Tromso on the ship. Greeting from Australia.

@TheDiscoNarwhal

Great video and great advice; thanks Tom. I would love to visit Svalbard some day.

@morsine

4y↑1

I don't know what to say, but this guy is, the best. Don't know how else to say it. He's honest, kind, everything good. Just don't know how to say what i want to say.

@verebellus

4y↑3

ehm, so as a norwegian i find it weird that Longyearbyen is literally pronounced in two languages at once. Longyear pronounced well, english, Long year. and then theres Byen which means Town, Byen pronounced byen in norwegian. its so odd

@ikkeheltvanlig

9y↑5

So exited to see you sitting not far from my favourite hangout in Oslo! Would have been amazing to bump into you when you were here! It makes me wonder, how do you feel about getting waved over by fans on your global travels?

@Drirton

8y↑18

Tom, I recommend going to Port-aux-francais. It's smack-dab between Madagascar, Australia, and Antarctica.

@andrewdavis1443

This is being used in an online School lesson, great work Tom!

@QemeH

5y↑12

I get that it SOUNDS remote if you say "I'm further north than all of Alaska." - but why exactly are you so surprised that a part of Norway is just like the other parts of Norway? Does the UK not treat it's dependencies with the same respect it does with the home co... oh wait, nevermind... :D

@RyanHellyer

9y↑39

Some of the things you described are just about Norway, not specific to Svarlbard. Stuff like the shoe habit occurs in places like Oslo too :)

@politicallycorrectredskin796

Heavy shoes damage the linoleum...

@ronnborg

🙏Tack så mycket för väldigt bra beskrivning av Svalbard-Spetsbergen👍 /Björne from Sweden 🇸🇪

@RedHatcc

I really appreciate this video, short and to the point. Planning to go there soon, and this is the 101 I needed. +Like

@euansmith3699

3y↑20

"The most northerly statue of Lenin" really tickled me for some reason.

@woodtvnetwork

I say a place is always worth visiting if you are interested in it. If you are satisfied spending your money traveling to that place and other people are saying it was a waste of money then it wasn't a waste if money. I was told that going to American Samoa would be a waste of time and money by people and that there is nothing there, but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would so I was happy with my trip and I feel like a better person because of it.

@actionmethod

9y↑116

I saw this video, then I flew to Svalbard the next day. It's a cool place!

Sunshine at midnight is just freaky weird!

@natelloyd4796

4y↑30

I realize you probably already had a trip planned, but it would be way funnier if you just made an impulse decision to fly to Svalbard.

@kullingen6909

try to be there in the winter when it's only dark

@actionmethod

4y↑2

@Halvard Bødalen Sure but I need a lot of vitamin D supplements to avoid the seasonal depression.

@AintYourChannel

9y↑2

Your pronounciation of Longyearbyen is almost perfect!

@mickho7910

3y↑1

Thanks for the video. You’ve firmed up my resolve to go to Svalbard, once the pandemic ends.

@Jasperi

The photographer Reuben Wu went here and he took some amazingly stunning images, I've been interested in visiting since.

@douglasparkinson4123

4y↑5

when your researching svalbard and tom scott has a video on it.

happiness noise

@Enke796

What a beautiful place. I hope I'll be able to visit it someday.

@MinusMOD98

6y↑1

The airline is called Norwegian Air Shuttle. Norwegian Air Lines no longer exist, it was a government-owned airline which merged with its Danish and Swedish counterparts to form Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)

@stephancote4745

I know this is old but about the shoes thing I work in the arctic and its the same everywhere up here besides getting dirt everywhere I think it has to do with making puddles from melted snow that socked feet could walk into and then freeze peoples feet when they go outside. Also theres an insulated overshoe called NEOS that work really well for this if anyones thinking of going up north for a visit.

