COLDEST YET -37C in ARCTIC WINTER VANLIFE

[@truebluetravellers]

Good to finally meet you Froody! Can’t thank you enough for all the prep advice. Look forward to catching up again soon on another adventure! Hopefully with a campfire and some beers 👍

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I look forward to the next time! Definitely if there is fire and beer!

[@juri14111996]

if your lightbars contimue to freeze over with ice you could add a heating cable. the outdoor cctv cams use a heating element to keep the lens clear.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I did see in the shops here that some of the LEDs light bars had heating elements

[@ihmesekoilua]

It's like that nine hour version of LotR where every time Sam takes a step he says "If I take one more step it'll be the furthest I've ever been from home" but in centigrade.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

As a LotR fun, I like that way of looking at it!

[@VincentGroenewold]

That laser for measuring the temp depends heavily on the material, you have to set this up in the meter.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Yeah primarily for the trip I want to use the van temperature sensor to get the -40 but nice to buy a cheap thermometer to use other examples

[@jussukka93]

Hi, i saw your Van driving to Airport while i was cycling to work. Love your videos. Cheers!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Most likely me! I’ve been at the airport a few times recently!

[@geoffcampbell7846]

Absolutely loved that opening drone sequence, the colours were something special that we'd never see without a drone. It looks a brilliant trip Alex, and nice to have someone to share it with. Keep safe.👋

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Glad you enjoy the opening drone shots it’s just so spectacular up there

[@spitNsawdust]

Those light pillars! 😍

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

They were some pretty good examples of them!

[@spitNsawdust]

@@MispronouncedAdventures they really were! Such a treat ✌️😎 thank you

[@abdigitaluk_photography]

Another great adventure! Saving up for my first campervan looking forward to some slightly warmer trips myself!!!!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you very much for watching all the best on your saving for your own campervan

[@AndyWillmott]

I am in Rovaniemi with my 6x6 camper missed you last year you still around. Andy

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I’m currently there, I’ll keep an eye out

[@AndyWillmott]

@@MispronouncedAdventures thought I sore you in the Village. Hope you get time all the best

[@Rich-n-Cooper]

Grat to see you both out enjoying the frozen landscape and -37 is impressive too. Maybe its time for the Hot water into Snow slowMo if you get -40 ;). Inspired and motivated to finish my build and started looking at an Early Winter trip over this year if i can get the van ready. May reach out for some tips on final prep before i leave.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I do hope to do the hot water thing! I haven’t done it before. best of luck on your build and planned winter trip!

[@colinmccourt1571]

Another great episode. Moving towards to elusive -40°C!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Getting closer for sure!

[@Richard.blackburn]

Congratulations on your new low temp record Alex -37C is brass monkeys 🐒🐒🐒 Never knew light pillars were a thing 🤯 I hope you make it to - 40C 🥶

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you very much! I hope I reason my -40c as well! Light pillars are pretty cool!

[@E33Tpro]

Getting closer to that minus 40 goal, since I'm more used to the cold I don't know if you feel the same but at minus 30 you start feeling the cold.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Betting closer! I’ve felt -5 to -25 all sort of feels that same and not really cold, -25 to -35 for me definitely in noticeably cold but generally similar to each other

[@Jyryp]

Weird how i had not heard about that nature trail with waterfalls before at all, despite living in country myself. Havent been that far to north myself, i guess thats the reason. Thanks for showing around and letting me know of it and all that.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Glad you enjoyed it! The guess it’s the same for me in the uk! I live in the uk but always look external for things to do. and miss what’s on my door step and my own country has to offer

[@rob7675]

Spectacular scenery again really enjoying this return trip to the arctic circle 🙂

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

It’s definitely amazing scenery for sure!

