I Went to the Arctic to see the Northern Lights

[@RustyPetterson]

Hey Chris, great video! I did always wonder about this. By the way, when you said "Soviet" submarine tunnels, did you mean "Nazi"? I don't think the USSR had anything to do with Norway, even in WW2.

[@HalfAsleepChris]

Ah my bad. I believe they were built during the Cold War, to help fight the threat of the Soviets. Google "Olavsvern"

[@RustyPetterson]

@@HalfAsleepChris Thanks! So it used to be anti-Soviet; now it's been rented out by the Russians. Crazy!

[@lardfast1974]

Yeet

[@Daniel-kp3ci]

Yeet

[@npc4805]

@@HalfAsleepChris did you just eat pizza with a fork?

[@dodievlogs4738]

I remember seeing the northern lights when I was younger, probably 4 or 5. I was in Lapland and it was the night before my parents wedding and me and my older sister spent hours staring at them. It was such a magical experience that I will never forget💛

[@1degabyte238]

K

[@TxcaBxbbles]

That sounds lovely

[@johannerahbk8602]

I don't think anybody's ever called England sunny before.

[@sienna.6654]

England sunny? A hahahaha such a funny *JOKE*

[@Jaxie32]

Oh Cool Englands Sunny Now Tell Me The Actual Wheather There

[@sienna.6654]

@@Jaxie32 cloudy/rainy

[@zero-lpds]

@@Jaxie32 down south (Cornwall), mornings are usually really pretty and sunny. late afternoons and nights are horrible and (often icy) rainy. that's where it's at.

[@zero-lpds]

well i suppose after spending 20+ hours per day in darkness England is quite sunny and the weather is quite mild here.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

"We were experiencing some of the problems the extreme weather was causing..." *shows what looks like a few centimeters of snow* Oh you sweet innocent Englishman....

[@ChrisinOSMS]

Antti Björklund In the southern US we have a phrase “Bless his heart.” Pretty much the same sentiment. I would just die, it was 28 degrees C today, I broke out the shorts and flip flops today.

[@TheCanadiangirl4]

Yeah, I kind of giggled too when I heard that.

[@nomadMik]

@@ChrisinOSMS Yeah, and I've heard people in England complain that 28 is too hot… just last year, in fact. A few months later, I was in the suburbs of Sydney, and it got to 50°C.

[@ChrisinOSMS]

Wow! That’s hot. We usually see 37-38 in the summer on a regular basis where I live.

[@tyrantgaming7492]

Aah, come over here to northern Alaska.... that’s extreme weather

[@nolan__c9562]

Chris is the only guy with a cabinet filled with scrabble letters

[@clementinethemoth9247]

He should do a behind the scenes of how he does all his editing

[@nolan__c9562]

Lewis White lol

[@hasanmuhammad6651]

@@clementinethemoth9247 actually, he did! It's in a Q&A video

[@ondererol4530]

ıkr

[@alastairsimpson4305]

That’s everyone that owns a scrabble set

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

It's cool to see the orcas up close like that. The Northern Lights are awesome

[@thelongestmustard723]

Bolm Solm Rolm Tolm Joxè Fay Latigs Folm.

[@kissalanpojat]

"-20°C is freezing cold" Me: laughs in finnish

[@laurencefraser]

'course, properly speaking, anything from zero down is 'freezing' cold by definition, so there's that...

[@vpls6237]

@@laurencefraser yep, 0 to - is ice

[@parks9144]

Finland doesn't exist

[@Imperial_stroopwafel]

I have a aunt living in Finland. I visit her once a year. I once experienced -30°C when I was 1.

[@ReynSquared]

they says it -20 Me : laughs in sami

[@ulfurb]

In Iceland we get northern lights all the time, I just have to go into my garden

[@almVancouver]

Is it cold in "Ice"land?...heh...

[@maxximumb]

I'm so envious. In person how much to the lights move? The video clips I've seen make them seem lively. How much slower do they move really?

[@ulfurb]

@@maxximumb they move really slow

[@ulfurb]

@@almVancouver it's cold from september-may

[@ulfurb]

@@MistySunsets yeah it's great here but way more expensive than other places in Europe

[@Autismkid69420]

I live in Norway, and my city is Haugesund!. Hello from Haugesund Chris!

[@vicarsita5510]

Hallo jeg er fra Bergen

[@vicarsita5510]

Chris should try to have a vacation in Norway

[@Autismkid69420]

SITA THE CAT Hei!

