What If You Were Stranded on the World's Most Remote Island?

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[@Rjm00]

Damn when the British empire sees a piece of land and doesn’t want to take control of it you know it must be bad

[@dubuyajay9964]

Or the Norse.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@dubuyajay9964 … Norway is Norse? Unless you mean if it’s a Norse island it’s bad 😂

[@josepandreuhernandez2508]

RIP Hawaii, they even made a flag with an Union Jack to basically beg for British takeover, but they said 'nah'

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@tyler-qr5jn he’s right about the Union Jack but wrong about the taking over part (although they might’ve preferred Britain since it’s further away and can’t shaft them) since the USA seem to be petrified of letting any Europeans have a “colony” in their continent… I use quotation marks because after WW2 British colonies similar in size were very luxurious and had full rights. Hong Kong was a fishing village before Britain and Singapore were extremely reluctant to leave but Britain became broke funding the war lol. Edit: according to Google, the Union Jack is there because of the royal navy’s relationship with the Hawaiian kingdom being so positive. So maybe he was right…

[@phil-zz5hk]

check the colonial histories of , germany , spain , france (the most widespread land owner in the world today ) , dutch , united states . the spanish wiped out virtually entire civilisations in south america .

[@duckmeister5385]

"It's a desolate, empty island in the middle of nowhere." Norway: *We'll take it!*

[@frogger___9127]

Denmark took it, gave it to norway after they broke off into seperate countries

[@tskjesusfreak]

One of the reasons why they want to keep it, is oil.

[@Oddis44]

@@frogger___9127 didn't he say that Norway claimed it in 1926? That's a long time after the separation from Denmark.

[@deleted-something]

Tru

[@ggsolojj2306]

@@frogger___9127 this was in the 1920s. Lomg after the separation

[@MrAlfable]

Apparently there was a lifeboat found on the island during an expedition in the 70s. So another view on this is that human life is so pervasive that through sheer randomness it'll still manage to set foot on the most remote corner of the planet.

[@derrickfoster644]

That reminds me of a quote from a documentary about the migration of species from years ago. I am paraphrasing it but it was something like "given enough time the impossible becomes a definite."

[@blokin5039]

@@derrickfoster644 Big lies, you heard wrong

[@derrickfoster644]

@@blokin5039 ?

[@millec60]

It was a Russian lifeboat from a scientific expedition there

[@sihilius]

@@blokin5039 Troll

[@MichaelIhde69]

I’m from Alaska and I can tell you with certainty that the little white island in the bottom right corner of the screen at 1:20 that is shaped like an upside-down chef knife, called Baranof Island, has people living in some of the green spots. Not a lot of people, but I know of a few nomadic people who like to live on their own for much of the year excluding winter on Chichagof and Admiralty Islands nearby.

[@mintyplayz2114]

Excluding winter, it means permanent population. So people living in houses all year basically

[@MichaelIhde69]

@@mintyplayz2114 excluding winter on admiralty and chichagof :)

[@MichaelIhde69]

and even then there probably are some people who do. there are definitely permanent residents in those areas i mentioned on other islands. i might even be wrong about admiralty and chichagof. but i know i’m not wrong about baranof

[@jdboov6739]

@@mintyplayz2114 Yea, those maps are inaccurate, I used to live in green parts of Canada, there are towns in there

[@ChronoSquare]

@@jdboov6739 I think the copyright says 2014, so maybe just out of date?

[@WorldWarTwo]

*Desolate lump of ice 2,000km from any land* 19th Century British Empire: It's claiming time.

[@dongately2817]

You look strangely familiar. Have I seen you before?

[@xtopia9758]

@@dongately2817 Second World War?! Nah I don’t think I’ve heard of that before.

[@tetrafuse3096]

@@xtopia9758 Indeed because not everyone watches a Channel called World War Two

[@namenl2205]

Colonizers ye

[@Okaz_]

USA: * claims random island *

[@sammckay2703]

The thought of being in a kayak in the open ocean is absolutely terrifying

[@luisacuna4326]

I have no strong opinions in either side

[@will6497]

Open ocean kayaked in Honolulu, you learn the motion of the waves and you adjust. Just obviously don’t do it in bad weather

[@bRenegadez]

Imagine how small you would feel in the vast abyss with nothing in sight in any direction for 1000s of miles

[@randzopyr1038]

@@bRenegadez I'd be more worried about the vast abyss that stretches a few miles below me. Thalassophobia.

[@beringstraitrailway]

Many people have rowed across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. They use oversized kayaks with a room just barely big enough to sleep in on one end, and food storage space on the other end. They use a water filtration system. And carry a satellite phone or shortwave radio powered by a solar panel.

[@sharpfang]

What about this: go to the north-western corner of the island, where there's a Norwegian research base which you didn't mention, located on a part of land which is actually a decently accessible rocky beach which you didn't mention, and use the equipment in the base to call for help while living off supplies left there just for that occasion?

