What's It Like Living In Extreme Cold? Life In The North

Join us at our homestead in the north of Sweden as we tackle the day to day challenges of living here in the extreme winter where temperatures regularly fall below -30. Most days consist of plowing snow, collecting firewood and trying to stop everything we own from freezing. It keeps us busy!
Have you ever seen what happens to hot water when you throw it in the air at these temperatures?
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  • @beacee
    @beacee6 ай бұрын

    I’d rather deal with extreme cold than extreme heat anyday! Beautiful country!

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    I agree! I really struggle above +30c

  • @cathylee7355
    @cathylee73556 ай бұрын

    It is so amazing to see you two enjoying living in such extremely cold weather👍👍👏👏🎉🎉

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    It's such an event just going out for a walk. Keeps life interesting 😅👌

  • @Schla-Gulp
    @Schla-Gulp6 ай бұрын

    This year I was happy every time there was a new video from you and Marie. Thank you for all the work that goes into making a video like this. It's so nice to be able to participate in your life. I wish you a wonderful Christmas time in your paradise. Take care of yourself, stay healthy and always stay the way you are right now.

  • @hlspicer4257
    @hlspicer42576 ай бұрын

    Happy Christmas Ash and Marie, hope you have a gtreat one and look forward to seeing what New Year brings for you both ❤

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    You too! 😊

  • @GadgetJohn
    @GadgetJohn6 ай бұрын

    Merry Christmas to you all too mate 🎄🎅🏻❤

  • @andywarrington4738
    @andywarrington47386 ай бұрын

    Happy Christmas and a Golden New Year

  • @user-nacv-8867
    @user-nacv-88676 ай бұрын

    Nice video. Thanks for sharing ❤

  • @stealthyguy1784
    @stealthyguy17846 ай бұрын

    Nicely shot cheers bud 👍

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks 😊

  • @mcvicer
    @mcvicer5 ай бұрын

    marie is stunning and the videos you both put out are amazing

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @ebptube
    @ebptube6 ай бұрын

    Merry Xmas to you both!

  • @anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204
    @anfieldroadlayoutintheloft52046 ай бұрын

    good vid on channel thanks lee

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks dude 😊👍

  • @the.vanbuzz-campingandoutd4772
    @the.vanbuzz-campingandoutd47726 ай бұрын

    Really class video, loved it.

  • @martync5945
    @martync59456 ай бұрын

    Merry Christmas Ash and Marie! Have an awesome one. ❤

  • @anniemac3075
    @anniemac30756 ай бұрын

    Merry Christmas Ash, Marie & fur family xx

  • @AnitaGren
    @AnitaGren6 ай бұрын

    Nice video as always, hope you two got a great Christmas and it will warm up some soon. 🎅🌲

  • @norfolknunners6372
    @norfolknunners63726 ай бұрын

    Merry Christmas to you both. I hope you have a lovely day. 🎅

  • @annewinning9723
    @annewinning97236 ай бұрын

    Merry Christmas & a very Happy New Year!

  • @DA11NOON
    @DA11NOON6 ай бұрын

    Great vlog and a happy Christmas to you guy's and have a great new year Be safe guy's

  • @andrewgreenwood8727
    @andrewgreenwood87276 ай бұрын

    Amazing so love your channel content, always look forward to the next episode. A very Happy Xmas. to you both.

  • @asaandthemarchharepart2903
    @asaandthemarchharepart29036 ай бұрын

    Oh it's been a while being at -30° for me. But it's hard to describe it to friends who have never experienced it, or for that matter ever will. Our mutual friend Alex Frood is the only other that springs to mind. Love the ploughing with that beast. I bet the pivot steering makes the job so much easier. Made me laugh after when you came along on the quad and you hear the noise of the blade lowering. Have a wonderful Christmas Both. And all the very best wishes for the New Year. Take care Ash 👍

  • @theonlywoody2shoes
    @theonlywoody2shoes6 ай бұрын

    Lots more doors to open on that Wera Advent Calendar - I enjoyed the “double” surprise opening mine earlier today. Great video as always; all of the benefits from the practical woodworking exercise, and that wasn't mess, it was loads of shavings for fire lighting later. Remember that (striving for) “perfect” is often the enemy of progress, and you continue to make plenty of progress!