@johandelema9747

3y↑2

To avoid on spitsbergen (the name it's given by the treaty that makes norway sovereign): Polar bears, do not go looking for polar bears, if you see one, go the other way

@ravynme8975

I have wanted to visit Norway and Svalbard for forever, and I'm glad I found this video

@martinh1309

Pro tip: dont waste time in Oslo. The northern part of Norway and the south western part is where you should go.

@Karpaneen

4y↑137

6:58 Someone has slapped a sticker of the emblem of Finnish Airforce on that sign. Weird..

@EkelundDK

4y↑28

The Finnuminati is everywhere.

You didn't hear that from me.

@EkelundDK

4y↑3

Gosh darn it, you better prepare for extraction.

@EkelundDK

4y↑4

@Ivan The evil that's the spirit.

@jaeoskyldig

3y↑3

To annoy the Russians

@Alucard45000

@jaeoskyldig Why would that annoy the Russians?

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@imfrommanndame

9y↑1

You mentioned Pyramiden, but there's also a slow boat trip to Barentsburg, which is still an active mining community. Maybe it's sealed off for some reason, but I went there ten years ago. Such a dismal place.

@LingLingW

4y↑1

Whenever there is fast WiFi in ridiculously remote areas, I feel especially betrayed and disappointed with mostly "edge" or no internet coverage in large parts of Germany (along train tracks, along the Bundesstraßen, Autobahn, small towns).

@ryanharrelson6935

8y↑73

Well, That's on my bucket list now.

@will_mcdermott

8y↑2

*bukkit

@neilisbored2177

KYOOB

@chrischolewa9104

me,too!

@drabberfrog

Same

@susanquenzer6361

Another place on my list of amazing cities to visit!!

@TheHefter

3y↑10

8:15 "there's not really much to be concerned about" while showing a sign warning about polar bears :D

@thekito4623

4y↑68

2:07 "just taking my dogs for a drive"

@Skidonti

9y↑2

If you want to travel, budget a bit and go for it! You can absolutely do it, it won't be as hard as you think.

I was being discouraging towards travel in some responses here, calling it expensive, but it seems the comment's been deleted. Given that the comment section for Tom's videos is so small and full of curious people... I want to make up for that with this little one.

@SisterPsychosis74

9y↑1

I can't seem to post replies to comments, but ALL Scandinavians have excellent English; I listen to a lot of Scandinavian bands and, apart from a slight accent and the occasional grammatical quirk, you'd never know it wasn't their first language.

On the Continent, they recognise the importance of being able to speak English, the fact kids in the UK don't start learning a second language until they start secondary school is, in my opinion, to our very great detriment. I think it's rather arrogant of us to expect the rest of the planet to speak our language, if we can't make the smallest effort to speak any of theirs (French, German, Spanish and Italian are the base ones I think we ought to be able to get by in at the very least). When I was a bairn, we had French neighbours one side, and Dutch the other and both attempted to teach me their native tongues (I STILL can't understand Dutch even now, despite keeping in touch with the daughter, who's fully bilingual, she's given up on me! She was a Reception/Year 1 teacher in London for 3 years, but went back to Utrecht because, in her words, to teach in the UK "you have to REALLY HATE kids" speaks volumes about our teaching methods, doesn't it…? In the Netherlands, school isn't compulsory before the age of 7, but there are voluntary 'play schools' where kids learn by, well, playing and they're nearly always oversubscribed. Knowing a bit about how kids are educated in mainland Europe, I believe our education system is not to the benefit of ours; it's extremely negative for starters - why do we focus on what kids are BAD at - surely it makes more sense to focus on a child's strength(s)…? Find a way to help their weaknesses via their strengths - since when has negative reinforcement ever helped anyone with anything…? If you've a kid who's good at reading, but struggles with maths, write sums as word problems, let them make them into stories - just DON'T force them to do endless pages of sums! Learning - at least up to GCSE - should be FUN! Not saying that schools don't try to make it fun but, you know the saying, you can gold a turd but, at the end of the day, it's still a turd. Have we EVER had an education secretary with ANY experience of teaching…?! Ok rant over!)