[@woodfamily5229]

Sharpfang AKA Mark Watney.

[@jomar_sl]

did they rebuild it? strong winds blew it away at some point

[@DaniP-W3ASU]

Not to mention ham radio expeditions like 3Y0J in early 2023

[@scottroe2674]

Yeah, that is obviously key. Survival would be assured then. Kind of an important factor to leave out of the video.

[@alancarpenter4904]

@@DaniP-W3ASU Yes, I know a ham Hal Turley W8HC who was on that expedition. The weather was so bad that after a week or so they were not able to land and had to return to South Africa. They sailed to Bouvet I. from the Falklands. Another group of hams are planning on attempting to go there this year (2024).

[@cnw8891]

My dad lived on tiny Ascension Island in the late 60s working on a secret project related to rockets and the moon landing (and other). Ascension is between South America and Africa. It's extremely remote.

[@newatlantisrepublic6844]

I was assistant project manager there. Life was very routine, even boring there.

[@rixrobin]

I remember finding this island on a map is my highschool class room 10 years ago and it was my special piece of knowledge back then, every time I see a video on Bouvet Island it brings me to then and I am happy more people are learning about it.

[@theojanastheone3116]

Those maps were great, I remember discovering the Suez canal for the first time 😮

[@a.alphonso6193]

that's awesome. studying/looking at maps is so much fun 😭😭

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

That's a level of nerdism I can relate to.

[@Persac7]

Lies

[@alpte1755]

itkkj

[@donkeyballs3081]

You may not be allowed to visit the island but if there's literally nobody within 2000km, who's going to stop you?

[@springbok4015]

That's what the Argentinians thought about the Falklands.

[@wladfan]

@@springbok4015 malvinas*

[@1slotmech]

@@wladfan Falklands..

[@Garryck-1]

@@wladfan - Falklands. Argentina has *never* had a legitimate claim to the islands.

[@wladfan]

@@1slotmech I'm Argentinian, though I must admit that I'm just messing around. I don't care at all about that conflict, I just wanted to see which comment got liked better.

[@akselcarlhundal6606]

1: Bouvet island are not only Norwegian land or Island outside Norway. A bit further south, you find Peter 1st island, and on the Antarktica continent you find Qeen Maud land. Up north, you find Jan Mayen Island, Hopen Island, Bjørnøya Island and Svalbard. 2: There is a cabin on the Bouvet island, with an automatic weather station. The island also has it's own radio amateur signature any wisiting amateurs can use.

[@kingiggy6579]

Ur stranded on a remote island- :( But there’s 10,000 penguins- :)

[@lukehenry5987]

Plenty of food, then!

[@kaylera1]

When the ISS flys over, the astronauts are the closest people to this island for a split second

[@doodskie999]

Mindblown

[@Aomine112]

Really? Wow!!! I definetly didn’t know

[@luckyleo7050]

Because it only orbits about 400km high

[@tenzinsmith7991]

Would prob be at least a few seconds.

[@emmettturner9452]

Meh. Even the circle drawn in the video ignores that there are often transient aircraft and boats within that range. The ISS is just another transient in that case and may not even be the closest one.

[@thesmiler1579]

It's kind of comforting to know that, despite the rapid urbanization of seemingly everything around us, there's still a lot of untamed wilderness out there

[@blqest125]

give it some time. the "internationalists" who are promoting open borders will get to it at some point.

[@johntrojan9653]

@@blqest125 When you see a McDonald's sign then kiss you butt "'Bye, Bye !"' ✋✋

[@Jkups]

@@johntrojan9653 wtf did I just read

[@shiny_teddiursa]

@@blqest125 delusional

[@superiortoall22]

There is, however, certain species of animals require large square miles worth of land, so in reality it’s probably not as much as we think.

[@ryanmarrow9819]

I really love your videos!

[@FlashMan16NG]

The more you describe this island, the more I find myself wanting to live there.

[@jpalexander292]

I love how they speak as if someone can become stranded there. You don’t need to worry about getting off the island because it’s probably harder to get on the island.

[@phantomwarrior8686]

Except you accidentally teleport to there and can't go back to home.

[@EazyDuz18]

@@phantomwarrior8686 just accidentally teleport off it then

[@kadennelms8419]

@@EazyDuz18 best comment ever lol

[@MozeePH]

@@EazyDuz18 😂

[@cs40660]

@@EazyDuz18 it’s not an accident if it’s on purpose then

[@ShortHax]

Bouvet looks like where Club Penguin used to be. I don’t think it’ll be that bad

[@carltonleboss]

We need to try and tip the island

[@secretspy4109]

Just wait till the polar bear comes.

[@jrandrewortega2861]

Waddle waddle

[@PakBallandSami]

i agree

[@auritro3903]

You again???

