Riding into the Epic Unknown, Whiteout Snow Storm, Cozy Winter Van Life Camping, Blizzard & Snowfall
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- Опубліковано 26 кві 2024
- After Riding out an epic 73 mph blizzard in my cozy van, stranded in deep snow covered roads & Surviving the most Severe Blizzard of my Life, I have returned to my Arctic Tour. I head east and north again past ice covered fjords and oceans, past epic remote plateaus and lonely arctic plains. I end up in several smaller snow storms again. My first time driving the ice roads of my countries arctic rivers and cook Chicken Tikka Masala. Lots of epic winter driving in this video. Enjoy my Arctic winter!
Part of the series:
Surviving my First Arctic Winter of Extreme Van Life. Solo in Hurricanes, Blizzards, Snow Storms & Camping in Extreme Cold Freezing Temperatures.
#vanlife #blizzard #snowstorm
My van is a Fiat Ducato, FWD with Nokian Hakkapalitta studless Winter Tires. This is the same as a Ram Promaster in America - USA and Canada.
MAPS:
-If you want access to maps of my routes and campsite, and support my video creation you can sign up at Patreon.com/NorwegianXplorer
-Or you can join this channel to get access to maps and perks:
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Enjoy camping and van life friends from around the world!
A special thanks to my friends in the United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia for the amazing average view time on my channel, I really appreciate that you watch for such a long time!🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺
BTW, I am coming to the United States soon, been missing the amazing American nature in the west. Cant wait to meet you again!
Here is the full season in one playlist • The 2024 Arctic Tour! ...
Surviving my 2nd Winter of Extreme Van Life, Blizzard, Snow Storm Camping & Freezing Cold which includes:
This is my complete second winter of Winter Van Life in extreme conditions in the North, living in a van during freezing temperatures. Starting in November I go through the whole winter season of snowy winter adventures from November to April, with snow storms, blizzards, extreme cold, extreme snowfall, slippery roads and some amazing winter beauty as well.
I also show you what I learn as I go from my second winter in the van.
About me: I am a Norwegian adventurer and wilderness explorer. My youtube channel focus on outdoor wilderness adventures and exploration, backpacking, hiking, canyoneering, skiing, climbing and mountaineering. Nights spent in a tent, alone or with friends. From the snow covered mountains and misty fjords of Norway and Scandinavia to the remote plateaus of Yellowstone and the debts of the red canyons of Utah to the summit of Mt Whitney and the heart of Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park. I love the Wilderness! Email is under "For business inquiries", for general questions please comment on a video, I try to answer everyone.
#wintercamping #vanlife #camping #snowstorm #blizzard #storm #van #snow #wintervanlife #vanliving #vanlifetravelvlog
If you want to support my channel and get access to my maps exclusive content etc, please go to patreon.com/norwegianxplorer or become a member here on my channel (click this link to preview or “join” button) ua-cam.com/channels/34MVsreWXxyh3seQRsuKCg.htmljoin 🫶
FAbulous video!!!
How do you heat your van when you are stopped? I have watched a few videos but have not seen that yet.
So I give you a couple of $ every video you put out and I'm going to join your channel soon as I transfer funds to my card I use online and I'll still try to give you a couple dollars with each video but I want to be able to see your map and seeing as how I donate more than what it cost to join your channel every month I might as well have an opportunity to look at the maps
@@toddpatik8834 You are the best Todd! If you email me I will send you the maps🙂
I'm writing this to you on Monday April 29th at 9am my time and my friend Suzanne lives in South Sweden so I know she is 7 hrs time difference but my friend I just want to tell you that according to a web site is how I'll put it. It says we gave nucks to Ukraine as putin has the majority or the border with nuclear missles in place and I'm an airforce veteran and I think you need to watch your local news if you can cause I believe real shit is going to happen soon. ✌️ Todd
Who would have thought a man with a van and a camera could create some of the best viewing content ever. The scenery and landscapes you film are truly breathtakingly beautiful. Some of the storms you go through have me in awe of how calm you remain through it all while my nerves are shattered just watching. Thank you for taking us along on your adventures and giving me the opportunity to see some wonderful places that I wouldn't otherwise get to explore.
Wow, thank you so much Timony!
I couldn't of said it better...❤
So true, wonderful to see the artic north!
I think my blood pressure lowered watching this video.... The Views...and Camera work.....just incredible ❤❤
Thank you Gerard! Glad to hear that!
