Polar bears are in fact among the very few creatures on earth which sees humans as a source of food. They can easily break into cabins if they smell anything edible and carrying firearms is mandatory outside of the city limits. Earlier on most people made their living from the mining of coal and some lived out in the wild earning their living by trapping animals for their fur, these individuals were tougher than anyone can imagine these days. Svalbard is the only place in the world where you arent allowed to die, there is no place to bury the dead since the ground is frozen almost the entire year. There are some old cemetaries there but they are protected, simply because potential dangerous germs can survive in the ground forever up there. Also, pregnant women have to leave for the mainland way before their due date. Goods are transported inn by ship or plane. Today Svalbard is cold and rather barren but in earlier times it laid way south so they can find fossils of palm trees, dinosaurs and even older creatures. That is why there are many coal mines on Svalbard, some are still being used. Some years ago there was a plane crash not far from Longyearbyen, a russian plane hit a mountain, it is rather famous. There is also a risk of avalanches there in winter and some buildings have to be abandoned due to the fact that the frost ruins the foundations and can make the structures unsafe. There is a lady named Cecilia Blomdahl who has a youtube channel where she speaks about living in Svalbard. there is also a tv series called Livet er Svalbard showed on norwegian Tv some years ago, it shows the daily lives of people living there.
A girl I knew from Oslo from my school was killed by a polar bear in Svalbard many years ago. Absolutely awful . I have never been there, but my best friend lived there for several years. They have a school etc. there too. Right now Tom Cruze is in Svalbard to shoot the mission impossible film
Hello Tyler and everyone that reads this comment. I just said in Norwegian, thank you for reacting to nice movies from Norway. You are doing a great job. We all enjoy it :)
Something that is also very intresting is that a huge part of Antartica is considered Norwegian. So Norway have land from the furthest north to the furthest south you get on this planet. We also own a small vulcanic island called Jan Mayen that is in the middle of the north Atlantic between Greenland and Norway.
Norway also has two islands in Antarctica, Bouvetøya and Peter 1. Island, and Norway claims 17% of the land masses in Antarctica, called Queen Maud's Land, where Norway has a research station. The reason why Norway has interests in the Antarctic, which is so far away, is that Norway is a nation of adventurers, and that we have knowledge and experience from activity in polar areas. The presence in Antarctica was previously for the protection of Norwegian whaling. The Norwegian Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole in December 1911. Norway has a significant presence in Antarctica even today, and the Norwegian Hurtigruten is one of the largest tourism players in the region, with three ships traveling between Chile and Antarctica in the summer season. The Norwegian fishing interests in Antarctica are significant. Norwegian companies account for around half of all krill catches in the area. Norwegians have left behind a large number of cultural monuments in Antarctica. Several of these are protected as international cultural monuments.
I studied on Svalbard for half a year, and it was an amazing experience. My favorite time of the year when I was there was either during the polar night when you only get blue dusk light, or when spring arrives with the snow bunting and other birds so you can wake up to birdsong in the morning. I really want to go back there one day, preferably in the winter before all the tourists arrive on the big cruise ships. I never saw any polar bears when I was there, so would also like to actually see one.
Between Norwegian mainland and Svalbard is Bjørnøya (Bear Island), which is Norwegian. Between Norway and Greenland is Jan Mayen, which is Norwegian, too. There you can find the only active volcano on Norwegian territory. Neither Bjørnøya or Jan Mayen have a permanent settlement, but there are meteorological stations on both islands that are staffed all year round. Research activities are carried out on both islands, and Jan Mayen also has military activities. On Bjørnøya 9 people are living during winter, and on Jan Mayen 18 people. In summer months the number of people increases. Because of the islands, Norway has control over large sea areas with fishing rights, as well as any discoveries of oil, gas and minerals.
There's a guy from my town who moved to Svalbard, I remember him posting on forums about what it was like there, how his dog pissed itself and ran away when spotting a polar bear, but also posting a picture of a polar bear trying to squeeze in an open window of a house, but thankfully failing as mostly just the head could fit through it.
I´m going to Svalbard on the 17th of April. It´s going to be an expensive trip but I´ve wanted to go to Svalbard for years. I have booked dog sledding and snowmobile. I´m from Sweden so luckily it´s not that far to Svalbard.
Polar bears are one of the only known species of animals that would gladly hunt and attack humans without first being prompted to do so. Thus, bearing arms is very important up in Svalbard.
