Check out my limited edition print run at art.alluringarctic.com . ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL END OF JANUARY 2025. I selected these photos from the ones I took along the Northwest Passage. They're printed on rigid aluminum panels and come ready to hang on your wall (no need to frame, hanging kit included). Shipping worldwide and a free shipping offer is also available! On this 6th leg of our Northwest Passage attempt we sail east from Utqiagvik, into our first real encounter with sea ice. We're trying to reach Qiqiktaruk in Yukon, Canada. We've heard that there's a great sauna there and as Finns you must check it out! Hope you enjoy the video!
When it comes to the web store I'm kind of running a one-man-show here, so if you experience any issues with the webpage or the store please let me know! (comment here or send an email to juho@alluringarctic.com). Thanks!
@@larkangel6593not to speak off the patreons,this guy,is extremely good in doiing as he earns nothing with his channel……he even made an episode off that issue a time ago….in the mean time they live off it,buying boats etc. Ohh no hard feelings here,,it seems to go this way these days in the internetage. In my time,you work 5 days,saving for a boat,wich you dont have the time to sail…..
Being a Finn who lives in Canada, sails solo on a Valiant 37 in spring summer and fall and who is currently watching freeze up from my island cabin, I love the final sauna scene. Brings a tear to my eye. I will have sauna tonight in their honour.
Drop everything !!! Alluring has dropped a new video!!! The fact that you mastered this stressful passage so well, with four of you on the narrow boat, and probably overtired, speaks volumes! Social skills and all that. (And seamanship, of course.) Hats off!
This is the most exiting sailingadventure I’ve seen. Absolute incrediable! As a swedish sailor I ’m really proud of this finish team. Spinnaker on the northeast passage, wow!
The cinematography and editing is truly amazing. Great to see Lumi in her natural habitat and sailing proud thru the ice. Love the sauna as we all are sure you did as well. Best, best as you head East!
Fantastic video. When I was a kid in Sweden we had an earth cellar to keep vegetables over winter. A finish couple bought the property. When I visited years later the earth cellar was changed into a Sauna!!! Finns and their sauna...
I got to admit I'm a little bit adventure-envious now, despite the temperatures. Also hilarious: Finns describing their icy surroundings in comparison to home waters 😆 Keep the spirits up, Ms Sohvi and the lads! Thanks for sharing.
These videos just get better and better. The scenery blows you away and seeing your small boat sailing amongst those ice bergs send shivers down your spine at times. Thanks for sharing and good luck .
Drone counter-dolly tracking with foreground bergy bits and sloop gliding through the background is brilliantly engaging cinematography-wise. Good eye sailors, beyond beyond imaging.
Seeing the "mystery sail" open up nicely literally put a smile on my face. I've seen first hand a few bad spinnaker launches fail so I can appreciate the slight anxiety that comes with this kind of maneuver! For what it's worth, I already know you made it through but I still enjoy watching your videos. Thanks!
This is now one of my favourite yt channels. I'm not a sailor and know very little about sailing and yet I find your videos very entertaining. You are very skilled not just at sailing in an extreme environment but also with the camera, capturing the amazing scenery and wildlife. Congratulations both of you on your escape from the rat race, living a life that most people can only dream about!
At 28:49 I can see some white squares on the beach in front of your boat. I believe these are the grave markers of 20 or so whalers that were caught in a summer blizzard while playing baseball near the camp. They were not far from camp but lost heir ways and perished. I was working on Herschel Island with "The Museum of Man" and "Polar Continental Shelf Project" summer 1985.
Hi everyone on Lumi. Wow, what an adventure. You're all a lot braver than me. I didn't realise the videos are 2 months behind, but it's great to know you're all alive and kicking. Merry Christmas to you all 🎄
RIP Guys - Look at the bright side! At least when they ship your bodies back to the morgue, they will all be frozen solid just like the "Iceman Movie".🤣 I'm enjoying hot buttered popcorn on my sofa watching with a cozy room temperature with a blanket. Great to see your still alive at least in this video upload.
