What's the Northernmost Town in the world?
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"Instead of just telling you, I'm going to beat around the bush for 4 minutes so I can turn this into a video" LOL
it does work though
and its half as boring as if he would tell us right away
At least he's honest.
I love the honesty
somanayr Entire reason I didn’t skip ahead lol
I live in Norway and I really enjoyed him mispronouncing all of the norwegian names
Yeah, I noticed he isn't too interested in accurate pronunciation either.
Tromzzzo!
Hes half as interested in that
Longjerbin
haha
I don't want to be the "well actually guy", and rarely bother correcting people on the internet. However, as a resident, I have to point out that Ny-Ålesund is exclusively for research, and access is heavily restricted even for us living in Svalbard. We can however submit an application to visit. The trip over from Longyearbyen is demanding by snowmobile, or extremely expensive by research ship (even by norwegian standards). I can't speak for the russian settlements, but as far I know, Longyearbyen is then the northernmost PUBLIC town you can move to :D
That being said, if you ever find yourself in Svalbard and in need of consumer electronics you'll have no choice than to come see me :D (there is only one store on the island)
Are there any black people on Svalbard? Asking for a friend
MRdarcy743 I want to be the first black person to visit (I am assuming I would be the first. I could be wrong)
@@TheNormal256 I was there in 2003. I saw a black man peeing in the street just outside of town. in -15 degrees celsius.
@@MRdarcy743 There is a significant Thai population in Longyearbyen.
MRdarcy743 basically no
Do most eastern town next. Always wanted to see what the Eastpole looks like
Aljoscha Söll The easternmost town is chinatown :D
AdrianAtGaming oof
I'm guessing there's alot of ice on eastpole as well, and less people on it
Trust me.. You DO NOT want to know that.
lol
still not as cold as my ex's heart
Nelson Mandela ooooooooo
JK061996 You broke me xDDD
What'd she do?
Its Just an Apple rawr xD
Bros before hoes,bro
Haha I like the comedic approach on this channel
"Now instead of telling you, I'm going to beat around the bush for four minutes so I can make this into a video."
Nice to see some self-awareness.
If it was some other typical clickbaity youtuber making this video, he would beat around the bush for 20 minutes using completely unfitting examples and making a lot of obnoxious unfunny jokes.
Still would have been nice if he actually told a little bit about the town instead of briefly mentioning it and transitioning into the ad.
1:05 Actually, there is a good reasons for Murmansk; it has a year-long, ice-free harbour thanks to the gulf stream. For the harbour and the naval base, you need a city.
And for that you need 300k inhabitants.
I'm Russian and I absolutely loved that remark about our logic & Мурманск (Murmansk). Keep up the good work man! :)
P.S.: flawless ad integration in the end
Windsigh Russians are stronk though so they think Murmansk is tropical whilst drinking vodka, wearing adidas, fist fighting bears and shouting Cyka Blayt in cs:go
I'm Russian and that's the reason I disliked this video. Seemed like one of those idiotic stereotypes like "Americans are fat and stupid". There are a bunch of very good reasons for Murmansk to exist where it does, not the least of which is lives of millions of people that depended on this port during WW2.
+Instagram at qsxmodels I'm not offended, it just sounds stupid, that's all. If you don't think it is, well, that's your personal point of view. I personally dislike stupid derogatory stereotypes about any nation or race, and I feel like it's occurrence in this video needs to be at least mentioned.
I'm offended by the lot of you. For many years we have suffered with being fat and stupid and the Russian peoples have offered us no help with the problem. 🙂
Instagram at qsxmodels, I agree with him. I am not offended, it is just wrong to say, that Murmansk exists and is so big for no reason. Hell, it is the fifth biggest port in Russia. It (technically not) is the base for the nothern military navy. The whole region is full of natural resources.
Half as interesting
Half as surprising
*insert why are you everywhere comment here*
Tesser 4D 😁😁
Tesser 4D haha, so true!
Judging from my map on the wall here its punta arenas Chile
JustEnder Half as confusing
hahaha “because logic and sensibility doesn’t exist in Russia” keep this up
WTD Productions omg I died when he said that 😂😂😂
As a russian, I can confirm
I
you okay? should I call for help before you have an aneurysm?
Pretty rich coming from an American
If you ask Canadians, like me, what the northernmost town is, I reckon some of them will say Alert.
No one said Canada?
That's what I was thinking! It actually is! Alert is less then 950 kilometres from the north pole!
YES!
I am not Canadian and I would say Alert.
SigmaTV
Same ^^
Murmansk is not far away from Tromso so it enjoys similar weather, a bit colder during winter, a bit warmer during summer. Unlike other Russian Arctic ports, it's a warm-water seaport. It only makes sense to build a city in a place like this.
