Van Life in The Arctic - Part ONE - Living The Van Life

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Winter Content has always been a huge hit here on Living The Van Life. This winter season, I just was not satisfied with driving to a snowy parking lot and setting up camp. So instead I decided to see what it would take to live in a van in the extreme climate of the arctic. Join me in part 1 of a 3 part series as I drive my 2020 Mercedes 4x4 Sprinter Van to the Arctic Ocean.
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[@Ambohouse]

Putting out content in 2 months solo what a film crew takes a year to do. Production value of your videos blows my mind. Amazing

[@vanlifebustour]

It's crazy!!

[@deziking]

he is on IMDB videographer for movies i think or something like that. Been while I checked it.

[@heidia6270]

Agreed!!

[@montanamombo]

I'm in a wheelchair, living vicariously through you, friend! THANK YOU!!

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Cheers Barb! Thanks for watching!

[@eedmond1]

Inspiring ❤

[@superunited9916]

Ooohh my sweet heart.... I just hope that you are living your life at best... 🫂🫂🫂 and everything is fine with you.... Just take care of yourself

[@Seatolandcruisen]

Chad, we just came across your video to the Arctic. You did a Masterful video! Your photography, editing and dialog are super! We have been adventurers for over 50 years and now our travels are close to home as we are in our 70’s and 80’s. So we thank you for sharing your travels with us. God bless you, keep you safe and healthy and We hope to see you many times to come! Capt and Mari

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Hey, Cat & Mari! Wishing you many more years of travel and adventure. So much to see and experience out there, as I'm sure you can attest to with 50 years of travel under your belts! Thanks for watching and thanks for your support of the channel. Keep on truck'n!

[@philipajarapoo7675]

I feel like I’m living vicariously through you. I’m watching you go on all of these adventures from my couch inside of my house and I suddenly wish I had a sprinter van instead. Keep on wandering, man. One day I’ll also go on my own adventures.

[@arielzshell]

Me too man

[@maryzaletel4928]

It is refreshing seeing you live and roam in your van, versus so many vandwellers just showing their stuff and advertising for companies. So glad I found you. Great video! Thanks for being real!!

[@rebug5614]

Love these extreme cold adventures! Bet your very proud of how far you & your channel have come & everything you've accomplished! I sure would be 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@youaligned]

Love watching your adventures. Thank you for all the hard work that goes into producing videos of this quality. Well done!

[@g.galordy9853]

12 days ago ??

[@TroyGabe]

I think it be good to stash at least 1 or 2 100.00 bills you never know.

[@anonymoususer855]

@@g.galordy9853 He likely pays the Patreon and gets early releases. Cheapskates like us have to wait for the content LMAO

[@yukonadventurexc]

Welcome to The Yukon. A truly beautiful place. An Englishman who found true freedom here.

[@brandon3985]

Yes. Winter is the best season to camp.

[@kennethsonier1766]

This looks like the start of a fantastic adventure. Basically I'm watching to see how the Mercedes-Benz holds up. I wish you all the luck on this journey and I'll be looking at the next episode in a second 😂👍☮️🇺🇲

[@millvee1005]

Wow what a trip with breathtaking views.

[@trinbogo]

I love when he says hunker down!

[@raghuveersinhjadav9249]

i just love the Arctic & love the van life i almost feel like I am there with you take care dear

[@mindless4426]

I love it! You are my kind! VanLife forever. So much beautiful earth

[@lufc76]

Great series so far, can't wait to watch the rest. I wonder how many folk you have converted into van dwellers..? You make it look so interesting and dare I say it, easy, which I am sure it isn't an easy life to lead, losing all/most of your creature comforts of a home but I would love to do it one day, I don't think I would ever have the opportunity tbh. I will live vicariously through channels like yours for the time being. 👍

[@MountainManDan]

Well done Chad! Great storytelling as usual. Stoked to check out episode 2&3! Forwards Ever, Backwards Never

[@orhantenekeci9090]

Man, this has been a great experience for you and for us. As the temperature dropped, I got up and put on warm clothes

[@siddharthsharma6949]

ohhh man ! what editing , its sheer masterpiece of content, that much long, it will surely take a heck of editing ..KUDOOOSSS !!!!!!.. love it.

