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

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[@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 *

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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 😂

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

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 .

[@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

[@MozeePhoto]

@@EazyDuz18 😂

[@cs40660]

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

[@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

[@BruceLeeRoy26]

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.

[@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.

[@_Mintyz_]

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

[@MichaelIhde69]

@@_Mintyz_ 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]

@@_Mintyz_ 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?

[@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

[@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

[@secretspy410]

Just wait till the polar bear comes.

[@jrandrewortega2861]

Waddle waddle

[@In_Our_Timeline]

i agree

[@auritro3903]

You again???

[@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

[@tenzinsmith]

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.

[@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-W4ASU]

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-W4ASU 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).

[@sub-zero0100]

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

[@Africanhorror]

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.

[@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.

[@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 👍

[@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!!!

[@marknewton6984]

How is the pizza delivery there?

[@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?

[@Theggman83]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@FlashMan16NG]

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

[@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~~

[@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

[@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

[@richXPT707]

best bet is to wait for an iss flyover, calculate the dopler shift, use a ham radio to ask for help, and hope they actually have it turned on.

[@doh-nc8ku]

When you’re actually closer to earth satellites and the people in space ISS than anyone on earth

[@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.

[@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…

[@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.

[@gylandibbs]

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

[@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]

🤚

[@IonsonMars]

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.

[@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.

[@marknewton6984]

My dad landed there in WW2. P-40! 😮

[@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. 😐😐

[@mickaessame]

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

[@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

[@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

[@ruchirverma852]

The odds of surviving on this island is as low as the odds of reaching here.

[@henrymugello3387]

Both are equal

[@nolesy34]

@@henrymugello3387 if you reach it, they will come

[@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]

Top comment

[@owenswanson7849]

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

[@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.

[@Padwarner4452]

And how do you know this

[@Padwarner4452]

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

[@tbird-z1r]

When a KZbin comment is more researched than the video.

[@Padwarner4452]

@@tbird-z1r he is pulling our legs there is absolutely nothing on Bouvet Island but snow penguins birds and a couple of hills

[@Iron-Bridge]

@@Padwarner4452 Been there. Done that.

[@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

[@blandscaperr]

Bouvet to the peak of everest

[@barailmika0702]

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

[@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.

[@Nemurica]

Because people live there

[@JeffersonSteelflexx]

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

[@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. 😂

[@criiss_.1654]

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

[@disguisedkoalas]

Lol

[@Chrono_topher]

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

[@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.

[@alanwrenches]

If that does happen, it's gonna be a long while

[@bell4textu973]

I already own large area of Moon-land. You should consider doing that too my friend. I could need some neighbors. lol

[@OmnipresentPotato]

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.

[@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.

[@vik4286]

The video: This island is a remote, desolate and miserable place where no human could feasibly survive. Me: Okay but I'm built different.

[@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

[@Lemon_Bowl]

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

[@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

[@SaladKeg]

RealLifeLore answering all the questions I had looking at random isolated islands on Google Maps as a kid.

[@MannenFromNorth]

As a norwegian, this makes me happy as I hate being around strangers, one boat ticket please

[@suleimansghk]

as a hongkonger I am glad to obtain a ticket, I like being isolated

[@elliw.]

Same here. Sounds like paradise.

[@utkarshg.bharti9714]

Your country is already empty. How much isolation do you want?

[@utkarshg.bharti9714]

@@suleimansghk You could seriously do well there. But don't let the CCP come there.

[@HeFromNorwayz]

Let me guess, your name is Niklas, Nicholas, Nikolai or some veriation of that?

[@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.

[@ciaoprando412]

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

[@CaioFran]

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

[@ciaoprando412]

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

[@ciaoprando412]

@@CaioFran I meant the norwegian government ofc😂

[@mrcx6142]

@@CaioFran You must be fun at parties.

[@bruhgamer316]

No lol thats a dumb ass idea

[@Missmethinksalot1]

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

[@Benjamin-ko1fg]

My uncle has actually visited Bouvet Island. He was a part of an expedition a few years ago. They needed a doctor with them, and he joined them because he is a doctor.

[@delate1167]

nicee

[@jimdennis2451]

"DAMMIT! You didn't tell us you were a podiatrist!"

[@HTS_Editor_Jack]

A pile of snow somewhere on Bouvet Island: “Greeting young RLL, what brings you to our remote sanctuary?”

[@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.