AlexGlushkov
I was thinking the same. Murmansk also have the
Gulf Stream
You have the most russian name ever
O
And for that place, you need 300 000 inhabitants.
@@Lightnings There are 2 hydroelectric power plants, a railroad, a nickel mine, a railroad and the biggest port in the North Pole
“You can start your day in Longyearbyen and then end it in Newark, New Jersey.
...Not that you want to”😂 I died
Or, you can start your day in Longyearbyen, and you can end it in Longyearbyen 4 months later, when the sun goes down.
You know about newark huh
Ive lived in Downtown Newark for 15 years. I hope I am never forced to live anywhere else.
Can confirm
Sorry about your passing.
I’ve actually been to that town. I’ve also been to the southernmost city in the world, Ushuaia, at the southern tip of South America.
Went Ushuaia in 2018, headed to Longyearbyen next year
How was it? What did you take from these two extremes? Are they in any way similar? Can you imagine living there (lol)?
@@Lightnings Ny-Alesund isn't even a hamlet, with just a handful of dwellings, mostly for research scientists. Living there year-round would be extremely challenging due to boredom. Ushuaia on the other hand is a small city with a permanent population of 75,000.
@@syramento Which one did you prefer more?
@@SamsungAndIphoneuser Definitely Ushuaia.
"If you ask an American, the most northern town in the world? Is probably Toronto." Me sitting 4 latitudes north of Toronto in the United States: "excuse me?"
You dont exist
Minneapolis is further north than Toronto, in fact. As is Seattle.
Alaskans: are we a joke to you?
@@troodon1096 Seattle is farther north than Quebec City!
Lmao, I've had Americans ask me if we live in igloos with a straight face
This channel should be renamed "Twice as Interesting" instead of "Half as Interesting"
zing!
+Zarathustra Zarath Zing?
Half *ass* interesting.
Twice Half as Interesting 🤔🤔
So is that just "Interesting", then?
"Logic and sensibility doesn't exist in Russia" might be the best way to explain that country as a whole.
But he is wrong, there are multiple good reasons the city exists and is so populated.
He did a video on why, when he talked about Russia's lack of decent ports. Murmansk is about the best Russia can do without going through other peoples' waters (e.g. St. Petersburg) or being out in the middle of nowhere (e.g. Vladivostok).
Vladivostok is a good port in terms of Pacific trade and shipping.
It's an excellent port, but a very long way from anywhere else in Russia.
It's always funny when someone with a nearly unintelligible comment calls someone else stupid.
Murmansk is Russia's biggest port that never freezes and allow navigation in winter. St Petersburg doesn't allow that, for comparison. Just a little remark, you know, for a channel who's main theme is transport and logistics.
@Barbara Mulvaney 2nd
incredible considering its longitude. I thought it would've been novossoriysk.
Logic and sensibility because there are probably 300000 people working there at its harbour.
Just a little remark, you know, because you didn't listen correctly and forgot any context.
There are 2 hydroelectric power plants, a railroad, a nickel mine, a railroad and the biggest port in the North Pole
While zooming in on Tromsø:
"I can see my house from here!"
Lucky. I visited Tromsø 11 years ago (from the UK) and it's the most beautiful place I've been to, especially in the winter.
Wendover, your less serious style in these videos is hilarious and fun to watch. Keep them up! Loving this channel
...Edinburgh? It's not even the most northern town in SCOTLAND.
It's an inside joke
It's a joke. At 43 degrees N, Toronto, Canada is also further south than many cities in the mainland US, such as Minneapolis, Seattle and both Portlands (Maine & Oregon). It's also further south than Nice, France, on the Mediterranean.
It's basically a Britain-wide inside joke.
r/wooosh
You try telling the English that!! ;,,)
Whenever I see any compound in any icy/snowy environment I can't but think of "The Thing"
Im back to this video for one reason and one reason only.
To thank Sam for giving me the idea of going to Tromso over New year this year.
Not seeing the sun for a week and having a unique experience I will not have again in some time, will be awesome!
Pretty cool. How did you like it?
This was one of my favorite videos by you. Keep up the good (and witty) work.
I really like this channel! Gives really interesting information in bite-sized chunks that aren't drawn out and 15 minutes long!
For anyone curious, Longyearbyen (which is just next to Ny-Ålesund) has a population of over 2,000 people! I visited there in January/February when the sun never rises and made a short video of it on my channel. I also talk a bit more about its legacy on my website (if you care)! Super dope place though and I highly recommend visiting someday via cheap flights from Oslo!
its been a longyearben
RIGHT
Long year, Ben
lmao
*laughs manically in 2020* oh buddy we're just gettin' started over here
Rai Knightshade THIS ISNT EVEN MY FINAL FORM!!