[@tonystrange7224]

Cheers Alex another amazing episode. Almost got the magical -40, but -37 still a new record 😊 Good to also see Katie along for a few days. Must be nice to have company and share some of the adventure.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Getting there! Hopefully I managed it this season! it’s was great to have some company and to share the experience

[@shaneyoung1690]

Nice

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Cheers

[@CalMUK91]

Laser temp guns read surface temp, your van reads air temperature. Surface temps are affected by wind chill etc.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Makes sense about the differences , thank you for that information

[@wulliescottishoutdoors]

Hi mate another great video I’m loving seeing peoples videos to the artic looks beautiful, -37 🥶, keep up the great work. Atb Wullie ✊🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

It’s definitely wonderful up here!

[@thelittleredbus]

Some great film work as always, great to see more of Katie as she deffo adds to the content. Did she get the job? Awesome snot-cicles on your walk - beardy bloke problems!! Also good to see Jess & John, they’ve always got some excellent content too. -40 is coming…..

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Unfortunately she did not. Frozen beards are definitely a man problem! Well, if it’s a woman’s problem, it’s not polite to say 😂😂

[@constructioneerful]

Humans (and their skin) are amazing really - keeping themselves from icing over without antifreeze, in impossible temps. Well played humans!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

The human body definitely is. I once heard in the Nordic is not recommend to have a sauna in the morning as you loose your nature oils and fats on the skin which can help protect it from the cold

[@justgtobell3029]

great video!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Cheers

[@travel-van-world6312]

😳😨 blimey ! It just gets colder and colder!! 😆 I’m struggling to comprend it all 🥶

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

It’s definitely a cold which is hard to comprehend without being feel it yourself

[@astronomenov99]

It's called a J turn. Used by personal protection bodyguards and armed forces etc to evade road blocks and being chased by baddies!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

That’s exactly the manoeuvre he performed! ( didn’t know that name of it ) didn’t see the baddies might you! pretty fun to do in the snow!

[@WhipperdeetsAdventures]

Santa village looks cool😊 must be great meeting amazing van livers along the way of your arctic journey ❤

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Yeah it’s great meet other vans up here

[@neilgeorge8952]

Superb content as always and the drone shots are incredible, be safe 👍

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you glad you enjoyed the drone shots!

[@robertrauter8459]

dude I have to tell you without your beard beeing frozen I wouldnt recognise you if we bump into each other....great vlog as always love it...

[@robertrauter8459]

can you imagine ancient vikings with their long and mushy beards all frozen LMAO just thinking of that.....

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

He’s always my plan if I need to suddenly disappear 😂

[@asaandthemarchharepart2903]

Fabulous video Alex. I was waiting for you to snowball trueblue, cuz i bet they would lol. Fingers crossed you can achieve the-40 this time, or its just another excuse to be back again. Especially as you love it so much. Keep Loving the Adventure Buddy. All the very best 👍

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you for watching! It was tempting to snowball them for sure!

[@AndyWillmott]

Working online at the Xmas village tonight and tomorrow in the camper park and will hang around Rovaniemi for a few days

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I’ll be parking up in Santas village tonight ( 7/2/24 ) rather late EDIT: Just seen your 6x6, wee change of plan for my parking tonight but I should be around tomorrow

[@AndyWillmott]

Fantastic, I had a Webasto failure and had to move across to the Shell Garage across the road and hookup to mains as I was freezing and the dogs need to be safe. now rewired and its back working pop over and knock on the door. working online but happy to meet you if you are around. I will be staying around for a few days yet. All the best @@MispronouncedAdventures

[@AndyWillmott]

Thanks for the time good chat have a safe time until March. All the best

[@WagnerGimenes]

Epic! Thanks mate.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you for watching

[@tobiastatura9609]

your travel vids are the highlight of my week. love them. hope to see more. i am looking at ford transits to buy next year. what should one look for when buying one?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Glad you enjoy the videos. I love my Ford Transit and I’ll be going for one again next

[@zuk4wd]

This really inspires me to visit the arctic to. I wonder if your ar just lucky to find that “cleared” parkup at the end of the video. Or do they keep the clear for overnighting people like you.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Many of the appealing parks to me would be normal recreational areas in the winter for locals., i’m surprised that this year amount of park ups which have a snowplough coming at 4 am to clear

[@bettyourcampervan]

Another ace video Alex 👍

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thanks for watching

[@bettyourcampervan]

@@MispronouncedAdventures always 👍

[@leemillington7164]

Great video Alex 👍

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Cheers for watching!

