Everyday Struggles in the North | Gym, snowstorm & northern lights | Vlogmas 6
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Life isn't always easy here in the darkness on Svalbard. Some days require a bit more effort just to do the everyday things. But it's always better to just get out there and don't let a little snow storm stop you! I hope you enjoy this video of everyday life and struggles in the far north, high up in the arctic 🧡
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About Cecilia:
Cecilia Blomdahl is originally from Sweden and moved to Svalbard 6 years ago. She works as a photographer and videographer in Longyearbyen, and with her social media channels. Check her out on tiktok and instagram! Here on youtube she posts videos about her daily life in her cabin with her boyfriend Christoffer and her dog Grim, living just outside of Longyearbyen. Subscribe for videos about her daily life as well as adventures on an island close to the North Pole. They have polar bears there!
12:35 Awwwww Christoffer walking into your arms was so precious. What a comfy hug that must have been. Cutest couple :D
I was just thinking how lovely it is that is such a cold place, she has such a warm, loving little family. Seeing the way Kristopher was with Grimm on the couch, or how he went straight into her arms when they were outside, was just heart melting.
Brought tears to my eyes ! ❤️💕
Today's video could also be titled, Everyday Struggles and Snuggles in the North. 😊 This winter person here LOVES your vlogs! 🥰❄️☃️
Hahah I LOVE that title!! 🤩😍
Honestly, seeing Grim on the sofa, on his back with his paws in the air, getting his belly scratched by Christoffer might be THE CUTEST THING I have EVER seen! And then when Grim sneezed on everyone, I laughed almost as hard as I did after Grim peed on your Christmas tree! Awesome!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Hello Cecilia. I think this is my first time commenting but I've been watching your videos for the past 3-4 months now. I really love how comforting your videos are. Watching one of your videos before going to sleep have been my routine. It just makes me feel comfortable, relax, and surreal. Thank you for showing these beautiful wonders to us. One day, I hope to see those northern lights in person but for now I'll settle seeing it through you. Thank you and happy 200k! 🍻
That was a beautiful comment....
Feeling comfortable, relaxed, and surreal- perfectly describes how her videos make me feel as well!
Summed up perfectly
Such a sweet comment. ❤️
Watching Cecilia scrape ice off her car, ❄ whilst I am sitting here in 26 celcius weather 🌞 The extremes of this wonderful planet 🌏🇦🇺 Grim sneezes, so sweet!
Seeing you go to the gym even in such weather convinced me to leave the couch and go to the uni library to study. I had excuses ready for staying at home (which practically means that i would waste my time).
you enjoying the view with such enthusiasm is a very precious thing to watch.
Cecilia, as a rule I wait for it to get dark outside to watch your videos!
You are such a brilliant film-maker I get the feeling that I am right there with you enjoying that deep darkness of the polar night!
Love from India!
Usually, I am in India too, Shruti, but now, because of visa restrictions, I am watching from Sri Lanka. So nice to be exposed to the cold through your lovely videos, Cecilia. Congrats on 200K and Blessings from a place near the Equator! 🦚
@@graceverssen5651 another beautiful place to be at! Hoping to visit Sri Lanka soon!!
It is better that way I agree Shruti. From California, USA
I just don't think I could do it. I live in the Northern United States. I think that's far enough north, but I love living vicariously through you, Cecilia. Thanks. I am gearing up for a trip to Stockholm next month. My son has some hockey games there.
Welcome to Sweden. good luck with the games!
@@donquixote1502 thanks so much. We hope the world won’t shutdown again. We are holding our breath. I visited Sweden many years ago and loved it. It will be a first for my son. 🇸🇪
Ohhh, good luck to your son, and for your safe and healthy travels!
@@julieobrien4056 thank you, Julie.
I just love your channel! My 9 year old is studying Astronomy as her science and we were looking for Northern Lights and came across your channel. We have since sat and just watched several of your videos. She loves that you live up by where Elsa from Frozen lives. 😂 it all looks so cozy! I live in the southern U.S so it’s very fascinating to me, the snow is mesmerizing! Thank you for sharing your life in Svalbard! I look forward to your videos! 😊
Aw, Grim napping with Christoffer is the perfect image that says "Relax" lol
And I hate replacing my ice brush when the scraper breaks, so now I buy them separately
That scratching sound of the ice scrapper is a reminder of what we will face in Boston soon when the cold winter sets in! ☃️
I love how Cecilia's videos inspire to me not be so intimidated by the cold/snow here : )
Being from Buffalo New York ..I relate.. especially being in the Blizzard of '77.
