Could we urbanize the ARCTIC? (Geography Now!)

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[@GeographyNow]

Just a thought. What do you think? There's a lot of space and resources. How would YOU urbanize the harsh desolate tundras and turn them into a "Winter wonderland?

[@oaknorin5442]

Geography Now hi

[@AttractorsAltAccount]

Geography Now Hmmm... Sweden?

[@rektreborn6269]

I would do it by the inhabitant areas (coast) of arctic

[@carbony26]

@Geography Now Why you like your own video

[@puxa1874]

Just asking will it be possible that we can make settlements in the antarctic too? +Will you go to Malta in the Europe heritage trip? (I'm from there)

[@KingoftheSlavs]

Well the United Arab Emirates built Dubai in a sandy desert so I don't really see the problem of building a city in an icy desert. Well that's if you're an oil rich country with unlimited financial resources.

[@Ichigoeki]

We call that place 'Norway', you might've heard of it.

[@cometmoon4485]

I assume there's much more potential for greenery and vegetation in a desert environment compared to a icy one, especially if you build near a sea or river.

[@abdulahad04]

Why do u guys say that the gulf countries are oil rich and can do whatever they want, the US has more oil and natural gas than Qatar and (I believe) the UAE, Saudi and Kuwait (not combined).

[@cs0345]

Cometmoon448 If it's in an icy area along the coast there's still the potential for fishing and it could also be a good trade city that imports it's food.

[@cs0345]

Victor Jörnving That's good enough. Plus they could trade the resources harvested for food and supplies.

[@theErmysick]

Tromsø is a great example of the urban arctic. A beautiful city that is called the nordic paris.

[@augustd.3693]

Norge!!

[@kfoalbfkdkd5302]

yeah its a good place, although its E X P E N S I V E

[@zzrzx-ck5jo]

Tromsøøøøø

[@ilari8523]

Every city here in Norway is expensive

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

I'm from the south of England and I would love to live in northern Norway one day. I visited Tromsø twice before and loved it. Nord-Norge er drømmelandet mitt. 😊 But I hope northern Norway doesn't become home to large cities like Murmansk or Norilsk as it would kind of ruin the landscape.

[@feynstein1004]

It wouldn't be too difficult to terraform the terrain and make it habitable for people. However, that would melt away the Arctic ice cap, which would cause significant sea level rise worldwide. So in summary, we most certainly *can* urbanize the Arctic. We just *shouldn't*. We should instead try to terraform deserts. 20% of Earth's land area is covered by deserts. That's a LOT of land. If we could reclaim it, we'd definitely have more resources and room for more people. Just saying.

[@SilvanaDil]

If the population of the entire country of Iceland were one city in the U.S., it would only be 57th.

[@B3Band]

And they still qualified for the World Cup, whereas the U.S. didn't.

[@MrUtuber29]

Now do calculations for INDIA OR CHINA

[@edvins8863]

Blood Bath and Beyond - Pop Goes Metal Covers and iceland is in the most competetive region too. USA could qualify so easily but they choke vs teams like Trinidad and Tobago 🤣

[@arx3516]

what about urbanizing antartica?

[@Amaling]

Thats waaaay later down the line. Antarctica has the problem of being a separate continent. The artic includes Canada, USA, Norway, and Denmark(greenland) which are some very rich countries per capita. A transport infrastructure, especially in North America, is a realistic goal. The European side of the things has the benefit of being relatively warm for how far north it is compared to NA. Antarctica has neither of these things

[@FirstNameLastName-gu1mu]

Geography Now in the future: Could we urbanize MARS? Geography Now in the far future:Could we urbanize JUPITER?

[@ghrtfhfgdfnfg]

Jupiter... a giant sphere of deadly gas storms. No thanks

[@mattressmccabe1686]

he would called Solar System Now

[@eshwarkumar8138]

Nano what about cloud cities

[@arshanrafid3963]

Geography now in the far far far future: Could we urbanize the sun?