[@dredrev]

11:56 "to fix a nearby weather system"?? Define nearby! xD

[@dianapire2238]

Sounds like a great place to chill these past two years.

[@sub-zero0100]

This is gonna be my "villain's lair" when I become a billionaire.

[@rinjijake1194]

not if I get there first

[@tommatom3513]

IF you become a billionaire

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

@@tommatom3513 He could become a billionaire in a worthless cryptocurrency.

[@Shawa_Skibidi]

Remember me

[@iamnotuta2658]

Jeff Bezos intensifies.

[@TokyoXtreme]

5:52 “probably literally already happened”… the rare, triple adverb combo

[@LemurJackson]

More words make the videos longer, and allow for more ad revenue.

[@magicmushroom2]

Especially when they're ad-verbs...

[@the4thgen_tfl]

@@magicmushroom2 well done

[@Sagarock]

@@magicmushroom2 👍

[@sburton015]

This is incredibly how a country can claim land so far away. Next thing we know, countries will eventually claim parts of Mars, Venus, and maybe moons of Jupiter and Saturn.

[@billiamj737]

I claim the furthest planet...

[@pm8926]

This sounds like the exact vacation I need right now.

[@player-og4uy]

"I am gonna speedrun minecraft" the spawn point:

[@whollibaugh]

lolz

[@shahaffiq5860]

That's funny

[@connorschultz380]

Bla it's over an active volcano! You spawned next to lava source

[@khiemgom]

@@connorschultz380 but u didnt even have tree to make bucket

[@connorschultz380]

@@khiemgom ..ok fine ~~swim with a nearby dolphin until you find a ship wreck and take the wood from it to make sticks and a wood pick then gathe stuff to make stone picks and mine some iron you've surely seen on the ocean floor by now~~

[@muratunlu229]

Imagine someone is actually there and we just don't know because it's so remote.

[@nguyenductien9098]

How did he get there in the first place lol

[@Nopenopenope412]

if that was true it would be horrifiying for that person

[@cjeam9199]

Finally, I can poop in peace.

[@JO-nh6mo]

@@cjeam9199 but mind the penguins, they might not like it! 🤣

[@camronrapp4146]

We've been there multiple times.

[@edbouhl3100]

Sounds like a good place to build a second Global Seed Vault. Svalbard is actually starting to warm up and become a travel destination.

[@Elementboy6522]

Only thing i can think to do would be to try and make a raft out of a seal, using hide and bones for the hull and lashing it together with sinew. If you can catch several seals, you could use the bladders to make the boat buoyant enough to resist sinking if capsized. You'd almost certainly die of thirst while sailing it tho. Can't think of a way to get around that problem.

[@MZZenyl]

Don't forget that, even if you could catch the penguins or other animals on the island, you wouldn't have any wood or kindling to start a fire. So you'd be on a diet consisting exclusively of raw meat. Certainly better than nothing, but risky. In reality, the best thing to do if you were suddenly teleported to that frozen wasteland would be to lie down and wait for the cold embrace of death.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Indeed. Not the worst death.

[@therealjesusofficialhd]

That's what I initially believed, until I took a closer look at the island. On it's west coast, there is a small research station. It's the only one left; the others were all destroyed throughout time. The station has a generator and, based on the gadgets visible from the outside, some form of satellite communication. If the station is locked, you might try breaking in via one of the windows; perhaps you'll be lucky and find extra items such as food and clothing. Because the island is small and the west shore is flat, getting to the station should be (relatively) simple ( this is also the only place where helicopters can land). So, if I could show out that I'm there and had a permanent shelter, I'd be willing to eat raw penguin and, at the very worst, wait until one of the expeditions arrives.

[@TheDom822]

Better to lie down and wait for the cold embrace of death with a belly full of penguin though.

[@mikehawk6175]

@@therealjesusofficialhd damn this gives me hardcore survival video game vibes

[@r0cketplumber]

Find a frozen freeze-dried penguin corpse, burn that, render a second one for fat, Bob's your uncle.

[@sharkfinn4]

Norway: "It's free real-estate." Everyone else: "Is it, though?"

[@Handsomegargoyle04]

😆

[@robinhood6948]

😂😂😂 we dont want it anymore, at least not this norwegian 🇸🇯😂

[@michaelarmer256]

so remote they don't even bother to fish its waters

[@roykin0929]

Its free, but not quite a real-estate.

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@TheWorldIsBurninginc.]

Thank you I’m using this island for my book it’s perfect!

[@TheeBucketMan]

And that’s how you do a proper sponsor segway! Haha great production as always. PS currently watching while living in Bora Bora, population 8,000, with my personally built production PC haha 😂🏝🗺

[@AvangionQ]

Bouvet Island, 93% glacier, average temperature -1C Short version: you'd die from frostbite exposure and/or starvation before any help arrived

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

@Loj32 Did you even watch the fucking video? The narrator stated that the island is heavily populated by penguins and seals.