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Thanks so much for watching, Siddharth Sharma!

[@rwexbc]

These are incredibly well produced - wondering how long it takes you to get those wide drone shots?

[@johnmuschweck9470]

Look a beautiful country side. You look like are enjoying yourself too.

[@andrewmartin7421]

Awesome this is pal! You are literally living the dream here! Absolutely love your van set up! Loving your content 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@gemsparkles7977]

You are an amazing content creator. Wishing you all the best. Such an inspiration.

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Thank you so much!

[@PL-fh8cz]

Great photography. I'd have to stop every day to climb and ski some of those mountains. One day....

[@jaredsnelson8821]

Love you Chad! Comfort tv at its very finest! I know i'm slacking just now finally watching these episodes but they are hitting the spot while i'm on tour across the country!

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Safe travels and Thanks for watching!

[@EdgeChrisEvans]

Hmmmmm seems I heard "I'm going to HUNKER DOWN here for the night, and I'll see you in the morning". Looking forward to your trek.

[@Tiejocky]

Thanks for bringing us along for the adventure

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Thanks for joining me!

[@janFulinara]

Chad man missed your vids for sure. Rock on brother. May God bless you you.

[@sholaantar2224]

Loved you rolling that spaghetti at the truck stop. Your a Gent!

[@GhostsOfThings]

This is very cool. I live in BC and I've always thought about heading all the way up to Tuktoyaktuk when I get a more reliable vehicle so I was excited to see this pop up! Looking forward to the next one.

[@m1les7]

Absolutely amazing, time for me to stop calling these vids, these films are absolutely fantastic. Can’t wait for part 2 🙏🙏👌👌🏁🏁🏁

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Thanks for joining me, P1les956!

[@snorris89]

Add a drop of cooking oil to your pastas boiling water to reduce risk of boiling over.

[@midnightaustin9287]

if my country got roads like that with mountain view i will be sure to have a long drive stopping in small cities for bed and just enjoy the road

[@AustinK95]

The more you say hunker down the more I'm waiting for Steve to come around the corner LOL

[@rabadabadoo491]

Awesome, vid. Love the tunes and drone footage.

[@christopherdenny3858]

I love your winter camping videos. Can’t wait to see you out with your solo stove really enjoying nature

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Yep, this trip is totally different than my past travels and nights out around the campfire. Time to do something a little challenging and different. No worries, more to come. Thanks for watching!

[@galensinkey]

Interesting! I’m tuned in for more.

[@Piperdreams]

You’re the man I just subscribed because you cracked open The Kraken!!! one of my favs (yum) although for me I enjoy it straight up. That’s quite an impressive rig! Great content, filming and editing. Love the dramatic music too. Will be doing some binge watching of your content to catch up lol 😂 You’re a great storyteller too keeps the viewer informed and engaged…

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Ah, the Kraken!! Warming on a cold night! Thanks so much for the kind words. Lots of previous adventures and episodes. Winter's coming, might be a good time to light the fireplace, have a Kraken and binge previous videos. Thanks for watching!

[@Piperdreams]

@@LivingTheVanLife thanks for your response- it ain’t winter here - I’m on the other side of the globe - we’re coming into summer and that’s a great excuse to crack the Kraken… I love my whiskey 🥃

[@arvindchudavekar5215]

Good work man👏....best luck for your next journey 👍👍

[@yoly_dyn_mdn]

I'm late to watching the video but exited to see how things went!!

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Welcome aboard! Thanks for watching=

[@MrReese]

O M G, I remember this town from the stories told in the tv show "Due South" :D. I love your winter content, it's gonna be so amazing.

[@MrJosh066717]

best content on YT

[@babahimachali]

What a journey… awesome 😎

[@gustavofring4896]

Was looking forward to this!