[@theyellowsubmarine98]

Geography Now in the far far far far future: Could we urbanize black holes? One day later: Geography Now! Zimbabwe

[@Iosif.dumitru01]

I'll stick with the four seasons thank you

[@theErmysick]

Universe &Gaming with global warming coming in you would be stuck with eternal fall

[@Kiniler]

Universe &Gaming There are seasons in the arctic. Not accounting for water, the further away from the equator you get, the more pronounced the seasons become. Siberia probably has one of biggest variances of temperature between summer and winter on the planet.

[@user-se8mi2io1v]

Yes, it is very hot here in the Southern Siberia when summer comes, but those people who live beyond Arctic Circle really are in eternal snowland. They have snow on the streets in June. Siberia is very huge, only Yakutia(Sakha republic) is as huge as India. So the climate is very diverse, from the Arctic wasteland where only mad geologists and aboriginal shamans live, to places with very fertile Chernozem soils.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

The arctic does have four seasons. May = spring. June - August = summer. September - October = autumn. November - April = winter.

[@citrusblast4372]

Lol here in texas its either kinda cool or reaaaally hot

[@taktix3137]

We people in western canada defenitly love it when Barby uploads at 4am

[@acmulhern]

This could be quite a good idea, especially in places with volcanic activity where the hot water could be used as a heating system. The main problem would have to be foundations for buildings though. You need steady terrain in order to build something that's gonna last (wooden huts don't count).

[@mischafri8839]

Another problem in the arctic regions: there are not many trees and plants because the temperatures are just too low for them to survive. Thats why building big, industrial cities there is challenging. Besides Murmansk, Norilsk is one of the northernmost and, unfortunately, one of the most polluted places on earth, since the environment there cannot regenerate from pollution of the heavy metallurgical industry (Norilsk is in Northern Siberia, where I come from).

[@ivanclark2275]

Great video! I think we should be clear though, in the real world, it would be a bad thing if we populated these areas, or pretty much any other currently wild areas. We have a huge amount of land we're already living on that could be made more dense with relatively little environmental impact.

[@ThePaciorr]

Great episode. More of these please! You could make something about siberia or for example why there is problem with food in Africa. Regards from Poland!

[@MarshalofFrance]

Probably wouldn't be a good idea, since urbanization would be catastrophic for the already fragile environment. Unless we have the capability to use a utopian clean energy grid, then maybe. Otherwise, it's too much of a pain.

[@vasiliromanov3622]

That's what I was thinking. Who knows if the arctic will even exist by the time we perfect clean energy on a mass scale.

[@UnexpectedGamer7]

I really like these extra videos you do on specific topics, you always bring up very interesting subjects!

[@SilkWayFan]

I love these bonus vids! Please continue to make them!

[@_Wos_]

Hey, Barby! Really cool video as all your recent "non-country" videos have been! Ty for always keeping people on the smart side of the spectrum :)

[@eday1ldiz]

I LOVE the Turkey flag on your wall 😍😍 i kind a feel like honored 🥰

[@panicatdx]

i love this series so much!!

[@FromAsgard32]

I really like the new form of videos you put ocasionally between more regular episodes about countries. I think that there's no other channel where the topics like that fit so perfectly and I see that you had to do some additional research before recording. Thank you for that - with my passion for geography I do not have many places to learn for myself on YT (especially on my coutry's YT world) :D.

[@jamesmorgan9258]

This video was so good. I really liked seeing how the climate affects the way people live. Hope to see more stuff like this in the future.

[@logical9335]

But... Barby do you really play viking clash of clans?!

[@B3Band]

5:54 Butt

[@uk05uk05]

Your channel is so interesting. Thank you for keeping it active!

[@trishtomes493]

I almost didn't want to watch this episode but later I did watch and was fascinated by your presentation, Barby. One of your most interesting, challenging us.