[@thenailprojectbymjb1740]

@@JohnGardnerAlhadis oooooffff i love penguins

[@Perririri]

About 30 °F

[@billiamj737]

Point Taken

[@dannylen8830]

The ISS could actually be closer than any land mass because it orbits 400km away from earth and if its flight path lands over this island then the nearest person there would be is a ISS operator

[@nfmg1719]

😂

[@blacksage2375]

So what you are saying is getting off is as easy as writing "Send Help" in big yellow letters in the snow?

[@r0cketplumber]

Pretty much- in its orbit 51.6 degree inclination, the closest ISS gets is about 300 km along the ground, or about 500 km slant range.

[@dannylen8830]

@@blacksage2375 Im not saying that you will be rescued but the ISS will be the closest civilisation

[@User31129]

If you could drive a car at 70 mph straight up, you'd be in Space in less than 2 hours. The atmosphere is thinner than you realize.

[@user-bh4gf4hq5t]

I have been liking remote islands for several years now. Before watching this video I read about the island. It is a very interesting place but also quite hard to live on. One of my dreams is to visit it. I hope it happens one day.

[@billiamj737]

Good luck

[@danielon0987]

I remember just trying to explore on Google earth and realizing this island existed, it totally caught my curiosity at that time, now I see I'm not the only curious

[@PiPArtemis]

"What would happen if you were transport there right now?" **me sitting in my underwear** oh yeah, I'd be screwed

[@wassollderscheiss33]

Under-what?!

[@santoshd6613]

Which underwear??? 😛😛😛 Brand? Size? Type?

[@Adammrtl27]

I'm fully clothed and an outdoorsman... Pretty sure I'd freeze too. And I live where it's generally considered to be cold. 👍

[@actin9294]

Go on...

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

@@santoshd6613 dudes down bad

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

I love the fact that the predominant opinion on the Vela incident, not the conspiracy theory, is a joint nuclear test by Israel and South Africa

[@nerdstark9002]

Rest in peace to all the penguins.

[@VisibilityFoggy]

I think it's pretty much been decided that's what happened by the process of elimination. We know where every other country did their testing, and it wasn't this place.

[@Messihaz]

who can it be now

[@JustinDrentlaw]

Did he ever actually say the phrase "Vela Incident"? Because once he started describing the event I knew immediately that it was the Vela Incident but I don't think he ever actually said it.

[@georgebruv3955]

Ahhhh both apartheid countries….who would’ve known

[@ciaoprando412]

if i were norway i would build like a radio station for research and emergency situations

[@KyleFran]

Dude, how are you going to be an entire country? A human can't be transformed into land

[@ciaoprando412]

@@KyleFran I am the son of Gaia mother of titans , i control the ground benith your feet , TREMBLE 😂

[@ciaoprando412]

@@KyleFran I meant the norwegian government ofc😂

[@mrcx6142]

@@KyleFran You must be fun at parties.

[@bruhgamer316]

No lol thats a dumb ass idea

[@EA-js1me]

Imagine how isolated this is that even imperial UK said to Norway: “Meh, you can ‘ave it m8!”

[@thomasrinschler6783]

There's apparently a weather station on the island, so the best thing you could do to get attention is to go there and start smashing things. Yeah, you'd probably get in trouble for breaking the equipment, and who knows how long it would take before they would send someone out to fix it, but beyond that, there's not much chance to get anyone else's attention...

[@thefloridaredneck]

Oh maybe find the thermometer. Heat it up and try spelling out sos with body heat of that makes sense. I'm sire they see graphs of Temps so it you can do sos? Idk just a crazy thought that may save your life. Idk I'm drunk.

[@Garryck-1]

Of course, if you were on Bouvet *without* having a 406MHz GPS-enabled EPIRB (Emergency Position-Indicating RadioBeacon), then you'd be so stupid that you deserved whatever happened to you anyway. All you would need to do is set off that emergency beacon, and they'd know *exactly* where to find you.

[@altanis1499]

If there is a weather station there, there is an emergency button on it. All temote Norwegian installations HAS to have a way to signal an emergemcy

[@randzopyr1038]

Give Starlink a few more years and there may very well be internet, if intermittent and weak.

[@williamfulgham2010]

@@randzopyr1038 Also as I mentioned on another post on this board, there have been amateur radio groups that have landed and operated for a few days including one official DXpedition. There are 3 of those trips planned within the next few years, using amateur radio on several different ham bands, K5EYS

[@ADCArtAttack]

So what you're saying is.... It'll make a good spot when I wanna avoid responsibilities?

[@Pigmanrrr]

i mean yeah pretty much

[@blizzbee]

I think i would agree.

