Why There's a Completely Russian Town in Norway

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 2 тис.

  • @deviladvocate21
    @deviladvocate21 4 роки тому +5867

    "The only place other than Mastercard HQ that's completely visa-free" lool

  • @Noel_p
    @Noel_p 4 роки тому +822

    "The only place other than Mastercard HQ that's completely visa-free" is arguably the finest joke ive ever heard

  • @user-so9tc7rt2n
    @user-so9tc7rt2n 4 роки тому +426

    Dutch Arctic explorer Willem Barentsz in 1596: "I discovered a previously unknown island in the Arctic zone and gave it the name Spitsbergen. This will be the greatest discovery for European geography"
    Also Russians and Vikings on Svalbard in 1194: "First time here?"

    • @dominichines9996
      @dominichines9996 4 роки тому +27

      Why is it, when somebody thinks erroneously that something is undiscovered, is it always russians and/or vikings that were there first

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 3 роки тому +20

      @@dominichines9996 Arabs and Chinese too, I guess

    • @dominichines9996
      @dominichines9996 3 роки тому +2

      @@comradekenobi6908 true

    • @TullaRask
      @TullaRask 3 роки тому +36

      @@dominichines9996 Because the vikings were out and about in their boats. Most other nations didn't have the vessels they had. The vikings had a reliable boat that could handle the high waves in the athlantic ocean. Also Norway is a shit territory for farming. Norwegians like exploring new places and are ambitious.

    • @MrMafiks
      @MrMafiks 3 роки тому +15

      Christopher Columbus thinks he discovers America. Vikings: ''What took you so long?''

  • @trude8073
    @trude8073 3 роки тому +57

    I grew up in Longyearbyen. Have visited both the Pyramid (town the Russian had for coal mining, now not inhibited, you wrongly showed some pictures of it), and Barentsburg many times. There's alot of connection between Longyearbyen and Barentsburg. We've often visit each other and have cultural events both in Barentsburg and Longyearbyen ☺️

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 Рік тому +6

      Thanks for your input. Have you considered making your own video on Svalbard, and/ or specifically the two Russian villages? Your local knowledge could make for an intriguing story and without the errors outsiders tend to make. Give it a thought. Greetings from Denmark.

  • @awesam1148
    @awesam1148 4 роки тому +1719

    *hai runs out of sponsors so he makes himself own sponsor*
    hai: yes this is big brain time

    • @covfefe1787
      @covfefe1787 4 роки тому +5

      Awesam 114 next he is going to bring in planes for a sponsor

    • @igorblyat7839
      @igorblyat7839 4 роки тому +1

      Oldass shit meme

    • @abramo7700
      @abramo7700 4 роки тому +2

      SPONSOR IS SPONSOR

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 3 роки тому

      I think this is called a "pro-gamer move"

    • @torchedegg
      @torchedegg 3 роки тому

      @@jeffbenton6183 ye

  • @directormontero
    @directormontero 4 роки тому +521

    Some of those photos are from the town Pyramiden the other Russian settlement up there. I feel like you should disclose this better. Visiting Pyramiden is way more interesting as its basically like a visit to Pripyat without the radiation concerns.

    • @cottoneyedJoe29
      @cottoneyedJoe29 4 роки тому +33

      Not going to lie this video seemed super brief with very little follow up information and rather than the usual felt half as informative

    • @harrycooper8065
      @harrycooper8065 4 роки тому +17

      Joe Harris It’s so you watch the podcast

    • @demoniack81
      @demoniack81 4 роки тому +33

      @@cottoneyedJoe29 One could almost say it was half as interesting.

    • @cottoneyedJoe29
      @cottoneyedJoe29 4 роки тому +3

      @@demoniack81 i see what you did there

    • @kyle_mk17
      @kyle_mk17 4 роки тому

      I'll keep that in mind.

  • @hermanhi999
    @hermanhi999 3 роки тому +230

    You're mixing up two different Russian cities in Svalbard: Barentsburg and Pyramiden. The last one is (almost) abandoned.

    • @akselgulsvik
      @akselgulsvik 3 роки тому +16

      Yes, Pyramiden is not inhabited, it's just for tourism. He's mixing them.

    • @NilsTillander
      @NilsTillander 3 роки тому +15

      Yeah, I loved the part where he shows pictures of Pyramiden and A MAP WITH PYRAMIDEN WRITTEN ON IT

    • @AltF4GamesClips
      @AltF4GamesClips 3 роки тому +7

      Ahhhh thats a lie. I mean he said his videos are 100% accurate ain't i right?

    • @akselgulsvik
      @akselgulsvik 3 роки тому +1

      @@AltF4GamesClips hahahahaha

    • @EebstertheGreat
      @EebstertheGreat 2 роки тому

      No, he's talking about Barentsburg. Pyramiden is completely abandoned. Barentsburg still has about 400 people living there. Like he said.

  • @fredrikwiik1905
    @fredrikwiik1905 4 роки тому +186

    Hey dude, i`m from Norway, and i know that every transactions in Svalbard has to be done with norwegian money. Meaning that also Barentsburg has to use norwegian money just like the others who live in Norway. They are not alowed to use russian money..

    • @Osteloff
      @Osteloff 3 роки тому +16

      Credit cards exist, so you can technically pay for anything in Norway with whatever currency you have

    • @rorschacht8478
      @rorschacht8478 3 роки тому +110

      @@Osteloff Well, yes and no. The currency on your card is converted to NOK when you make the transaction, for which there is a conversion fee that the customer will have to pay and is deduct by your bank. So, you do pay with Norwegian currency regardless of what's on your card.
      Sources: I'm a Norwegian store owner and extremely fun at parties.