[@ethanplague1618]

We've gotta get this channel verified. It got almost 100k subscribers since the beginning of the Summer!

[@kingskylord6099]

Title - Could we urbanize the ARCTIC? Translation - Should we really make Norm of the North a reality?

[@chalkfourtyfive]

KingSkyLord but thats exacly the title

[@dcarterm8371]

KingSkyLord NO!

[@Angenga]

Barby, i added this to my 'best videos' playlist, ive been on KZbin since 12 months into its launch date and only have about 150 in there, you're among some select company with this excellent video, this type of video is surely your future when the country episodes are done?!

[@heshanperera1581]

Dudee!!! I really love your content! Keep it up

[@nix-be9rj]

Are there any geographypeeps from the Arctic here to share their stories ?

[@barackobama6715]

101652 nix I'm not from the arctic but I took a whale watching cruise in Iceland which was pretty weird

[@herpsenderpsen]

Northern Norwegian here. What would you like to know? I live in Tromsø and it's quite a unique city (pop. 75k). Urbanisation has skyrocketed here the last few years, and the tourism industry is flourishing. We brand the city as "the Paris of the north". Everyone wants to benefit from the tourism boom. There's a lot of potential here, and huge residential projects and other things are being built pretty much everywhere. There's an ongoing debate over whether the current development is sustainable, personally i think it's going way too fast. Things are almost unrecognisable now in certain districts from how i remember it when i was a kid. The common citizen is struggling more and more to buy apartments. Housing is definitely a major problem. It's also a university city, pulling in thousands of students from other parts of the country and abroad. The Norwegian Polar Institute lies here and there's a satellite station on top of the island (the city lies on a small island). Temperatures are quite stable. The winters are cold but not unbearably cold (around minus 5 to minus 10C is normal). They're dark and therefore quite tough to live through. It can be depressing to live in darkness for so long. We like to say that spring doesn't exist here, because it goes from winter to summer in a matter of days. There's always daylight during may- early august, and it's a beautiful season. The nature is quite lush in the summer, not what you'd expect it to be this far north. Further north you've got Finnmark. The climate there is truly arctic. I've only been there a few times but it's nothing like the climate around Tromsø. Much harsher and sparsely populated. I love it. I love my region and i feel great pride in being from northern Norway but i can't say i like how my city has turned out. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else than in the arctic, it's a truly beautiful and special place and the people are warm and welcoming, especially in the rural areas. I think anyone can find peace here.

[@thebenis3157]

I come from the arctic region of Northern Mediterranean, where everyday we have to fight against the risk of frozing to death, because of a rigid climate at around 30 C° in summer and even just a little above 5 C° during winter

[@KilosWorld]

I live in Minnesota, we get -70 sometimes lol 😂

[@sebakyster]

Nilgizmo farenheit?

[@ProgshineNet]

Curiosity time: pingo means 'drop' in Portuguese :)

[@emilyseurovisionsongcontes2247]

Progshine :( why not pingu

[@Liphted]

This was a great topic bro! Keep doing stuff like this!

[@bobgustavsonn4306]

Best topical video so far

[@tihk89]

Those were not lingonberries in the picture. They were red currants :)

[@pualamnusantara7903]

Greetings from Mr.Penguin. (Even though he lives in Antartica )

[@Roderick4057]

is this a person or a penguin. If it is a penguin, use ''It'' If it is a person, use ''he'' or ''she''

[@ludwig4890]

RODEBLUR u just destroy the fun :/

[@pualamnusantara7903]

RODEBLUR Mr. Penguin is a person.

[@iNTERS22]

Great video! Arctic is an unpredictable but beautiful place. People who migrate there will face difficulties but eventually adapt (like we always do)

[@namitaa]

love this channel!

[@logical9335]

2:30 I live at that black square in Finland!

[@aahpuuh]

LOGiCAL jaa rovaniemellä vai?

[@logical9335]

Kemissä, koska elijärvellä on euroopan suurin kromikaivos nii se näkyy tossa.

