One of the more unique places I've visited. On the third day I found myself looking at photos of the sun just to remind myself what it looked like - polar night is weird!

@zaidlacksalastname4905

3 жыл бұрын

Time travelling comment is a more valid explaination that a scheduled upload, don't @ me

@christhirion9474

3 жыл бұрын

A bigger design solution was the trans Alaska pipeline

My sincere thanks to you guys for including subtitles in every video! It was a stellar video as always. Also thanks to Tom Scott for getting me here!

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you're finding them useful!

@aat.rkannan2813

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicFrontier I too find them very very much useful!

This is an hour old and has captions for over a dozen languages. How does that work?

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

I have an incredible team of very passionate translators!!! I sent them a copy last week and we've been working on it since then. It's surprising how many ways there are to translate "Keep Looking Up"! Please send me an email if you're keen to help out!

@Quintinohthree

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicFrontier Amazing, only adds to the amazing quality you produce. I'll keep it in mind if I find the time, but any languages I could work on are already well covered.

@redyau_

3 жыл бұрын

​@@AtomicFrontier Would you like some help in translating to Hungarian? Would be glad to help! (Although no promises for the future) Edit: I see the email in the description now, I will send an email then :D Are there already people working on a Hungarian translation?

@nathanaelespino9657

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicFrontier >It's surprising how many ways there are to translate "Keep Looking Up"! Merch idea. 😁

@harsh3624

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicFrontier I may be able to help in Hindi.

Building on stilts in the artic hadn't even occurred to me. That's pretty cool

@GerardMenvussa

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's pretty cool. Especially in winter.

@snowstrobe

3 жыл бұрын

It amused me because I grew up in a house on stilts... only that was because it was the tropics.

@Nighthawk20000

3 жыл бұрын

The coastal houses in North Carolina are almost all built on stilts too! But it's mostly to prevent flooding from storm surges during hurricanes

@snowstrobe

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nighthawk20000 Yes, and also to allow airflow under the building to help cool it.

@thecodewarrior7925

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking “just use pylons”, and turns out I was pretty much right. The only thing I didn’t think of was holding the buildings above the surface for heat management purposes. My parents are from New Orleans, and much of the city is basically built on swamps that have been filled in with dirt. The dirt isn’t very stable however, so buildings are built on pylons, which are effectively telephone poles rammed down into the ground until they hit bedrock.

Just a small correction from a permafrost scientist, you use the term melt to describe permafrost but you should be using the term thaw. Permafrost as a whole doesn’t melt, it thaws. The ice in permafrost could be described as melting but you wouldn’t say that permafrost melts.

@crow5228

2 жыл бұрын

raa

@Kremithefrog1

2 жыл бұрын

You thawed my heart

@gary7vn

Жыл бұрын

Is being a permafrost scientist a 'stable' job? ;)

keep up the good work!

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Feels wrong that we can watch these for free!

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

You can always fund my caffine addiction on patreon 🙃. But seriously, I love making these things and the biggest reward is someone taking the time out to watch them. Glad you're enjoying my work!

For those who were wondering, the sign at the start saying "Gjelder hele Svalbard" translates roughly to "Relevant/Accounts for the intirity of Svalbard. Also, the "long-year" part of Longyearbyen is often pronounced in English. Because it is an English name. Great video. As always you do a great job at explaining in an easy to understand way.

@dcr645

2 жыл бұрын

I would translate to "[This warning sign] Applies to all of Svalbard"

Hold up did you actually went there? That's insane man! Awesome work keep it up!

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Really amazing place to go, weirdest bit about flying north was the sun slowly start to sink behind you until everything was twilight and then pitch place. Incredible experience all round!

Wow, that's some serious production quality, great video :D

Wow, even keeping up the Tom Scott tradition of the top comment being written before the video’s posted

Great video, really well made

Great video - I especially enjoyed the simple greenhouse effect demo.

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Spent a lot of time on that. I think Bill Nye tried it a few years back but he ended up having to fake his data - so I was really glad we got it working for real! The main improvements I made was on using a plastic bottle (allows thermal radiation to pass through) and using the much more potent methane.

You're not an underrated youtuber, just haven't been fully noticed yet.

New Atomic Frontier upload 👏👏

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

My man! Hope you like it, many more to come

This is one of my new favorite channels.

It's such a beautifully made video James. I came across your channel from your guest video with Tom. And I'm so glad that I found you. We can see how much effort you put in every second of every video. And on top of everything, I keep coming back to your videos for your lovely accent 😍

Nice, keep up the educational work.