[@invictusviking2383]

Hallo fra gjerdrum

[@MrCaprinut]

Hello. I'm from Grimstad :-)

[@jackysbin3860]

Heya Chris! Love your content! Also first 5:08 I thought that was editing, but you painted your hand! Quality content, I swear!

[@thelongestmustard723]

It might be editing ( or something )

[@64dragonstreet50]

This is a very cool video. I would definitely recommend this to my friends. I've been watching your channel for more than a year now and i always can't wait for another video to come out . Thanks Chris for all the entertainment you've given me.

[@HalfAsleepChris]

Thanks a lot!

[@tacosdecartridgeplays]

That’s cool

[@stormscout0995]

Ha, cool. N-ice pun

[@lenny2340]

Living pretty much next to Norway (Finland) I can approve of this. I personally think Norway is one of the most beautiful countries in the world!

[@janecat8753]

As a Norwegian, I am honoured!

[@lenny2340]

😄✌️

[@thelongestmustard723]

Yes, New York gets snow too, so I was happy to see this! It reminded me of a snowy winter day.

[@Potato-tb3wy]

Hi Half-Asleep Chris, You may have done this already very briefly but I think it would be mighty interesting if you made a bts video about your stop motion, your videos always display such clear effort and I can only imagine how long they take to make! Great content as always, ~from a loyal viewer :) sending love

[@maxximumb]

You're in luck. He did a Q&A about this, kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHyTdWqhhrpqiqM

[@HisMajestyTheBean]

I absolutely love your videos! Especially the amazing stop motion. Keep up the good work, and remember that so many people love your videos!

[@SaturnCanuck]

Looks like a great trip. I am in Canada and when I was a kid, like 10 or 12, the conditions were right one night in the winter that the Northern Lights could be seen as far south as Toronto. It was a wondrous sight and I hope to see them again. But, I must say, although you are not use to conditions as seen in your video, in my region of Canada this is the norm for winter. A few times we had a foot of snow and temperatures of -30 C were not uncommon. I love your videos and keep them coming. And, oh yes, our lovely Canadian money gets cold then too. LOL

[@lukasmccartney]

we spent seven months in south america and we also saw orcas they were bonkers! love your videos 😄

[@1wuzgray325]

just an fyi for everyone.. Penquins are south of the equator.

[@CorollaLvr2000]

Chris, have you got/seen one of the Canadian two dollar coins with the glow-in-the-dark Aurora Borealis?

[@HalfAsleepChris]

I've seen pictures - it's so cool!

[@CorollaLvr2000]

@@HalfAsleepChris I have a few of them! Would love to send you one!

[@sylviapark129]

Wow! I would love to see a video about that!!!

[@jenniferarbour8597]

Half-Asleep Chris yup I have 2!

[@listofromantics]

Why hasn't the BBC picked you up to make content for them??? The quality of your content and delivery are absolutely perfect for educational content, especially for children and teens (and adults who remain "young at heart.")

[@HalfAsleepChris]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@indiacummins5940]

I agree! his content is great! really good production quality.

[@JellyBeantheCorgi]

Yes I’d love to see a CBBC show get picked up! Maybe make him the next Blue Peter presenter!?

[@luarvincent9437]

@@HalfAsleepChris U are the best youtuber, I watch your vids everyday!

[@safirasnh]

As someone who lives in the equator seeing these whites scenery is really fascinating! We either got rain that is too hot and humid or scorching sun that is both hot and dry

[@luarvincent9437]

I live in Singapore! Its either sunny or rainy.

[@select9th845]

I've actually seen the northern lights,trust me, they look as good as in the photos

[@HonneTheFinnicHeathen]

It looks better than in camera.

[@select9th845]

@@HonneTheFinnicHeathen Yeah

[@misccats8925]

Damn I'm jealous

[@alexsandrsilionov7866]

Yeah kinda but in real life REAL LIFE is difrent than a camera well the human eyes arenr cameras so they are much much MUCH more difrent

[@llynllydaw]

Not my experience. I saw a vague white glow in the sky. But the long exposure photos the tour company put on their website looked wonderful.

[@chaosmensch1]

You're videos always manage to calm me down and give my mind a few minutes of peace. Thank you!

[@lucillerenard9019]

"I’m talking -20C or even colder!" Laughs in Canadian who spent all of her childhood recesses on the school playground at -25/-30 with windshield 😂

[@toastfan23]

Windchill tho

[@jkfrm058]

In Finland we have same thing :D

[@MsTheawesomeshow]

Northern North American gang (I’m for the midwestern US more specifically the colder states)

[@tylerstewart2331]

Your adventures are absolutely beautiful. Amazing video. As always!