@pencilpen786

0:45 That mountain (or hill) seems quite flat. Would there be a certain geological reason for that?

@MonstrotousM666

I'm American and I've always wanted to visit this place. Sounds like a lot of fun!

@McTheWarhammer

9y↑9

2:30 Correction: Alert, Nunavut (82°30'05" N) is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world.

@charliemaline223

4y↑3

I feel like you're briefing me on my DofE expedition

@Anas-Hachi899

It's so cool watching this video after listening to Sam from Wendover talking about Svalbard in S2 of Extremities.

@cheese-it5111

3y↑2

I don't know why but Svalbard feels like the dlc area of an openworld game.

@shawn4116

2y↑1

Solstheim

@sion8

9y↑355

So basically... Svalbard, Norway's Alaska!

@robertandersson1128

8y↑12

+sion8 Good analogy! ☺

@neilisbored2177

7y↑3

WHY
IS YO FLAG
IN SPACE

@eggrollsoup

5y↑2

sion8 I’m from texas and i want to move to alaska

@gotworc

5y↑6

@eggrollsoup don't it sucks. I know a few family members that used to live there and the nature is cool and all but it's dark all the time, cold, there's only one major city and it barely has anything and that's it

@eggrollsoup

5y↑11

Nitelynx I don’t like the sun anyways, i’ve had enough of it, and I like cold weather anyways. Plus I don’t need any large social circles or many commodities major cities provide.

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@leesanghwa8175

8y↑18

I visited Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund last week. Great and beautiful place... Thx for great video.

@junkyardjarvis5415

3y↑2

Tom: It is not remote it just not near anything

Me: (looks up definition of remote)

@FamusJamus

9y↑3

Meanwhile you're missing the 30°C heat back home. 6-8°C sounds like heaven right now.

@baylorbear6564

3y↑2

Great video 👍🏻. I would absolutely love it there!! I love cold weather ♥️ I’m miserable when it gets above 60. Definitely a place I would love to visit. I would seriously miss tree though. If I could live in the cold 365 days a year and have a lot of trees I would be the happiest person in the world ❄️🌲♥️❄️🌲♥️

@Monacosuper

8y↑5

I've always wanted to go there

@liambutler-lawrence5894

“They’re the JetBlue, the EasyJet…” in the US, JetBlue isn’t a budget airline, in fact they’re one of the most luxury airlines by US standards.

@LenovoEvangelist

8y↑1

This is so beautiful!

@HighPotatoo

i want to go here so bad but want to explore the glaciar trails I guess id call them that you can see on google earth. realistically ill probably never go there but damn do I want to

@Kane2044Gameing

8y↑328

Going to Svalbard to get out of school production. My teacher said unless your on the north pole your doing it. So I will go to the closest place you can get easily.

@alwinpriven2400

8y↑95

well you clearly need school, as you don't even know the difference between your and you're!

@adityajayaraj2232

8y↑41

Alwin Priven yknow its the people like you that make the internet a terrible place

@Solarstar10

8y↑75

+Aditya Jayaraj I think his correction was pretty justified. A guy claimed he wanted to get away from school, but his comment had a very basic grammar error. So making the joke that he should stay in school is very justified.

Also bad spelling and grammar make the world a far worse place than people who point out bad spelling and grammar.

@neilisbored2177

6y↑7

+Solarstar10 you clearly understood +Kanewolf's message, so don't complain, you spoiled brat.

@grieferjones2237

6y↑15

Cd-iLozytp What, we're not allowed to say we're annoyed by a glaring typo?

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@nightsbeatswitchgood

7y↑1

Definitely need to go. Just looked up flights from where I live, only 500 Euros roundtrip for two people... Way cheaper than Iceland! I definitely need to go back to Norway, and this would be a fantastic way of doing that.