[@StS9LBJ23]

Too many know about it too. We need a quiet breakaway seed vault 2.0

[@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.

[@prodSpazeY]

Epic , watching from Antarctica

[@readmyprofiledont5060]

Don't read my name

[@LoneWolfsLair]

Come again?

[@yogadoen2771]

Haha me under water in a cave (really true) (acctuelly not really)

[@CanadaBricks]

Epic

[@phaige6595]

Epic

[@100ryanfraser]

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

[@danfawks7164]

Imagine watching this video on that island and getting more depressed

[@AndrewPonti]

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

[@Padwarner4452]

Or where the next Bond villain will hide his prisoners

[@slipstreamxr3763]

The Yaujta might have a problem with that.

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

Can you imagine how quickly things would change if they discovered a massive oil well beneath Bouvet?

[@vaimantobe3034]

Yeah, with the active volcano that's also underneath it that wouldn't end well!

[@Bananappleboy]

@@vaimantobe3034 *_*volcano erupts destroying whatever oil rig nearby_** America: NOOOOO MY ICE CREAM *_NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO_*

[@busterhikney6936]

America will have to bring democracy to it, surely.

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

@@Bananappleboy Creates a new island within a year. New continent within twenty. 😂

[@mazsax999]

@@busterhikney6936... right after Europe brings Colonialism to it...

[@1161909]

How often does Google Earth update? You could try writing help on the snow or a beach and hope Google Earth sees it and somebody shares it ..of course it's a long shot to put it's doable if Google Earth updates regularly.. I'm just thinking out loud.

[@Buenosz8]

I think if anyone ever notice that you would already be dead by then

[@phantomwarrior8686]

The Google Earth doesn't update this island in their maps since 2008

[@shahaffiq5860]

@@phantomwarrior8686 how do you know that?

[@phantomwarrior8686]

@@shahaffiq5860 probably it's something around end of 2000s early 2010s... This is because they do not update every day the Google Earth, in some places they update many times, in others just in some months, in others just after a few years. This place is so isolated and covered by the clouds of Antarctica and Africa that the Google Earth satellites can't update the maps from there often, and also it's not the main worries of updates in Google Earth. So, yeah maybe if something will be updated there, probably just like in a few years and the last one was around 2010 because it's time enough to Google update every single place on Earth.

[@shahaffiq5860]

@@phantomwarrior8686 google should update it

[@edwardwilliams6514]

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

[@jrhermosura4600]

he already did bruv

[@aaronmarks9366]

I like how this island is mentioned in Alien vs. Predator (2004), as "Bouvetøya Island" - they took the full Norwegian name, which already means "Bouvet Island", and added another "Island" to it. It's also supposedly the frigid Antarctic island where most of the movie takes place, but the one scene that actually shows on a world map where the characters are heading shows Peter I Island instead, which in the dialog is mistakenly called "Bouvetøya Island"

[@Marlin123]

Source?

[@myusername0wns]

@@Marlin123 Alien vs Predator (2004)

[@someone8653]

Fun fact: More people have been to the ISS than Bouvet Island, and the ''weather station'' is just automated that was built before the trip and not actually a construction. It's literally the point nemo of land

[@erichpizer1]

you pass Bouvet Island via the few tourist spots on the ice breakers leaving Cape Town for Antarctica etc. A colleague of my wife and friend did it for a life time trip with his wife. maybe they'll pick you up one chance per year.

[@tomweber8075]

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

[@MrCommentGod]

*Thanks for the five minute early access*

[@moonlitm3285]

Hello

[@pgrothschild]

Hey

[@franciszekbrzozowski9059]

hi

[@B4ckst4b3r]

Hey

[@Brady_Stewart_238]

Hi

[@slaxorzz]

As a former Amish I kinda think it would be slightly normal

[@julianshepherd2038]

As a Scottish person I can see I'll need my big coat.

[@Happyfor96]

As an Arab….I ain’t going fucking no where no sir 🥶

[@oliverwells8011]

Native to the Caribbean, its way to cold for me, wouldn't catch me anywhere near there

[@mr.purple250]

@@oliverwells8011 slax was referring more to the isolation aspect. My state has a lot of Amish and it doesn’t get nearly that cold

[@adityachk2002]

Never heard About this but of course I have subscribed to this channel just for this reason. Who else will tell me this amazing things and this channel has the highest concentration of my like to video ratio. Being alone in all of Europe was a great analogy

[@erikziak1249]

Basically the ideal hideout for a villain.