Two people so well padded for the cold, a hug must be the softest experience in Svalbard! Much love to you both ❤️👍🇬🇧
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Like hugging a cloud 🥰
Always love your videos. The part with Christoffer and Grim on the sofa was so sweet. Seeing you and Christoff hugging is lovely. I don't think it would be as magical all alone up there. Thank you giving us your experiences. You are soooo strong. I am a yoga teacher recovering from an injury and it is difficult being set so far back physically. Thank you for the Norther Lights. Thank you for YOU. 🤩💖
I don't think Grim could smile any harder than when he was cuddled up with Christoffer! Really pretty northern lights Cecilia. You did good. Give Christoffer a big hug for us!
Thank you so much for showing a bit more of the struggles, like how your ice scraper broke and you couldn't see. You make life in the Arctic seem so easy but it's just refreshing to see moments where it is challenging. And I love seeing other moments where Grimm is just laying on his back with his legs open and cuddling with Christopher. What a lovely snapshot of your life!
Hi Cecilia, Christoffer & Grim 🧡......It has been a wonderful pleasure watching your adventures in what has been an epic year for you all......from the cabin extension, a new boat and of course the story of adopting Grim 🐶 💞
Always love your energy and love of life and how Christoffer (the master chef & most chilled guy on the planet) completes you.
Keep on doing what your doing because we merry band of followers are enjoying the ride with you.....
Hyvää joulua 🎄& Stay Safe Always 🧡
ps would you ever consider publishing a photographic book , I'm guessing it might be on your bucket list.
Small tip: rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle to spray on your car windshield helps melt the ice quickly so you don’t have to scrape as much. Love your videos!
@@davidjobson7522 how much will that help in neg 20?
I so enjoy seeing you and Kristoffer and Grim. I always thought darkness from 4pm - 8am was tough but it's next level up there. It's magical though and I am not hating the winter as much here as I normally do thanks to you. Much love 💗
Living in a tropical country these scenes , these struggles are beyond our dream.
It is so beautiful and awesome to be able to see the lights! I'm very sick and will never be able to go. It gives me great joy to see you & Christopher & Grim enjoying it!!! Beautiful ! 👍👍👍
God bless you for your positive outlook and enjoying this with all of us. It is all so beautiful and calming, isn’t it? May you always have Strength, Love and Peace to surround you. Wishing you the very best of Christmas - Joy, Light and Miracles. 💝
The Northern Lights are so beautiful!!! Seeing that in person is at the top of my bucket list!
Recent subscriber here 😊 I have never seen videos about Svalbard before I stumbled on your channel and find it absolutely fascinating. Thank you for showing us that part of the world. You make me want to visit it now 😀
And btw your videography/photography is absolutely stunning!
As a lifelong upstate New Yorker, I thought we had rough winters, but I watch your videos and am humbled by the weather you endure! I love your positive outlook...always remarking on the beauty of the seasons! Thank you for your uplifting videos!! You're a gem :)
Grim lounging on the couch just about melted my heart. He is just so darn precious! The sneeze - then gets up.
Poor Grim never gets any attention (LOL) He is such a big Love ❤
I would never tire of the Northern Lights!!! They are quite a sight to behold, Beautiful. Thank you for sharing them with us 😊❤
Your positivity is infectious! Thank you for being such a bring spark during these chaotic times! Love your videos!
Enjoyed the video! I live in the high desert of S. Calif where temps reach 110 F to 120F (43 C to 49 C during our summers.) I chuckled when you said it was 0 degrees Celsius, "I'll just take my summer gloves." Here in the desert when it's 100 F or 38 C we are the same, no problem it almost feels balmy! It looked like Christopher had Grim in a Trance before sneezing -- the two were adorable!
Love the videos! Congrats on 200,000!
Also remote start for the car is great for cold weather
Thank youuuu! 😍
Hurray to 200k 🥳🥂 I thoroughly enjoyed your daily vlog and admire your dedication and adventurous spirit!
Today's video goes in as one of my all time top faves! 😍😍😍😍 And Grim all cuddled up on the couch is the sweetest thing ever! 🥰🥰🥰
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Watching you scrape your windshield in a snowstorm makes me feel silly for feeling inconvenienced by the rain in Los Angeles right now. 😆
I loved our rain. Of course this time I didn't have to be out in it. But in general I love when we actually get weather that feels wintery. I just got a frost advisory for tonight, with areas reaching 31F. I'll be inside a cocoon of blankets 😅
You making content for us in this weather is why we love you ❤
Absolutely love the take you have on winter and it makes me feel better about it instead of always finding it annoying when it's cold haha. For the next week here in northern Alberta, Canada it's coming down to around -30C where I live 😅 Gotta stay positive! 🙌 Congratulations on the 200k!
