A Brief History of Svalbard, Norway

[@Ola-rc7hm]

FINALLY someone made a video about it! As a norwegian I find this very interesting

[@olavbolin6735]

Yes, and there isn't that many videos of Svalbard. (and as a sidenote. I will be at Svea mining town this june/juli to work with cleaning up the place after a hundred years of mining operation.)

[@adamradziwill]

Svalbard is Norway, Moscow has no rights to Svalbard . our support to Norway from Belarus

[@JihadBunnydick]

@@adamradziwill What about Barentsburg?

[@BradleyGearhart]

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[@BradleyGearhart]

Lamyo Lamyo Thanks! There will be more to come.

[@ryanmcinally1600]

You refered alot to the english in your video but you continuously used the british flag?. Are you familiar with the geography of Britain being a geographical and historical channel?

[@hebbe61]

Bjørnøya has a station of the Norwegian Metereological Institute. A few years ago the norwegian broadcaster NRK had a reality series following the meteorologists stationed there. They are not permanently stationed there but go for a season and then switch back to mainland duties.

[@hwplugburz]

Yes, I loved that series.. it should still be in the NRK archives :)

[@rullestaden]

And there is great surfing!

[@jamesvandemark2086]

As a dutch/norwegian american, I can see how much "fun" such an international community could be! Wow- all new to me! Good stuff.....

[@AIJohnsen]

This is a very good video. There is a lot of history concerning Svalbard, and it is also a very interesting place to visit.

[@howardkerr8174]

I have no idea how this and your other video about the treaty got on my " recommended " list, but glad they did. My oldest sister first visited Norway as an exchange student 55 years ago and as a kid in middle school I tried to imagine...and failed to comprehend what a culture shock it might have been for a teenager to be dropped into a country where you did not know the language. She has subsequently gone back for several visits, and even spent a year there as an elementary school teacher. I believe she may have even gone back for her 50th high school reunion. She speaks quite warmly of her time spent there. Me? My interest in Norway started out as being a dietary one. She would make many Norwegian Christmas treats for the rest of the family. But the last time I was to her home for a visit I found a very interesting book: Fire and Ice. Having spent a year in Iceland while in the U.S. Navy, and since Iceland is called The Land of Fire and Ice....well, I expected a sort of travelogue type book. It was about the Second World War and Germany's retreat from northern Norway, very fascinating. That is how I managed to stumble onto my first reference to this area. I think I am hooked and have been hinting, very subtly hinting, that if my sister ever returns to " her second home and family " that I really want to go, too.

[@BradleyGearhart]

Howard Kerr Interesting read! And I need to check out that book. I haven’t been to Norway yet but I hope I’ll make it there someday. I can tell you though that Denmark and Sweden are both beautiful. Norway though is supposed to be a whole experience on its own though.

[@nickbenfell4327]

Just go.

[@MsVicky72]

This video is amazing!!! It gives a ton of good information about this beautiful island !!!👍👍

[@BradleyGearhart]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Geopoliticus]

Fascinating... the English-Dutch contests almost parallel their rivalry in South East Asia, also during this era.

[@BradleyGearhart]

Geopoliticus You’re right! I didn’t even think about that. Although here there was not a real “winner” of a colonial territory like there was in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

[@afcgeo882]

And North America (New Amsterdam/New York), Central America (Belize), the Caribbean and South America (Suriname). In fact, the British and Dutch traded New Amsterdam (went to the English) for Willoughbyland (went to the Dutch) with the Treaty of Westminster in 1674. That paved the way for British colonies in North America and a century later, the United States, with New York as its capital.

[@Geopoliticus]

@@afcgeo882 Wow! the Dutch played such an important role during the era.

[@afcgeo882]

@@Geopoliticus Oh yes. They were a major financial and political force in those times. They were also leaders in technology and the arts. It was a real empire.

[@90volts]

This was a great video. Very well done and informative, and the first I have seen about Svalbard that wasn't just a youtuber showing the bears or grocery prices... haha. Thank you for putting this together!