I watch most all of your videos but these lately are outstanding. Really enjoy them and see you through a completely different light now. Mad respect for your abilities and knowledge. I just purchased a sailboat. I never sailed before and know nothing about it. The first time I took the boat off of the dock I got grounded in just a few miles. Thanks to Sea tow I go underway and made it safely to my new port. My boat needs a lot of work. In time I plan to go somewhere other than being at a dock working on my new home
Congrats with purchase Ö) that’s great and I wish you good luck with refitting and adventures. Hope you will get experience and knowledge at your grounding would remain the worst issue Ö)
I shudder to think of how many souls could have been saved by the way you cleverly used your drone in addition to ice maps etc to navigate that brutal passage between seasons. So much history there observed by stadiums full of international BRAVE EXPLORES, like yourselves. Y’all truly are some smart sailors, and handsome too. Except it took my breath away to see you all march into the mosquitos lands beside or along side the sauna without a rifle. What if some polar bears had wandered over for a summer time sauna?🔆 So thankful for your sharing the historic passage. I loved your reference of the ice sky I had read about. The blinking hints of danger with the fog closing in as the currents move through those amazing ice sculptures. I was able to identify what Shackleton referred to as growlers of iceberg projections just under the water at various depths. I’m so proud to have witnessed yalls voyage and I hope that the vessel behind you faired as well without being shut in by accumulating ice floes. Stay blessed my friends of other mothers. Congratulations.
Love watching your adventures, educational and entertaining. Explanation on the maps and seeing the animals is great I would never see this in person I click on your uploads as soon as you put them on. Thank you. Great to see intelligence and curious humans on the planet. I don’t see so much of it in the US with what’s coming to us in January blindness and ignorance. Thank you.
Curiosity got the best of me and a couple weeks ago or so, I looked up your boat on a ship tracker app and saw it in Greenland. I am enjoying your videos.
" we are, unfortunately, not getting an icebreaker escort " ... watching this, knowing things went well enough that it is posted, is not as stressful as I imagine it was. looking forward to your journeys through clear water again.
Stunning photos! It’s amazing to watch your sailing and I admire you doing this. The sauna must have been great to all of you. Fair winds and stay safe.
Ha My father built a sauna in our cellar So many great memories of splashing water on the heated rocks There can be nothing better than a sauna situated on the shore of an arctic lagoon. Skøl
Recently discovered this channel, and I am absolutely gobsmacked! This is an awesome undertaking, really inspiring. Camerawork is excellent, and some of the drone footage is breathtaking, drones really are a game changer for a channel like yours. The only thing disappointing me watching these is getting to the end of each video. However, I get some consolation going through the earlier Alaskan videos while awaiting the next NW Passage episode. Keep up the great work, and stay warm!
You deserve your own television show on the Discovery channel! Your quality and editing is top notch and I'm hooked on the channel. Love this type of adventure. 💯💪
I know some sailors who would really make a big thing of crossing the north-west passage. It's wonderful how calm it is on this canal. Keep it up, I'm sticking with it! All the best from Mike, who is a bit jealous 😉
I love you folks…different natures, different skill, embracing additional people to round out your experience. So transparent and honest in all situations. Thank you ♥️
Nice to see the place in summer. Buddy Bob who was caretaker there brought a forty foot ketch (owned by an American scientist) from Herschel to Inuvik about 1983 causing phones at the locall newspaper to explode, "there's a sailboat in the East Channel!". Great adventure.
Hoping you had a safe journey and are enjoying Iceland by now. The two (now four) of you have been responsible for some very valuable content and produced the the most enjoyable, reliable, and educational UA-cam channel. This channel is as good if not better than Discovery, NatGeo or any other adventure experience. Thank you for nothing but the best. 🌊
Can’t believe the difference between the start of the channel and now. The cinematography, compositions are professional league. The adventure is off the charts exciting! What a journey!