The 5 days I spent on Svalbard was incredible, and easily the best trip of my life. The residents might be the friendliest and most welcoming people in the world. Every last one I met was in a great mood, and happy to chat about anything from food to life in general. Freezing cold outside, but the warmth of the people made it a fantastic trip.
Svalbard is great. I spent two summers doing manual labour in Ny-Ålesund, which claims to be _the_ northernmost settlement on Earth. Getting supplies was definitely a challenge; at one time we had to put a house painting job on pause for several days while waiting for a supply ship that had gotten stuck in the ice out at sea. We did a lot of hiking in the area (even climbing a mountain in the middle of the night, in full sunshine), and it has the most beautiful nature I've ever seen, anywhere. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ny-%C3%85lesund
The archipelago east of Svalbard is Franz Josef land. It is Russian, and as far as I know they have a military base there. The long Island south of FJI is Novaya Zemlya. It is assumed that the arctic reindeer tribe on Svalbard has migrated across the ice via these islands to Svalbard, probably over a very long time. The reindeer tribe on Svalbard has shorter legs than the one on the mainland. Animals that live in extremely cold areas are known to have shorter limbs and smaller body parts to keep warm more easily.
A year ago i was a truck driver in Norway. I used to deliver entire containers with supplies to ships heading to Svalbard regularly. So i do believe they are doing fine up there. Never been there myself though. Living so far north already, going even further north isn't that appealing to me.
It's actually ILLEGAL to leave Longyearbyen without being armed with a rifle, for your own safety from Polar Bears. Also, Svalbard was first discovered by Vikings sailing up north from Norway, but no real effort of settlement was made there, unlike what Norwegian Vikings did in Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney where they settled down and created new homes for themselves.
Svalbard is awsome. The nature is gorgeous, and to go out on Snow Mobile safari is a great way to see more than just Longyearbyen. Pretty good night life also. Highly recomended.
6:03 Not just might need. You're required by law to carry one. That said, if you kill one, even in self defense there will be a investigation to see if you did *everything* leading up to that to avoid the conflict. If not expect a hefty fine.
Svalbard is very different legally speaking: It's a part of Norway, but not all norwegian laws apply and they don't have all the same taxes, and it's treated different for purposes of immigration. The Russian town is technically speaking still on norwegian soil, and norwegian laws applies there the same way as on the rest of Svalbard. It was setup both as a mining-town and to show off the soviet way of life.
The Russian town was originally a Dutch mining town, later sold and bought by the Soviet Union, because the Soviet Union wanted to try and ''show off'' themselves to the western world. The soil it stands on is Norwegian owned, like the rest of Svalbard, but the buildings in the Russian town is owned by the Russians, and to my understanding the only reason why it still exist is because Russia is funding money into it every year, with losses.
Just remember that you was looking at a flat map of a globe, so the size of landmass up north are stretched a lot. The further north you go, the more stretched the maps are in the with. Meaning you can not compare them directly. In fact Svalbard is a lot smaller than you see on Google maps. Try look at Google Earth instead, then you can see a more correct size (still not exact, but better than google maps). But anyway, Svalbard is a fantastic place. I have been there a few times in connection to my job. Not seen any polar bears yet, but not been there for more than a few days each time. I like the colorful wooden houses in the residential area and how barren the islands are without any tree to see.
When I grew up, Svalbard was an island with mining, both in Longyearbyen and in Barentburg. Today, this has come to an end, as coal mining was no longer active. Today, Longyearbyen is most popular due to tourism and research. Svalbard has, among other things, the world's largest ceedvolt. And Svalbard is often used as a base for research on ice, and how the ocean reacts to the warming that is happening. I know many people travel to Svalbard to work, as they have a normal mainland salary, but pay low taxes, and do not have customs duties and taxes on goods. For example, petrol on Svalbard costs NOK 8-9 per litre, then it quickly costs NOK 20 on the mainland, a bottle of whiskey costs NOK 60 on Svalbard, then it costs four times as much on the mainland. Anyone who is going out of Longyearbyen alone must take a course in handling weapons, which everyone does sooner or later in Svalbard, but that does not give you the right to own or carry weapons on the mainland. But I think most people travel there to work and save raise quite a bit of money, due to very low prices for everything really and in addition low tax, which is seen as preferential tax for working in such a desolate and exposed place.