[@leemillington7164]

@@MispronouncedAdventures I’m waiting for the -40. It’s always great viewing. Keep up the great work 👍

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

@leemillington7164 I’m hoping for it too!

[@nathan35uk]

Looks a tad chilly but love it , I’m doing this trip myself next year just struggling to get a Thermo top v going before I install it on the van , I’ll get there .. looks like a fab adventure 👍🏻

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

What issue are you having with the Thermo top?

[@nathan35uk]

@@MispronouncedAdventuresI’ve wired in the w bus trigger box using the correct pins etc but it doesn’t start up , it’s a different one to the one you’ve used but it’s for a ttv so should do the same thing , I’m thinking it might be locked due to a previous error or something , looks brand new off a land rover .. I’ve ordered the same trigger as you’ve got just in case the one I’ve got is faulty or something so I’ll wait for that to come and see if I get any joy .. unless you can think of any other reason ? , I haven’t stripped it down or anything because it looks so new ..

[@PhotographyByRune]

Welcome back to the North! Where you in Harstad yesterday? I could swear I saw your van driving past my home while I was out shoveling snow!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I was on the E10 Driving to Svolvær yesterday

[@PhotographyByRune]

If you took the ferry, that might have been you then 😀 Next time if you see a bearded fat dude with a spade waving you down in front of a red house, thats me, hehe @@MispronouncedAdventures

[@paulrainsford1953]

Im sitting in a camper in Co.Wexford freezing to bits. Not as glamorous as Scandinavia but very alike if you substitute mud for snow.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Hopefully you keep warm! I’d rather stick with snow than mud please. There has been a bit thaw over the last week so a lot of the snow is wet and horrible to drive

[@nordictrekker914]

When was this filmed? The lack of snow and the height of the sun at the Arctic Circle would suggest sometime in late October to mid-November. When this video was released the snow depth would be 5-6 times deeper, and the sun would be below the horizon all day. Since new-year, temps have dipped below -40C/F a couple of times, but not while the sun has been above the horizon. Source: I live up here

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

This was filmed January 18th 2024. Not October or November 2023 I missed the earlier cold weather were a few parts hit -40c about the first week of January

[@LoremIpsum1970]

I wondered where my Sainsbury's delivery went...🤣 Good to see Katie back 👍 Are you going to beat the snotsicle record this year and what is the emissivity of snow..? 😉

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I would rather not try and walk 50 km again to beat last years snotsickle!

[@LoremIpsum1970]

@@MispronouncedAdventures What about Katie instead? 🤣

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

She might try!

[@LoremIpsum1970]

@@MispronouncedAdventures 🥶❄️👍

[@oh2mp]

Cool video in two meanings :) You're getting nearer to your goal, -40°C. I have experienced that only once when I was a teenager in 1980s, but I have always lived in the southern third of Finland. What I remember it doesn't feel different in -30°C or -40°C, it just painful cold. Did you know that the "arctic circle" in that Santa Village tourist trap is fake? The actual arctic circle is about 2 km north from it and the runway of Rovaniemi airport crosses it. The Santa Village was built there because it's swamp on the real arctic circle nearby and that place has a solid ground. Close enough, anyway.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Getting closer! yes I’ve found that from -5 to -25 it feels the same and pretty much -25c below also doesn’t feel that much different. Just more painful on the breathing As for the Arctic circle line in Santa Village, I did yes! But I only learnt that last winter.

