Considering How Far North Svalbard Is, It's Incredibly Easy To Get To...

[@sandymclennan2073]

I have done a lifetime of travelling, been to many places but now I am in my 70's I am just so grateful to be visiting places I will never see for real....Thanks again Steve....

[@ianferguson3543]

Norway is civilised! Great transport. I’m 71 and will be there next year skiing.

[@jimhankinson4428]

I flew that route 2 years ago in August. We left Oslo at 9 pm in the summer twilight. and flew north for 3 hours. I knew that it would get gradually lighter, but was still quite unprepared for the emotional impact of landing at half past midnight in broad daylight. Magical.

[@EvarRing]

Just a tip that the local trains go often also and take only a few minutes longer to get to the airport than Flytoget for only half the price. Also with the local train ticket you can get public transport within the city to Oslo S included in the price as the ticket is zone-based. Even when i have a company-paid trip, i often take the local train - mainly just whichever comes first.

[@GordonDonaldson-v1c]

Steven Marsh: "I think I've been quite lucky with the weather." Steven is a master of understatement.

[@Vierwiel-Knyntsje]

Thank you for taking us here. 🤩

[@Elmek38]

Great fun Steve! Looking forward to the next one :D

[@Markmeister1989]

Svalbard is amazing! Been there several times because of my job on the Hurtigruten ship m/s Trollfjord! 😀

[@steve-marsh]

Wow! Jealous!

[@charlesfulcrum3170]

Awesome trip Steve. It was worth it just for that amazing mountain scenery as you left the airport.

[@suebrown436]

Steve, this is just fantastic!! In my ignorance I didn't even know where Svalbaard is, so I got the old atlas down off the shelf for a good look. It's hard to believe from the beautiful frozen landscape that you filmed on the flight that there are actually towns and people there. Your videos take us to another world. Stunning - and can't wait for the next one.

[@steve-marsh]

Thanks Sue :)

[@raelenesharp-rc2zw]

Thankyou Steve for taking me to amazing destinations I’ll never get to …I’m loving every minute of armchair travel with you. Warmest regards from Perth Western Australia 😍🇦🇺🦘

[@MartinCook-kg1vn]

I have been looking forward to this trip: great scenery so far. I thought the airport train was cool, too. See you ( and someone else?) in the next one.

[@davidwelch6796]

Skidoos are great fun and very easy to control as long as you don't try to do too much too soon. You were wise not to be there in the summer because with the midnight sun you would have been filming at all hours and never seen your bed. I got caught out that way on a working trip to Greenland.

[@eddavis1832]

It’s funny how, even though I’m sitting at home enjoying a coffee, I experience “travel anxiety “ watching Steve travel through airports and on flights. 😂 Clearly, I’ve spent way too much time in airports and on flights myself! Great content…thanks so much for sharing…Stay Safe, Steve…CHEERS!!! 🍻

[@steve-marsh]

I was so worried about missing this flight!

[@veo_]

Great Video. I think that building on stilts is the Coal Cableway Center.

[@DrClumber]

Flipping heck Steve, getting out and about on this one!

[@KeefsCattys]

What a treat. I would love to go to Svalbard one day. Thoroughly enjoyed as always and can't wait for the next episode . Safe travels

[@fraeris68]

Thank you once again Steve 👍👍

[@60_Degrees_North]

Longyearbyen... I'd love to go this time of year.. during polar night. You might bump into Cecelia Blomdahl and Christoffer 👍

[@IsabelJones69]

Was thinking the same thing. When ever I see/hear of someone going I immediately think 'you should see Cecelia as she's the best tour guide'

[@EinkOLED]

I love their channel!

[@veo_]

You can see their house on the shoreline as he was flying in! I'm sure uninvited visitors are absolutely not welcome, but through her videos I have a pretty good lay of the land around Longyearbyen so I knew where to look!

[@carolinegreenwell9086]

another Cecelia and Christoffer fan here ... interesting to see Longyearbyen from a different perspective

[@smplyjenn]

Exactly what I was thinking. Hahaha.