[@oooooooorion]

wow amazing video not even skipped a part u ve gained a new sub

[@matthewmartin9649]

dude that trip would be amazing

[@SoCalSurfer69]

Year late finding your trip but enjoying it.

[@alexsveles343]

I been to north Alaska,,,north artic Canada and Siberia...but nowhere is a insane as north Ural mauntins I mean ,,,,U can't even see,,,or properly open ur eyes...The wind and the snow are insane.like a snow torhade5

[@valtsipan9029]

Such an awesome picture at 28:40.

[@JohnBtons]

Love how the truck turned out! Sweet trip idea too! Excited for the videos

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Thanks 👍

[@Mckenzieharrs]

This is hardcore van life. Wow.

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Part 2 was just released this morning. Thanks for watching!

[@Connormckay16]

15:04 classic canadian conversation in the background while he eats his spaghetti

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Bahahaha

[@wowawowoadventures4473]

Wow! You’re so brave, i am so impressed! We are planning to do this trip but not in winter lol … you tubers advised is July … definitely i will follow you on this trip till i will view to the end of your trip.Good luck to more awesome adventures and God bless! Thanks for sharing to us!

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Thanks for watching-

[@kclamer]

You needed studded tires for that one! Awesome trip.

[@cadisstramadiraizel8068]

Amazing adventure 🤘🏾🤟💪🤘🏾 sir you have a good cap 😁

[@clausfrlund6092]

That van looks awesome! Great video.

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Thanks! 👍

[@michaelsanchez7798]

Good call on the green chile. From NM.

[@johnashep109]

And here I was thinking you where from Seattle

[@kweholt]

Awesome, keep the content coming

[@rahilhasan9095]

life just life

[@yaksauce]

Epic lux adventure! Living dangerously w/o a Jerry can. The only thing vans need are heated floors, but how? Did Santa leave the Eskimos a bottle of rum?

[@opalacios666]

Thanks for sharing.

[@senioritocyclist1422]

Love your jacket men

[@Le-chemin888]

salut l'ami je m'inscris incroyable quel courage petit coucou de la France Arnaud 👍👍👍👍👍

[@misono428]

It's cool.

[@ManasNagpure]

Love this. Keep coming. Do more of the tech review too, how you prepared the van, how much fuel does heater use?

[@pralaycliffsofmerror8057]

Very nice & lovely 👍

[@anthonymaseki7617]

loved this video!

[@beowulfvladmax7710]

Awesome journey. Love your drone footage.

[@PsRohrbaugh]

Guy driving the loader should have had to buy everyone's fuel!

[@GiorgioSilvioPatalani]

WOW !!!

[@FitzMichael]

awesome vid

[@scorpi972]

Don’t ever breakdown or run out of gas

[@RottyPark]

잘 보았습니다.

[@coco9004]

i hope you take vitamins supplements. because in winter time not all the vitamins are there. lack of D3 and others

[@tjellis1479]

vitamins are crap...money grabs.

[@DJ-ek5wi]

Don't forget to have a beer with polar bears.

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Hahaha yes!

[@leef3167]

This is truly amazing. Who shot the drone video?

[@LivingTheVanLife]

All footage is shot by me.Check out my Behind the Scenes episode - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqOmg6V4bctnbNE. Thanks for watching-

[@leef3167]

@@LivingTheVanLife I did. You are a great cinematographer.

[@TheMatthewLeiby]

Cash is game.

[@thomasstahl6114]

Remember, going to the wilderness needs cash, the card is only helping in a “civil” environment Good luck 🍀

[@thomasecotileandgroutclean9401]

Bro...I literally just found out about the Kraken last week. All day err day What's with the dog there's a dog in one scene and then I never see him?

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Stray dog

[@tomduffey443]

When is part 2 coming out

[@naranjo99]

What kind of GPS are you using ? Is that a program on a tablet or a GPS system ? would love to know !