Here too in Timmins in northeastern Ontario, but I'm used to it living here for 66 years.
Central Alberta for me. We finally got a dump of snow last night along with cooler temps and a wind. 🇨🇦
@@heatherireland2810 hello to the nicest neighbors anywhere….lovely Canadians! 🇨🇦 Western NY state here…weather not too bad no real snow yet but some wild winds the other day. And Cecilia….nothing like doggie boogers to make you feel welcome lol. Ka-choo Grim!
Thank you for inviting us to watch the Auora with you. On nights like tonight where I feel overwhelmed with anxiety I am reminded by you to slow down and look for the things that make life beautiful.
Perfect timing!!😍😍😍😍 Congratulations on 200k!!
Thank you so much 😍
This was so heartwarming and joyful to watch...such a cold place with so much love and warmth!
Absolutely breathtaking northern lights. I would love to live their. I like the cold and being their would suit me. So peaceful too. Loving your videos. ❤️
Grim is such a lucky dog!! Such a good boy. What an amazing life you all have. Thank you for sharing it with us!! XOXOXO
Grattis till över 200 000 följare, grym är du!! Jag har följt dig sedan start, och kan inte tacka nog för alla mysiga feel good videor du gör. Det är ett sådant fantastiskt avbrott i min annars väldigt hektiska vardag! Sluta aldrig med det du gör!❤️
Your headlamp makes you look like an Arctic unicorn and I’m here for it 🙌🏼🌈💫
Hahah 🤩🪄😍
Hi Cecilia. In addition to your gorgeous videography, I am extremely impressed with your attitude. You have the positive outlook! Don't ever lose that spirit. Your videos have such a simple elegance to them. Please, say hi to Christoffer and Grimm for me, please. Christoffer has such a chilled vibe and Grimm is such a beautiful and happy soul. Love em to bits!
Hi Cecilia, did I see the local running club in reflective gear jogging in the snow storm when you first drove into town. There were about 3-4 people on the right hand side of the road and 5-6 on the left.
My bell notifications went ding and I’m like clickkkkk!! Congratulations on 200K!!! We love you soooo much!! 🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙🎊❄️❄️❄️
Thank youuuu 😍🧡😍
I think half of your day oooopss!! Night goes with all this scrapping off the snow. Perks & downside of living in polar region.
What a such heartwarming video! I really love this, and i lovee the song too, perfect!!💜💜
You two are having the time of your lives. It's so beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing :)
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Watching your videos of Svalbard is my happy place. Sending you, Christoffer, & Grim lots of hugs and love 💚🎄💚
Christoffer and Grim cuddling on the couch was so sweet!
love love your channel, you crack me the hell up!!!! Thanks for your hard work on your vid's!!!
Thanks for watching! 😍😍
I love your taste in music... great video to watch in the morning 💕
Perfect timing, thank's... needed a break
“You thought you would leave without me? Never!” Hahah that got me
You & Christoffer have such a lovely relationship. I can only hope to find someone as loving & caring. :)
I think the 1st time I see the Northern Lights in person, I will cry. I am practically in tears watching your videos. Your video skills make me feel like I'm there.
Aww thank you Marianna! 🧡🧡🧡
Wow, you may be in complete darkness but those northern lights are amazing. My daughter lives in Alaska and is lucky to see them as well. So lucky, so beautiful, a blessing to be sure!
I love Alaska!! It’s the one place I want to live in ❤️
Svalbard looks so beautiful with the city lights, and the hills/mountains behind❤ good job you had the extra ice scraper!🤣 you are definitely @cecilia pioneer of the Arctic, clearing snow with your hand,going to the gym in a snowstorm and living your best life, good to see Chris and Grim all cosied up at home. And those Northern Lights🤎
CECILIA! I don’t know if it would do you all any good, but you need a FrostGuard! It goes over your windshield and side mirrors. You just pull it off whenever you are going somewhere. And frost is gone! They have two pieces that go in the side of your doors to keep it in place.