[@w.balazs6424]

Cool man :D ! What it's like? I always wanted to live in such pleace as Finland, Norden Canada, Alaska etc.

[@bigmeme8464]

Maa?

[@jessesarkkinen9070]

Kärpät on rautaaa

[@milindbordia]

Talk about a beachfront home - at least you won't need lifeguards

[@sluggergirl2b142]

Milind Bordia The beach is overrated imo

[@riknieuwdorp7630]

Awesome video!

[@jahangirbadar3233]

very nice video Barby ... you are doing great work..

[@racinly1374]

we can but we shouldn't...

[@neverluckym8728]

Alert: the most northernmost city with over 50 million people.

[@lforloser7210]

Never Lucky m8 wat

[@neverluckym8728]

Lobx YT Most northern city in the world

[@purpleapple4052]

>50 million I think you messed up things a bit

[@neverluckym8728]

Monster Book rip xD

[@arshanrafid3963]

Alert: 50 million people Canada: 36 Million

[@gamingmaster-rp1lg]

Have been waiting for this

[@ThekingofAmericaland]

This is an interesting video I was not expecting. Keep it up.

[@soldaat1686]

We could use icebears for icecream!

[@Roderick4057]

sure but no We could use ''icebears'' sure, but not for icecream. Use those for meat.

[@soldaat1686]

RODEBLUR it was a joke m8

[@Roderick4057]

I just dont get why people like icecream??? Meat is so much better in my opinion.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

In Norwegian a polar bear is an "isbjørn", literally "icebear".

[@gog_magpie]

My name is Jeff to hairy icebear

[@rapsu9343]

actually in Finland we eat moose meat often

[@carultch]

Is it farmed or hunted?

[@jessesarkkinen9070]

Hunted

[@erichtomanek4739]

Moosist....

[@dachiiiii]

best youtuber ever with most interesring content! keep up har work!

[@PaulFerzoco]

Great video!

[@Something-tg5zh]

You wouldn't actually have to send settlers, just try to encourage a baby boom among the natives.

[@rustypudder7072]

Something41214 who? Russians? Natives? Good luck

[@vikke5700]

well I live in Sweden so, mission accomplished!

[@ludwig4890]

vikke5700 same

[@hiimetai7547]

but I highly doubt that you live in northen sweden, most of sweden isnt part of the artic.

[@klorin2846]

What if he do live in the arctic region in Sweden? Lots of people do

[@unapatton1978]

putting large parts of the city into green houses/underground might be an option. Sea steading is at least in theory explored. I think urbanizing the arctic might be less of a challenge.

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

Interesting, but I'm not a fan of us messing up more of the Earth just to make human habitats. I'm sure it'll some how happen as we get better tech, but should make our current living spaces better for all.

[@sion8]

*+*

[@Reskamo314]

I hope we'll never urbanize the arctic. Simply for the reason that it's one of the last not destroyed areas of our earth.

[@Roderick4057]

Sorry, Motjeblur Republic is on its way.

[@thebenis3157]

Reskamo Some of it is already urbanized

[@calebshade4991]

I agree, people won't know what they had until it's gone.

[@Erikssonnnn]

Reskamo You're so right!

[@General12th]

>looks outside >does not see a blasted hellscape Sorry, +Reskamo, but just because it's urbanized doesn't mean it's destroyed.

[@strawhatgoose7719]

I love when his vids drop at like 4 in the morning

[@orsettomorbido]

Amazing video :3

[@saqlainsiddiqui7170]

My little country Bangladesh equals for people living in such a vast area of land! 😅

[@leeofthevoid]

greetings from canada, i think most of us westerners just like our space, i personally cant imagine living among a crowds all the time.

[@saqlainsiddiqui7170]

well people started to live in Canada much later. But the Indian and Bangladesh areas are one of the cradle of human civilization. That is people live in these areas since ancient times. That's one reason. The climate also is a factor for the huge population. But mostly it's due to socio-economic factors.