[@HadriansWallNZ]

Fabulous scenery, that flight looked awesome 👍

[@mihajlotravels]

You've made it to Svalbard! This trip definitely on my travel wish list :)

[@patrick_h_lauke]

Used to travel to/from Oslo regularly for work years ago. Those first few minutes showing the central train station, flytoget, and airport really brought back memories. Lovely stuff.

[@Steve-Cross]

I love out of the way places, with just enough civilisation to keep it safe. This looks amazing and looking forward to the next video. Cheers Steve. 👍

[@grapesodatravels]

Gosh, the colours on the hills and mountains! Bloomin' marvellous!

[@katewilliams4876]

I , like many, know about about Svalbard from Cecelia , a fellow KZbinr. But she lives there so it’s a very different perspective. Just flying in is new to me. Steve in Svalbard, how exciting!!!

[@mikes_tours2964]

Thankyou once again, you have just added this place to my wish list, next year here i come 👍

[@paulinemcfarlan-ug5pd]

Well Steve you deserve creature comforts. Enjoyed the video very much, and felt I was travelling with you, but nice and warm in the comfort of my home😂. Looking forward to Saturday's video.

[@bgbaltuth]

Holy cow, what a trip! Can't wait to see the next video. Thanks for taking us along!

[@Nook747]

WOW !!!!!!! will you look at those peaks...What a sight....incredable

[@darsalas1]

Been a couple of times to Oslo. Once, in a snow storm where they apologised for the flytoget being delayed by a minute. Svalbard looks amazing, one to add to the bucket list

[@francismckenna1231]

Another great adventure with the big man stevie boy!!!😅❤

[@hanshartfiel6394]

What a pleasant surprise to see you on a Tuesday morning. I was just about to switch off my computer to go into town to do some shopping when I spotted your latest video. I now missed my bus but it was well worth it.

[@steve-marsh]

Haha glad to make you late 🤣

[@Christine-xq9ep]

It looks stunning! xx

[@ChrisPipinghot]

Aw Jeezo, love a Steve Marsh video on a midweek morning when I'm off work. And what an exploration. Wow.

[@Nook747]

Svalbard...reminds me of the Philip Pullman books..........Another very interesting, wonderful video Steve..Thank you...

[@jameslever5406]

Wow!! what a place thanks Steve!!👍👍👍

[@danal.5133]

Proud of me not to follow the last comments and watch Noels vid. So the surprise worked for me! What a great light on this part of season! Had to laugh watching you "phoning Alicja" and loved the cool facade of the "wee hotel". Great atmosphere you brought to us. Thanks. 😊

[@steve-marsh]

Appreciated 😊

[@unixbhaskar]

Magnificent , Steve....such a wonderful place ....plus the shots from the top was wonderful . Thanks a bunch. Enjoyed very much....those iced caped mountains ...ah, lovely! Your hotel is indeed uniq in terms of shape and size.

[@peterlewis2]

Steve... You certainly get about!!!

[@kathleenlynch5763]

Very excited to see some more of this.ive seen a small glimpse of it before on the tv many moons ago.but that flight and the view's no words just wow.thank you.🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️watch out for those.

[@MiltBrady]

beautiful looking very rugged , I love it . Good job

[@karlf.karlsen4365]

My first time to Svalbard was back in 2002 or 2003 for a wedding. We arrived in Longyearbyen the first weekend of March, the sunlight hadn't arrived yet - the mountain tops were colored deep pink for a few hours in the middle of the day. Otherwise it was completely dark. When we arrived in the airport, it was 28c below, and leaving the plane was a shock to the senses - it was like breathing barbed wire. But what a fantastic place. Whenever I mention the best places I've been to - my favorite places on earth - Svalbard will always be in my top 5 list, maybe even in my top 3 list.

[@canveyjohn]

Nice one Steve. a320/300 perfect. Thanks for sharing, rgds

[@Lee-in-oz]

Longyearbyen is definitely on my list of places to visit. Great video Steve.

[@lazyartist7682]

❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊 Thanks again for the adventure!

[@annabalestra-xl8bt]

It's always a joy to look at your videos. I like your nice scottish accent and I like to see places I visited when I was young. I went to Svalbard 20 years ago and it was fantastic.