[@AntAnthony_]

yeah

[@wattsnottaken1]

About that

[@bayinoyi]

Yeah if you're okay eating penguins every day

[@reedr7142]

It’s best to avoid tourist season when you go there :P

[@williamlynnroden]

@reedr7142. Now that's what I call a great sense oh humor!!!

[@billiamj737]

What is a tourist?

[@kurmandhaliwal218]

if you play close attention you notice how fire the background music is

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity" - Albert Einstein

[@Retaliatixn]

*Bouvet moment.*

[@dubuyajay9964]

For me it's the opposite. :(

[@johntrojan9653]

🤚

[@spongebobsucks12]

"you need strict permission to visit the island" If I decide to go, I dare Norway to stop me lol

[@hawkevick9184]

The empire is not something to be laugh at.

[@thelaughingpost]

You may visit that island if you want to die

[@g.r.senterprisevenatorclas7314]

I think they make you ask permission just so they know you're going, and if something happens, they can send someone to help. Foooooor whatever that's worth.

[@Luredreier]

You could probably get there without Norway having *any* way of stopping you. However if there's any proof of you being there afterwards (like say a corpe or any garbage) then of course you've commited a crime and they'll react accordingly... (Most likely a hefty fine for you, or if you're dead your estate, aka your next of kin)

[@Garryck-1]

@@Luredreier - Fining a deceased person's estate or next of kin is illegal.

[@edwardwilliams6514]

Next you should do a video about Point Nemo in the Pacific.

[@jrhermosura4600]

he already did bruv

[@missshroom5512]

Oh I would love to see the fungi there🥰 ….amazing how adaptable everything is. All the unrecorded critters…I wanta go❤️🌎✌🏼

[@JohnFoley1701]

You had me at “only human being in a 2000km radius”.

[@northamerica5142]

My man, yes

[@whollibaugh]

I feel like he's challenging me Lol

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@Aishiya1]

God, yes.

[@Mars-ef8of]

Spawning on Bouvet Island is like spawing on a deserted island surrounded by a wide ocean in minecraft 😳

[@_-onidaacca-_9371]

A... VERY... VERY... cold... island...

[@E1craZ4life]

With no trees.

[@rubixtheslime]

Except your chances of surviving that Minecraft island are still hundreds of thousands times better. Fun fact: that is the very first spawn I ever had in survival

[@jamesrocket5616]

In HARDCORE mode

[@lightyagami3492]

@@rubixtheslime Imagine spawning on a one block island surrounded by thousands of blocks of ocean and no land in sight. That's what Bouvet island is.

[@NmpK24]

South Georgia is about 2500km from Bouvet Island and is inhabited. And Norway also has other overseas terirtories. Peter I island. And Svalbard and Jan Mayen island are technically.

[@Missmethinksalot1]

my cozy blanket in my room with the heater on in 10 degree weather is looking so comfy rn

[@ChowdongsFameCrew]

I had a dream about that ( stranded at french polynesia, worldwide lockdown due to corona so no airplanes flying) so nice you made a video about that 🤣

[@itscmw4352]

How was that? 😂 sounds awful

[@azerimapper8620]

Yeah how was it

[@zak-attak]

I think we all agree, never go to an island. Not even Australia. 😂

[@J.J.G991]

@@zak-attak especially not Australia*

[@Loukas81]

My parents spent 10 months on their yacht in the Caribbean.

[@boarbot7829]

“You would be the only human within that entire circle” Boats: am I a joke to you?

[@slaire7799]

pretty sure boats don’t even pass near it

[@boarbot7829]

@@slaire7799 ye but nearer than 2000 km

[@MarqFJA87]

@@boarbot7829 For what reason, though? Merchant ships and ocean liners have no reason to venture that far away from the southern tip of Africa or the coast of South America, and research vessels similarly have little reason to pass through that area with any appreciable frequency.

[@Pacheenee7]

@@boarbot7829 probably not

[@boarbot7829]

@@MarqFJA87 fishing? Very rich waters around there…

[@danfawks7164]

Imagine watching this video on that island and getting more depressed

[@gylandibbs]

Man you're really putting me on blast for that hypothetical rowing idea I didn't have

[@peteck007]

*Fun fact:* There had been a lot of such people, in the middle ages and ancient history who were drifted off from their seaways and reached at the unknown part of the ocean eventually getting lost and later finding a desolate island. And guess what they spent their rest of their lives, on those tiny islands.. finally accepting the fact that they were never ever going to see their families again.

[@DJPigeon1]

Thats not fun at all :(

[@ImIllITeRaTeAnD]

I dont think theres a fact in there either.

[@rogueascendant6611]

I think there was a boat that was discovered on Bouvet Island when the Norwegian expedition team claimed the island. They say that they have no idea about it.

[@theworldexplained8253]

😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿

[@nazranhaziq8061]

that doesnt sound fun at all

[@austinbutts3000]

This brings up a question in my mind: if you had an emergency satellite beacon to alert rescuers to your location, how soon would they be able to get there? WOULD they even get there, and how?