[@calvinbouroughproductions8321]

He’s cranking out videos with HAI this week.

[@molybdaen11]

In other words: the perfect location for your secret lair where you prepare your world domination. The cliffs, ice and fog make it easy to fend of invaders or hide your underground entrance. The nearby volcano is a must have anyway. And the pinguins make some good minions.

[@gloriouspopemantom373]

The amount of thermal energy, oh my, so much POWAAA.

[@krishessler8527]

Sounds like the "Perfect" place for a secret underground base....

[@kingiggy6579]

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

[@lukehenry5987]

Plenty of food, then!

[@MaritsView]

*"What if you were stranded on this Island?"* *"Megatsunami has now decided to swallow the island."*

[@uss_04]

That Microcenter sponsorship. Glad to see them growing. Especially after Fry’s gone

[@ГеоргиПашалиев]

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.

[@lianxiv]

the essence of being norwegian is getting overly excited every time a foreigner mentions anything that has to do w norway

[@Knutwolf]

🇳🇴 I can vouch for that 🇳🇴

[@Luredreier]

Yep :-P

[@whollibaugh]

History Matters has great humor on swedes v. normans and sometimes fins*

[@Luredreier]

@@whollibaugh "Norwegians" is the English word for people from Norway. "Nordmenn" is the Norwegian word, but them you used English for the rest...

[@johnl.7754]

Norway probably keeping it as a potential military base or for the under water drilling rights.

[@bort6459]

Not much oil by geological hot spots near a mid ocean rift. Just about the worst place to drill. It's also too far from any coast to serve a strategic military position. Its only value as a long term asset is if/when Antarctica melts and the international land rush begins. Bouvet Island is Norway's foothold on antarctic territory.

[@fabio5286]

always economic intentions

[@68404]

And fishing rights

[@fabio5286]

@@68404 why would fucking norway fish there

[@actin9294]

@@bort6459 maybe not oil but some other resources: gold, silver, uranium etc...

[@svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038]

8:30 Also, I very much doubt even a specially built rowing boat could survive the Southern Ocean. Waves there are frequently 10m+.

[@whollibaugh]

dang

[@USAbLaSt]

I would be SO happy - Craig

[@hudbudmudsud]

Bouvet Island is the perfect place to build a villain lair.

[@freshfrozen3035]

Unless u get nuked

[@Kiefiago]

James Bond Style

[@wisewigga7129]

Lol til you run out of resources

[@MG-zx3px]

For today’s segment of RLL asking the questions nobody else was asking but all wanted to see the answer to

[@eduthoughts825]

As Joseph pisenti has an excellent accent. The KZbin auto-generated captions are insanely precise. And that's why he doesn't manually create captions on his pc.

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

That's an incredibly weird thing to compliment anybody on, but uh, okay.

[@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 😂🏝🗺

[@siggy6044]

That Micro Center offer sounded really cool, then I realized the closest store is 930 miles away 😅

[@garland623]

Still, on that island, you'd be twice that far away from any people and possibly more from a microcenter.

[@aaronmarks9366]

They should open a Micro Center location on Bouvet

[@slyscarab9546]

Thanks RLL I've been stuck here for 2 years I can finally escape now.

[@christianstarke1117]

Make sure to have a volleyball, so that you can have a best buddy in Wilson.

[@binhn313]

lol

[@Sagarock]

lol

[@R4JV1R]

lol

[@KenLinx]

Wow amazing segue, didn't even notice.

[@MrGakn]

For some reason I have always been terrified of isolated places (deep caves, deep ocean, remote islands..)

[@masift1494]

That's just common sense imo.

[@pirufihho]

Im.afraid of very large amounts of water beneath me lol, for example a boat on a lake

[@letheas6175]

No you haven't, you're a phoney!

[@withlessAsbestos]

You forgot Svalbard is also an Overseas Dependency.

[@dubuyajay9964]

Of who?

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

@@dubuyajay9964 Norway

[@v4l3nt1nn]

Svalbard is in Europe

[@withlessAsbestos]

@@v4l3nt1nn and The US Virgin Islands is in America and yet it’s still an overseas dependency.

[@ashleydolin4292]

20 years ago I found this island on a map and I so badly wanted to see what it's like there. It would be amazing to be rich enough to fund a trip.