[@davestelling]

Morning, Steven - Glad I've happened upon your channel! Looking forward to seeing more of your travel adventures, so I've subscribed. Thanks for producing these, have a great day & take good care. (Wherever you are!)

[@steve-marsh]

Welcome aboard!

[@swipewrite]

Very enjoyable and interesting trip video. Thanks.

[@stevewareing8525]

Thanks for another great video Steve, Alicja would love the place. 👍.

[@petergoddard1960]

Definite frontier town vibes. Love it!

[@martynreid5996]

Love your nordic blogging the most

[@carldowningphoto]

This really wets the appetite as I am going to Svalbard next June.

[@karenmcc2197]

So interesting. Thanks Steve.

[@nomdeplume2724]

Wow Steve! 💥 This looks amazing! Thanks so much ❤😎

[@ZengoMay]

Somewhere completely different. Very interesting video. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@BoadiceanRevenge]

Fabulous video Steve! really love the higgledypiggedly-ness of it all! What a place, eh! So looking forward to the full exploration! Cheers m'dear! 😀👍🙋🙏

[@Linda-k2i]

Shame Alicja didn’t go with you she would have enjoyed it. It looks very cold especially as I’m from Australia. What a quirky accomodation place you managed to find. I enjoy watching your videos of places I will never get to. Thanks Steve.

[@Tjusberg]

Another great video! Thanks 😊 To my knowledge airplane deicing is done to get rid of ice build up on the wings that disrupt the airflow over the wing and therefore changes the characteristics of handling the airplane. It has nothing to do with the fuel however the fuel helps the build up of ice in cold conditions.

[@steve-marsh]

I got it from Mentour pilot.

[@Tjusberg]

@ I see! Yeah Petter is amazing in explaining more complex things and most definitely holds the expertise for that. Now I have to go and find that episode on his channel 😅

[@markt9531]

Another tea Time Treat!!

[@dw620]

Oh, I'm going to enjoy this! I should've been there in October and (briefly fast-forwarding), it looks like you stayed exactly where I'd been planning to. : ) Hope you had a great time, Steve!

[@waramatt1]

Thanks Steve! Your latest videos are a walk down memory lane for us. We visited Orkney and Svalbard on our 2018 trip. Can’t wait for the next instalment!

[@elone3997]

Amazing - I'd love to go one day. I always get reminded of Iorek Burnison (the talking polar bear from Svalbard) from the Dark Materials trilogy whenever I hear Svalbard mentioned anywhere ☺️ Another great video, thanks ♥️

[@chrdal]

I remember visiting my uncle there in I think 2000. He was a bus driver there for a few years. He lived at Mary-Ann's Polarrigg for a while, before finding an apartment. We stayed there as well for our visit. It was a bit more bare-bones then :)

[@steve-marsh]

So cool!

[@monikalandsvik9566]

Yay! 🇧🇻 Svalbard! Thank you, Steve ❤

[@deewanderer9267]

Visited a few years ago. Amazing place. Saw polar bears and cubs. Enjoy your trip.

[@steve-marsh]

Wow!!!!

[@RuthPettit-vy7pq]

Oh wow . Thank you for doing my dream trip . I totally get your excitement . Scenery is simply amazing . Flying in must have been an incredible experience I love the light too and what an interesting place to stay ( making note !!) . Cant wait to see more !

[@sallywatton2580]

Definitely knew you were going here . I would so love to go especially at this time of the year and maybe bump into Cecilia ❤

[@thenorseguy2495]

I’m Norwegian. I’ve been to Tahiti, but I haven’t been to Svalbard. I got 30K bonus points at SAS so I might spend that to finally go

[@maryhoward2491]

I'm really looking forward to seeing the second part of the video as usual i feel like I'm there as well !!