@@raiknightshade3442 me being here after a attempted coup in DC ._.
Finally, Norway gained some attention❤️🇳🇴🇳🇴
Bitch i shat myself when he mention tromsø like... im from there. Like woahhh
We also own one of the most isolated islands... it is one close to antartica or something
@jacob And the best sporting nation in the world per capita.
I visited norway 2 years ago and it is fucking beautiful!
KjekkenProductions What About Arizona? Even If It Is Not A Country?
You can't just go to Ny-Alesund. It can be visited for a few hours by cruise ship, but to actually stay there you need to be invited, or ask for permission with a valid reason.
I do highly recomend it if you ever get the chance though.
Been watching your Wendover Productions stuff for a while, but I never knew you could be so funny! This channels great, keep up the good work.
Fascinating video. Thank you for all of your hard work in making it!
2:50 You forgot protected.
gre kiki was that a oop joke?
And default - no modifiers :)
that smooth ass transfer at the end though 😂😂
Alway suprising to see how much your channels have come, changend and improved in just over three years
Just started watching videos on this channel and OMG it's sooo much fun. These are much more like early Wendover Productions videos where he's much more casual and witty with jokes.
"Since logic and sensibility don't exist in Russia" hits different now in February 2022
*Greetings* from *_Philippines._* I watch each of your videos. I like how you made it easier for the viewer to understand. I love your other channel too.
nobody cares where you're from
What are these hate comments? Show some respect guys.
Thank you much dude!
Thank you
Thanks for your nice comment. I appreciate it.
Great Video, I love how your videos are getting sassier :)
”... and end your day in Newark, New Jersey. Not that you'd want to.”
Hahahahaha perfect!
I grew up on Svaldbard, I miss the place, nothing can really describe how nice it is up there, the night sky with the auroras are so intense and beautiful
Also just fyi, Barrow has since been renamed Utqiagvik :) great video, all the same!
How do you respell the name Utqiagvik for an English speaker to understand how to say?
Is it OOT-kiag-vick?
@@carultch I think it’s Oot-kee-guh-vik but I might be wrong
i was subbed to wendover for so long and discovered this, amazing.
I thought your voice sounded familiar. No wonder I got hooked on this channel last night... I love Wendover Productions!
Dear Half As Interesting
If you put a magnet in the middle of the Earth, which direction would it go?
TMoney, Bro what makes you think it would move
Um... isn't there already one there?
No where
On the fridge
On iron or nickel.
The amount of sponsorships you get is twice is interesting (i dont hate wendover or his sponsorships lol)
Yeah, it's like, I'm gonna bar around the bush long enough to get a sponsorship out of it like every other viddeo I do:(
Lol, I like how you went right back into the story blocks advertisement. Funny stuff man!!........ Great video though!!
Thank you for using polar projection for at least some of these maps. After watching your other video on Svalbard, I had no clue what it was actually shaped like.
You didn't answer the most important question.
Does amazon offer free two day prime delivery??
"Stupid TH-camrs" :D:D:D:D:D
Deepak Thakur IS he Talking a bout himself?!
Nice to see this on the trending list. More of this, please!
Toronto :) Your sense of humor is getting better every video.
These videos are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish you wouldnt use mercator projection in a video thats about "north"
What's the issue with it specifically?
That wasnt the mercator projection
AllTheRice ‖ Gaming it preserves the shapes of land masses but does so at the expense of their size.
This video isn't even in mercator ya dunce. As far as I can tell, it's in equirectangular, which is a pretty great compromise.
Mercator is good for navigation and small scale maps but bad for very close to anything else
During my undergrad, Environment Canada advertised 4 month co-op positions to Alert. I was interviewed for it and they would warn you how isolated it was and talked about being night or day for months at a time. I wasn't offered the job but don't know if I would've taken it anyways.
3:59 Ny Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway. There, that's saved you a few minutes!
2:46 I live in Newark too 😭😭😭
KazuoTV I’m from nj
I live 35 mins away
0:45 can literally see my own house in that picture
I love these videos man
I've been waiting for this.
“If you’re an Englishman, it’s Edinburgh Scotland. If you’re a Scot it’s Inverness”
To be fair, I think most English people think it’s Inverness too
Aye probably. In actual fact the northern most town in Scotland is probably Lerwick.
I'm sorry, but if someone in Britain was asked what the northernmost town was, they'd say John O' Groats.
I would say Lerwick.
Ibirdball kirkwall Scotland is the most northern place in Scotland
The humour is great, and that segway into the ad was flawless
Fantastic video, as per usual.
Yay Norway
JAAAAAAA
Alt for Norge!