Svalbard looks amazing during winter ! You should watch Cecilia Blomdahl channel. She's live there for 7 years and lives outside of the city. It's fascinating !
svalbard is the only place "in norway" where you find polar bears, which is why most people get annoyed or roll their eyes by the stereotype about polar bears roaming the country you would never find one on the mainland on an unrelated note i remember a few years ago concerns about global warming causing the "permafrost" (the ground being frozen year round) melting and endangering people because of old graves containing people who died from eradicated diseases being thawed and possibly flaring up again as the cold stops decomposition. which is why people are not "allowed" to die on the island. (what that means is no one gets buried there anymore. but you know it, its much more fun to word it that way.)
My Dad used to work on a ship stationed on Svalbard. He were woken up on more than one occasion by polar bears climbing onboard the ship looking for food.
Weird rule on Svalbard. Everyone can go there visa free and work. Stay there for some 6 years or something you can get a Norwegian citizenship. Fair enough. Tough enough to do that, I will welcome that new citizen.
9:28 Not really, just, let's say you stole a car or whatever, it would be useless, you'd have no where to take it. So people leave their car doors unlocked so you can escape into the cars in case of polar bear attacks.
Nice reaction. It cannot be emphasized strongly enough how dangerous polar bears are. And unfortunately, both Norwegians and tourists are killed by polar bears at irregular intervals. In those cases, unfortunately, the bear also has to pay with its life. That is why it is incredibly important to have weapons training and polar bear courses, or travel with a professional guide in Svalbard. One can compare polar bears to meeting a hungry tiger in a flat and desolate ice landscape. For polar bears, you are just a quick protein snack in a landscape where the polar bear's natural food sources are far between. One has no chance. The polar bear is faster than you, finds you wherever you might try to hide in the ice, and kills you instantly with its sharp claws and its extreme strength. Polar bears are amazing.
Not nessesearly funn more an akward fact is that menny ucrainians also live in barensberg making the living situation there wery akward after russia invaded😅
Here is an explenation of the Svalbard treaty. Altough Norway has the sovereignty, there is a lot of other countries that have the right to work and studies there. The main goal is to learn from it, but also protect it against... well humans i guess. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Treaty
Polar bears are in fact among the very few creatures on earth which sees humans as a source of food. They can easily break into cabins if they smell anything edible and carrying firearms is mandatory outside of the city limits. Earlier on most people made their living from the mining of coal and some lived out in the wild earning their living by trapping animals for their fur, these individuals were tougher than anyone can imagine these days. Svalbard is the only place in the world where you arent allowed to die, there is no place to bury the dead since the ground is frozen almost the entire year. There are some old cemetaries there but they are protected, simply because potential dangerous germs can survive in the ground forever up there. Also, pregnant women have to leave for the mainland way before their due date. Goods are transported inn by ship or plane. Today Svalbard is cold and rather barren but in earlier times it laid way south so they can find fossils of palm trees, dinosaurs and even older creatures. That is why there are many coal mines on Svalbard, some are still being used. Some years ago there was a plane crash not far from Longyearbyen, a russian plane hit a mountain, it is rather famous. There is also a risk of avalanches there in winter and some buildings have to be abandoned due to the fact that the frost ruins the foundations and can make the structures unsafe. There is a lady named Cecilia Blomdahl who has a youtube channel where she speaks about living in Svalbard. there is also a tv series called Livet er Svalbard showed on norwegian Tv some years ago, it shows the daily lives of people living there.
A girl I knew from Oslo from my school was killed by a polar bear in Svalbard many years ago. Absolutely awful . I have never been there, but my best friend lived there for several years. They have a school etc. there too. Right now Tom Cruze is in Svalbard to shoot the mission impossible film
I was about to write about Tom Cruise too. BTW, I feel sorry for your friend.
Tom Cruise? On Svalbard? I'm cheering for the polar bear.
Same. Maybe we knew the same girl. It was around 20-25 years ago I think.
@@robinhood6948 yes
Var in 1995 det?
Takk for at du reagerer på så mange fine videoer fra Norge. Du gjør en flott jobb Tyler
You should probably comment in English if you want him to understand :)
@@zaph1rax Stort sett bare Nordmenn som følger Tyler. Dessuten er Tyler god på google translate. Du har rett allikevel
Hello Tyler and everyone that reads this comment. I just said in Norwegian, thank you for reacting to nice movies from Norway. You are doing a great job. We all enjoy it :)
@@SpillogSnakk Yepp! We do!
Something that is also very intresting is that a huge part of Antartica is considered Norwegian. So Norway have land from the furthest north to the furthest south you get on this planet. We also own a small vulcanic island called Jan Mayen that is in the middle of the north Atlantic between Greenland and Norway.
My grandparents went there twice in the 70s, once in summer and once in winter. They were big fans of the Norwegian post ships (Hurtigruten).