[@lahma69]

Furthermore, do you think you are important enough to your government (or any other nation or entity) to warrant spending the time and money to come rescue you? I kind of get the feeling that they would probably just pretend they never saw that beacon 😅

[@austinbutts3000]

Follow-up: It looks like South Africa has formal responsibility for Maritime search and rescue in that area (citation needed). But it honestly feels like your best bet to be rescued is the fame that would bring to the nation that rescues you from the most remote place on the planet... ... So like, share, comment, and subscribe to make a future rescue more likely 😅

[@atzuras]

that's why "someone" nuked the island.

[@serraramayfield9230]

@@atzuras Uh, the incident was over the ocean, not on Bouvet. You can't nuke the island anyway because it's a nature preserve, and if someone did, the Norwegian government would be pissed.

[@deleted-something]

True

[@ryangainey94]

Seems like an ideal place to build a Fortress of Solitude or Supervillain headquarters. It would have to be underground to be properly heated and use geothermal heat from the active volcano, filter fresh water from the snow or seawater, and obtain subsistence food from hunting and fishing. If nobody ever goes there, it hardly matters if you have permission or not to be there; it's not like Norway is going to arrest you and throw you in prison for being there without their permission or knowledge, and that's assuming that they even find you, because maybe you won't want to be rescued or found. In which case, how would they even know to look for you if you've told no one where you're going? If you came here with a large enough group of people and some private contractors and resources and such, you could build a large home here as well.

[@danroberts9050]

It's funny, I've been looking for a place to build my Super villain headquarters. Or I was thinking about calling my laire. Either way, this just might be the perfect place!

[@barailmika7556]

Salute to the dedicated cameramen who went to the island to take shots and create this video...

[@TheSurgePhoenix]

Grandparents the type to say "Back in my day we had to swim from Bouvet to South Africa just to go to school"

[@whollibaugh]

😂

[@jacquihesher5424]

True

[@anilreddy7592]

Two RLL videos in two days is very surprising, there is usually at least a five day gap between them

[@nickmorris6020]

Dude dipped for 2 weeks and then dropped back to back videos which makes me think dude went on vacation and had these pre prepared

[@thedarkdragon1437]

he probably wanted to upload to patreon but realized it has youtube ad and was too lazy to edit it xd

[@harshashar2662]

I am also surprised, this is unexpected. 😐😐

[@mickaaaaa]

@@nickmorris6020 he left for 2 weeks bc he went to bouvet island

[@KenLinx]

Wow amazing segue, didn't even notice.

[@eightballsidepocket]

Sounds like a great setting for Castaway 2!

[@62AliCan]

Right now Stranded on an Island, thanks for uploading comes in quiet handy :)

[@Omer1996E.C]

So, should I call the police, or anyone to rescue you? Or is the network great in that island?

[@GalyTheSugarLover]

Wait for real?

[@NickElectro9000]

Ur in bahrain?

[@Omer1996E.C]

@@NickElectro9000 Bahrain is connected to a major city in saudi arabia with a bridge called "king fahd causeway"

[@bbernie]

I'm so sorry you live in Great Britain.

[@cadensauerbrey9005]

"If you were instantly teleported to the island as you are right now" Well, I'm in my boxers watching this video, so, I don't think it would go well.

[@santoshd6613]

Which brand ? Colour?😛😛

[@actin9294]

^^

[@n4mel3ssw0lf8]

@@santoshd6613 what

[@bobbyantrobus1805]

@@n4mel3ssw0lf8 hes a gay indian man. no big deal

[@n4mel3ssw0lf8]

@@bobbyantrobus1805 These type of creeps are very common In india lol I live here

[@mathewmcgee8029]

There are lots of interesting isolated islands out there. Spitsbergen would probably give this one a run for its money.

[@7977279772]

Since probably most of your viewers are from the U.S. or at least a large percentage them, it would be nice to see distance shown in miles in conjunction with kilometers, your descriptions would be much more interesting and meaningful. Just a suggestion

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Exactly !! Let the others learn what a foot or a mile is !!

[@henrymugello3387]

It's should've just switched to use the metric system, that way everyone know the measurement.

[@henrymugello3387]

@@2msvalkyrie529 Just use the metric system

[@dgh6673]

@@2msvalkyrie529 rubbish

[@JBguitar-cj8pc]

@@henrymugello3387how bout nooooooo?

[@lemonbowl9548]

0:55 it's even higher in the vatican city with over 100 percent of people living in a city

[@immortal1341]

And Bahrain

[@mechanikos84]

Over 100% of people?

[@jamesrocket5616]

Or Singapore

[@jesseflu]

Norway has a seasonal research station with power there. You're bound to find it on a small island. It also has a weather station, kitchenette and sleeping quarters for 6 people.