    • @Osteloff
      @Osteloff 3 роки тому +3

      @@rorschacht8478 that's literally the point of the joke I was making

    • @darmou
      @darmou 3 роки тому +24

      @@Osteloff Sounds like you DO need a Visa then lol

    • @civersert5744
      @civersert5744 3 роки тому +3

      @@Osteloff ha ha ha ha

  • @apersonontheinternet3538
    @apersonontheinternet3538 4 роки тому +337

    Hai: *sponsor's own video*
    Me: * confused screaming*

  • @wellslin8200
    @wellslin8200 4 роки тому +1998

    Ah yes, every city/town needs a bust of Vladimir Lenin for the children

    • @bigman489
      @bigman489 4 роки тому +36

      Nilsllew Soyuz Nerooshimi Reshpublik Svobodhnik splotila nav’yeki velikiaia Rus!

    • @LuckyBird551
      @LuckyBird551 4 роки тому +36

      Ever heard of the bust of Lenin in the South Pole?

    • @danieldoel6216
      @danieldoel6216 4 роки тому +6

      Yes comrade, you work for cheeki breeki kgb just like me?

    • @nooranik21
      @nooranik21 4 роки тому +26

      Seattle goes a step further and just has a giant statue of Father Lenin.

    • @bigman489
      @bigman489 4 роки тому +6

      nooranik21 The hell? Seriously? Thankfully I’m from commiefornia.

  • @rnburton57
    @rnburton57 4 роки тому +1090

    "...discovered in the late 1600s..." also: "Russians were there from 1425..."

    • @goodlovely8513
      @goodlovely8513 4 роки тому +55

      rnburton57 1550-1599 would be 16th century but for some odd reason i still not know why Russians there from 1425...

    • @markchryssanthou6199
      @markchryssanthou6199 4 роки тому +56

      Or maybe you should have listened when he told you they were potentially there from that early

    • @torsbend1623
      @torsbend1623 4 роки тому +35

      The vikings found it long ago, the name comes from old norse meaning cold shorse.

    • @xolagix
      @xolagix 4 роки тому +5

      Discovered doesn't mean found. It means claimed.

    • @ttvimractus
      @ttvimractus 4 роки тому +1

      @@goodlovely8513 Yeah... I thinked about that The whole day 😂

  • @MrSafeTCam
    @MrSafeTCam 4 роки тому +170

    4:05 when you catch your mistake in editing, and instead of re-recording yourself saying Lenin instead of Putin, you just play the first word of the Soviet national anthem instead.

    • @garypulliam3740
      @garypulliam3740 4 роки тому +12

      Awesome catch!

    • @katyushavarenik7877
      @katyushavarenik7877 3 роки тому +1

      I didnt even notice at first but youre right 🤣

    • @Alex-fv2qs
      @Alex-fv2qs 3 роки тому +1

      TBF it could also be a statue of a mustachioed Putin

    • @user-fx9rw7xc1e
      @user-fx9rw7xc1e 3 роки тому

      @@Alex-fv2qs No, not really, Lenin and Putin are pretty much the opposites

  • @Housewarmin
    @Housewarmin 4 роки тому +495

    The Sass increased by 100% in This episode.

    • @durban55
      @durban55 4 роки тому +1

      Sincerely Eccentric I thought so too 😂

    • @mtb8300
      @mtb8300 4 роки тому +8

      @Stavros S. I totally agree, some is good, constant sass just gets old.

    • @fiverZ
      @fiverZ 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah, made me unsub.

    • @royxeph_arcanex
      @royxeph_arcanex 4 роки тому +6

      Exactly!!! I subbed to this channel because the vids are actually informative and interesting, I didn't click this video to hear 5 jokes per sentence.

  • @Shaunss
    @Shaunss 4 роки тому +622

    "Get out of here and listen to my Podcast damnit"
    Well I guess I'll listen to the podcast

    • @thomaspharr4177
      @thomaspharr4177 4 роки тому +10

      It’s actually pretty good

    • @edvaira6891
      @edvaira6891 4 роки тому +8

      It’s an Excellent podcast, especially Season One about Pitcairn Island

    • @nilNell
      @nilNell 4 роки тому +3

      Ive already listened. I dont know why im here. Its the exact same thing.

    • @Huntracony
      @Huntracony 4 роки тому +4

      @@nilNell This video had more jokes.

    • @zacksima8333
      @zacksima8333 4 роки тому +1

      Basically creates own sponsor to sponsor self

  • @Brivalia
    @Brivalia 4 роки тому +558

    Me reading title:
    He’s talking about Svalbard
    Me watching video:
    He’s talking about svalbard

    • @mobilecyclop7329
      @mobilecyclop7329 4 роки тому +17

      Thomas why second one is with small s

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 4 роки тому +14

      I didnt know he was talking about Svalbard specifically but i figured he was either talking about a fishing village on a Norwegian island near Russia, a mining town leased to Russia, or a research station set up by Russia in the Norwegian Arctic since Russia did a little of all three but i figured the first two would be at least partially Norwegian whereas a research station would likely be a classified area and thus all Russian.

    • @oriontigley5089
      @oriontigley5089 4 роки тому +1

      @@mobilecyclop7329 lmao *SmallBard*

    • @marihove
      @marihove 3 роки тому

      My exact thoughts

    • @Gussyboy06
      @Gussyboy06 3 роки тому

      @@mobilecyclop7329 because
      Yes

  • @akselgulsvik
    @akselgulsvik 3 роки тому +37

    1:06 "...is totally 100% accurate..." *proceeds to mix up two different towns, Pyramiden and Barentsburg.*

  • @teipi6020
    @teipi6020 4 роки тому +93

    0:55 no, I'm actually wondering "What's up with that weird, jagged map projection that is completely unsuitable for polar regions?"

    • @madjames1134
      @madjames1134 4 роки тому +9

      Greenland is smaller than Argentina, but appears to be as big as South America.

    • @Rasmusnilsenbie
      @Rasmusnilsenbie 4 роки тому

      tauforlife yes

    • @roryross3878
      @roryross3878 3 роки тому

      Americans are so accustomed to mercator projections, they usually don't know of the problems.

  • @Demonetizedh8re
    @Demonetizedh8re 4 роки тому +329

    You really should have said "this video is sponsored by wendover productions, check out their new podcast at the link in the description" or something along those lines

    • @andymadden8183
      @andymadden8183 4 роки тому +29

      Your account name is so descriptive of UA-cam now.