Great and brave sailing adventure, to start the Thrilling section of your Expedition with a Sauna bath in this exposed area is a Hard earned gift. Good Look & stay tuned
Hey guys, excellent video of your voyage through the pack ice. Good job with making use of the ice charts, satellite images, and weather routing information. I loved your asymmetrical spinnaker in a sock. I have one for my Catalina sailboat and have used it extensively. Glad you enjoyed the sauna, and yeah, pour freshwater on the stove next time 😂😮😅 Hey, I noticed you were drinking Alaskan beer, which is brewed in my hometown of Juneau. Our local brewery has one many international awards and the Alaskan brewing Company used to give us two pony kegs for our 300 mile race around Admiralty Island. Probably the best beer you can get in America. Be safe, good luck on the rest of the passage, hope you get your water leak from the exhaust fixed because that looks like a hassle. 😮
Not a sailor but your dry humor and you wife putting up with it has me watching. 😊 I do like your narration and the comment of the “crew” make the video special. Thanks.
Check out my limited edition print run at art.alluringarctic.com . ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL END OF JANUARY 2025. I selected these photos from the ones I took along the Northwest Passage. They're printed on rigid aluminum panels and come ready to hang on your wall (no need to frame, hanging kit included). Shipping worldwide and a free shipping offer is also available!
On this 6th leg of our Northwest Passage attempt we sail east from Utqiagvik, into our first real encounter with sea ice. We're trying to reach Qiqiktaruk in Yukon, Canada. We've heard that there's a great sauna there and as Finns you must check it out! Hope you enjoy the video!
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When it comes to the web store I'm kind of running a one-man-show here, so if you experience any issues with the webpage or the store please let me know! (comment here or send an email to juho@alluringarctic.com). Thanks!
@@AlluringArctic I wanted to check out your print store but the page is not loading for me. Excellent videos by the way! Keep them up!
Hi Juho, love your channel and pictures! Any chance for a polar bear picture in the store?
Helly Hansen please sponsor these guys!! You couldn’t ask for better publicity. Real sailing, real people enjoying the arctic what could be better.
@@theadventuresofyouraverage7132 I'm pretty sure they supplied the entire crew. Same as ray marine and perhaps others.
@@larkangel6593not to speak off the patreons,this guy,is extremely good in doiing as he earns nothing with his channel……he even made an episode off that issue a time ago….in the mean time they live off it,buying boats etc.
Ohh no hard feelings here,,it seems to go this way these days in the internetage.
In my time,you work 5 days,saving for a boat,wich you dont have the time to sail…..
Can only agree . I don't understand that Bergans , Black Diamond, Mammuth, and many more , don't test their products on these guys.
@@theadventuresofyouraverage7132 Seems HH is spoilt with years of free advertising 🙄😊
I thought they were sponsored by an outdoor company that stocked HH?
This is by far the most superior boating channel on UA-cam, by far. And I've subscribed to quite a few over the years, thank you guys 🤘👍
THE BEST!
Free Range sailing levels of awesomeness
@@jbmason000 Extra awesome since they did not sink or get eaten by bears.
This is indeed one of the best sailing series in UA-cam. Thanks for sharing. All the best for Lumi and the Crew.
Trust the Finns to find a sauna in one of the worlds most remote locations ;)
Trust the Canadians to build one there.
@@MichaelHolloway Probably with Finnish immigration heritage
True adventurers. What an amazing journey you went on and I thank you for sharing it with us.
metoo。
thanks so much! glad to hav eyou along!
Being a Finn who lives in Canada, sails solo on a Valiant 37 in spring summer and fall and who is currently watching freeze up from my island cabin, I love the final sauna scene. Brings a tear to my eye. I will have sauna tonight in their honour.
This channel has got to blow up soon. It's such a novel spin on the typical sailing channels. Great video as usual.
No bikinis on tropical sands. LoL!
Perfectly Stated
Drop everything !!! Alluring has dropped a new video!!! The fact that you mastered this stressful passage so well, with four of you on the narrow boat, and probably overtired, speaks volumes! Social skills and all that. (And seamanship, of course.) Hats off!