Thank you so so much for sharing your Magical World or a little bit of it! I absolutely love the way you love life the way you love yourself and the way you love your fur baby🥰 thank you for sharing your videos and keep them coming
I just loved watching this one today! You guys and Grim are just so sweet. I am watching all the way across the globe in Brunei where it is always hot year round!!! Your videos are helping me get through a tough time as I am battling Long Covid since being hospitalised for 16 days with it in August. Me, my husband and two daughters all caught Covid at the same time :( We made a promise to our girls that one day we will go and see the Northern Lights :) They haven't ever seen snow either!!!
Love your videos and choice of music...., and appreciate all the hard work you do to make them.
The thing I hate the most about winter is clearing the snow and ice off my car. And of course breaking the ice scraper sucks...lol
Grim, you are one lucky, lucky boy. 🐕❤️
He looked so nervous when you picked him up 😄
thank you for your videos i have been really sick for 11 days, i am finally feeling better, your videos kept distracted from my terrible coughing and fever.
Curious if garages are a thing in Svalbard? Seems like it would be a huge time saver in the snowy months
I was wondering this too!
Agreed. But maybe they have to park right near the roadway since any driveway leading up to the house may be too difficult to plow. I’d love to know how that car even starts when it’s extremely cold. I live in upstate NY and my car barely coughs to life on cold mornings when I forget to put it in the garage overnight, and that’s only like 15°F. Car warms up much faster as well if it’s parked inside a garage, even if unheated. Wind is a killer.
They live on protected tundra, they can’t drive down from the road unless there is enough snow cover.
In a different video, I noticed that they always park their car by the road. In that video, they took a snowmobile to their car, loaded it up with all the groceries they had bought and drove that back down to the cabin.
It seems that the road is so much higher than the cabin that it wouldn’t make any sense to have a garage unless they built a driveway as well which would be more disruptive to the look and feel of the environment.
A simple car tarp would help a lot.
This is one of my favorite videos. It's so sweet.
You're doing it right, getting on with life in such wintry weather. I would absolutely stay in, bake bread and craft soups all day. Your self-discipline is amazing.
Somehow you ended up in my recommended list (I'm guessing it was from me watching the northern most town in Alaska video lol). I watched several of your videos and am in complete amazement. I've learned quite a bit from you regarding your town and your lifestyle. I even looked up the history of Svalbard on Wikipedia to learn some things because I had never heard of it before. I couldn't help but to smash the subscribe and like buttons haha! Very inspiring little family you have. Keep the vids coming!
That Chris hug was so awesome!!!!!😍😍😍 Very warmful! 👌👌 So funny the end!!😅😅
The dance of the northern lights,is so mesmerizing 😍Christoffer and Grimm,snuggling on the sofa,so loving and your video today,really is what we need…entertaining as it gives calm🥰
That windshield situation would have driven me right back in the house! As a native Californian, I’m a total weather wimp. I would really love to see the Northern Lights, though, and your beautiful terrain there.
I could just watch Christoffer and Grim on the couch over and over and over. All snuggly and cozy. And then Grim sneezes a big wet on on him! So funny.
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you do an inspiring work out!! I have been trying to get motivated its just cold out and winter makes me sleepy!! . also. the northern lights footage is SO DREAMY and calm i LOVE IT! :)
Cecilia I love how much enthusiasm you have for where you live! Thank you for all the beautiful videos.
Congrats on hitting 200k! It's interesting to watch people live in different part of the world.
The beginning definitely reminds me of what I used to have to deal with when I lived in Alaska. At least you have that nice Toyota Hilux truck! I was always trying to deal with frozen windows in a beat up old Camaro
The cutest part is at 10:00. I could watch this all day long.
The best investment you could make is to purchase a remote car starter for your truck. Turn on the heater full blast to defrost when you park it for the night. Then when you start the truck remotely it will defrost the windshield for you and save you a whole bunch of scrapping. That'll certainly help with some of the struggles.
Holy cow that wind is some serious business!! *gasp*
The amount of comfort your videos give...this channel is such a happy place for me❤
The absolute beauty of where you live. I got emotional watching the northern lights in this video. I haven't seen them like that since I was a child. 🌟
Omg your dedication to getting to your gym is goals!🤣🤣🤣🤣A goal I will never be able to master but the water situation makes it a little easier to push out the door lol.
haha! 😍
I’m too nesh for that kind of living but would so love to see the Northern Lights. Absolutely epic 🤩
Thank you Cecilia. This is breathtaking, this place is like heaven for someone like me.