    •  4 роки тому +4

      yeah that would have been way funnier

  • @gungbojog6030
    @gungbojog6030 4 роки тому +183

    This video: *exsist*
    Bald and bankrupt:
    "Hold my soviet camera"

    • @topiheimola69
      @topiheimola69 3 роки тому +7

      Bald came to mind as soon as I saw the thumbnail :d

    • @Daveyboyz1978
      @Daveyboyz1978 3 роки тому

      Same for me... I wonder if he ever heard of the place?
      Id go there for a bit of Russian practice but it seems not particularly cheap (£150 a night for the hotel?) And since there's only a small population hard to make any contacts there before going.

  • @obreycarlpinkihan4516
    @obreycarlpinkihan4516 4 роки тому +670

    Russia: "It's free Real estate "
    I mean, literally

    • @turmuthoer
      @turmuthoer 4 роки тому +9

      "It's mare liberum"

    • @Rspsand07
      @Rspsand07 4 роки тому +7

      Free land, the real estate isn't free at all.

    • @ATRForsakenBusinessman
      @ATRForsakenBusinessman 4 роки тому +5

      it's horse library

    • @genesisera8364
      @genesisera8364 4 роки тому +3

      Maintainance bills for town: “yes, but actually no”

    • @Mousy677
      @Mousy677 2 роки тому

      norway: literally, yes

  • @tzwacdastag8223
    @tzwacdastag8223 4 роки тому +609

    RealLifeLore: Real pieces of stuff in life.
    Wendover production: Airplanes forever( Literally in every video).
    Half as Interesting: Full as Interesting videos with many MISTAKES.

    • @airwipe1639
      @airwipe1639 4 роки тому +12

      Wendover had always done aviation videos.

    • @vegidio
      @vegidio 4 роки тому +8

      Tzwac dastag I think you don't know what literally means.

    • @airwipe1639
      @airwipe1639 4 роки тому +11

      Vinícius Egidio I just don’t get the point of saying it, it’s like saying a gaming channel only uploads gaming videos.

    • @tzwacdastag8223
      @tzwacdastag8223 4 роки тому +1

      @@vegidio Maybe

    • @tzwacdastag8223
      @tzwacdastag8223 4 роки тому +1

      @@airwipe1639 true

  • @patrickmcdonald5083
    @patrickmcdonald5083 4 роки тому +812

    **Entry for the free t-shirt.**
    Response: 'It's warm outside.'

    • @JordanScottMills
      @JordanScottMills 4 роки тому +17

      How about this? I copy pasted it it was a standalone comment and no *_I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE_* Netizens has yet to say jack shit about it.
      *LOL MAYBE IF YOU STOPPED LISTENING TO 14 YEAR OLDS AND NON CLIMATE SCIENTISTS FOR YOUR FACTOIDS YOU'D BE MORE RESPECTED!* I'm not a climate change denier, yes the climate changes, im more of a "Fuck your bullshit ass narrative of westerners have to eat bugs so that india can have 2 billion indians but we ought to just stop having kids cuz apparently american kids are worse for the environmental than others." I simply disagreee that *1* _Our arrogant asses can do a fucking thing to change an entire planet in a matter of reasonable time and expenditure._ *2* _That our climate _*_ALWAYS CHANGED NO HUMANS NEEDED_* (i guess during the Triassic and Jurassic period that the dinos all drove tractor trailers to maintain that minimal ice coverage *FOR ALMOST 300 MILLIONS YEARS* Your movement is a racist and anti science one, once people realize the scientists and TV people have lied to them it leads them down a bad path, you guys are partially to blame for flat earthers cuz I've heard MORE THAN ONE be like "Weall, dey been lyin bout climet chanjuh foh 20 years, din that Gore guy say the world would melt by 2015 or summin?" Its making them turn their back on science altogether *BECAUSE YOU LET PEOPLE POLITICIZE IT! SCIENCE IS A TOOL FOR THE BETTERMENT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE NOT SOME FUCKING ELECTION AID YOUR IRRESPONSIBLE SHITSTAINS!* Theres this funny arrogant idea that humans get of "oh its gotta be the same no matter what" just cuz they don't wana see new york or LA(my home) underwater in 100 years but, oh well, sorry arrogant little human the earth gives no fucks where you put your legos and will vacuum em up no matter what. *GET USED TO IT! THE EARTH CHANGES* The thing is is cloud seeding or any of the other insane shit thats been proposed *IS IF ANYTHING GOING TO FUCK UP OUR SITUATION MORE!*
      Instead if worrying about getting less snow, how about we worry about, oh say, idk...EATING A FUCKING POUND OF MICROPLASTICS A YEAR?
      You Reddit Tier intellectuals are disgusting and the probable unfortunate downfall of our species. Arrogant kings remain so till the villagers rip him from his throne and defenestrate his ass

    • @lu-em6wr
      @lu-em6wr 4 роки тому +24

      JordanScottMills that’s... excessive. I’m not sure that’s what he wanted.

    • @fiddyspenc410
      @fiddyspenc410 4 роки тому +17

      @@JordanScottMills dude, relax. Jesus Christ.

    • @X7rocks
      @X7rocks 4 роки тому +7

      I believe the climate changes. At what rate from humans? Not enough info. And please don't tell me there are more hurricanes.

    • @Admiral_Jezza
      @Admiral_Jezza 4 роки тому +9

      @@JordanScottMills I just saw these walls of caps, and I didn't read enough to know what side of the climate debate you're on (neither do I care), but please calm the fuck down.

  • @Hrafnasson
    @Hrafnasson 2 роки тому +7

    My family came from Russian and Norwegian sailors. My grandfather actually remembers his father and grandfather could speak in Russian, Norwegian and Russenorsk (which is a language formed from amalgamation of the Russian and Norwegian languages do to trade and intermarriage which existed since the 16th century). Due to the Revolution in Russia my family got split up, some chose to stay in Norway others in Russia and they fully assimilated in the country they stayed in. in. The revolution killed the Russenorsk language as well because the liberal trade between the Russians and Norwegians was banned by Soviets.