This traveling chef has created another hit, my physical therapist played this for everyone getting kemo therapy at Lower Manhattan location, The Chicken Marsala made us all hungry, well done Chef. Your video made allot of cancer patients happy for a day, Thank you
Bless up from Brooklyn NY
Pain free Kemo watching these magnificent videos THANK YOU
Paradise in real time, a magnanimous winter wonderland. I bet this is exactly what heaven looks like, absolutely stunning
Wow, really? I am glad to hear that, wish you all a speedy recovery🙏🫶
Best wishes from the UK and hope you have a speedy recovery.Watching this made everything else disappear completely and i was transfixed by the captivating beauty of the wild landscape.
@@twiglet2214 Enjoying the time I have left, aggressive brain 🧠 cancer on this end
You shaved. You look nice. 💞😊
What a nice calming video to show people getting treatment.
I absolutely love ur channel. The scenery is beautiful and breathtaking. I am a 61 yr old woman who has dreams of heading out on my own. I live with my children and grandchildren. I have helped to support them over the years and now I would love to have some time for myself. I have had a really rough year with multiple knee surgeries but I’m finally on the road to recovery. My problem is finances. I am trying to save for a van. I truly enjoy watching ur videos and living vicariously through you! Stay safe and keep the videos coming. Thank you.
Thank you so much Kristen, I hope you are able to fulfil you dreams!
I cannot tell a lie, I ate a gummy 2 hours before I decided to watch the new episode. The music and driving are, as always, EPIC!! Flying into space.
Lol, enjoy!
I had a German sausage and i swapped it for an Arctic Tern and someone said " I think you've taken a Tern for the Wurst ! " but i feel much better after watching the video.Wow !
Hahaha!
It truly looks like the end of the world! Your videos are true artistry Jarl!
Thank you so much!
Thank you, what I love about youtube, are people like yourself that invest many hours of time creating stunning content, available to the masses. You have absolutely nailed portraying the beauty yet harsh reality of the environment you live in. You are a rolling commercial for Fiat vans, they need to send a few dollars your way.
Wow, thank you! That would be nice if they did lol
I love watching your travels in the cold weather. I’m too old to travel like that and I despise cold weather so I live vicariously through your journeys. Your photography and videography are stunning. Thank you.
Thank yo my friend!
Great vid Jarl. A lot of dramatic nothing up north. Good music. Some treacherous conditions. Those house, no power for a hundred miles or more. The view of Russia in the distance. Glad to se the next one Be safe
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!
I never pictured the Artic as a beautiful place. Thank you so much for this amazing experience. Again you’re showing us nature in areas most of us will probably never be able to visit. ❤
My pleasure 😊
Painful loneliness is my feeling, but thanks you my friend.
I wish you peace.
Thanks dont be lonely!
I was surprised to see how big some of the towns were. Hard to imagine living in those conditions year round. Every Saturday I curl up with a blanket and just go for the ride. You never disappoint!
Thank you so much Verna!
Jarl, another great travel in the Arctic. Just so special. Reading the other comments are spot on. All I can say is Thank you my Friend!!!!
Thank you as well my friend🙏 this Tour has been so special to me, I am glad you are liking it!
👋Hey there Norwegian Xplorer,
Wow! A brilliant experience for you here & I really love the snow, the scenery, the wildness & the way you enjoy each Winter experience out there.
I remember our train ride from Oslo to Bergen & the scenery outside of the windows was utterly incredible. The stuff of dreams.
I have been fortunate to visit numerous very beautiful countries & Norway is right up there for me & always will be.
On a different note, I have to say, you appear to really enjoy cooking & you whip up some colourful & spicy meals, which is great & IMPO, a very good thing! lol
Tusen takk for sharing & here's wishing you well.
Peace✌
The views are breathtaking. Thanks for taking us on your adventures.
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
Incredible views... It's awesome that you can share something like this... Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
🌨️❄️ Wow, this winter van life adventure is absolutely mesmerizing! Riding into the epic unknown amidst whiteout snowstorms, cozy camping, and blizzards - it’s like a thrilling movie come to life. Jarl, your resilience and love for the wilderness shine through every frame. Stay warm, stay wild! 🚐🏔️🌟
Glad you enjoyed it!
Where I live, we used to get up to a meter of snow in1 snowfall. For many years now, get only get a few centimeters if we are lucky. It's sad, because I love snow so much! Since my son lives in Sweden, I will definitely visit during the winter months to enjoy the beauty of the snow.