[@HalfAsleepChris]

Thanks a lot!

[@thelongestmustard723]

@@HalfAsleepChris I never stop watching you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!××××

[@AuskaDezjArdamaath]

-20C Me: laughs in Canadian.

[@Gayd1]

Where in Canada do live?

[@cljtcheese4277]

Me an American: what’s a Celsius

[@TacuLarr-r9x]

Agree, at -37°F when I saw the lights last month in. North Pole, Alaska Pictures dont do them justice. They are beautiful.

[@TheBeerae]

Yup,I live in Calgary it’s that temperature in spring

[@stevenfidenato4414]

In a small town in the northern Canadian archipelago the record cold was set at -66 C.

[@abelolsen9656]

Here in Greenland, we have an old folklore about Northern Lights that says the souls playing with whale skull and when children were out playing at late night, the Northern Light will descend and take their head and play with it instead. When I was a kid, we used to whistle to the Northern Lights to make them move, somehow they move and getting bigger, the longer and louder you whistle and we believed that they do descend and we run back home.

[@cappyjones]

I lived in Fairbanks, Alaska in the US for 3 years and the best time to see the northern lights is in August when it is starting to get dark again. The green ones are beautiful, but the red and purple ones are spectacular! 👍

[@Cam-y6m]

I’ve in Fairbanks for 6

[@JaskaranSingh-hf7td]

I know a doctor from Fairbanks Alaska she moved to here in India this year in 3 years she’s moving back to Alaska her husband doesn’t even live with her he lives in New York City

[@jadeupton4]

Loved this! So cool watching your adventures! Also really interesting learning about your experience seeing the northern lights.

[@HalfAsleepChris]

Thanks a lot!

[@reeceispiecies]

I’m Norwegian and you know far more than I ever would! Great video!

[@ruthmeow4262]

Happy you enjoyed your trip, would love to see the lights myself. I always forget how mild it is in the winter in England, -20 Celsius is -4 Fahrenheit, sadly get that every year or worse.

[@laureen83]

This is why I really want to see the Northern lights

[@sbyoutub3]

Same.

[@thelongestmustard723]

Mee too. =D

[@luarvincent9437]

The Northern lights are so nice. You're the best youtuber!!!

[@JamesDoe67]

Sunny old england - had a good laugh - but its all about the point of view

[@makeitjoyful]

You make great travel videos. I lived this. Watched with my young son, and he loves your videos too. Thank you so much for making them.

[@primestopper126]

As a Canadian I don’t find -20 Celsius cold. -40 Now we”re talking

[@thomaskarl5016]

I saw a orca pod at my batch once. Really nice!

[@mattiasthorslund6467]

Oh remember the days when you could travel to places?

[@amberredanz6930]

I’ve always wanted to see an Orcas!!😁 The Northern Lights are soooo cool and I wish I could see what they actually look like! I love the video!!!❤️

[@alexanimations1168]

I Wish Britain Had Snow This Year

[@thelongestmustard723]

It's nothing Just about search: weather Experts say about weather 6F° degrees which might be it's first snow.

[@BBatcat]

Watching this while crying, I never realised how comforting your videos are ❤️

[@borisberlin9215]

The day after tomorrow? Coincidence? I think not!

[@luarvincent9437]

@Half_Asleep Chris Your videos are the best!😁😁😁

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

7:35 - They're usually only green now because of pollution changing the composition of the atmosphere; they used to be all sorts of colors before but that's rare now. :-\

[@Dougw133]

Absolutely false. Our particulates have nothing to do with colors of the Aurora.

[@oceanbrzzz]

I love this episode. I used to see lovely, colorful, dancing northern lights in Northern Minnesota when I was a kid. Not as beautiful as I’ve heard northern Norway can display, but amazing to my siblings and I. Thank you!

[@grapes6461]

The one place that you won't have to worry about the corona virus

[@anttibjorklund1869]

Norway has over 1,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus

[@louiealbrecht1088]

And Norway is on lock down now anyway.

[@nomadMik]

Even when your trips don't go well, the videos are lovely. 🙂

[@HalfAsleepChris]

Thanks a lot!

[@Hypn0Studi0s]

Fun fact: When your *one* of the first there's no funny comments to read :(

[@anitapaulsen3282]

I really appreciated knowing that. Explains a lot. What an adventurous trip!

[@robertreutzel951]

“ -20 C is freezing cold” Me: Laughs in Minnesotan

[@toastfan23]

Laughs in canadian

[@thelongestmustard723]

Laughs in all accent.