  • @emmet4374
    @emmet4374 4 роки тому +109

    4:06 *soviet anthem plays* everybody: stands up and salutes

    • @annoyinggull
      @annoyinggull 4 роки тому +3

      Союз нерушимый республик свободных
      Сплотила навеки Великая Русь
      Да здравствует созданный волей народов
      Единый, могучий Советский Союз
      Славься, Отечество наше свободное
      Дружбы народов надёжный оплот!
      Партия Ленина - сила народная
      Нас к торжеству коммунизма ведёт
      Сквозь грозы сияло нам солнце свободы
      И Ленин великий нам путь озарил
      На правое дело он поднял народы
      На труд и на подвиги нас вдохновил
      Славься, Отечество наше свободное
      Дружбы народов надёжный оплот
      Партия Ленина - сила народная
      Нас к торжеству коммунизма ведёт
      В победе бессмертных идей коммунизма
      Мы видим грядущее нашей страны
      И Красному знамени славной Отчизны
      Мы будем всегда беззаветно верны
      Славься, Отечество наше свободное
      Дружбы народов надёжный оплот
      Партия Ленина - сила народная
      Нас к торжеству коммунизма ведёт

    • @bipbong2906
      @bipbong2906 3 роки тому +1

      @@annoyinggull break free brothers

    • @Pcjar-dt9mh
      @Pcjar-dt9mh 3 роки тому

      @Callum O' Brien да товарищ

  • @patrickmcdonald5083
    @patrickmcdonald5083 4 роки тому +245

    *Half as Interesting uploads*
    Me: "It's Thursday already?!"

    • @randomboi8218
      @randomboi8218 4 роки тому +9

      Patrick McDonald well today is Leif Erikson day. Hinga dinga durgen

    • @LunaKoops
      @LunaKoops 4 роки тому +7

      last week it was friday so this might be compensating :o

    • @michelium106
      @michelium106 4 роки тому +9

      Hold on. He uploads the same day every week?! In well over a year I've never noticed that whoops

    • @sharkyj368
      @sharkyj368 4 роки тому +3

      Its is Wednesday my dudes

    • @andie_pants
      @andie_pants 4 роки тому

      I've really begun to tell what day it is by which of my new favorite videos I'm watching.

  • @grigoriinekhin459
    @grigoriinekhin459 4 роки тому +64

    0:21 It doesn't have Russian money, Russians in Spitzbergen have to use Norwegian krones

    • @swaree
      @swaree 4 роки тому +11

      Yet another thing to their mistackes video

    • @williammyslajek5196
      @williammyslajek5196 4 роки тому +4

      @@swaree *mistakes*

    • @european-one
      @european-one 4 роки тому +3

      You'd think he'd know that if he went there

    • @arthurheidt6373
      @arthurheidt6373 4 роки тому +2

      they dont have to usage of norwegian krones is voluntary

    • @grigoriinekhin459
      @grigoriinekhin459 4 роки тому +2

      @@european-one I don't know, but maybe when he visited the place laws were different, but now only kroner. wikitravel.org/en/Barentsburg (you can read it in part "Buy").

  • @foysalratul
    @foysalratul 4 роки тому +2

    The joke at 02:48 had me cracking, the visa free MasterCard HQ

  • @pzychho
    @pzychho 4 роки тому +23

    I remember being here 7-8 years ago with my grandpa for work when I was really young, don't remember much off it, but everytime I've met Russain people in Norway, they've usually been pretty nice. Wish I could go back there someday, and Svalbard aswell is a beautiful place that I recommend anyone check out!

    • @lola75765
      @lola75765 3 роки тому

      Is Svalbard really visa free for all countries?

    • @pzychho
      @pzychho 3 роки тому

      @@lola75765 I've got no idea. I live in Norway so that's how I got in at least.

    • @lola75765
      @lola75765 3 роки тому

      @@pzychho oh..ok

    • @TullaRask
      @TullaRask 3 роки тому

      @@lola75765 There is a difference between nations with people there already, and just some country on earth, because of the treaty as he says. You will have to check for your country.

    • @arcticblue248
      @arcticblue248 3 роки тому

      Russians are nice people... there are many russians living up in Northen Norway too, like Kirkenes city have even their streetsigns in Russian because there is so many Russians there :-)
      Ofcourse you find bad people among russians too but for the most part you find nice people.

  • @pegeonpera
    @pegeonpera 4 роки тому +126

    The town will also struggle to stay afloat as the Arctic ice melts

    • @MuhammadAhmed-tk9sj
      @MuhammadAhmed-tk9sj 4 роки тому +6

      Actually, svalbard is a rocky island so it cant melt unlike glaciers

    • @Phroggster
      @Phroggster 4 роки тому +13

      @@MuhammadAhmed-tk9sj Clearly that just means it would require more heat to melt... Anyways, even if the archepelago is rocky, if sea levels continue to rise as the ice melts elsewhere, the shoreline will recede.

    • @X7rocks
      @X7rocks 4 роки тому +5

      @@Phroggster waterfront property in florida sure isn't seeing a higher rise .

    • @andy_liga
      @andy_liga 4 роки тому +2

      Fun fact, Longyearbyen is a lot lower than barentburg, most of barentburg is about 30m above sea level. Unlike Longyearbyen which is pretty down low (source -> being living in Longyearbyen for years)

    • @TheKitKatProject
      @TheKitKatProject 4 роки тому

      @@X7rocks You should purchase some. Maybe have a nice holiday or two there 🏄🏻‍♂️

  • @user-ni6nu2dn3p
    @user-ni6nu2dn3p 4 роки тому +38

    "Visa free" -- man, your jokes are brilliant! Now, keep pushing mate, you've got a bright future

    • @nikosmanganiotis3519
      @nikosmanganiotis3519 4 роки тому

      Yes he does

    • @Edgemaster72
      @Edgemaster72 4 роки тому +10

      Speaking of brilliance, you can go to Brilliant.org right now and sign up for courses on... etc.