[@deepquake9]

Very well produced video! Great context!

[@wbstone4388]

Thanks. This was very well done and is so interesting!

[@sherenegovender422]

Would really love to visit this place 😍 I watch so much documentaries on Svalbard. Totally love it.

[@alfredschinkelshoek6570]

Very interesting. Thanks for the information. A place I defnitely want to visit ! A hard place to get a job. It is mostly tourism and science from the UNIS university ! As a Dutchman I was always curious as to some of the Dutch names around Svalbard e.g. Spitsbergen also the Jan Mayen Island.

[@ARFilms2]

Excellent video, brilliantly put together. you have taken on a tough challenge and have really pulled it off. Thank oyu

[@BuzzSargent]

You have a good voice for voice-over narration. The show is well done & interesting. I subscribed and liked.

[@zosmaee]

Really nice video, congratulations. You deserve much more subscribers.

[@vicsaul5459]

agree. v well made film

[@McUnk13]

Most underrated channel I’ve ever seen

[@elvisman2000]

Your voice is so soothing and pleasant to listen to (you sound a bit like the Outsider from Dishonored 1 hahah) And the video itself was very well done; accurate, concise, no bullshit. Can't wait to check out the rest of your videos!

[@BradleyGearhart]

Nobody has ever told me my voice is smooth before... so thanks! I really appreciate your interest

[@vicsaul5459]

thankyou for the history, fascinating c:

[@mew7532]

Amazing video! I remember seeing svalbard on a globe a few years back and was always wondering whether it was discovered via satellite or by an expedition.

[@BradleyGearhart]

+Miki Snowz Thank you! And I did the same thing until I did my research for the video.

[@KingsMom831]

Great video! 🙏😊💛

[@kathryndamron3238]

And don't forget to view Cecilia Blomdahl's KZbin videos, also.

[@corrbox2]

Thank you for your video and information. Well Done!

[@NovaDeb]

Very interesting! Thanks.

[@NovaDeb]

I recently learned that there is a Spaceport on the Svalbard from where rockets are launched to space. It is used by several different countries. Previously, I never knew that Norway has a Space Agency and they are a member of ESA. Also, there is a large satellite station on one the islands.

[@KimLechelle]

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig brought me here. Thank you for history of Svalbard.

[@adamradziwill]

Svalbard is Norway, Moscow has no rights to Svalbard . our support to Norway from Belarus

[@lostcoast8175]

Thanks brotha! Very interesting 🤔🧐

[@ssy12335]

Very nice, unromanticized video on Svalbard. Thank you.

[@lauraketteridge324]

As this video is all about history, I offer these notes: At around 4:57, 'The king of Great Britain himself, King James the first, claimed sovereignty...' This person was James VI of Scots (1567-1625), and at the death of Elizabeth of England in 1603, he inherited the kingdom of England (James 1 of England). The Kingdom of Great Britain did not not exist until 1707, although James did claim to be 'king of Great Britain'. This is true as Great Britain is the name of the largest island in the British Isles, but the name of the island should not be confused with the name of the nation.

[@SuperNovaRider]

Cheers to all those who know what place/land is truly depicted is on the map at 00:06:00

[@Vockavic-e1p4y]

I would plan to like to go here someday

[@javierramirez4722]

It amaze me the roundstones of champ just like the ones we have here in Costa Rica in the south region

[@livingintheforest3963]

This award GREAT!!!!

[@spiritofanu3112]

I am currently following a you tube channel of a resident of this island - this was very informative. Thanks for posting. What passports do most residents there possess? Norwegian?

[@onebigsnowball]

I like this channel.

[@eyemallears2647]

Thanks bro. This morning I was like “what can I learn about that isn’t Ukraine’s suffering or usa’s abortion laws”? This was informative thanks.

[@BradleyGearhart]

This makes me so happy. I’m glad I could be of assistance :)

[@IsItBehindTheFridge]

Dear The Map Channel. I really enjoyed this. I came over from Geography Now. Can you do some more??