[@michaelkeohane9018]

Cheers Steve. I'd never even heard of this place until today. Now you've made me add another place to my bucket list! 😂

[@craigevans6156]

The flytoget is an amazing train, but as you said, not cheap! Oslo airport is lovely as well, love the arched roof

[@onesky8647]

I believe de-icing of the wings is done to keep the plane of falling out of the sky, not to save fuel. Ice build-up decreases the lift ability of the wings, but I'm not an aircraft engineer. (09:15)😅

[@steve-marsh]

It was Mentour pilot who mentioned it

[@onesky8647]

@@steve-marsh I expect pilots to avoid frightening their passengers. :) Pick any crash investigation here on YT involving icing on the wings.

[@6yjjk]

@@steve-marsh onesky is correct that it's to do with aerodynamics; even a thin layer of frost can disrupt the airflow over the wings enough that you won't fly. Or if you fly, you won't fly for very long, which is probably worse. However, you're also correct that fuel can have something to do with it; that fuel will have been sitting at -40 or -50 for the whole time you were flying, and in the right conditions that can be enough to freeze the moisture out of the air and form frost on the wings once you're on the ground.

[@billwinward9324]

The flight was amazing, so glad you can tick Svalbard off your list. The hotel looks amazing, love the idea of repurposing the mining accommodation and buildings, all looks quirky. Great video. As always!

[@borderterrieradventures5179]

Saw you on Noel Phillips channel the other week. Dream team.

[@paulmark63]

Hi Steve Paul in Kent another great video loved the scenery from the aircraft look forward to your next video 😊

[@ryandunphy60]

North Svalbard looks incredible! It looks to me like a place you’d film part of a movie in! You’ve done it justice Steve! 😀😀😀

[@awhisperinthewind4253]

what a quirky hotel, love it

[@graememorgan9278]

Did you bump into Cecilia blomdahl and her dog grim

[@markdatko4832]

In the 80's Oslo's main airport was Fornebu and quite a bus trek to the capital's centre

[@bigg4299]

First class as always mate....

[@cherylmccarthy4179]

I would love to go there but I’m hitting 60 next year and I’m not sure I could anymore. I love that you made it there as I also watch Cecelia Blomdahl and Christoffer every week and I have her book it’s amazing. I was lucky enough to do the flight on New Years Eve over Antartica with the midnight sun it was amazing the scenery was out of this world, so enjoy for me please 🥰🥰🥰

[@ajayjackson7727]

Great video👍right up my street this is. I remember Joanna Lumley went to Svalbard in her Land of the Northern Lights video and she said it was so cold when she got off the plane that it was like breathing knives, . The shots you got of the mountains from the plane were absolutely stunning. I could live somewhere like this, i like small remote snowy villages. Definitely one of them motor sledges would be handy for exploring the place, looking forward to the next video

[@steve-marsh]

I’ll need to search for this!

[@janmortensen9314]

If you want to see more from Svalbard www.youtube.com/@CeciliaBlomdahl

[@johng963]

Another great video. The mountains are so beautiful and soon the sun will set not to be seen till Feb 13th.

[@jennywalsh479]

Jealous, jealous is all I can say. Love to visit and I watch another you tube person called Cecilia Blomdahl, her partner Christoffer and dog Grim weekly and it’s such a interesting place. Certainly no walking outside the village but won’t say why. Enjoy your stay.😀

[@artboy57]

What a wild place! Feels like a movie set. "Your room is ready, Mr. Bond!"

[@steve-marsh]

🤣

[@joe-vl3nd]

Nice one Steve from expat in Cali Colombia

[@simonmitchell9910]

Thanks Steve another great video.

[@josephfredbill]

I think this is going to be one of your best.

[@jackoneil3933]