Thanks for sharing
Love watching your journeys and meal prep in your little van home, so relaxing🙏
Thanks so much! 😊
Awesome people please remember to smash the like button, new viewers subscribe, push the notification bell so you won't miss any videos and share this video with your love ones. Thank you all for your support. 😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for that, full disclosure, I do not know this person lol, but I appreciate the effort.
I should also add, that I really like your backdrop image on your computer. It's a wonderful & relaxing image to look @, while you eat your dinner.
I too,, love the mountains & all of my backdrop pics are of mountains, as they're one of the true beauties of nature.
Cool!
Just sitting here enjoying a cold Krombacher beer and watching the video. Amazing drone footage with beautiful views. Thanks for sharing 🤘😎🍻
Glad you enjoyed it
Again, another stellar soundtrack!
Thank you, I make the music myself:-)
Breathtakingly beautiful!
Thank you!
it has to be lonely out there just remember there are tens of thousands of us with you every week
Thank Mike!
Try the butter chicken, it's yummy, in the UK we are a nation of curry lovers 🇬🇧❤️
Sounds great!
Thank you for the beautiful sceneries.
Your amazing 👏
Thank you Olivia!
Классные пейзажи.
Chicken tikka masala ❤ love from India
Hermoso ese puerto que colores y que impecable se ve la nieve que divina parecen postales de navidad de antes y UD como siempre mostrándonos maravillosos lugares abrazo desde uruguay😊
Thank you!
You've captured some superp footage in this video, thanks for posting it!
Glad you enjoyed it John!
It's like you're driving through another world... Pure psychotherapy... and happiness❤
Thanks!
There are so many great things to comment on here, but I'll keep it to just one. Your drive across the wide open spaces with the strong winds and low snow drifting across the highway is exactly what we experience on the Canadian prairies throughout winter. Add the windchill to the -40C temperature, and you're in dangerous territory. A vehicle breakdown can be disastrous. I feel the warmth inside the vehicle while knowing the condition outside will freeze the tips of ears in seconds, and it burns to breathe. Great capture!
Thank you!
THAT WAS AWESOME DAVID FROM CROMER ENGLAND ♥️🏴😮
Thanks David!
Beautifull movie, beautifull soundtrack my compliment.
Thank you!!
Winter over here so thankful, looking forward to summer.. be safe hope warm weather for you soon..
I hope so too!
Thanks! Looks like a desert of snow ❄️. Good video
Thank you Todd🙏
Just EPIC adventure & stunning views!
Thank you!
Beautiful homes by the water!
Yes they are!
What a privilege it is to be taken along on your epic journeys, whether here or in the states. I have just started viewing your channel and now I’m happily hooked. Your videography and drone footage is beyond professional and I feel as if I am walking beside you. Although not sure I’d be comfortable on some of your “summits”…I think you have to be a little crazy (in a good way) to not only get to the top of some of these places but with a pack AND filming…LOFOTEN comes to mind!. I would imagine you have been hiking and climbing since childhood to be in such amazing physical condition to walk so many miles and climb so high. I so understand your need to be in peace and solitude in nature. Since losing my husband to suicide a year ago the only comfort for me is nature and prayer. I currently live in the miserably hot and crowded state of Florida. I look for any chance to get to the mountains and I go alone. I think it is in my blood as I am from northern Germany, by the North Sea, so I do love weather of all kinds except heat. Norway was always on our list of places to see but alas it was not to be. But maybe one day I will come and find a place to escape and enjoy some of the places you have taken us. Thank you so very much for the brief escapes you have gifted me with…I look forward to many more of your adventures. Hold deg trygg…🏞️🏕️🚐
Thank you Carola, I am so sorry for your loss!
@@NorwegianXplorer thank you, you’re very kind. I wondered, when does true winter end in Norway and is the fall less touristy?
@@carolabecker8219 Spring starts in April, but there is still snow in the mountains in June, fall is less crowded, but once you get past October it is not really very pretty anywhere, then winter starts in November, December or some places as late as January. Certain places like Lofoten is very crowded except for maybe January and February. Some places have few people year around. The fjords can be a mess in summer, but it is still ok to travel in a van most of the time. I would highly recommend the @hurtigruten ship tours from Bergen to Kirkenes or a shorter section if you want to see the best Norway has to offer.
@@NorwegianXplorer appreciate the reply.
Hi from Canada.The scenery is amazing .I enjoy your videos .