You are doing this sailing voyage in excellent style. The ultimate sailing challenge in the perfect craft for the job -
This is the most exiting sailingadventure I’ve seen. Absolute incrediable! As a swedish sailor I ’m really proud of this finish team.
Spinnaker on the northeast passage, wow!
And just humble ppl, trying to make good content that isn't about them of the wife wearing no clothes.
...North-*west* passage...
The spinnaker thing was also really funny-
Loving it! What a treat to find a sauna as well... 😎
yep :D
Appreciate you having us along! Safe passage!
The quality of the content you are posting is outstanding. This is not just a show. It goes much deeper and affects the mind.
Not a boring second in this video. Just freedom, adventure and a great group of friends. The editing was superb as always.
The cinematography and editing is truly amazing. Great to see Lumi in her natural habitat and sailing proud thru the ice. Love the sauna as we all are sure you did as well. Best, best as you head East!
Fantastic video. When I was a kid in Sweden we had an earth cellar to keep vegetables over winter. A finish couple bought the property. When I visited years later the earth cellar was changed into a Sauna!!! Finns and their sauna...
@@michaelbaron8089 In Newfoundland we call earth cellars 'root cellars' to store root vegetables all year.
O.M.Gosh, this video, you guys, no words really other than THANK YOU!!!
I got to admit I'm a little bit adventure-envious now, despite the temperatures. Also hilarious: Finns describing their icy surroundings in comparison to home waters 😆 Keep the spirits up, Ms Sohvi and the lads! Thanks for sharing.
Incredible adventure. Stay safe.
These videos just get better and better. The scenery blows you away and seeing your small boat sailing amongst those ice bergs send shivers down your spine at times. Thanks for sharing and good luck .
Drone counter-dolly tracking with foreground bergy bits and sloop gliding through the background is brilliantly engaging cinematography-wise. Good eye sailors, beyond beyond imaging.
Beyond imagination really. Thx again.
"Spinnaker' always beautiful when it catches the wind.
10:58 that sunset was stunning. Would make a beautiful picture.
Seeing the "mystery sail" open up nicely literally put a smile on my face. I've seen first hand a few bad spinnaker launches fail so I can appreciate the slight anxiety that comes with this kind of maneuver!
For what it's worth, I already know you made it through but I still enjoy watching your videos. Thanks!
This is now one of my favourite yt channels. I'm not a sailor and know very little about sailing and yet I find your videos very entertaining. You are very skilled not just at sailing in an extreme environment but also with the camera, capturing the amazing scenery and wildlife. Congratulations both of you on your escape from the rat race, living a life that most people can only dream about!
What a stunning place to have a sauna
At 28:49 I can see some white squares on the beach in front of your boat. I believe these are the grave markers of 20 or so whalers that were caught in a summer blizzard while playing baseball near the camp. They were not far from camp but lost heir ways and perished. I was working on Herschel Island with "The Museum of Man" and "Polar Continental Shelf Project" summer 1985.
Wow, great info! Yes, you're correct, I think that is the whalers graveyard
The ice sky phenomenon is cool.
Hi everyone on Lumi.
Wow, what an adventure. You're all a lot braver than me.
I didn't realise the videos are 2 months behind, but it's great to know you're all alive and kicking.
Merry Christmas to you all 🎄
That ice is beautiful but yes I can see how it could go south super quick.
I see what you did there 😊
Lumi is such a beautiful vessel
I like that video very much because there are no atempts for eycatching moments. Just plain living and sailing. 🤟
dear youtube this is a really good channel please refrain from loading them up with 20 advertisements i a 31 minute video.
Wonderful people!
RIP Guys - Look at the bright side! At least when they ship your bodies back to the morgue, they will all be frozen solid just like the "Iceman Movie".🤣 I'm enjoying hot buttered popcorn on my sofa watching with a cozy room temperature with a blanket. Great to see your still alive at least in this video upload.