[@BradleyGearhart]

IsItBehindTheFridge Thank you! I’ve got a long list of ideas.

[@ggkirke]

Isn't Svalbard the area that Raoul Amundsen was lost in search for the Norge ?

[@jadesmith574]

Great video! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@BradleyGearhart]

Thank you!

[@BMeanies]

In September 1943 the Germans bombed the cities of Longyearbyen and Barentsburg and leveled each of them save for a few buildings. This operation was carried out by the Battleship Tirpitz and the Battlecruiser Scharnhorst

[@christybyrne5195]

The Irish monks called Papae{ or papar} may have lived in Svalbard originally--- they inhabited both the Faroes and Iceland before the Vikings.

[@normamimosa5991]

Interesting!

[@amadeusamwater]

I'm curious why the Allies didn't occupy the area. It would have made a good base from which to protect the Russia bound convoys.

[@Dada-ip2jt]

It’s ice bound for 6 to 8 months of the year

[@piairslm]

Cool videos ! A French KZbinr mâle a video in Svalbard

[@SahadevanUSA]

what is the purpose of storing grains ? surely its not for food purposes ?!

[@badgerpa9]

They are storing seeds in very cold rooms so when a entire crop is wiped out it can be brought back, it has been used already when some countries have been wiped by war.

[@jumpingjflash]

The Arctic Cool Company, established in the cool period after the busy whaling period. The company proved that mining was cool and became very profitable. The Germans destroyed the cool mines in WWII not willing to relinquish the cool resources to the allies.

[@BradleyGearhart]

jumpingjflash It’s my accent. Never noticed I said it like that. My bad lol

[@jumpingjflash]

@@BradleyGearhart Nevertheless, I loved the video

[@jreid641]

Interesting

[@spiff1003]

The funny and weird part with Svalbard, is that you can walk into the hotel (at the end) with your rifle on your shoulder and nobody really cares. This is probably the one most peaceful place I have ever visited. A magnificent place I have been to twice and still long to get back there.

[@kevins9417]

Why did you use the Union Jack when mentioning the English?

[@BradleyGearhart]

Kevin S simple mistake. My bad

[@kevins9417]

@@BradleyGearhart not simple mistake if you're English at the moment patriotism is rife in my area and I cannot think why? thankyou for your response and keep up the good work!

[@afcgeo882]

@@kevins9417 I’m confused... what should he have used? From 1801 on, it was 🇬🇧. Should he have used the old pre-Ireland Union Flag of 1606?

[@kevins9417]

@@afcgeo882 The flag of st George of course represents the nation of England

[@afcgeo882]

@@kevins9417 Except the nation and the crown aren’t just England. The ships don’t sail under the St George flag either. England is a country within Great Britain, a nation.

[@donc9275]

Considering people are required to carry a rifle for bear defense, I wonder A} How many polar bear attacks occur a year, and B] How many polar bears are killed each year. Thanks if anyone can answer these questions.

[@BradleyGearhart]

From what I hear, attacks are not common occurrences at all. Wish I could find some stats for you though.

[@arshadsharma1277]

@Amalie Olsdatter how to get a job in Svalbard . please tell me ..

[@christoffersporck]

@@arshadsharma1277 just call companies and ask for job and send cv. Appartment is about 1000dollar a month and food is about 800dollar per month. You need warm clothes🙂

[@arshadsharma1277]

@@christoffersporck I think living in this country is very hard ... I don't have idea to go ... Because no jobs

[@christoffersporck]

@@arshadsharma1277 if you like cold wheater and nature and always go whit a gun. You going to like it. For me the best!!!

[@crepesoftime]

3:47 WTH?!

[@mikethebike2456]

🏍️ Not movin there. My bike would never start.

[@peoplesrepublicofengland5631]

As an English man I think the us is the best country/island but the Falklands, Greenland and Svalbard are very close to becoming my favourite

[@MHoodFishing]

Too short

[@anoshaarshad05]

Plz make videos with subtitles thanku

[@adamradziwill]

pomors were the citizens of Novgorod republic, not muscovites ("russians" as you call them today )

[@bipinshahi9830]

I will make my history on my way.