Norway also has two islands in Antarctica, Bouvetøya and Peter 1. Island, and Norway claims 17% of the land masses in Antarctica, called Queen Maud's Land, where Norway has a research station.
The reason why Norway has interests in the Antarctic, which is so far away, is that Norway is a nation of adventurers, and that we have knowledge and experience from activity in polar areas. The presence in Antarctica was previously for the protection of Norwegian whaling. The Norwegian Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole in December 1911.
Norway has a significant presence in Antarctica even today, and the Norwegian Hurtigruten is one of the largest tourism players in the region, with three ships traveling between Chile and Antarctica in the summer season. The Norwegian fishing interests in Antarctica are significant. Norwegian companies account for around half of all krill catches in the area.
Norwegians have left behind a large number of cultural monuments in Antarctica. Several of these are protected as international cultural monuments.
I studied on Svalbard for half a year, and it was an amazing experience. My favorite time of the year when I was there was either during the polar night when you only get blue dusk light, or when spring arrives with the snow bunting and other birds so you can wake up to birdsong in the morning. I really want to go back there one day, preferably in the winter before all the tourists arrive on the big cruise ships. I never saw any polar bears when I was there, so would also like to actually see one.
I've been there twice !!
Beautiful place !!
But it's melting away !! 😢
Between Norwegian mainland and Svalbard is Bjørnøya (Bear Island), which is Norwegian. Between Norway and Greenland is Jan Mayen, which is Norwegian, too. There you can find the only active volcano on Norwegian territory.
Neither Bjørnøya or Jan Mayen have a permanent settlement, but there are meteorological stations on both islands that are staffed all year round. Research activities are carried out on both islands, and Jan Mayen also has military activities. On Bjørnøya 9 people are living during winter, and on Jan Mayen 18 people. In summer months the number of people increases. Because of the islands, Norway has control over large sea areas with fishing rights, as well as any discoveries of oil, gas and minerals.
There's a guy from my town who moved to Svalbard, I remember him posting on forums about what it was like there, how his dog pissed itself and ran away when spotting a polar bear, but also posting a picture of a polar bear trying to squeeze in an open window of a house, but thankfully failing as mostly just the head could fit through it.
This is where the Global seed vault is 🌞
I´m going to Svalbard on the 17th of April. It´s going to be an expensive trip but I´ve wanted to go to Svalbard for years. I have booked dog sledding and snowmobile. I´m from Sweden so luckily it´s not that far to Svalbard.
If you want to know more about living on Svalbard, check out Cecilia
www.youtube.com/@CeciliaBlomdahl
Polar bears are one of the only known species of animals that would gladly hunt and attack humans without first being prompted to do so. Thus, bearing arms is very important up in Svalbard.
The 5 days I spent on Svalbard was incredible, and easily the best trip of my life. The residents might be the friendliest and most welcoming people in the world. Every last one I met was in a great mood, and happy to chat about anything from food to life in general. Freezing cold outside, but the warmth of the people made it a fantastic trip.
Svalbard is great. I spent two summers doing manual labour in Ny-Ålesund, which claims to be _the_ northernmost settlement on Earth. Getting supplies was definitely a challenge; at one time we had to put a house painting job on pause for several days while waiting for a supply ship that had gotten stuck in the ice out at sea.
We did a lot of hiking in the area (even climbing a mountain in the middle of the night, in full sunshine), and it has the most beautiful nature I've ever seen, anywhere.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ny-%C3%85lesund
I worked in Svalbard for a while, they also have less taxes there then on mainland Norway so it makes it atractive for earning cash 😂
a funfact: Svalvard is around 18k square kilometers bigger than Denmark whilst having 5,78 million less in population ;)
I worked as a carpenter in Longyearbyen from 2018 to 2019. Is very nice in February to april even may to go snowmobile driving.
The archipelago east of Svalbard is Franz Josef land. It is Russian, and as far as I know they have a military base there. The long Island south of FJI is Novaya Zemlya. It is assumed that the arctic reindeer tribe on Svalbard has migrated across the ice via these islands to Svalbard, probably over a very long time. The reindeer tribe on Svalbard has shorter legs than the one on the mainland. Animals that live in extremely cold areas are known to have shorter limbs and smaller body parts to keep warm more easily.
I worked on Svalbard years ago as a comercial diver, and there are a lot of Americans travelling there to experince the Islands... 😊
8:47
There's a airport and you can buy a regular plane ticket there and back.
A lot of tourists use that option to go there.