I watch most all of your videos but these lately are outstanding. Really enjoy them and see you through a completely different light now. Mad respect for your abilities and knowledge. I just purchased a sailboat. I never sailed before and know nothing about it. The first time I took the boat off of the dock I got grounded in just a few miles. Thanks to Sea tow I go underway and made it safely to my new port. My boat needs a lot of work. In time I plan to go somewhere other than being at a dock working on my new home
Congrats with purchase Ö) that’s great and I wish you good luck with refitting and adventures. Hope you will get experience and knowledge at your grounding would remain the worst issue Ö)
I shudder to think of how many souls could have been saved by the way you cleverly used your drone in addition to ice maps etc to navigate that brutal passage between seasons. So much history there observed by stadiums full of international BRAVE EXPLORES, like yourselves. Y’all truly are some smart sailors, and handsome too. Except it took my breath away to see you all march into the mosquitos lands beside or along side the sauna without a rifle. What if some polar bears had wandered over for a summer time sauna?🔆 So thankful for your sharing the historic passage. I loved your reference of the ice sky I had read about. The blinking hints of danger with the fog closing in as the currents move through those amazing ice sculptures. I was able to identify what Shackleton referred to as growlers of iceberg projections just under the water at various depths. I’m so proud to have witnessed yalls voyage and I hope that the vessel behind you faired as well without being shut in by accumulating ice floes. Stay blessed my friends of other mothers. Congratulations.
You folks are leading the pack. The drone a very valuable tool.
Love watching your adventures, educational and entertaining. Explanation on the maps and seeing the animals is great I would never see this in person I click on your uploads as soon as you put them on. Thank you. Great to see intelligence and curious humans on the planet. I don’t see so much of it in the US with what’s coming to us in January blindness and ignorance. Thank you.
Thank you Lumi and team. It is a treat to see the most northern point of NA. Safe sailing and looking foirward to the next one.
Wow! this is so beautiful! Thank You for taking us along
I love the Finnish idea of good times. Wind, water, wood, fire and an Aluminum boat. To celebrate a few good friends and beers 🍺 Cheers!
I ordered an aluminium print and it arrived to Melbourne Australia 3 days later !!
It looks fantastic, thanks guys
thanks for buying a print! Great to hear you like it! which one did you get??
@@AlluringArctic I got the "Battling through sea ice"
Your video is spectacular. I would not be able to see these scenes but for your skill, knowledge and adventurous spirit. Thank you.
Danke!
Beautiful cinematography, editing and audio/soundtrack. Stunning work, immensely enjoyable. It helps you feel you’re part of the adventure
Video is super crisp AND steamy ❤ Human bears chillin… 😂
A real once in a lifetime adventure! The sauna alone justifies the epic journey through that labyrinth of ice! ; )
Loved the sped up foredeck survival suit safety dance !
Curiosity got the best of me and a couple weeks ago or so, I looked up your boat on a ship tracker app and saw it in Greenland. I am enjoying your videos.
Me too!!!!
" we are, unfortunately, not getting an icebreaker escort " ... watching this, knowing things went well enough that it is posted, is not as stressful as I imagine it was.
looking forward to your journeys through clear water again.
Thanks!
Yes, drop everything they posted another one, the best!
The best sauna channel on UA-cam.. 👍
Stunning photos! It’s amazing to watch your sailing and I admire you doing this. The sauna must have been great to all of you. Fair winds and stay safe.
Ha
My father built a sauna in our cellar
So many great memories of splashing water on the heated rocks
There can be nothing better than a sauna situated on the shore of an arctic lagoon.
Skøl
Recently discovered this channel, and I am absolutely gobsmacked! This is an awesome undertaking, really inspiring. Camerawork is excellent, and some of the drone footage is breathtaking, drones really are a game changer for a channel like yours. The only thing disappointing me watching these is getting to the end of each video. However, I get some consolation going through the earlier Alaskan videos while awaiting the next NW Passage episode. Keep up the great work, and stay warm!
That was quite funny to hear you [Juho], say “you’ll do anything for the sauna”. 😁
Lovely. Glad You monitor the Ice Flows like a Hawk!! Cheers jimmy
You deserve your own television show on the Discovery channel! Your quality and editing is top notch and I'm hooked on the channel. Love this type of adventure. 💯💪
That was funny to hear Sohvi scream getting into the cold water, and brave of your friend to fully submerge himself!. 👍😄👍
GREAT humor in the spoiler alert.