WTF?
Omggg I want to buy a house in Svalbard, imagine the christmasses!
In Norway we differentiate between towns and villages. To become a town you have to have a certain amount of inhabitants. However a lot of towns does not really fulfill the criteria, but can still call themselves a town because they applied for “town-status” when the criteria were lower. This is the background of a decade-long discussion in Norway about who is the northernmost town. None of the settlements on Svalbard counts as they are villages. The two northernmost towns in Norway are: Hammerfest and Honningsvåg. Honningsvåg is definitely further up north but Hammerfest doesn’t recognize Honningsvåg as a town because they don’t fit the new town-criteria, even though Honningsvåg technically is one. Therefore Hammerfest (wrongly) claims the title “The northernmost town in the world”. Honningsvåg has about 3000 citizens and is the town by the North Cape (northernmost point in mainland Europe).
Love your honesty!
I love how this channel is kind of like his shitposting channel in terms of how his commentary and jokes are, but still interesting... Or at least half that.
His shitpost and lower effort videos are better than some other youtubers' regular content.
he has a shitposting channel?
Organic Intelligence it's this imo
I'm Inuit and it pained me when you pronounced the greenlandic thing LMAO it's not even Greenlandic to say Thule
This is literally the only channel I watch that has advertising in the video and it doesn't feel out of place or tacky
I literally just found out ur wendover productions! 🤯
Ask a brit and its Edinburgh Scotland?? I have to drive 2 hours SOUTH to get to Edinburgh haha
Hamish Ashcroft plays minecraft I hav to drive 5 hours because I live in Thurso which is actually the northernmost British town
I hope people get the newerk nj reference.... living in its shadows my whole life I *completely* understand ur joke
Keep up the good work
OH MAN!!! The segue's are just too smooth. I literally just yelled out 'OOOOH YEEEEAAAAH!' in the middle of a coworking space. Beautiful stuff.
No random Soviet theme?
Where's the ice wall?
CarreraGT South pole fam
It's interesting that the Lowest Temperature in Tromso is not as low as in Dallas, Texas.
However, I do like the sun shine in Dallas.
Sam: making a mere 5 minutes video about Svalbard
Also Sam: making a 3 hours podcast about Svalbard
which one of these towns Santa clause from?
I’d say alert due to the fact that the government can lie about how it’s private for military use, but actually just where Santa lives.
From tromso
Tromso's warmer than Barrow because of the Gulfstream? i know planes are bad for the enviroment, but seriously, a private jet makes a city hotter?
+adam roberts
Huh? What do you mean?
sion8 I think either it's trolling, or Adam doesn't know about the Gulfstream and think it's the name of an airplane...
Gulfstream are a private jet company, but obviously also the 'conveyer belt' of warm water from central america, that heats up northern europe, sorry for the poor spelling and the confusion caused
Gulfstream are a private jet company, but obviously also the 'conveyer belt' of warm water from central america, that heats up northern europe, sorry for the poor spelling and the confusion caused
LOL!
The best thing about this channel is taking the piss out of everything :-)
Great video!
“Because logic and sensibility doesn’t exist in Russia....” Lmao
"Because logic and sensibility doesn't exist in Russia, over 300 thousand people live in this town."
Hahahaha
1:01 I have been on that boat (far left) , they offer fishing charters.
This guy has a magical talent in making a perfectly natural transition of any video into the sponsored ad
USE METRIC
What's the big deal on whether he uses metric
Prometheus Titan i am here to watch and be entertained not to make any work
dchris91 So six centimeters long instead of six inches long?
idk, how about you ask your mum?
dchris91 "Ask your mum"?
What on earth would a flower have to say about it?
"Or be a stupid youtuber and live there." 10/10
Love that transition
I really enjoy how smoothly you segue into the end ad
*2:49* Am I the only one who doesn't live in this map?
New Zealand?
Soooo north New Zealand or the international space station
Helsinki mainittu, torille
legaala torilla tavataan!
It's so interesting that i m chilled by the information
At 0:53, being from Wisconsin, what caught my attention is that being that far north it still almost never gets below 0F. The moderating effect of the ocean.
I live in Tromsø
how often do you get to see the northern lights?
Good for you.
That Newark comment hurt me. #NewJerseyLove
Krista Masucci New Jersey might as well get absorbed into New York
As a New Yorker, I speak on behalf of my state when I say . . . No thank you! NJ is fine where it is!
As someone who is European.. No offence, but Newark might be the worst airport i've been to.
I´m from Utah and I like New Jersey. #LoveNJ #HateDC
So, you’ve never been to Trenton?
I'm not going to lie, it's the dry, simple humor of this channel that really does it for me lol
great vid
keep it up👍