[@carloseduardoaguiar8712]

Saqlain Siddiqui Well Macau, Monaco, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bahrain and Vatican City have more people per km.

[@saqlainsiddiqui7170]

Carlos Eduardo Aguiar that's true. But they are city states. Bangladesh is the most densely populated major country. By major country it means that Bangladesh has a land area of more than 100k Square kilometres. But the area of those city states are very tiny.

[@carloseduardoaguiar8712]

Saqlain Siddiqui True the biggest has 780 Km (Bahrain) and the smallest has 0,45 Km (Vatican City).

[@FirstNameLastName-gu1mu]

Don't give the government ideas

[@user-vx5bd1ii3y]

6:02 That's the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. I'm going to be on Crew 185 so it was exciting to see the photo. Thanks for the plug!

[@dabbmundur]

Cool vid, keep it up, Papa bless.

[@karenh.3750]

Hmmm how about we stop spreading

[@oligultonn]

Yes, look at Iceland.

[@theErmysick]

GD_King_Olav iceland does not really contain any major urban cities. Most of their country is not even in the artic region

[@oligultonn]

André Riber we have Reykjavík metropolitan area where 200k+ people. And the ports tend to freeze over. You know that we finished the ring road in the 2000s because the terrain and weather. We also have no trains because it's virtually impossible to build a railroad because of the permafrost. Some of the mountain roads get 2+ meters (6'5") of snow. "It does not have an urban center." XD

[@DDBurnett1]

Iceland also has the advantage of being volcanic, which endows it with geothermal power and hot springs. It's climate is also rather moderate due to the Gulf Stream. Compare it to Nunavut or parts of eastern Siberia at the same latitude.

[@Aethuviel]

Iceland is completely south of the Arctic circle, and the coasts are warmer than Finland and northern Sweden.

[@jessesarkkinen9070]

200k isn't that much.

[@oliverwilson8435]

These video ideas are so interesting. Australia

[@tomdenhaese8025]

I'm really enjoying the "random" videos (I mean, not the a-z country videos). Keep up the good work!!

[@indirapoitier338]

thanks for the info but i'm not into messing up the earth anymore. we're poor managers of the earth and its resources. everything on this planet is just as important as us, and we tend not to know that

[@vestilox]

XD

[@Hayastantzi92]

hi

[@22imon]

hi

[@nichze8346]

Anthony Grigorian hi

[@puredenizen]

Anthony Grigorian bye

[@hiimetai7547]

tie

[@pariah9755]

Why?

[@SenerS10]

I love cold weather, cloudy skies and less sunlight.

[@Florryynn]

3 months of winter is enough for me thanks

[@MrZussow]

Love the show and i understand the need for sponsorship but Please take a sponsorship you would actually endorse as it looked and felt like you were reading from a script ( Also it a horrible microtransactions filled mobile game ) anyways keep up the fantastic videos ( O and if you need more finance just say so i am sure your patreons will help out!! )

[@georgeo3738]

Positive side of global warming

[@Roel93]

You could make a similar video about deserts. We could turn them into solar pannel plants and supply the entire world with all the energy we would ever need.

[@mummyneo7112]

HAPPY 200TH VIDEO!

[@Huskie]

Where's the Hong Kong episode

[@rohailsheikh9105]

Huskie Hong Kong=China

[@carloseduardoaguiar8712]

Wait until he finish all the UN Nations.

[@jyrusjulian9319]

Like Barby told you, it starts after the end of UN member countries.

[@papisuckmypoosay69]

I read the title as "Can we urinate the arctic"

[@brodude8579]

Im from above the circle! Way greener than a lot of people expect, I love it. Also you can use your porch as a fridge in the winters

[@LegoNationStudios707]

ha you uploaded this on my birthday :D thx!