[@miniveedub]

I’ve seen Aurora Australis, the Southern Lights, from Tasmania, Australia. You should come down here and see them, it’s not nearly as cold.

[@sophieobrien8262]

Thanks so much for this video, the scenery was amazing, first video of yours I've watched, loved it.

[@1971janthijs]

Thank you Chris, for inspiring us to go to Tromso! It was a fantastic vacation. We've seen the nortern lights! And yes the pictures are beautiful. Thanks from Marc, Michel, Matthijs, Viviane and Jan Thijs from Holland.

[@nicholer1294]

I think seeing "amputation required" spelled out in Scrabble tiles really fulfilled some part of my life I didn't know existed. Also this video cemented my need to go to Tromsø and then north to Svalbard sometime soon.

[@TheLandbo]

Thanks for another great video from you two Chris. My wife and I are always looking forward to see it when a new one arrives. Yes the Northern Lights look quite different up in Tromsø than what we can see here 2-4 times a year from Northern Denmark, which is usually only a narrow band of the green color at the bottom of the horizon. The green color occurs when the charged particles of the sun hit an oxygen atom. I know it is also possible to see the Northern Lights down in Southern England a rare time, but i think it is incredibly rare.

[@twangerrrrrr]

-20 is nothing here in Canada but this is one of the best videos I have ever watched and made it one of my life goals to go to Tromso in Norway to watch the Northern Lights and Orcas. Thank you Chris

[@emmaeriksson7155]

I’m from the middle part of Sweden close to the mountains and we often have northern lights and especially when it’s colder than 15-C. One Christmas in 2018 we had one of those really bright one you see on those postcard like it was super bright green and dancing. I often forget how lucky I am to see them a couple of times every year

[@fredrikhaland7223]

Hi Chris am Fredrik from Norway and i think its super cool that you have been to Norway. I found your youtube channel Just a half a week ago and i abselutly love your videos. I wish i cuod vissit England but am just 13 years old at the moment.

[@jamie6373]

Very lovely video chris. Once again, well done !

[@sunshine5235]

Hey! I really love your videos! And your cats You are my favorite youtuber and I support you!

[@andrew.48]

I love how chris is always honest

[@syl_phee]

Awesome video, and glad you mentioned the different levels of aurora :D Back when I was in Lappland, we also only saw the "normal" ones you had photos of on the first days (and were kind of dissapointed) but a few days later the big ones came around and it was sooo magical, just like on the photos

[@julia2jules]

Lucky to have seen them lots of times in Dundee Scotland They are beautiful

[@CanuckJim]

That was just delightful. I've always kind of wanted to visit Tromsø and see the lights. As a Canuck the weather's pretty close to our "bad" winter weather (we will get -20C for several days a few times each winter) so that wouldn't be a problem. (I've already got the penguin outfit!!) Maybe some winter when things get calmer.

[@thechocolatelogs7522]

I rlly love how this channel is educational and fun to watch

[@arkeatailuovuutta]

Hi 😊 Would love to see Orcas at the sea... Never been to Norway, but have travelled a few times to UK. I have a decoration of Northern Lights theme at my home. Hehe, good humour in your video "... Normally, however, penguins do not go looking for Orcas" 🤣 and "Sun got stage fright before it even appeared" 😁😁 Thanks for a lovely video of you and Danielle 😊

[@sarah-monica7683]

Loved this! Absolutely beautiful

[@puppetguy8726]

75,000 inhabitants is a rather decent sized city in Scandinavia! As for cities in the far north of the Nordic that is actually a pretty big city!

[@JohnMcMahon.]

I seen the Northern lights from Belfast N Ireland a few years ago, they were faint but definitely recognisable. There was something unusual that year that brought them a lot further south than usual. It was probably five years ago.

[@wllm4785]

I got to see the Northern Lights up in Vermont once. Though not bright, the scale of the spectacle is what is awesome, I think. Were there very many tourists? I like to go to places with few tourists.

[@HalfAsleepChris]

Yeah a fair few tourists (I can't complain - I am one), but nowhere is crowded. Tromsø is regarded as one of the best places in the world to see them.

[@toddcalvert5461]

Oh my gosh!!! I wish that I could go there You are so lucky and your cats are so cute!!!

[@BradleyPennyAviation]

Fabulous Video Chris, Love Your Unique Style ! 👍🏻

[@snazzysnekgaming2395]

Wow this video was a full on adventure! I don’t know why I love your videos but they are so entertaining and I love them! They’re all like mini adventures and OMG those waves would TERRIFY me

[@alexanimations1168]

So Cool! DEFINATELY One Of My Favourite Vids!!!!!