  • @mumble_bee1813
    @mumble_bee1813 4 роки тому +30

    Talks about Barentsburg.
    Shows pictures of Pyramiden.
    3:59

    • @elementalgolem5498
      @elementalgolem5498 3 роки тому +1

      And puramiden is a norwegian name too 😂 "the pyramid"

    • @cm3004
      @cm3004 3 роки тому +2

      @@elementalgolem5498 The name is actually Swedish.

    • @elementalgolem5498
      @elementalgolem5498 3 роки тому +2

      @@cm3004 historically or grammatically? Because there's no f ing difference os there

    • @elementalgolem5498
      @elementalgolem5498 3 роки тому +1

      Yep historically, but still no difference where it comes from is it. My point was its not russian. I said norwegian because i am and svalbard is.

    • @cm3004
      @cm3004 3 роки тому +2

      @@elementalgolem5498 If a Swede names something, it's a Swedish name. No need to be rude dropping F-bombs.

  • @rileyk5628
    @rileyk5628 4 роки тому

    I am so far LOVING extremities and look forward to my drive hole every Wednesday to listen to it. Awesome podcast!!!

  • @EllaGP22
    @EllaGP22 4 роки тому +57

    Hai: doesn’t get a sponsor
    Also Hai: sponsors himself to have that classic segue.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 4 роки тому

      i took som business classes years ago on opening and running your own business. Most of the class were serious business owners but a few of them were hopeless dreamers that didn't know what they were doing, and that joke reminded me of them. Some of them claimed "we dont have any investors/advertisers so that leaves an opening for you!" and they tried to get people to either give them free advertising or invest in them, their main "incentive" being that because no one else had yet that would leave the investor an opening to get in on the ground floor.

    • @sadietube6993
      @sadietube6993 4 роки тому +1

      |-/

  • @ahadmerchant7510
    @ahadmerchant7510 4 роки тому +117

    I love Extremeties. I was actually wondering if you were gonna advertise it again for season two!
    Edit: the best response to a climate change denier is "You're absolutely right. Why should we make the atmosphere clearer and the world filled with less rubbish. It doesn't heat the Earth up so doing those things is useless!"

    • @bobobake1232
      @bobobake1232 4 роки тому +5

      Science... defined as "outcome" based research... modern science is BS and everyone knows it... unless it "feels " right... give me a break!

    • @dongiovanni4331
      @dongiovanni4331 4 роки тому +4

      @@bobobake1232 what's your model?
      Do you have a P value for that?
      Is your claim replicable?
      How about those Koch brothers funded researchers who found positive evidence for anthropomorphic climate change?

    • @j.cun777
      @j.cun777 4 роки тому

      @@bobobake1232 shut up boomer

    • @HYDRAdude
      @HYDRAdude 4 роки тому +2

      @@timmtheilig6827 Stop pretending like you care who the source is. There are plenty of well known scientist, such as Dr. Mototaka Nakamura, who refute the climate agenda yet you conveniently ignore them because they represent an inconvenient truth. Science also isn't a democracy so the fact that skeptics are fewer in number is completely irrelevant.

    • @bumblingbureaucrat6110
      @bumblingbureaucrat6110 4 роки тому +2

      We just barely came from the little Ice Age 150 years ago, of course the Earth is warming up. The Little Ice Age lasted like 300 years. Climate Change is cyclical and we are just in another Warm Period. The Medieval Warm period was before the Little Ice Age and also lasted hundreds of years. We will be fine despite the doomsayers. However pollution is still bad I agree we should stop that.

  • @emizerri
    @emizerri 4 роки тому +6

    What's really amazing about Barentsburg is that they have upgraded the town greatly in the last 10 years, so often you will see the Lenin statue with an old building behind, but now there are a bunch of colourful buildings, shown in this video.

  • @kjjhrgt
    @kjjhrgt 2 роки тому +3

    this hits different in 2022

  • @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access
    @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access 4 роки тому +83

    "This episode is made possible by me"
    Half as Interesting: I used me to bring you me

  • @Koniditors
    @Koniditors 4 роки тому +19

    Some of those picture are from Pyramiden, Svalbard, which is almost like a Ghost Town, like Pripyat, Ukraine

  • @CEOdawg
    @CEOdawg 4 роки тому

    I had already started listening to the Extremities podcast. Thanks for the visual icing of the audio cake!!

  • @elijah-jamesmac2039
    @elijah-jamesmac2039 4 роки тому

    Yes! New extremities!!! I love the podcast so much!! Thank you!

  • @andrewpawlowski2027
    @andrewpawlowski2027 4 роки тому +101

    HAI: The only other visa freeplace in the world besides the master card hq.
    AMEX has has entered the chat.

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc 4 роки тому

      Discover Card: does best “Confused Travolta” impression.

  • @Pwn3dbyth3n00b
    @Pwn3dbyth3n00b 4 роки тому +16

    Skillshare HQ: "Alright we're going broke sponsoring every youtuber we need to cut our advertising budget"
    *The following week*
    Half as Interesting: "Im the sponsor of my own video"

  • @SacredDaturana
    @SacredDaturana 4 роки тому

    Nice. Loved season 1 of the podcast, glad to hear there's more

  • @F2_CPB
    @F2_CPB 4 роки тому +14

    2:40 for 1 sec I actually thought Mastercard HQ is in some place which requires no Visa.

  • @odinvik7821
    @odinvik7821 4 роки тому +16

    Sorry to tell you you are mixing two diffrent towns on Svaldbard, Barentsburg is still inhabited and it's mine in use, Pyramiden, named after the Pyramid shaped mountain it's next to, which you refferred to as Bartentsburg with pictures of Pyramiden, is abanndoned. Pyramiden is the one that was the Soviet example town. There are also far more Ukranians than Russians in Barentsburg

    • @IngeNaning2
      @IngeNaning2 4 роки тому +1

      Cool facts, Pyramiden was originally a swedish town. Founded by Sweden in 1910 and sold to the Soviet Union in 1927.

  • @spike8092
    @spike8092 4 роки тому +23

    VIDEOS ON WEDNESDAY?!