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, lots more coming! Although the next one is fortunately filmed somewhere quite a lot warmer

"while that makes for a good clikcbait title" *Checks title again* I mean far enough, you gotta pay the bill somehow, right? Either way your content definitely deserves the attention :)

@Tiyratania

3 жыл бұрын

His thumbnail is also clikcbait as its never shown within the video. And its the sole reason I even watched through this. Smh

How does this man have the budget to go to all these amazing places wow!

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

Two jobs, three scholarships, and blatant disregard for long term financial stability. Theres a patreon now though so at least I'm not going to starve!

@Blonctron

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicFrontier Proper respect to the craft. I've never actually gone to check out someone from Tom's guest videos before but you're another level. Mad respect!

@imarchello

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicFrontier Sounds miserable. 40 hours week is enough for me. Going beyond that is just pure masochism.

@alexbagbre3636

2 жыл бұрын

@@imarchello ive never travelled before but working AND travelling!?? sign me up lets go every where AROUND THE WORLD

Pronunciation of Svalbard and Longyearbyen was pretty damn good, couldn't help but notice.

Takes a lot of dedication to leave the warm Australian summer to go to Svalbard in the Winter, great video!

I've come here pretty recently thanks to tom scott and I can already say I LOVE this. Keep up the good work!

I massively appreciate you spending the time and money and resources going to different countries and different cities around the world to do these videos. that's a lot of effort and money put into these videos. keep up the good work, surprised your channel isn't bigger than it already is! love your channel and your enthusiasm when covering things, while also sticking to facts and not just hearsay or what people THINK.

Holy moly your production value is rocketing up faster than gamestop! Keep up the fantastic work!

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

0:25 "the ground is frozen almost all the way down to bedrock." Until now I didn't know bedrock is a thing outside of Minecraft.

@abyssstrider2547

3 жыл бұрын

In real life bedrock is 5-10 meters below the ground and is not as difficult to break as you might think, in fact it becomes rather brittle if exposed to air for a few days

@annaapple7452

3 жыл бұрын

@@abyssstrider2547 Any solid rock beneath soil is called bedrock. The soil can be centimeters to meters thick or, in the case of e.g. deltas, hundreds of meters. It totally depends on the nature of that rock whether it is soft or hard, and easy to break or not.

@abyssstrider2547

3 жыл бұрын

@@annaapple7452 Yeah, where i live bedrock is blue coloured with slight tinges of yellow on certain spots. You literally need to jackhammer for an hour in the same spot to break it

This channel is so undervalued. It should have 10M subs!

My new favorite channel! I love these videos. Thanks for putting the time, effort, and care into them!

The videos on this channel are all so well produced as well as being highly interesting - its only a matter of time before you blow up further, the quality is incredible!

I've already binged all your videos I need more, keep up the good work

One of the best, cant wait to see where you go next and with your channel!

Such an amazing video, great mix of information and visualization and amazing production!

I really love this kind of content, keep up the great work

Really good video and they are getting crazier everytime, thanks a lot for these! Happy to see too how your channel has grown from 3000 to around 50000 in 5/6 months your talent finally gets recognised

This channel is going to blow up this year! Phenomenal presentation!

How did I not find this channel before, it’s amazing, instantly subscribed.

I love these simple and therefore very effective graphics with their corresponsing explanations! Great job.

Your videos are top tier! Keep up the good work, I can't wait to see what you do next!

Awesome video yet a gain! Plus the usage of visuals is really helpful

I'm very happy that the algorithm blessed me with this channel. Your stuff is so well made and your videos have so much variety. Just waiting till it blows up with views and subscribers!!

Haha fart joke, nice

I saw your subway video and have been glued to your channel ever since. Really interesting content you have here

Amazing video, like always, keep doing that like that, you amazing !

This is great, never stop doing these!

I swear this guy is the most underrated content creator on this platform. Every video is an excellent video.

Great vid defenetly not regreting the sub comming here from Tom Scott.

Omg i just found your channel, its really good, keep going with your work, you will reach really far! A hug from Brazil :)

I am addicted to your voice and explanation (keep uploading) :)

Your socialblade numbers look like the clime change hockey stick. Thanks Tom.