[@DeanPattrick]

Shame to spoil that kraken with coke 🤪😎

[@dragonblue5]

That’s a lot of ones from Mexico… strip bar change???

[@davideadamo7450]

Better spaghetti carbonara😆😆🇮🇹

[@solomongrundy9847]

I like the Earth Roamer it defeated all terrain and temperature

[@Thomas-pb6gf]

If I can Afford this I do this

[@dickies5063]

Dude. So jealous….. I want to do this

[@singhthe_king9558]

All people wanted was a simple easy going winter camping video. Chad : hold my beer, I am travelling to Arctic.

[@deborahdougherty3208]

Perfect comment!!

[@luckyjim51]

Well you can hit the cash Machine in Whitehorse and resupply at Walmart... lol! Outside of lonely stretches of highway. It's like driving to work in Minnesota all winter...lol??

[@LivingTheVanLife]

@@luckyjim51 hmmmm… unless you have a 2,500 mile commute…?? Haha

[@dhaval2018]

WHISKEY*

[@seanballantine4647]

@@dhaval2018 i was waiting for the whiskey. cheers.

[@LazyDaisyDay88]

The filming and drone shots are fantastic - I really got a sense of the scale and isolation. Wonderful content - can't wait until the next episode!!

[@sierramantrvlnus]

I was beginning to think you were in a Mexican jail! Haha! This trip looks like it's going to be fantastic. Can't wait to hear how well your systems work. So far so good!

[@BillyBob-xd8qj]

I thought worse thought one of the cartels got killed him and took his van!

[@njad3]

He was livin’ free

[@maylynapsey2790]

I was thinking the same thing!!

[@flopeki]

Yeah and not even any activity on Instagram. I was thinking same

[@deborahdougherty3208]

We were worried for sure!

[@Singhpala]

This has to be one of the best content ever made on your channel and on KZbin 👏 Nothing but respect and appreciation

[@avinashbharat5558]

Very true...

[@ballisticdan9135]

My thoughts exactly. What a treat.

[@DonSudy]

Beautiful blend of cinematography, blogging and story telling. Kept me in the journey. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

Hear Hear! and magnificent editing to say the least.

[@huramobil]

Awesome content man!

[@janh.1815]

Well done Chad! Your Sprinter looks like a MRAP, real tank, love it! Can't wait to see part 2. It's unbelievable that you do all this video stuff by your own! National Geographic can't do better. Greats from Germany

[@MTBchill]

It really does lol!

[@claramullen]

Epic... this was definitely worth waiting for. Chad as always your adventures just blow me away thank you for sharing your experiences. Take care.

[@11fireflower]

Agree

[@ColdDac_Adventures]

100%

[@LetmeTellyou11]

Just when van lifers say winter camping, Chad is like: that’s cute .. I am camping in the Arctic.

[@sincerelyyours9246]

Lol

[@Doublecheesemoto]

Arctic in winter!

[@Joseph-lz5er]

Might as well with the vehicle he has now.

[@mspurrple2184]

Right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@justkiddin08]

I drove trucks in Alaska for years, one thing I loved was the trip from Anchorage to Seattle, such a beautiful drive. I sure do miss it.

[@theoriginalrabbithole]

I gotta say as someone new to the channel, the drone footage of the winter landscapes is just amazing! and the 'fast-forwarding through through front window' is really nice too because is gives you an actual perspective without taking too long. Keep up the good work and keep exploring! There's hundreds of little towns up there going all the way to the Bering Sea as far West as Wales, Alaska. *Liked & Subscribed.

[@rebeccahanson9864]

I've been waiting for this and so glad you're back for this adventure. As always your skills for doing these documentaries are outstanding. ❤

[@vinischroder5053]

One of the best channels on KZbin, amazing footage and content, well done Chad! Keep on trucking! Can't wait to see the upcoming chapters!

[@LivingTheVanLife]

Thanks so much, vinischroder!

[@isaiahjohnson6536]

Don't yoy mean ...VANING