The Wildlife Enthusiast’s Guide to Norway

Explore Norway's incredible wildlife and its world-renowned national park system as we tour the country through its various ecoregions. Learn about polar bears in Svalbard, grey wolves on the mainland, and discover the most remote nature reserve in the world.
Chapters
0:00 The Arctic Circle
0:33 Svalbard & Russian Arctic desert
3:55 Montane Birch forest and grasslands
7:30 Scandinavian and Russian taiga
9:56 The Aquatic Biome
11:31 Kola Peninsula tundra
12:42 Scandinavian coastal conifer forests
14:28 Sarmatic mixed forests
15:38 Antarctic Territories
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Graphics/Data Attribution
Temperature & Precipitation Maps - Karger, Dirk N. et al. (2018) / CHELSA
Sea Ice Data: National Snow & Ice Data Center / NOAA
Ecoregions: Resolve
Topography: GEBCO
Editorial Attribution
Nudibranch 10 kr Postage Stamp - Mirt Alexander / shutterstock.com
Byneset, south of Trondheim - Barbala Obelix / shutterstock.com
Media & Attribution
Unless stated above, all still images are used under license from Shutterstock.com. Thank you to everyone who makes their work available for use. Covering all of the wonderful species in these videos would not be possible without your incredible work.
Sources & Further Reading
Listed below are the sources used to create the video.
National Parks in Norway
www.norgesnasjonalparker.no/en/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Mammal Species in Norway
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Bird Species & Important Bird Areas in Norway
datazone.birdlife.org/country/...
Reptile Species in Norway
reptile-database.reptarium.cz...
Amphibian & Fish Species in Norway
eol.org/
Marine Fauna of Norway
www.seawater.no/fauna/index.html
Visit Norway
www.visitnorway.com/
Animal Diversity
animaldiversity.org/
Encyclopedia Britannica
www.britannica.com/
IUCN
www.iucnredlist.org/
One Earth
www.oneearth.org/
Arctic Circle & Temperature
www.britannica.com/place/Arct...
poseidonexpeditions.com/about...
Svalbard
en.visitsvalbard.com/visitor-...
www.jstor.org/stable/3676018
www.npolar.no/en/species/sval...
www.npolar.no/en/species/barn...
www.weather-atlas.com/en/sval...
www.svalbardbirds.com/species....
www.cia.gov/the-world-factboo...
Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park
www.lifeinnorway.net/musk-ox-...
dovrefjell-sunndalsfjella.no/...
Jotunheimen National Park
www.jotunheimen.info/en/about...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildli...
rovdyrsenter.no/facts-about-l...
Fjords
www.visitnorway.com/places-to...
whc.unesco.org/en/list/1195
Scandinavian and Russian taiga
rovdyrsenter.no/prey-animal-f...
rovdyrsenter.no/prey-animal-f...
rovdyrsenter.no/prey-animal-f...
birdwatchinghq.com/frogs-of-n...
rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1198
Wolves in Norway
www.theguardian.com/environme...
www.wwf.no/dyr-og-natur/trued...
WARNING: This article includes images that some readers may find distressing
www.theguardian.com/world/202...
This short documentary provides an interesting insight into both sides of the controversy
www.hugovialet.com/#wolfzone
Full Source List (there were too many for the character limit so I've included a link to a Google Doc with the full source list for this video)
docs.google.com/document/d/1F...
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[@crussellis4jesus]

Textbook travel drop >> anything Nat Geo has done for 15 years

[@danielbogdanoski4412]

These are really well made. I hope you make more of these videos.

[@caydensteele6001]

Wildlife enthusiasts guide and relatives have quickly become my favorite videos on youtube, I look forward to every drop!

[@uutarn]

Well, thats next years holiday sorted; cheers mate. Also, don't wanna go on about it but your pronounciation is second to none. Much respect mate.

[@MotoHikes]

Woooooo yeah baby! That's what i've been waiting for! (as an aspiring boreal/subarctic/arctic ecologist)

[@Tiggertrigger86]

I love your style of breaking down all eco regions with its most iconic species!❤ keep up the good work

[@XiongBearTravel]

I really like these types of videos 😊 I always wanted to visit Svalbard and Norway Just wondering, what is your absolute favorite wildlife/animal? Keep up the amazing work!

[@SlowToe]

As always extremely professional and very educational. Thank you so much for your time and effort.

[@Anomalocaris66s]

Great video as always!! Hey there is a biome here in Brasil called "Pantanal" it's one of the most stunning biomes i've seen, and usually people only think about the Amazon. But the point is: pantanal is on fire and there is a very high risk of it disappearing. If there is this possibility in the future, a video about it would be very cool

[@Harrystylesmid123]

Great video! You should do one on Costa Rica

[@ZootoursUK]

YES I’m literally going to Norway in February this is amazing

[@nilanjanachatterjee9023]

Excellent video 😊

[@Sarcophagus74]

I honestly thought this video would suck but you did a GREAT job. Love this video!

[@tieref7432]

I'm from the north of norway and i literally thought the other day that it would be cool if u made a video about norway. And literally the next video uploaded I see is about norway, how crazy, u delivered

[@bjarkiengelsson]

Thank you for covering my home ❤ I miss it there!!

[@bomberema8385]

I wish rewilding was more prominent in Norway, many of the mountain ranges in the north are completely devoid of large herbivores and other important wildlife, apart from the migratory herds of reindeer

[@robertfletcher3421]

That was so interesting and informative.

[@585tommy]

Great video!

[@aamassy]

I love this channel

[@authenticpoppy]

Norway is painfully beautiful.

[@MrMarinus18]

Norway's long tradition of left wing politics also makes it one of the few countries with a right to roam. That means you are allowed to go to any place in the country, even if the area is considered private property.

[@chandraathithan11]

Super

[@BigOleStump15]

I would greatly appreciate it if you could make the wildlife enthusiasts guide to Australia😁.

[@ImmutableUniverse]

🇳🇴❤

[@MichaelKozerer]

good place

[@JTHWZ]

Could you do that type of video about Poland?

[@lucasjames7524]

4:00 "...musk oxen, which were reintroduced to Norway from Canada in the 1930s after extinction from hunting in World War Two." Do you mean World War One, or a different decade? 🤔 Either way, I absolutely love your channel!! ❤

[@danielsandoval6421]

Pls do one about Mexico, there’s tons of wildlife there

[@jonathangadielramirezmarti8224]

Great! can yo do one for Mexico?

[@joachimbramson1991]

the european polecat, mustela putorius, isn't a pet, it's a wild animal whose descendant, the ferret (mustela furo), were polecats then domesticated some 2000 years ago.

[@fireking67]

Can you do Sweden?

[@michaeldelaparra3330]

Colombia next?

[@bustavonnutz]

Love these videos because most of these places are either too remote or too cold for me to want to visit personally.

[@reubenmiller-rosenfeld8004]

Muskox!

[@kimnoel9873]

The Musk ox.🐮

[@wizardblizzardgaming4460]

Do maybe Sweden next/soon?

[@MrMarinus18]

It is quite similar. Finland though despite it's political allignment is no geographically part of the European northern mountains. Rather it's an extension of the Russian plain.

[@wizardblizzardgaming4460]

@@MrMarinus18 I'm talking about Sweden, not Finland

[@Aettaro]

I was so confused for a moment. I was only half listening, and suddenly we were talking about penguins and my entire knowledge of global penguin distribution went awry.

[@Lebowski098]

Boats sink when u ride we’ll come to my nitemares chop chop

[@hendramukti3249]

Please make the indonesian😅

[@Twentynyne]

"looks a lot more elegant when in flight" calling the bat fat?