  • @MrJonyish
    @MrJonyish 4 роки тому

    So good to see you’re big enough to be sponsored by yourself! Proud of you!

  • @AbigailPoirier
    @AbigailPoirier 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the podcast reminder! I'd forgotten about it and am looking forward to more of it.

  • @elton1981
    @elton1981 4 роки тому +13

    2:59 I love the 'Time Team' reference.

    • @Zveebo
      @Zveebo 4 роки тому +2

      Yes, Sam is really delving into the deep cuts of British culture now.

    • @djr7077
      @djr7077 4 роки тому

      Your not the only one that gets that. I love the episode where they are at Westminster Abbey

    • @Andrew-wg3wi
      @Andrew-wg3wi 4 роки тому

      What episode was this one?

    • @djr7077
      @djr7077 4 роки тому +1

      @@Andrew-wg3wi season 19 episode 15

    • @Andrew-wg3wi
      @Andrew-wg3wi 4 роки тому

      @@djr7077 thanks

  • @NathiHc
    @NathiHc 4 роки тому +21

    "Russian people who speak, you guessed it, spanish" I'M CACKLING

  • @siempeeters5983
    @siempeeters5983 4 роки тому +308

    >Talking about Barentsburg
    >Shows map of Pyramiden
    Wrong russian town on Svalbard kiddo

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 4 роки тому +8

      Why is a Russian town named The Pyramid?

    • @siempeeters5983
      @siempeeters5983 4 роки тому +22

      @@hedgehog3180 Called that way because of the (pyramid-shaped) mountain near the town.

    • @alternativeglasto
      @alternativeglasto 4 роки тому +17

      Yup, the swimming pool, cultural centre, and that bust of Lenin are in Pyramiden. Though there is another bust in Barenstburg.

    • @samuelthecamel
      @samuelthecamel 4 роки тому +1

      Has to be on purpose lol

    • @Carlium
      @Carlium 3 роки тому +3

      Pyramiden is also abandoned

  • @milesroche3975
    @milesroche3975 4 роки тому

    Love extremities! I binged season 1 and have been waiting for season 2

  • @itzhen7032
    @itzhen7032 4 роки тому +57

    Why is this the first i have ever heard of this, as a norvegian i feel like i should have learned about this in school

    • @larshallstrmeriksen468
      @larshallstrmeriksen468 4 роки тому +26

      I'm Norwegian too, and this is well-known info to most Norwegians. Can't remember whether I learned about it in school, but Barentsburg and Pyramiden are often mentioned in various newsmedia in addition to Longyearbyen (the main Norwegian town).

    • @bjrn-steinarhanssen2102
      @bjrn-steinarhanssen2102 3 роки тому +10

      @Preben Alexander Andreassen So the rest of the world can understand the trivial dispute. ;)

    • @sine1691
      @sine1691 3 роки тому

      never heard of it either

    • @nottseter
      @nottseter 3 роки тому

      Jeg har heller ikke hørt om det.

    • @rorschacht8478
      @rorschacht8478 3 роки тому +2

      @@larshallstrmeriksen468 I think he meant that he's never heard about the fact that Svalbard is visa-free and that there is a Russian town there, I had no idea. I think most Norwegians know about the land itself.

  • @grigoriinekhin459
    @grigoriinekhin459 4 роки тому +5

    You messed up again! There were two Russian towns. One called Barentsburg, other called Pyramid. And Pyramid was the Soviet paradise with swimming pool and cinema, but there was hardly anything from that in Barentsburg

    • @halfasinteresting
      @halfasinteresting  4 роки тому +4

      The other (Pyramiden, not Pyramid) was also a showpiece for the Soviet Union but no longer exists, at least as a functioning, normal town, which is why this video focuses on Barentsburg.

    • @halfasinteresting
      @halfasinteresting  4 роки тому +3

      But yeah, to be fair, looks like the editor did mess up and use Pyramiden's photos in that section which I didn't catch. Both towns still did exist as showpieces, though.

    • @grigoriinekhin459
      @grigoriinekhin459 4 роки тому

      @@halfasinteresting you know that Norwegian royal family visited Pyramiden a few years ago, when it was already uninhabited. They even played football in old Soviet gym

  • @davitisahakyan48
    @davitisahakyan48 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks HAI fun and interesting podcasts

  • @petrolweeb
    @petrolweeb 4 роки тому +12

    0:00
    You thought you were expecting a sponsor, but it was me, Half As Interesting!

    • @StubMyToe
      @StubMyToe 3 роки тому

      *iS thAt a j0jO reFeRenCe??!!!1*

  • @danielunnamed9438
    @danielunnamed9438 4 роки тому +22

    In Russia we call theese isles “Spitsbergen”.

    • @lesbiangeese3737
      @lesbiangeese3737 3 роки тому +1

      And in English as well. Apparently its name was changed to Svalbard in 1925, but at school we were told to call it Spitzbergen ( which has just tripped off nicely in predictive text on my English language phone!)

    • @Sp1kerPistol
      @Sp1kerPistol 3 роки тому +5

      The largest island is still called 'Spitsbergen' in Norway.

    • @cristian-ionutapostol8018
      @cristian-ionutapostol8018 3 роки тому +1

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard#Etymology

    • @LinniC93
      @LinniC93 3 роки тому +2

      Svalbard is the archipelago, and Spitsbergen is the largest island.

  • @SCBbestof
    @SCBbestof 4 роки тому +12

    *Entry for the free t-shirt.*
    Response: 'FYI, weather is not the same thing as climate'
    Had to point this out too many times...

    • @Bashiirrr
      @Bashiirrr 4 роки тому

      that's exactly what it is though

    • @cottoneyedJoe29
      @cottoneyedJoe29 4 роки тому

      While I do not disagree with your statement it don't fit the narrative with no support information.
      Me: climate change isn't real.
      You: FYI, weather is not the same thing as climate.
      Me: I agree and weather is real.

  • @jonathan3372
    @jonathan3372 4 роки тому +1

    Lol, never tired of HAI's humour
    It's like _the_ reason that this channel is so good

  • @MissElisabeth
    @MissElisabeth 4 роки тому

    The Time Team reference made my day. So glad it's on Amazon Prime in the US now.