I live in Egypt, where the average temperature in July is 38°C and sometimes 42-44°C, it gets too hot that it becomes unbearable to go outside, if you don't have an air-conditioner you will be sweating *all the time*, like a cold bottle of beer on a hot day.
I'd rather live in Siberia or Alaska or North of Norway, in a log cabin, away from crowds and from the scorching heat of the Sahara.
It's like your stood on the moon watching the northern lights, its incredible Thankyou for showing us your lovely home ❤️
Love watching your daily life in the fridge. Sometimes I am getting cold. 😝
hahaha in the friiiidge 😂😂😂😂
More like the deep freeze!
@@bobjohnson1710 yes, hahaha, ❤️🎅
Awsome weather! Tip! When leaving a warm car in a storm like that, take the wipers and flip them out so they won't freeze to the windshield and you ruin them at the first wipe later! 😁 😉
I guess they would break in the storm then
I know she says they get crazy wind so I wonder if that may be why they don’t do it
Glad he stopped for you. You are so brave to live there Cecilia. I moved back north and only lasted one winter. Too cold and scraping the ice off my car had me in tears. Had to use warm water to open my car doors. Came right back to Florida. I have lived here too long to change climate.
Grim loves you two. Stay warm. Till next one.
I always find myself smiling while watching your videos!
Ugh I break ice scrapers every winter. I love Grim just standing on Christopher and he just takes it. He's such a trooper.
Beautiful. Can’t wait to be there in January. Travelling from Edinburgh Scotland 🏴
Im sat on my patio enjoying a lager in 30 celsius heat in sunny Johannesburg. Might go for a quick swim in my pool. Enjoy your videos 😜
I love seeing your skills grow and Christoffer being a wonderful addition to your posts...he is becoming more interactive. ❤
Danke für deine Videos Du wohnst in einer sehr schönen Gegend. Man kann es sich vorstellen Ihr Lebt in einer kleinen hübschen Stadt und mit vielen kleinen Extras. Euer Hund Grim sieht auch sehr süß und zum knuddeln aus. Danke für die schönen Naturaufnahmen direkt vor der Haustür. Ich wuensche ein schönes Weihnachtsfest und einen guten Start ins neue Jahr.
Wow! Cecilia, those are heavy duty exercises for building muscle bulk. Ballet and Pilates focus on core, inner thigh muscle strength to avoid bulk, and created an elongated look. But you are tall, so probably not as conducive to bulk. Such amazing discipline to go out in that storm for a gym workout. Good for you! Congratulations on passing the 200K mark. You deserve it. Your videos are excellent, interesting, novel, inspiring, beautiful, magical, and north-pole warm. A glimpse of a place most of us will never see for ourselves and most of us never knew existed before your videos. Best of the season to you, Christoffer and precious Grim.
Muscle bulk is what I want! 💪👏 Thank you so so much for the kind words! 😍
Thank you for sharing the reality of the cold and dicing the car
Had to smile.
We had the same morning. The warmer it is with wind, the more ice seems to form.
Get a rubber shower scraper for your lights to avoid slicing your knuckles.
I also have a large scraper with the other side you can soak..
It works year round.👍
Hi, Here's an effective solution for your frozen windshield: Prestone AS247 Trigger Spray Windshield De-Icer, 32 oz, Let the car warm up for a few minutes, use your defroster to warm the windshield, turn on your headlights to warm that glass, Spray all the glass & the wiper blades (without trying to lift the blades from the window-they might tear). Wait a few seconds & that ice will basically wipe off. I have been in frigiid climates too. I wish I had known about this Pestone! P.S. That bottle will last for years, even in Svalbard. Thanks for the great content, & Merry Xmas.
Today is my birthday, really. 🎂 You have given me one of my most favorite presents, learn to see the beauty in the dark and cold of winter. I live in Michigan, USA. For the last several winters, I get extremely depressed. I start to get anxious in the fall waiting for the winter to arrive. You, my dear, have taught me to look at the beauty of it all. I truly thank you!!!!! Please say thank you to Grim and Kris as well. Love you guys!!!
Happy Birthday !🎈
@@jenniferrobinson9325 Thank you!!
I use an windshield washer fluid that is a de-icer, (brand is RainX). You just push for windsheild washer and it de-ices it for you.
Such a magical place! I couldn't do it though. The cold/darkness has to be so hard on you. Thank you for sharing the beauty and struggles with us.
Just so different. I have experienced cold places, but this is a whole different world . I can’t believe it’s the middle of the day .