[@paddywarner4452]

And how do you know this

[@paddywarner4452]

How comes google and so many other websites say it’s completely empty then

[@tbird81]

When a KZbin comment is more researched than the video.

[@paddywarner4452]

@@tbird81 he is pulling our legs there is absolutely nothing on Bouvet Island but snow penguins birds and a couple of hills

[@Iron-Bridge]

@@paddywarner4452 Been there. Done that.

[@Its__Good]

Norway: "It's free real estate". Britain: *coughs* Norway: Ah, come on man. You can't have everywhere.

[@waverider227]

AS of this moment there is an expedition by Ham radio operators to Bouvet Island in order to give ham radio operators worldwide a chance just to work anyone on it and claim DX or distant radio working status. For the past 2 years an expedition had to get permission from the Norwegian Govt and then raise funds for a charter boat then when the crew got there the seas were stormy and so choppy only a small zodiac initially allowed a few people to get aboard for only a few hours then the boat had to encircle the island and wait a few days until this past Friday when conditions calmed and permitted the camp to set up radios and antennas. It has been tough for both the crew and for other radio amateurs to hear and make a contact. The last time anyone went was around 2000 or 2006 . Good luck to everyone ; especially the crew involved may they return home safely soon !

[@fyrhtu81]

12:02 "While on their way to fix a nearby weather system." OK, I'm sure you meant weather station, but with Bouvet being a glacier-covered remote active volcano, I'm getting "Supervillain Weather Control Scheme" vibes off this line. 😂

[@owenswanson7849]

There is nothing wrong with leaving a lot of earth empty to be left to nature

[@sneakysnickersnoopy]

Still not enough :/

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

And the video didn't say that was wrong

[@connorprewit]

Peepeepoopoo

[@MsCravenMoorehead]

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[@owenswanson7849]

@@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache it implies that there’s something odd about humans not touching and destroying every piece of nature

[@ulyssis]

Great video! Let me introduce an opposite location to the one in this video: Urumqi, the most remote metropolitan which is far from any ocean.

[@tomweber8075]

Wow I really love that Norway was just like “this is ours now” and Britain was just like “n-……alright fine”

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

RealLifeLore, can you please make a video explaining why the majority of Indonesia's population lives on the island of Java, which is also the most populated island in the world. Thank you very much.

[@LzyAsu]

Because people live there

[@jomantis5]

Because people live there

[@amannaikwade3118]

Because people live there

[@EdbertWeisly]

Hi Indonesian

[@briantarigan7685]

It's already the most populated island among the nusantara lands since the age of atiquity, far before the colonial era or independence of indonesia, it was the most fertile land with many volcano that fertilize it, it's far from any storm or hurricane, that's why many kingdoms and empires grow therr

[@SuperOctimusprime]

According to Wikipedia there was a new research station built there in 2014, capable of housing 6 people for 2-4 months. So shelter probably wouldn't be an issue, assuming you could find it. Also Tristan da Chuna isn't the closest populated land mass. Bouvet is only 1600km from Gough Island and 1900km from South Sandwich Islands (both of which have weather/research stations occupied all year round). Still, an interesting video though.

[@teddy7265]

This is not correct, Gough Island is located 1845km from Bouvet, the Sandwich Islands have meteorological stations but they are automated and Gough Island is not considered inhabited as they are not permanently inhabited, but only for a short period of time by personal of the South African Weather Service.

[@SuperOctimusprime]

@@teddy7265 Yeah you're right about the distance, but still closer than Tristan. From what I can find out online, it seems Gough Island does have a year long team. Sandwich Islands do not but the nearby South Georgia Islands are inhabited year round.

[@Brucemcleod2345]

Sounds like a great place for a holiday

[@Tinil0]

Just a quick reminder that the fact we once detected a nuclear explosion nearby is not an ideal argument to support "You could detonate a nuke here and no one would ever detect it"

[@some2235]

Yea but they will still find out you did it.. because once you try to leave the island you will end up near South Africa or Brazil🤷🏾

[@Chris-ln6so]

Fascinating to look at the UK, which is geographically quite small but with a relatively large population, and see how empty it is.

[@mrslinkydragon9910]

And yet the gammons claim "its full up"!

[@laurikotivuori1585]

@@mrslinkydragon9910 It is in the south east west and center

[@uzaidgurjee4798]

@@mrslinkydragon9910 I mean England is the most overcrowded large nation in Europe. Scotland and Wales is empty. The problem with Scotland and Wales is that there’s a lot more mountains their than there is in England.

[@mrslinkydragon9910]

@@uzaidgurjee4798 true

[@dailymass4924]

@@mrslinkydragon9910 The vast majority of the non-populated areas are literally mountains or moorland. People can't live there.