  • @SuperPlayz
    @SuperPlayz 4 роки тому +278

    We should just put Antarctica in a freezer. Problem solved

    • @internetexplorer2985
      @internetexplorer2985 4 роки тому +25

      and Africa in a microwave

    • @realFlamefamm
      @realFlamefamm 4 роки тому +11

      @@internetexplorer2985 and the sun in a deep fryer

    •  4 роки тому +2

      what problem?

    • @themimikyuobsessedweirdo
      @themimikyuobsessedweirdo 4 роки тому +6

      @ I think they are talking about solving global warming

    • @oriontigley5089
      @oriontigley5089 4 роки тому

      @ "He's confused but he got the spirit" 🤣

  • @fivenightsofrandomness9224
    @fivenightsofrandomness9224 4 роки тому +9

    Hai: its not like the attention span has been going down
    Me: (playing with my toes) what?

  • @anthonyn.7379
    @anthonyn.7379 4 роки тому +1

    0:47 You actually included Jan Mayen! Gold star for remembering! 🌟

    • @anthonyn.7379
      @anthonyn.7379 4 роки тому

      4:17 Aaaaaaaand you forgot Franz Josef Land above Russia. Gold star revoked.🚫 (sry for being too specific. I might have slight OCD)

  • @todoleo
    @todoleo 4 роки тому

    What a fine video. Thank you for informing and entertaining sir!

  • @teletubboi6929
    @teletubboi6929 4 роки тому +10

    All I can think about is “HORSE LIBRARY”

    • @Dimdariusz
      @Dimdariusz 4 роки тому

      Twilight Sparkle approves.

  • @1abdullahjabbar
    @1abdullahjabbar 4 роки тому +16

    The fact that half-way between the video, The world shifts from Patterson's Cylindrical Projection to Mercator's projection, is giving me OCD.

    • @pyromorph6540
      @pyromorph6540 3 роки тому +2

      Just so you know Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a severe neurological disorder that can ruin ones life and mind and lead to psychosis at worst cases.

  • @sickheadsumaddy5231
    @sickheadsumaddy5231 3 роки тому +1

    Been there two times...love it! One time by ship from Longyearbyen in summer, the other time I went by snowmobile also from Longyearbyen and this trip was real nice! It's like you go from nothern Norway to deepest part of Siberia in just a few hours. When we went on that trip, the company wanted us sign a contract to not use drugs or drink alcohol during the trip...guess what my uncle did?! He orderd beer before the trip, we drank vodka and beer in a Hotel in Barentsburg and continued our journey to a place I can recall the name...it was a full day trip with a snowmobile! Best time to go is April, because you have snow, it's cold...but for a short time there is day and night in Svalbard!

  • @EKC2024
    @EKC2024 3 роки тому +1

    1 million views! Well done👏🏽

  • @bushberry1236
    @bushberry1236 4 роки тому +140

    Me: Why is MasterCard’s HQ visa free?
    *Ten minuets later*
    Also me: Ohhhhh....Hahaha

    • @nurafrizal
      @nurafrizal 4 роки тому +4

      i even googled what an HQ is. the moment i got the joke, i was like ROLLING ON THE FLOOR

    • @AlfaOmega2503
      @AlfaOmega2503 4 роки тому

      @@nurafrizal i didn't got the joke, tell me

    • @nurafrizal
      @nurafrizal 4 роки тому

      asslover because it’s in the mastercard headquarter, no visa are allowed

    • @nurafrizal
      @nurafrizal 4 роки тому

      asslover because it’s in the mastercard headquarter, no visa are allowed

    • @boringstuff3463
      @boringstuff3463 4 роки тому +1

      I got it wtf you're either dumb or you watch youtube just to do something like i do :)

  • @ZeldagigafanMatthew
    @ZeldagigafanMatthew 4 роки тому +5

    Me walking into a Mastercard Office: Hi, do you take Visa?

    • @kimarna
      @kimarna 3 роки тому

      Yes, but not American express

  • @zeusathena26
    @zeusathena26 2 роки тому

    I loved the Time Team picture! 🥰

  • @ThisUserPassedAway
    @ThisUserPassedAway 4 роки тому +1

    I visited Svalbard. It was the most magical experience ever.

  • @aelsi2
    @aelsi2 4 роки тому +35

    Опа, а тут есть русский зритель (думаю, я не один). Кстати, я не знал об этом городке.

    • @Koshteg
      @Koshteg 4 роки тому +5

      Шпицберген не проплывал мимоходом во время школьной программы?

    • @thankstodd2794
      @thankstodd2794 4 роки тому +1

      @@Koshteg учителя о нем не упоминают. Слышал это название по телевизору, но не в школе

    • @Koshteg
      @Koshteg 4 роки тому

      thanks Todd любопытно

    • @ingosmtheperson3045
      @ingosmtheperson3045 3 роки тому

      «confused screaming»

    • @astronix2719
      @astronix2719 3 роки тому

      ю

  • @sawyerfiglow3649
    @sawyerfiglow3649 4 роки тому +3

    I cant see how this contest directly effects me so I'm not going to make any real effort to change the outcome.

  • @Huntracony
    @Huntracony 4 роки тому

    Knew all the information already (as I've been there), listened to the podcast anyway, and have now watched this video anyway. No regrets.

  • @LectronCircuits
    @LectronCircuits 4 роки тому

    Jolly-good show, comrade. Cheers!

  • @sverre1734
    @sverre1734 4 роки тому +7

    Ingen:
    Ikke en levende sjel:
    Norske folk i kommentarene på videoer om Norge: «tHaTs mY cOuNtRy»

    • @danielsolberg1638
      @danielsolberg1638 4 роки тому +1

      Sånn det er hver jævla gang. Vi er en jævla gjeng med sjæøldiggere oppå berget her

    • @ollierkul
      @ollierkul 4 роки тому

      "lIkE iF yOu aRe aLsO fRoM nOrwAy"

  • @jespoketheepic
    @jespoketheepic 4 роки тому +9

    Halfway through we finally got the answer to why this Russian town in Norway has a name that sounds neither Russian or Norwegian: The Dutch.