[@elinkay4661]

More people = more heat. More heat = the ice will melt a lot faster than it already is. Melted ice = rising of global water level and the world's temperature. Rising of global water level and the world's temperature will cause catastrophes and eventually most of the land that exist now will become submerged and inhabitable.

[@vincenzofromwiisports3993]

Elinkay Then just send the gingers there so their cold and empty husks keep the ice cool and stop rising sea levels are you dumb

[@lp70l52]

first

[@MrDoob-xo3sm]

you're not even first because barby already commented. How desperately stupid are you?

[@alperene8528]

chief yoyo Clash of Clans Go away...

[@legaciestr]

Only channel I don't skip the ads

[@pliktley1]

I love your new style of videos! I know they're just an addition to GeoNow, but they're great. Would be nice with a bit more of the sharp scientific facts though. Some of the more heavy stuff. Masaman does this quite well

[@lourencovieira313]

Artic to Russia , Antártic to Argentina

[@hazzadoggo4659]

Arctic* Antarctic*

[@Roderick4057]

no antarctic to chile soriii

[@Rufio_Cristiforus_Tucarus]

Russia dominates the Arctic because it covers the most territory up there. The Antarctic, however, doesn't predominantly border a single nation. While the Antarctic Treaty prevents territorial claims of the southern continent, without it in place, it would probably be disputed between several southernmost countries - Australia probably ending up taking the greatest share. I mean, it could be different, but that's just my two cents.

[@lourencovieira313]

Thrydwulf YEAH

[@VintageLJ]

Well, as we know, Argentina doesn't have the luxury of setting names for the rest of the world to use. For example, The Falkland Isles.

[@lowrads3653]

No. It's mostly open water now, sometimes with a layer of ice a few inches thick.

[@tuomaskarmisto9194]

Finland should colonize it, and start calling it "southern winter wonderland".

[@joshvalenti9154]

I found this channel right after I failed my geography exam great !

[@abacusdialectj7508]

I'd love going there

[@tegneblok]

Would totally volunteer for this

[@yniq9769]

I'm sold!!!

[@hentehoo27]

*To skip the commercial, start the video at **0:34*

[@camilohiche4475]

I must say, I feel compelled to hit the like button on pretty much every video released on this channel...

[@tylerhall6519]

Seems possible and really cool

[@travesbrix248]

I love Geography Now

[@Aidam7]

I love living in Czech Republic cause Barby releases videos at 12AM

[@Aldrinkun]

I can already see a collab with RealLifeLore one of these days

[@gripetype4771]

Heck yeah

[@janAlekantuwa]

I love the cold and would love to live in the Arctic!

[@dylanl.7337]

i love these little intermediate "what if" episodes

[@yaumelepire6310]

Well, I think in these extreme conditions, underground settlements would make sense. Since the surface ground is always shifting thanks to frost, we could build at depths where it wouldn't matter anymore. Agriculture could be done using light bulbs made for that and we could even raise livestock in large heated caves by getting them to graze moss instead of grass, which I believe should be possible. Water could be pumped from phreatic zones or collected from the condensation on heating, if this society would judge good to heat their steets, which they should. Power could be provided one of 2 way: if you're in a volcanic zone, Geothermy, if you're not, a Nuclear Reactor. Transportation would have to be entirely electric based, to avoid contaminating the air and massive ventilation shafts would have to go back to the surface to pump air in and throw out contaminant gasses. It could work.

[@Kathkere]

With technology ever moving forward, it's not a too far fetched idea. It would be awesome to live in an arctic city. Although, maybe I only think so because I am that introvert type of person that would love to have a simple excuse to stay at home.

[@TheSonic1685]

Good video! I find myself looking at Canada and asking myself "its so huge but no one lives there why? Oh the arctic! Well no one's gonna live there" then you come out with this video very interesting.

[@thecentalist3160]

Oh the arctic I dream of that cold weather all the time.

[@lachesarborisov9531]

Liking before starting