Congratulations for 50,000 subcribers!!

really like the zoom out in the end. I think it would be a great idea to do that for every location focused episode you upload :) Thx for your content ^^

Brilliant as always well done

This is just all more incentive for me to travel to Longyearbyen great video as always

Tom Scott brought me to your channel. I'm glad I checked it out and subscribed, your content is excellent 👌

Awesome video :)

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome comment :)

So cool, nicely done!

You make videos of outstanding quality, please post more and more often :)

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

I wasn't going to, but since you asked so nicely how about a 14 minute mega episode about submarines in 6h time?

I am so happy that Tom Scott brought me here!

Awesome videos mate!

What a great video. Well produced. Well presented. Interesting subject. Easy to understand. Good job!

I see big things in your future, James.

I thought I was watching a youtube channel with 500k+ subscribers this content is on par with a lot of the popular science channels!

Really happy I found this channel

I love the lighting.

Once again a great video

Amazing video dude!

Wow I didn’t know people could live in these harsh conditions thanks for making this video!

This is such an underrated channel!

what a unique topic!

Great video!

This is such quality content

Fascinating!

My sincere thanks to you

amazing video!

Hey, I just found this channel, and its great, I've subcribed btw

Nice backlight at the end. :)

"Terrible Greenhouse gas"? 4:12. Does it mean its a very bad thing that its a greenhouse gas, or it's very bad at being a greenhouse gas? Ambiguity check

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

Fair point. Its good at being a greenhouse gas which is bad thing. Will keep a closer eye out next time! Hopefully the graphs helped to make it more obvious

@arvalve7659

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicFrontier Yup! It was clear from the video tho. Love the content! Keep up the great work!

@57thorns

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicFrontier It was clear by context and with a small bit of background information, but a few of your viewers are the kind that likes to have a laugh at such ambiguities.

Just came upon your videos and so far loving the effort and quality. I’ve been watching Frontier on Amazon Prime and permafrost is a big plot point and takes place in Longyearbyen (or at least a fictional version, can’t quite remember if they used the real name)

Good lighting!

Most of The Netherlands uses "piles" (that's how google translates it, the Dutch word is heipalen) to build on. The soil is very soft and building on it is nearly impossible. So before building a foundation has to be layed down but before that can happen, large concrete poles are driven into the ground, so they may lay on bedrock support. Then the foundation and the building follows. Seems similar to here

Pretty cool video indeed

Anthrax spores do not decay with the carcass, they can lay dormant for hundred of years. We have some farm having an anthrax outbreaks from time to time usually one every decade or two. The difference now is that we incinerate the carcass at extremely high temperatures to make the risk for future outbreaks lower.

Great video! Lots of archaeology has been unearthed thanks to melting glaciers and permafrost. Which is interesting but alarming.

Ever since I found this channel, I find myself thinking I really found gold among garbage in KZread

My KZread app glitches sometimes and will play just audio over a black screen and it did it right in the beginning but because you were saying it’s dark I assumed the black shot was intentional until a minute had passed haha

Must commend you on the production of this video, I genuinely thought I was on natgeo or something akin to that

Is the video lipsyncd? It seems a little off. Still a great video though keep it up

@AtomicFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

We tried so hard, we really did! The cold killed my microphones so the original audio is really bad. Glad you liked it though!

@GerardMenvussa

3 жыл бұрын

- Hello, audio? - Sorry, microphone froze. - Understandable, have a great day.

@a.s.j.g6229

3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t even noticed.

Good video

Soundtrack reminded me of tears in rain from blade runner. Eerily similar, loved it!

this was a really cool video, permafrost isn't something an aussie like me ever usually gets to hear about

damn you grew quickly :D and absolutly deserved!!

From infrastructure to ice zombies, what issues can this man not combat

You'll be on par with Veritasium and Tom Scott pretty soon *;)*

epic !

Even with 46.9k subscribers, your video's quality seems like you have millions of subscribers.

So Permafrost is a great foundation but the active layer is a problem. Probably oughtn't to make the roads and airport black - expanded polystyrene underneath and a white surface might reduce the problem with the summer melting.

How does one define town? CFS Alert (82°30′05″N 62°20′20″W) is closer to the North Pole, thus further north by more than four degrees, than Svalbard (78°13′N 15°39′E). Even Wikipedia states that CFS Alert "... is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world". Statistics Canada include Alert as a reporting point in the Canadian census. To me this is personal since I was posted to CFS Alert back in 1983.

Him:Me-thane gas. Me:Meth-ane gas

This video exerts the energy of nothing less than a well produced documentary.

Oh wow we found something cool in this big block of ice. I sure do hope it doesn’t melt.