  • @QazwerDave
    @QazwerDave 4 роки тому +2

    I was just in Svalbard. It was amazing !!

  • @TheAurgelmir
    @TheAurgelmir 3 роки тому

    What I find more fascinating is that you highlighted Jan Mayen also.

  • @Gleb2
    @Gleb2 4 роки тому +5

    Plot twist: HaI is actually an alter ego of Varlamov

  • @KyleLi
    @KyleLi 4 роки тому +9

    So I have a friend who had an internship at mastercard this summer, and I made my first ever credit card a visa just to spite him.

  • @stevesmith4047
    @stevesmith4047 4 роки тому

    Extremities is great. It was fun to see pics to go with the audio.

  • @dannick100
    @dannick100 4 роки тому

    I love extremities so much. Keep it going pls n thanks

  • @eypick6987
    @eypick6987 4 роки тому +10

    LMAO A PYRAMID SCHEME BUT EVERY PART OF THE PYRAMID IS ME 😂

  • @icecat2533
    @icecat2533 4 роки тому +49

    “Look here, a snowball, climate change isn’t real”
    Me: *throws snowball at them*

    • @alilalani9531
      @alilalani9531 4 роки тому +6

      IceCat It was pretty cold outside and it was cold last winter too just please stop with this brainwashed climate change bs

    • @unclejoeoakland
      @unclejoeoakland 4 роки тому +1

      @@alilalani9531 thank God we have you to set us straight. I just couldn't trust the American Petroleum Institute on this one.
      I take an XL, preferably short sleeves.

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 4 роки тому +4

      I don't deny climate change exists. It changes all the time, and has ever since Earth developed an atmosphere. I just deny that it's a significant problem that requires drastic action to address in order to avoid some kind of imminent catastrophe. The Earth through most of its natural history was significantly warmer than it is now, and life got by just fine. (From the point of the biosphere, it got by BETTER. There were arboreal forests in Antarctica in the Jurassic and Cretaceous, and it was just as far south then as it is now.) We'd have to make adjustments sure, but it is far from a doomday scenario as many are trying to preach that it is.

    • @unclejoeoakland
      @unclejoeoakland 4 роки тому

      @@troodon1096 again. The API has already acknowleged the gist of the matter.
      I wear a 42 waist (relaxed fit) and 32 inseam if HAI is sending out matching pants.

  • @SD-tj5dh
    @SD-tj5dh 4 роки тому

    As a brit, the 'time team' reference warmed my heart.

  • @Whereiskylechris
    @Whereiskylechris 4 роки тому

    Dont worry about your stats so much bro! You have some of the best videos on youtube! if you can't retain a few that's their problem,not yours! Fucking love every single one of your videos and Extremiites season one was badass! It makes me want to go to pitcairn just to see it!

  • @whisper3856
    @whisper3856 4 роки тому +16

    “This is Norway. Home to...Norwegians?”
    And the (current) World Chess Champion

  • @bkking18
    @bkking18 4 роки тому +60

    Best response to a climate change denier: "You're wrong"
    There isn't an argument to make because science isn't opinion based.

    • @zeusrulez
      @zeusrulez 4 роки тому +2

      George Bell you’re wrong

    • @benderrodriquez
      @benderrodriquez 4 роки тому +8

      The governments of the world must be really worried, seeing how drastically they've cut their expenses in order to reduce their carbon emissions. I have to commend them in showing us plebs how it's done!

    • @bumblingbureaucrat6110
      @bumblingbureaucrat6110 4 роки тому +10

      Climate change is real. Of course the Earth is warming up again, it's barely been 150 years since the little Ice Age. Before that was the medieval Warm Period. We are now entering another Warm Period. The Earth is not dying however and the doomsayers are wrong. They were wrong a thousand times before and are wrong now. Climate change is cyclical and happens without our help. Wasn't just 50 years ago the fear of another Ice Age?

    • @captainheat2314
      @captainheat2314 4 роки тому +7

      Funny how all rich people shouting climate change are buying sea front houses

    • @qwedge
      @qwedge 4 роки тому +5

      @@bumblingbureaucrat6110 Isn't it confusing that the warming up perfectly aligns with the invention of cars and planes, the wars, and mass electricity use? If you aren't a troll then you would say "It's just a coincidence" but it isn't you unicycled elephant

  • @Dappdude
    @Dappdude 4 роки тому

    Wow, that was actually a smooth segway into the ad

  • @para9445
    @para9445 3 роки тому +1

    i live on norway and didnt even know this like great job uncovering these weird things!

  • @IsraelCube
    @IsraelCube 4 роки тому +37

    The last time I was this early the Russians still occupied Svalbard.

  • @brandenr6073
    @brandenr6073 4 роки тому +3

    "The only place other than Mastercard HQ that is visa-free"
    *cough cough* Discover *cough cough*

  • @nschwartz311
    @nschwartz311 4 роки тому +2

    “that cool electric guitar shaped area is probably what you think of when you think of Norway”.......I literally never think of Norway ever

  • @baseballfan99
    @baseballfan99 Рік тому +1

    I have been to Longyearbyen and it certainly is remote and during November was dark 24 hours a day.

  • @iDunnoMC
    @iDunnoMC 4 роки тому +4

    The master card thing was so good

  • @Desmuu
    @Desmuu Рік тому +5

    I feel like this could town could become a problem with Russia/NATO someday.

    • @Thesamurai1999
      @Thesamurai1999 Рік тому

      That’s why Norway has denied both the west and russia to have any military activities going on there.

    • @Desmuu
      @Desmuu Рік тому +4

      @@Thesamurai1999 Meaningless. Putin is crazy.

  • @evanwarren4083
    @evanwarren4083 4 роки тому

    My favorite UA-cam ads ever: dr squatch and extremities

  • @mitchellmcmullen
    @mitchellmcmullen 4 роки тому

    Have listened to all of Extremities podcasts......they are GOOD!!!!!