I live in the middle of norway ''Verdal'' and i had a friend who went there to work on scaffolding.
You also probably remember the seed vault inside the mountain. That is on Svalbard.
Fun fact: Tom Cruise is currently as im writing this in Svalbard
Svalbard is also where you find the Global Seed Vault, wich I think you looked at in another video.
A year ago i was a truck driver in Norway. I used to deliver entire containers with supplies to ships heading to Svalbard regularly. So i do believe they are doing fine up there. Never been there myself though. Living so far north already, going even further north isn't that appealing to me.
No joke !
The world's northernmost marathon takes place there every year.
It's actually ILLEGAL to leave Longyearbyen without being armed with a rifle, for your own safety from Polar Bears. Also, Svalbard was first discovered by Vikings sailing up north from Norway, but no real effort of settlement was made there, unlike what Norwegian Vikings did in Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney where they settled down and created new homes for themselves.
The Russian town used to be Dutch, but they sold it to The old Sovjet Union in 1932.
Look up wildlife in Norway, we have a lot. Like wild cats, bears, deers, snakes and various birds and so on...
Fun fact: Norwegian Svalbard has near 100% fiber internet coverage, as well as 5G. You can get stupid fast internet up there!
Svalbard is all Norwegian. The Russian city Barentsburg is also Norwegian, but the Russians own all the buildings in Barentsburg.
Svalbard is awsome. The nature is gorgeous, and to go out on Snow Mobile safari is a great way to see more than just Longyearbyen. Pretty good night life also. Highly recomended.
I would move to Svalbard in a heartbeat! 🤍
Svalbard is a nice and good place, miss it.
6:03
Not just might need.
You're required by law to carry one.
That said, if you kill one, even in self defense there will be a investigation to see if you did *everything* leading up to that to avoid the conflict.
If not expect a hefty fine.
Tom Cruice is there now I think or was earlier in the week.
Svalbard is very different legally speaking: It's a part of Norway, but not all norwegian laws apply and they don't have all the same taxes, and it's treated different for purposes of immigration. The Russian town is technically speaking still on norwegian soil, and norwegian laws applies there the same way as on the rest of Svalbard. It was setup both as a mining-town and to show off the soviet way of life.
The Russian town was originally a Dutch mining town, later sold and bought by the Soviet Union, because the Soviet Union wanted to try and ''show off'' themselves to the western world. The soil it stands on is Norwegian owned, like the rest of Svalbard, but the buildings in the Russian town is owned by the Russians, and to my understanding the only reason why it still exist is because Russia is funding money into it every year, with losses.
Just remember that you was looking at a flat map of a globe, so the size of landmass up north are stretched a lot. The further north you go, the more stretched the maps are in the with. Meaning you can not compare them directly. In fact Svalbard is a lot smaller than you see on Google maps. Try look at Google Earth instead, then you can see a more correct size (still not exact, but better than google maps).
But anyway, Svalbard is a fantastic place. I have been there a few times in connection to my job. Not seen any polar bears yet, but not been there for more than a few days each time.
I like the colorful wooden houses in the residential area and how barren the islands are without any tree to see.
When I grew up, Svalbard was an island with mining, both in Longyearbyen and in Barentburg. Today, this has come to an end, as coal mining was no longer active. Today, Longyearbyen is most popular due to tourism and research. Svalbard has, among other things, the world's largest ceedvolt. And Svalbard is often used as a base for research on ice, and how the ocean reacts to the warming that is happening. I know many people travel to Svalbard to work, as they have a normal mainland salary, but pay low taxes, and do not have customs duties and taxes on goods. For example, petrol on Svalbard costs NOK 8-9 per litre, then it quickly costs NOK 20 on the mainland, a bottle of whiskey costs NOK 60 on Svalbard, then it costs four times as much on the mainland. Anyone who is going out of Longyearbyen alone must take a course in handling weapons, which everyone does sooner or later in Svalbard, but that does not give you the right to own or carry weapons on the mainland. But I think most people travel there to work and save raise quite a bit of money, due to very low prices for everything really and in addition low tax, which is seen as preferential tax for working in such a desolate and exposed place.
Svalbard looks amazing during winter ! You should watch Cecilia Blomdahl channel. She's live there for 7 years and lives outside of the city. It's fascinating !
svalbard is the only place "in norway" where you find polar bears, which is why most people get annoyed or roll their eyes by the stereotype about polar bears roaming the country you would never find one on the mainland
on an unrelated note i remember a few years ago concerns about global warming causing the "permafrost" (the ground being frozen year round) melting and endangering people because of old graves containing people who died from eradicated diseases being thawed and possibly flaring up again as the cold stops decomposition. which is why people are not "allowed" to die on the island. (what that means is no one gets buried there anymore. but you know it, its much more fun to word it that way.)