Bedankt
Hyvää settiä! Kiitos, että saadaan olla mahtavalla matkalla mukana. :)
I know some sailors who would really make a big thing of crossing the north-west passage. It's wonderful how calm it is on this canal. Keep it up, I'm sticking with it! All the best from Mike, who is a bit jealous 😉
I love you folks…different natures, different skill, embracing additional people to round out your experience. So transparent and honest in all situations. Thank you ♥️
Nice to see the place in summer. Buddy Bob who was caretaker there brought a forty foot ketch (owned by an American scientist) from Herschel to Inuvik about 1983 causing phones at the locall newspaper to explode, "there's a sailboat in the East Channel!". Great adventure.
Very nice videos! Thank you for sharing this with us
Thanks! Incredibly good video!😃
The mystery sail was worth waiting for - I'm looking forward to another hoist if you got good following winds anywhere.
Tack!
Hoping you had a safe journey and are enjoying Iceland by now. The two (now four) of you have been responsible for some very valuable content and produced the the most enjoyable, reliable, and educational UA-cam channel. This channel is as good if not better than Discovery, NatGeo or any other adventure experience. Thank you for nothing but the best. 🌊
Can’t believe the difference between the start of the channel and now. The cinematography, compositions are professional league. The adventure is off the charts exciting! What a journey!
Great and brave sailing adventure, to start the Thrilling section of your Expedition with a Sauna bath in this exposed area is a Hard earned gift. Good Look & stay tuned
Superb videography as usual. This is better than national geographic..
Hey guys, excellent video of your voyage through the pack ice. Good job with making use of the ice charts, satellite images, and weather routing information.
I loved your asymmetrical spinnaker in a sock. I have one for my Catalina sailboat and have used it extensively.
Glad you enjoyed the sauna, and yeah, pour freshwater on the stove next time 😂😮😅
Hey, I noticed you were drinking Alaskan beer, which is brewed in my hometown of Juneau. Our local brewery has one many international awards and the Alaskan brewing Company used to give us two pony kegs for our 300 mile race around Admiralty Island. Probably the best beer you can get in America.
Be safe, good luck on the rest of the passage, hope you get your water leak from the exhaust fixed because that looks like a hassle. 😮
Awesome. I love this episode.
Wonderful video. I just gave myself a print for my birthday (which is today). Hope it will arrive shortly…
The ice was amazing. I know it was a bit tricky,but awesome to see. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.
Thanks!
What a great crew! Go Finland🇫🇮
Astonishingly cool people.
Thanks
Very interesting voyage so far, the sauna of course was the icing on the cake.
Sweet! I just finished watching all of your videos from the beginning yesterday so perfect timing.
Absolutely terrifying and beautiful scenery.
Not a sailor but your dry humor and you wife putting up with it has me watching. 😊 I do like your narration and the comment of the “crew” make the video special. Thanks.
You are one of so very few people to see this part of our amazing planet. Thank you for taking us along on this incredible adventure!
You've become a wise and cautious, yet still cautiously adventurous Captain. One of these days, I would enjoy meeting you and your crew. :)
Watching this makes me wonder hoe they did that way back in the day without a drone!! wonderful footage! Much love from the coast of Maine!
Great photography in difficult conditions
Wow, what an adventure. Glad you are safe. Merry Christmas.
Thank you for the spoiler alert I was very worried 😉
Chugging a brew in the sauna! Go, Sohvi! 😅 I hope the four of you have a nice Christmas in Greenland. I read that Santa usually stops there first. 😎
Great trip!! Sauna too - thank you v much for sharing your journey!!!
We also put the plastic bag on, on the dairy farm when walking thru the icy grass in winter ,it really works against freezing toes
Love your survival suits! You looked like 3 red Mumintroll🙂
Amazing achievement,thanks for sharing
Really nice, thank you.