[@oh2mp]

@@MispronouncedAdventures I'm not sure if I have told this to you, but have been in that Santa Village only once, and it was September then. I didn't get into the Christmas mood because it was quite warm and no snow at all etc :D :D

[@Cayres9]

Ive been in -23c once in my life in a town called Chesham in 2009 when i used to live in a mobile caravan , It was so cold inside that the toilet water froze up LOL thankfully i had electric heaters or would have froze too haha

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

That’s definitely cold! in the uk we don’t really build for extreme cold temperatures so for us, everything goes wrong!

[@Cayres9]

@@MispronouncedAdventures Yeah 👍 not like somewhere like Norway or Canada where they are used to extreme cold 🥶

[@MrButuz]

Fair play that deezil engine heater is worth it's weight in gold how much did that cost roughly?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

My engine pre heater which is a Webasto Thermo Top Evo cost me £28. Plus a my full spare cost me 99p. both from scrapped land rovers. And about £100 is fuel pumps, pipes, controller and bits and bobs. for a brand new kit it would be around £1300 they are amazing bits of kit.

[@target844]

It is an IR thermometer, not a laser thermometer, the laser is just to help you aim it is not involved in measuring the temperature. It gets the temperature from the IR radiation that is it and if you point it at an n reflective material reads the reflected light and its temperature. It is really a 1-pixel thermal camera, if you use one with more pixels you can see your own body heat being reflected on metal and the temperature reading will be your body temperature. The more reflective a material is the worse it is at emitting IR itself Snow is quite reflective, it is diffuse not specular reflection like a mirror. So the cold temperature you get is in large part because of IR radiation from the cool sky and space above. It jumps around quite a bit at 16:20 because you change what you read the temperature off from the black of the metal to the reflective surface of the light fixtures, ice, and snow. What you get from the black metal of the car of -29℃ is quite accurate, if it was not recently used the metal there should get quite close to air temperature. Better IR thermometers have settings for the reflectiveness of a material, Try pointing the thermometer up in the sky a clear night and check what is read then. It should be very low, space emits IR at 4 Kelvin. You will get a higher temperature because the sky does emit some IR back. The listed minimum temperature of most consumer IR at the moment is -50℃ so the result of the little IR the snow emits and what is reflected from the sky likely give a temperature that is not correct for either. Measure in a black surface that is not reflective in IR. If you measure on metal a common trick is to use a bit of electric tape. To measure outdoor temperature put a piece of black paper out there, it will quickly reach the ambient air temperature and you can measure its temperature

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you for the detailed reply, I did know it laser doesn’t do any measurements. I picked this model because of the laser for aiming and how it shows up on video. a 1 pixel thermal camera is a good way of putting it. ( as I have two thermal cameras with me as well ) as I have seen with them you get reflections when using them depending on the surface material . That now makes a lot of sense in my head how the reading works. Thank you

[@davidpatrick1813]

groovy

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you!

[@rilufuzz]

Your drone shots are fantastic ^^

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Cheers! I’m glad you enjoyed them!

[@Saturinus]

Amethyst mine? Are you going to Tankavaara?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

We went to Lampivaara in Pyhä-Luosto national park

[@Saturinus]

@@MispronouncedAdventures Ah, some other place than I have visited then. I'll wait for the next video and see... 👍

[@johnmugbusiness5127]

Can I ask what material do you use to insulate your van,the diamond pattern material Great tube thank you.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Standard motorhome window cover insulation quilted fabric. you can buy it by the meter from a van company in Fort William called “ Vanguard “

[@johnmugbusiness5127]

@@MispronouncedAdventures brilliant thank you, you seem to be using it inside the walls of your van also,is that the same material.Thank you

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

@johnmugbusiness5127 the diamond pattern material is just the back doors and sliding door in the winter. The overall van insulation is recycle plastic roof insulation in the wall cavities and then a layer is 25mm PIR board over the time

[@E33Tpro]

Oh, how well does your solar charging work during this time?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Around 0w to 10W of 500W. Generally my solar year per day is zero up here. But I don’t need it for it or rely on it , that’s why I have 60A @ 12V in DCDC charging. The general day-to-day driving easily charges me back up to full. Even with all the editing and electric based cooking.