My sister runs the hotels there, let me know if you want to take a trip. Haha!
Check out Cecilia Blomdahl. UA-camr that lives on Svalbard
My Dad used to work on a ship stationed on Svalbard. He were woken up on more than one occasion by polar bears climbing onboard the ship looking for food.
By the way,Tom Cruice is up there just now, making a new "Mission Impossible" movie.
Tom Cruise is actually on Svalbard right now filming the next mission impossible. Believe it or not😅
Bad luck with the comment, no chopters for just entertainment...
If you want to know more about Svalbard www.youtube.com/@CeciliaBlomdahl
We used to leave the clock home as children going on hut trip etc. Time don't matter
People work with normal stuff. In school, in shops, restaurants and so on and also with tourists.
And some are youtubers like Cecilia Blomdahl.
i have been to svaldbar and it is freeeezing cold
There is one important thing in Svalbard not mentioned in this video: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault
You've watched the Seed Vault, and that is on Svalbard
Here's an another tiny little Norwegian Island next to Greenland and Iceland... ua-cam.com/video/GGhMp7WqG7E/v-deo.html
Tom Cruise is there right now to film scenes for the next Mission Impossible movie 😊
It would be interesting to see a reaction of some "stavkyrkja".
Weird rule on Svalbard. Everyone can go there visa free and work. Stay there for some 6 years or something you can get a Norwegian citizenship. Fair enough. Tough enough to do that, I will welcome that new citizen.
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There's a UA-camr living there.
Perhaps do a collab and interview her or something?
9:28
Not really, just, let's say you stole a car or whatever, it would be useless, you'd have no where to take it.
So people leave their car doors unlocked so you can escape into the cars in case of polar bear attacks.
There's no mining there any more !
The work there is in the cole-mines.
18:08 ''What are some of these other islands?'' Those other islands are part of Russia.
I know a guy who works at Unis, the university😊😊
There are more polar bears than people on Svalbard, its about 2600+ people and 3000 polar bears. so bring your firearm when you go outside ;)
I remember you watching video mentioning it and some facts about it so you should knew about it already.
Going there today and you can meet Tom Cruise!
Go go go Tyler 🙂
Fun fact: You're not allowed to give birth on Svalbard. You have to leave the island in time to have your baby elsewere. (like mainland Norway)
You are not allowed to die there either due the permafrost.
Polarbears are the only type of bear that hunts humans.
You don't "might want to carry a rifle", you are _required_ to carry a firearm when leaving town. :P
Fun fact: Polar bears have black skin and white/transparent fur
Nice reaction. It cannot be emphasized strongly enough how dangerous polar bears are. And unfortunately, both Norwegians and tourists are killed by polar bears at irregular intervals. In those cases, unfortunately, the bear also has to pay with its life. That is why it is incredibly important to have weapons training and polar bear courses, or travel with a professional guide in Svalbard. One can compare polar bears to meeting a hungry tiger in a flat and desolate ice landscape. For polar bears, you are just a quick protein snack in a landscape where the polar bear's natural food sources are far between. One has no chance. The polar bear is faster than you, finds you wherever you might try to hide in the ice, and kills you instantly with its sharp claws and its extreme strength. Polar bears are amazing.
Longyearbyen= Long-year-city
Drew Binsky is great, he has been to every single country in the world
I've heard the social climate is in a disarray from a political aspect after the Russia-Ukraine war started.
Can u react to popular singers than are from norway?
U can move there visa free if can show that make money there
Cecilia Blomdahl
Long-year-City
Funfact: It's actually illegal to die in Longyearbyen.
Do you know that Greenland belongs to Denmark? It's a little far away to ☺
🤍
Americans should love that place. Children carry guns to school, in case of polar bear attacks.
Not nessesearly funn more an akward fact is that menny ucrainians also live in barensberg making the living situation there wery akward after russia invaded😅
It's not legal to die there or to give birth there. If you get attacked by a polarbear you're exscused.
A pola00rbear will attack
Here is an explenation of the Svalbard treaty. Altough Norway has the sovereignty, there is a lot of other countries that have the right to work and studies there. The main goal is to learn from it, but also protect it against... well humans i guess.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Treaty
It is not Russian land at all, just the buildings and so in this city.
No