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Svalbard, The Fastest Warming Place on Earth (2022) // Climate change in Longyearbean is 6x faster

We are in Svalbard the northernmost settlement on earth and we are here to explore the culture, wildlife and landscapes. We are hoping to find fossils, whales, polar bears and many other things on our adventure high in the Arctic. Instagram -   / rolling.routes   Leave a comment below, we would love to answer any questions about vanlife and travel. WATCH THIS NEXT! The Scandi Drama -    • The Scandi Drama   The Road to Norway playlist - https://tinyurl.com/2p99zejh Follow us real-time on our socials: Instagram -   / rolling.routes   Facebook -   / rolling.routes1   Postcards from Chris & Paloma (& Doreen 🚐) 🙌 👫 About Us: We met living in Cornwall UK and have been planning big adventures ever since. We converted our Ford Transit and are now discovering the world at our own pace! Come say hi and follow us on our adventures and guaranteed mishaps. 00:00 - Svalbard Intro 00:22 - Fossil hunting 02:17 - Beluga whales! 03:25 - Whaling - a bloody history 05:29 - The most beautiful moments 07L07 - John 09:09 - The humpback whale 09:42 - Polar bears on the glacier? 11:26 - Reducing glaciers 12:40 - Crossing the fjord 13:22 - Problem polar bears 14:52 - An Arctic desert and reindeers under threat? 16:27 - How important is permafrost? 17:59 - The Global Seed Vault 19:01 - Is climate change real? ---- Script snips for SEO -- Svalbard Svalbard An island just 1,000km from the North Pole, and known as the Arctic desert. it is home to impressive glaciers, incredible sea life and a rich history. But just how old is this place? And is Svalbard future in danger? We’ve brought ourselves to the edge of the Larsbreen Glacier to see what this magical land is hiding for ourselves. FOSSILS Accompanied by our fierce guard dog Nala, who was on the lookout for polar bears, we were searching for fossils. These plant fossils are around 40 million years old It’s hard to imagine plants growing in such a desolate landscape but 40 million years ago Svalbard was a lot closer to the equator and was home to many plants and trees. These conifers plants might have fallen into a swamp and been covered in more and more sediment over time compressing the plant in the soil until it the soil hardened enough to become a rock and the plant remains imprinted in it. Svalbard moved further away from the equator over millions of years and was covered in Glaciers during the last ice age. And as these glaciers have slowly moved and now are reducing we are able to find these amazing fossils. WHALES The First Humans to come to Svalbard came on expedition boats from Europe. What they found upon arrival they were really not expecting. To find out what they found that kept them coming back, we have to go out to sea This was low season for whales but yet we seen over 100 whales on our two boat trips in the fjords, We saw Belugas, minky whales, fin whales which are the second biggest whale in the world , and humpback whales. The sea was teaming with bird life, from northern fulmars, to arctic gulls to puffins. the wildlife here in the high arctic was amazing and along with the dramatic landscapes, rock formations, and glaciers, we were witnessing the beauty of nature on a scale we had not seen before. Sea ice is a polar bears main hunting ground to catch seals, but in the warmer months the sea ice dissapears and polar bears can be seen hunting on the edges of glaciers. A mother polar bear with two cubs were hunting and feeding here four days before we were here. A massive chunk of the glacier fell off right behind them and nearly crushed them. the mother then led them towards an abandoned Soviet settlement in search of food. With Glaciers reducing and sea ice melting earlier every season it is leaving polar ears with less natural hunting habitats, and sometimes that leads them to search for food elsewhere, sometimes in human settlements, which was made clear to us on our next activity. Climate change is forcing bears more and more into contact with humans as they are having to search harder for food. If a polar bear is encroaching on the town it will be scared off through gunshots, driven away by helicoptors or even flown far away via a helicopter in the hope it does not return. If a bear keeps coming back it will eventually be shot dead. In 2020 a polar bear on this shore swam to Longyearbyin and killed a man sleeping in a tent. The Polar bear was shot dead shortly after. But what is permafrost and and how does it affect living in Svalbard? The permafrost here actually plays an important role in preserving the biodiversity of the worlds crops, thrrough this building, the Global Seed Vault. #travel #svalbard #climatechange