Hello, thank you so much!
I swear, you should be at least half a million subs by now, the way you produce your uploads. The videography and music is the 🐝🐝knees ❤
I appreciate that!
Vc faz parecer muito fácil a sua grande aventura❤❤❤obrigada por compartilhar
Thank you Simone!
Utopia. Thanks for the journey.
Thanks for watching!
Stunning scenery. Watching your adventures really feels like being along for the overlanding journey. Go well my friend.
Awesome, thank you!
Hi Jarl . Wow that was kind of scary. It looks so remote. The ice road especially! But it was beautiful with the sunset. You almost needed sunglasses in the morning it was so bright! Yes the mail will run no matter what. Great drone footage too. I thought the same way you did with the snow being deep. You couldn't really tell till you got out of the van and walked around. Glad you didn't get stuck and have to dig your way out. Looking forward for your next big adventure. You're certainly good at finding the best places to travel! Sending you love from Ohio ❤️
Thanks Sherry!
Just incredible !
Thank you!
Beautiful and unbelievably relaxing many thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
I want to do this about. My budget won't allow it so, I watch you. God Bless stay safe
Thank you James
Another great video. Thank you
Thanks Stan!
I guess I'll join now
Det er noen gode reise videoer du lager å æ liker dem vældig godt. så du må bare forsette å lage flere. 👍👍
Det skal jeg gjøre, er det dialekt fra nord jeg leser her?
@@NorwegianXplorer Æ e i fra Båtsfjord og bor i Båtsfjord.😅👍
Haha! Herlig plass, elsker Kongsfjord og Båtsfjordfjellet, hele Varangerhalvøya er fantastisk!
I appreciate your videos thank you for your efforts. Good job ❤
So nice of you
Ярл! Крассно,
I am so pleased for you that you finally got to the Norwegian Abyss, the scenery is Spectacular and Scary.
Your Vidoes are just getting better and better every week. X
Thank you Welsh!
Whenever the weather gets better will you walk around some of the small towns and show what life is truly like and maybe speak to the locals and ask how they survive the harsh winters?
Maybe, I do not really talk to people in town
Harika
Amazing views and background music. Please upload more content ?
Thanks, I do one a week, there are 200 in the catalogue on my channel
There is such incredible beauty in that barren landscape. Another great adventure! Thanks Jarl!
Thank you Kevin!
Ey up my friend.
Tis always a pleasure to watch your epic journeys and adventures in such stunningly beautiful, rugged surroundings.
Have a great weekend 🙂👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Love your videos.
Thank you!
Whats this a saturday morning video. I love it goood morning jarl well its probably evening where you are. Either way goood day brother.
Hope you enjoy
Epic video Jarl !! .
Thank you John!
This looks like it's going to be a great episode!!! So excited--Thank you always, for sharing where I wish I could be!
Thanks for watching Mike
The cascade of snow across the windshield in your intro-had that happen to me, but with rain…nearly wrecked! I think I screamed every dirty word in several languages that day! Side Note: I’m envious of the houses that sit isolated. I would love to live like that!
the best videos on the planet my friend just keep them coming 😃
I will, Thank you so much🙏
Wow!!
☺️
Safe travels to you
Thank you!
This is mesmeringly beautiful and the ambient soundscape complements the piece perfectly.I was stunned by the beauty and the wildness of the landscape captured perfectly and the travelling camera tells an epic story that takes us in to another world and i couldn't take my eyes off the screen for a moment.Magnificent - well done for sharing such beauty in such a cleverly crafted work of art.
Wow, thank you so much🙏
I very much like to see the houses as i wonder how anyone can live there! How do they support themselves? Who lives there? Please tell us more about that.
Fun to watch. A Norwegian friend of mine has been live streaming on Twitch his drive from Bergen to Trondheim and back to Bergen this weekend (he picks up some small moving gigs from time to time). Even though it’s the end of April, still a lot of snow in some places along his route.
Yes it is a long winter, I was skiiing eralier this week
I’m in Wisconsin. We had almost no snow this winter. It’s been very weird.
@@theresamnsota3925 The weather has been weird here too, strange winter
Breathtaking camerawork and great music Jarl, I loved this episode ... the curry looked very tasty too!
Thank you my friend!
Stay safe my friend . Your videos are amazing
Thanks!