[@antonvalentine]

"Svalbarði" is actually pronounced "Svalbarthi" because in Icelandic the "ð" makes the "th" sound.

[@imgonewiththewindfab]

If the russian empire conquered it they can easily install nuclear weapons in there pointing to whole cotinental europe.. good thing norway is kind and no one can militarize that.. while everyone are free to explore and have a fair share.

[@afcgeo882]

To be fair, it would be difficult to launch anything with Svalbard’s climate and weather and Russia could easily take it from Norway if they wanted to. It just isn’t going to happen in the modern world.

[@adamradziwill]

pomors were the citizens of Novgorod republic, not muscovites ("russians" as you call them today )

[@afcgeo882]

@@adamradziwill WTF are you on about?

[@badgerpa9]

The modern weapons can travel in under a minute and do not need to be that close anymore. It is not the 1970's massive ballistic weapons anymore they have hypersonic low level weapons.

[@KielMoser]

Longyearbyen❤

[@nailaasghar3]

Good

[@user-or7ji5hv8y]

Even the French?

[@Juanitoe94]

To be honest I swear that I have never seen this place on any map or globe. Like never and I've been to Greenland a few times.

[@nathanielball365]

Perhaps you have crossed into a new parallel universe? Your old universe really didn't have this island but your new one does!!? Mandela effect OOOHHH ssshhhiitt!!!!???

[@afcgeo882]

Not even close to Greenland. Separate continents.

[@mr.pig.6760]

Soo basically country’s where fighting for svlarbard and they ended up giving it up to Norway wich didint come in till later... noice

[@afcgeo882]

Sometimes the best way to divide something is to let a peaceful third party take control.

[@badgerpa9]

Agree to let Norway control it but provide for any signing country to use resources, or a country could be completely cut out of it since they had lost the war many of them.

[@smith077906]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6W2pZqDqNKepZYsi=o-7UTwRfRzi-420L. Wikipedia states this is a true story. You showed an old map showing an island at the North Pole. Could this be the Garden of Eden & if so how can we get there?

[@allenbays7872]

The Icelanders Were Vikings.....❤️🌴

[@christybyrne5195]

The Icelanders are more Irish than Viking---their blood groups are almost identical with Ireland. Ireland and Iceland are blood group O. Norway , on the other hand, is blood group A.

[@allenbays7872]

Love The Irish ❤️🌴🇺🇸

[@bipinshahi9830]

What is the best history to learn in earth? Svalbard.

[@gurubajsingh1695]

Haii

[@shafiqulislam8870]

Can going Bangladesh people

[@kikacali7643]

Acabo de ver historias acerca de que mas tourists han visitado ese pueblo, lo que ocaciona encuentros con osos polares y como consecuencia la gente los tiene que matar para su defense, lo cual me parece triste, porque nosotros entramos al habitat de ellos, los que deberiamos de ser prohibidos a entrar deberiamos de ser los series humanos,.

[@raihanraihan8822]

Russian and Norwegian only can mine in this Island

[@astienperez2369]

This and greenland the most loneliest places on earth nothing happy in these parts of the world check the suicidal rates

[@edwardr8826]

Russia has lowkey annexed a chunk of Svalbard

[@Zapper-kq1zg]

prove that we have annexed it? cry again

[@sahir313]

Thank God that China is not nearby

[@johnevans6399]

Finally it's confirmed Svalbard is still part of the British empire. 😊

[@afcgeo882]

Putin says “nyet!”

[@SigmundOrthodoxy]

Its part of norway.

[@Tranzeis]

All I understood from this video Svalbard belongs to Russians and Norwegians.

[@mosafir5056]

Its funny we watch news & think humans have recently gone crazy over territorial disputes, but history of mankind is all abt fighting with each other over something they didn't create and does not belong to them. We forget that we're all temporary residents here & this universe belongs to the Almighty.

[@chasegordonn]

I am from West Virginia! Thank you for saying our state! Bless you!