[@HalfAsleepChris]

Thanks Alex!

[@kimberlysmith7793]

How exciting! I would love to do something like that, however I get very easily see sick! I don’t think I could handle it. LOL. It looks like fun though.

[@SuiLover]

I know the risks of frostbite, but still I'll be going to Tromsø someday. Thanks again for filming/making your great adventures there~ 💌👋

[@Yephimł]

I've now seen them in Iceland where they were the most magical 5 hour vivid, swirling dance I've ever seen. Even with the naked eye they were extraordinary!! So very bright and vivid! Then ironically I just returned from Tromsø myself over Christmas. It was almost as magical there as well. A night I'll never forget as a photographer ...

[@dcfc1136]

5:46 literally made me gasp that looks amazing

[@krish3101]

another fun and informational video! keep up the good work!

[@kevinkrueger7479]

I'm from Minnesota and we get them, sometimes spectacularly. I love my world sometimes!

[@asaharris3134]

great vid chris! ever since i saw this i have been desperate to visit tromso 🥶

[@Brados-nt9xl]

I seen them a couple of years back when I went to Lapland Finland it was great and we seen them and it was great and if you ever get a good day in a place like Lapland you should try as they are really magical

[@mary-janejenkins9560]

The Norwegian fjords are breathtaking and unlike anything anywhere else in the world their scale is unbelievable fantastic video as always 😘

[@siguyfire]

Love your videos Chris!

[@RandoComandoStudios]

I wish i could travel but i've only been on a plane once but keep traveling. love your videos!

[@thatblondcanadian7845]

I live far enough north where we have a week or two in the winter that is under -40 the whole time which basically means that we don’t have to go to school for a while. We even still have a couple feet of snow on the ground as a result of a recent snow storm! We also have these summer prairie wind storms that have winds up to and over 100 km per hour

[@redmadman8567]

Will you ever visit Slovakia? I would love a video on High Tatras. Or castles and ruins of Slovakia as well.

[@Gayd1]

Id imagen that as of know you know significantly more about that then he does

[@MrCaprinut]

I'm a norwegian and I do have been to Tromsø several times when I did my army duty in the late 90s. I was located 2 hours away. Coldest I have witnessed is -36C. It was bloody cold, that's for sure! Even as an norwegian, I don't like the coldness at all. Nor heat either. Our heat record is 36C, so we are not that used to extreme temps. But I have seen 42C in late 80s during the summer, but there was no weather station locally so there was never been recorded. I'm living south in Norway and usually the winter temps is minus 20-25C at max, but we have seen sub 30. One winter in the mid 80s it was -25C, with strong winds so it was actually calculated to -50C. I have seen Northeren lights several times, and a few years back visiting Oslo, the colors was actually just like your pictures and it was shifting the whole time. Northeren lights can actually be seen as south as Germany with the right conditions. Video was awesome btw.

[@lotte2899]

Its 22* C in Wales today. It may not seem like much but to us its to hot to go outside. Were too used to the cold that when it is warm like this we consider it a heatwave. Great video!

[@youarenowawarepodcast8896]

Thus channel is so pure, I love it so much

[@fatherflyntdraws]

When he said -6 degrees, i was like "dang thats cold" and then i realized it was Celsius, and winters here often get there. Great video btw, always wanted to see the northern lights!

[@DieMorra]

Visit Iceland during the winter! It’s incredibly amazing and surreal to see the Aurora while soaking comfortably in a Hotpot in the middle of nowhere

[@HalfAsleepChris]

That sounds incredible - it's on my list!

[@KatR264]

Your experience of the northern lights in Norway was very like mine in Iceland; very cool, just not what we were led to expect.

[@elenafenris8898]

Hello :) I visited Tromso in 2018 and I also loved the city! We were fortunate enough to see the Aurora from the balcony of our room and I have ever since compared it to a green dancing worm as it was moving very fast and disappeared within minutes.

[@vpls6237]

Happy to see you well

[@iamaaaguuuy3205]

There is so much show it's like Santa if you was a rain

[@Ellen-nr2ob]

It looks so beautiful out there😍

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Awesome video. I visited Tromsø about 12 years ago, stayed there for two weeks in January but didn't see the northern lights. A unique and beautiful city though, I would love to live there, at least for a few years.

[@evacantu6323]

I really really enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing :)

[@sarahstrong7174]

Thankyou for showing us.

[@TeamCat1128]

Living your best life! Cheers to you😻