Good morning Jarl. I hope this video brings much happiness to you as you travel to bring new territories for us to awe over. Most definitely more fun with you than some. The way you interact is what sets you above the most. Let me get back to watching because it’s a high weather day for tornadoes here in the US and I ll spend 3 hours watching that. Yesterday it was really a dangerous day as I was a tornado take two houses down right in front of me and then the chaser I was following topped a hill and a town to a direct hit. Sad but it is so important what these guys do. They report back to the weather stations about the size and location of a tornado 3:35 on the ground. Tis the season for bad storms. It I gotta watch you and your snow storm first. Think the world of you. ❤️
Oh wow, stay safe!!
Fantastico 😀👍👍👍
Thank you!
Another Incredible video. I've been watching for a new one all week. Such an amazing place to experience.
Thank you so much, most of the time I release videos on Saturdays
Looks like you are riding the Arctic Circle or perhaps Antarctic Circle.
Lots of inspiration for a painter in the colors of snow in the arctic with the pale sunlight, except when you get into a white-out! Then! White!! I would love to do a ride-along with a Norwegian snowplow driver! Do they ever stand down?
They reach a certain level of storm and they stop plowing until it is over. But they are doing a great job
What an amazing journey you are on you are very fortunate to see all the unique landscape.
Thankyou for the wonderful video stay safe and warm. Watching from Toronto Canada
Glad you enjoyed it! Greetings!
The quality of your videos are really top-notch! You do a great job of capturing the natural beauty of the places you visit. I love all the little villages you drive through. Well done! Enjoyed watching.
Thank you very much my friend!
Wild country! Amazing! Thanks for a great vid
My pleasure!
I'm watching your amazing video with my wife.
I (myself) would like to follow in your 'footsteps'. But my wife says: not a chance. 🤓
I'm afraid I know what we will pick.
She will agree to go in the end😂
If ever we colonize Pluto…this is what an afternoon drive will resemble. (50:30) 😮😊
Indeed
Thank you for the awesome ride along. So, so beautiful and peaceful. See ya next week. Stay safe
Glad you enjoyed it
The snowdrift and the bad visibility didn't make it easy... But, as always, you didn't loose your optimistic mood. The sun was a marvellous compagnon with its soft and tender yellow light. Many sceneries were really awesome, magnificent sunsets...
Always further progressing in the "nowhere" it seems you still haven't reached the edge of the European continent... I presume you are actually more north than the North Cape.
Thanks, Jarl, for the beautiful atmosphere of endless snow and ice and gorgeous clouds at which you let us participate....
Thank you Regine
55:38; something blue in front of both front tires, something for traction?
Sadly, I had to look at a map to see where Finland is -between which countries.
Thank you Jarl, for sharing your time, effort, & equipment to show me a part of planet Earth I know so little about.
Have you gotten someone to look at & fix the van's glow plug problem?
Warm Regards fro far away Reno, Nevada, U.S.A.
Thanks Bill, those are leveling blocks, I use them to hold the van in place since i can not use the handbrake in these temperatures. I have a new appointment at the service shop next monday
🌹🌹🌹
Thanks!
Everything you do is epic! You are living the dream. Your channels definitely deserve more attention.
Thank you dear friend!
Snow today in Hay River after some spring weather.
Nice!
Was not expecting a new video today,but pleasantly surprised 😊
It was a long winter lol
Crazy, but beautiful weather up in the part of the world. Be careful up there driving around. Kept doing what you doing, buddy!!!
Thanks, will do!
Beautiful video as always! You know, I never even thought about how you would shower on the road like that, I’m sure it’s not easy. Enjoying these stories very much. 😊
Thank you very much Andrea!
A bit breezy, eh? 😂😮
It’s great to see you exploring where hardly any other people go even the locals , I did the same all over Iceland and other parts of Europe , great video and I can’t wait to explore up there myself , looks Amazing well documented thanks 👍🏻
Thanks Nathan!
Hi Jarl Brilliant as usual give us a quick shout out thanks Lee ❤❤❤❤❤🇬🇧
Thank you Lee!!
So beautiful
Thank you so much
These videos are EVERYTHING💜💕💜
Thank you!
@@NorwegianXplorer you are so welcome love💜
I absolutely love following you on the map.And seeing where you're at and watching the beauty of that area just unfold. Thank you so much for the adventure. The town's look like a lot of homes in very little town part.But i'm sure there must be businesses there sometime. What a beautiful place. Thank you for sharing this with us.Your videos are just extraordinary.
Glad you enjoy it Teri, and very cool that you use the maps that way!