This trip also reminded me of why on arctic flights I believe it's prudent to have some layers and a even arctic gear. Once on an old B737 Pax-cargo flight from Deadhorse to Anchorage Alaska it was about -80c outside when we had the aft-cabin combustion heater fail and in about 15mins it was down to about -25C in the cabin. I was on my way to Malaysia so I took no coat and was dressed for the tropics and after about 30mins. I was shivering and trying to stave off frostbit. There was only about 20 seats and 8 co-workers who had Parkas so they were managing but not me, so I managed to jimmy the little cargo hatch open and after showing my pilot's license was allowed to set in the cockpit to warm up until landing. The Pilots said they had arctic gear, and gloves they could use in case of a loss of forward cabin heat, and one pilot said he lost heat while flying a Twin Otter on a long cargo flight when it was about -60, and the cold became safety of flight issue because his arctic gear was stowed in the back. Both pilots suggested to always carry some warm clothes and gloves on arctic and long over water flights. On my next flight to SE. Asia from Alaska I took a lightweight parka mitts and a sky mask, and when I reached Bangkok and started stuffing my arctic into a Cab, the cabby said: "YOU NO NEED! THAILAND HOT VERY HOT!" I tried to explain I needed it on may way back to Alaska but likely never having experienced cold he could not understand. On my next flight to SE. Asia from Alaska I took a lightweight parka mitts and a sky mask, and when I reached Bangkok and started stuffing my arctic into a Cab, the cabby said: "YOU NO NEED! THAILAND HOT VERY HOT!" I tried to explain I needed it on my way back to Alaska but having experienced cold it was a lost effort.

[@steve-marsh]

Thanks so much for sharing!

[@gravydavy4188]

Looks amazing.

[@spymaine89]

yes .The geology of Svalbard encompasses the geological description of rock types found in Svalbard, and the associated tectonics and sedimentological history of soils and rocks. The geological exploration of Svalbard is an ongoing activity, and recent understandings may differ from earlier interpretations.

[@southernairs]

Really cool travel day Steve, thanks for sharing this! We've only done Oslo so far in Norway- but love to cover more places, I know Bodo is high on "the list"!

[@steve-marsh]

Cheers for watching legends!

[@bryanmathison1754]

Great video! Awful plane seat & terrible food on the flight but much cheaper than I expected. Cool hotel! Look forward to your exploring the town. 🌄

[@dianewood15]

Ooh I nearly missed this Watching it now and the scenery is stunning Great video again

[@chrismithchrismith]

Steve, you had me completely thrown with this! 😂 I couldn't get my head around your taking off from Oslo and not flying straight into darkness ... 🤔 It's Polar Night in Svalbard right now and only near the end when you said you were recording this in early October did it click. Ach weal... BTW I would love to visit the old Soviet School there 😍

[@billcook4768]

I watch a KZbinr from Svalbard. Polar night has just started there so it’s weird to see video from your trip, which I assume was a while ago. Thanks as always for the video.

[@Tripreporternet]

Hoi, Steve, super, really well done. What a place, for me it was out of TOS/Tromso. Never seen such a clear air anywhere else on this world. Walking without a gun is not a good idea. Icebear´s, don´t like walking human´s. Shoe´s indoor always OFF!. Greetings, Markus

[@garethsmith2250]

The Daily Who has just been to Alaska and went to the furthest most airport Alaska Airlines fly to.. that Airport was a shed

[@jackoneil3933]

Great Trip and epic views! Thanks Steve!. Many moments brought back memories of 15 years in the arctic of Alaska and hundreds of flights, like at 9:00 how quiet, serious And somber people got just before deplaning into dark, bitter cold -40. I know I didn't want to talk or heat anything that would bring to mind the pain of the cold and misery. I once sat next to and Air Crash investigator from the U.K. on a flight to Alaska who asked about working in such conditions and I said I found it sort of traumatic at times, and he explained that he found having to work around and drudging through the remains passengers traumatic but eventually disassociated his awareness and went at it like he was watching a movie and it was not himself doing the job. A few times I adopted that to deal with extreme cold and found it effective. Btw, that ATC Tower was impressive, not only tall but it looks like it might survive a hit from a 747.

[@steve-marsh]

Thanks so much for this!

[@heathertruskinger6214]

❤ Hi Steve. I couldn't wait to watch this one, i will have to pretend to hubby in the morning that I didn't , when I watch it again with him !😂 It looks like my cryptic guess about your destination that I made on your last video, will be correct !😅. I will wait with " baited breath" now for next Saturday's one, it's an amazing place, from what I have seen online, but I am glad that you are "doin' the Hard Yakka", for the rest of us....😂😂😂

[@steve-marsh]

Haha brilliant 🤣