[@pasiturpeinen5327]

Did you have issues with Ad Blue freezing at -11 C and you had -37 C outside?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Not really, it’s was certainly frozen, but it doesn’t affect the running of the vehicle/engine, either the vehicle doesn’t know it’s frozen or because the vehicle temperature sensor says it’s below -11 it doesn’t use it / feed it into the exhaust. Either way in three Arctic winters and a Ford transit which are heavy on the adblue use. It’s never caused me problems

[@pasiturpeinen5327]

@@MispronouncedAdventuresThanks, it’s nice to hear Ford AdBlue system works in extreme temperatures. Had two MB Sprinters and during first 3k miles AdBlue system failed three times, luckily had guarantee as AdBlue tank costs over 3k euros plus assembly…no more MBs for me!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

@pasiturpeinen5327 oh that’s not good at all!

[@paulg8524]

hi, do you have to keep your disel heater on 24 7 or just then you stop

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Not 24/7 but depends on what I’m doing. if im not driving and in the van it’s generally on. My heater has a frost mode. So if the internal temperature drops to 3c it will turn on and heat the van till 8c When I’m driving I turn it off as the cabin heater with the bulkhead door open will heat the whole van. if I’m out and it’s -15c or so I’ll probably leave it off. If it’s -20c and less and I’m away for a few hours will probably leave it on the thermostat set to 21c

[@rudivandoornegat2371]

-37ºC brrrrrrr At least no large icicles dangling from your beard like last time you were hiking. But now I ask myself if Santa Claus has a white beard because of ice or because he's old.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I think his white beard might just be ice!

[@HMD2020]

❤❤❤

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you 😊

[@Bugoutvehiclesuk]

I can’t even imagine -37 on the oil inside the engine if there was no way of warming it.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

-37c would be below the normal operating temp for my oil 5W30 which is about -35c. This time the engine was already hot when driving into the -37c so not an issue for the oil I did have a few nights comes up in other videos at -35c. The pre heater gets the coolant hot to 80c in about 40 minutes when it’s that cold, which heats the block and oil a bit. my OBD2 reader would still show the as -30 ish. After it’s started I wait 15 minutes for the oil temp to come up before driving

[@Bugoutvehiclesuk]

@@MispronouncedAdventures I need to try these conditions. It’s totally out there. Coldest Iv driven about in is -17.5 so not too far a cold uk winters night.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

@Bugoutvehiclesuk it’s an incredible adventure, Out here!

[@fizzybubblegumbottles5209]

Could you leave a sample of oil if you have any outside the van over night then show us what its like in the morning?

[@mattimatkalainen]

In WWII the prefered method was to light small fires under the engine of trucks and tanks wintertime. Engines those days weren´t so sensitive like modern ones.

[@edwinbest2708]

Is the van 4x4?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Nope, just rear wheel drive. Next transit I build I’d like it to be AWD

[@radleytube]

Is that a Winn ?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Winn?

[@radleytube]

@@MispronouncedAdventures the girl, she looks like the sister of one I know.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

@radleytube She is an identical Twin

[@radleytube]

@@MispronouncedAdventures one of three sisters.

[@radleytube]

@@MispronouncedAdventures a kiwi?

[@JimBiddle.]

Not one, single, solitary Balmy. My day is ruined, as is my new Balmy, drinking game. I am disappointed and sober. ThAnK yOu, Alex!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Haha yes! I started to notice when editing I use the word “Balmy” a lot to describe cold ironically! 😂😂😂

[@Rob.1340]

👍🚐😎

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you!

[@norwegiangadgetman]

The least they could do is find a proper hill to slide down. That slope barely qualifies as fun for Kindergarden...

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I think in there case it was opportunity what was next to them! Although I do believe they did listen to my recommendation and went to Saariselkä

[@Albert_206]

Pretty naive the start of the video, mildly.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Elaborate?

[@Albert_206]

@@MispronouncedAdventures naive?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Naive means lack of experience, what part are you referring too which shows a lack of experience?