[@erich6096]

It's a good thing Norway has this island instead of an oppressive government. It sounds like it would be a terrifyingly efficient penal colony. Extremely isolated, no easy way to make landfall, no way to launch a boat from it, no way to survive there without being supplied outside resources (probably only via air drop) and basically no where to escape too anyway even if you do make it out

[@constantthought6082]

Me and my nan used to vacation there every winter back in the early 2000s I brought my two kids and they’d make snow angels as we spread my grandads ashes in the ocean. He was a good man and I loved going there

[@criiss_.1654]

Mrbeast in 6 years: **24 hours stranded in the most isolated island in the world**

[@disguisedkoalas]

Lol

[@ChrisIsAPotato]

24 hours? *more like 5 days*

[@VITORB82]

Who's that? Bear Gryls cousin?

[@Persac7]

Tyler Olivieria*

[@geo_Ehan]

@@VITORB82 Are you sure you don't know Mrbeast a.k.a Jimmy Donaldson

[@OmnipotentPotato]

I heard before that it's so isolated that sometimes, when the International Space Station is flying overhead, they are the closest human life to you.

[@Onnarashi]

Yes, I believe the ISS orbits less than 2000 km from Earth's surface.

[@uniquecreations5108]

Best place for quarantine

[@johnmknox]

I think Tristan da Cunha is more remote and isolated. In that general area of the South Atlantic anyway! It is only 1152 miles from Bouvet Island to Gough Island. If you exclude other islands and are aiming for a major landmass well the shortest distance from Bouvet Island to South Africa is 1570 miles. To get from Tristan da Cunha to South Africa is 1724 miles, and to Brazil, it is 2215 miles. If you want to flip to the Pacific Ocean well Pitcairn Island is extremely remote. If you exclude other small islands, to get to the nearest sizeable landmass it's 3111 miles to New Zealand. If you go the other direction it is 3315 miles to Chile in South America.

[@andreimihaesi]

I've always been super intrigued by this island... a little icy rock impossibly far away from anywhere in the roughest ocean in the world. A pretty cool contender would be McDonald/ Heard island (Australia) which is also very far down in the southern ocean and also has a super high volcano jutting out of it. Science fiction stuff.

[@blokin5039]

Your bulshit has been exposed

[@ThatsNotVeryFunnyLol]

I love watching videos like these and also looking on Google Maps and researching islands and countries like these. It's the most fascinating thing ever to me. I don't even understand how some of it is possible. How do people find these places, how does life form there, how does the island even exist? Life is crazy.

[@zenverak]

No joke, people somehow got to Hawaii. I know they’re bigger but like…. People are amazing sometimes

[@Yxng.tre07]

Doing that right now , go check out South Georgia Islands or Edinburgh of the Seven Seas

[@zevlovex222]

I do exactly the same. Salut

[@Levy3o8]

And to think that there was a team of amateur radio operators who went out there to make contacts from the island, and to let other radio operators say they made a contact on Bouvet.

[@seanmaher2987]

The vid I'm about to recommend has no connection to me, but I have been kind of mesmerised by a vid on here called 'Bouvet Island as you've never seen' (worth looking up). It's just a helicopter ride around the island coastline in what looks like 'summer'. It's magnetic viewing. It challenges the imagination.

[@adityachk2002]

I’m glad it’s a nature reserve and uninhabited. Marine animals have somewhere to go! And this place may have new species, we’ll never know! It’s a glacier in a sea but the ice doesn’t melt, nearby water doesn’t freeze and it probably hardly snows, then how does it have snow?

[@carlosandleon]

it's old ice

[@olavsanchez909]

Old ice/ ocean water blowing up an freezing?

[@henrymugello3387]

Yeah exactly man.

[@AndrewPonti]

So you're saying THIS is where the next Bond Villain will build his lair complex? Can't wait for THAT movie!

[@paddywarner4452]

Or where the next Bond villain will hide his prisoners

[@audofit]

LOL I live next to Microcenter - and yes the software engineers at my old workplace loved this place

[@trumpisaconfirmedcuck5840]

I'd imagine some land areas would be worse like in certain parts of A inaccessibility. Hopefully in Bouvet you could get some floatsam and hopefully drift to land. Not saying it would be easy. Just saying it would be easier than certain parts of the middle of nowhere in Antarctica on land. Like ok... if you were at the South Pole station you'd be ok, but there's a ton of places where you'd have to walk 1000+km to either get to south pole station (good luck) or the Antarctic coast.

[@theaveragecivilian4456]

Great video! always looking forward seeing a video from you pop up!

[@100ryanfraser]

Can’t believe you missed the suggestion of “Sea turtles, mate. A pair of them strapped to my feet”

[@uzaiyaro]

Despite the fact that nobody lives there, bouvet has its own top-level domain (kind of). .no for Norway, and .bv for Bouvet Island.

[@stevencampbell365]

As crazy as the world is might be nice to live there😊

[@lukesucksatlife8973]

Nice job on uploading twice Ina row, Honest Work! 👍