  • @bearhugman
    @bearhugman6 ай бұрын

    Your vids are always amazing. Thanks so much. Christmas Greetings from a WARM New Zealand.

  • @citizenkane4831
    @citizenkane48316 ай бұрын

    Mary Christmas to you all. Marie and Bolshy and the cats too

  • @troyboy4345
    @troyboy43456 ай бұрын

    Merry Xmas pal !

  • @blady7717
    @blady77174 ай бұрын

    I'm jolos,im love snow ice and - temperature,

  • @paulbailey1149
    @paulbailey11496 ай бұрын

    I enjoyed a Christmas visit to Finish Lapland and experienced all the winter transportation modes , sleigh,snowmobile etc but it was only -20 positively balmy compared to your experiences! I raise my glass of whiskey to you all and merry Christmas folks. Looking forward to your news offerings

  • @briansibley9123
    @briansibley91236 ай бұрын

    MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all ,have loads of FUN !!nearly did not recognise you Ash without your SUMMER peaked cap! KEep well FELLA! ☮️❤️👨🏻‍🌾👍

  • @kayaker9912
    @kayaker99126 ай бұрын

    I just came across your channel and loved the "coming in hot" with your little plow (plough) 4-wheeler...!! I do that with my car on the ice in our driveway and I am a 63 yr old mom and my daughter cringes. Thank you!

  • @duncanferguson8701
    @duncanferguson87016 ай бұрын

    😅same to you both as well an happy new year!

  • @Vilhelmnilsson
    @Vilhelmnilsson6 ай бұрын

    Merry Christmas to both of you as well! Good job plowing that last property not knowing where the road was under all that snow 😅 I used to plow residential areas and bike roads in urban Stockholm with a huge JD. King of the road 😂 happy holidays

  • @Dazck9s
    @Dazck9s6 ай бұрын

    All the best mate hope you both have a great Christmas see you soon ATB Daz

  • @peterpete8458
    @peterpete84586 ай бұрын

    Merry Christmas

  • @junerobinson8169
    @junerobinson81696 ай бұрын

    I have just subscribed and what a great video loved it thanks for sharing it with us, I have watched you many a time and thought I was subscribed but I wasn’t, but all sorted now😂😂 We watch project amber and that was a great video with you both in it was lovely to watch Anyway just want to wish you Happy Christmas and will look forward to your lovely videos next year thanks again 🤣🎄

  • @expat0149
    @expat01496 ай бұрын

    Merry christmas and a happy new year :)

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks! You too 😊

  • @glawlllar7320
    @glawlllar73206 ай бұрын

    I would rather live somewhere cold like this than Australia. The constant heat drives me insane. I was born in June but I love winter.

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    Cant even imagine the heat in Australia to be honest 🤣

  • @andygrayson7485
    @andygrayson74856 ай бұрын

    Looks so stunning, here in Lancashire about 5 years since it went down to -15, so its twice as cold there. I've a girl in Aus, near Perth and it was + 40 today, so 70 degrees different ! It really is an amazing world. Keep up your great work ✌

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    I was in the UK around that time too. Was -15 in south Leicestershire, I remember it well. Couldn't believe it 😆 cheers

  • @simonmcowan6874
    @simonmcowan68746 ай бұрын

    I hear it's getting a tad cool where you are, hope all your wood and the new batteries are keeping you all warm and toasty, cheers from a cooler but not flooding Aberystwyth.

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    Been around -30 for a few days and peaked at -37😆 Life continuing as normal though 👌

  • @vivnutter2156
    @vivnutter21566 ай бұрын

    I think you must have been a polar bear or Eskimo in a former life .happy Christmas xx

  • @RicardoJorgevuzz
    @RicardoJorgevuzz6 ай бұрын

    What a heaven for me, if i could i would trade my HOT Portugal for any Nordic country. We have "good" weather but freeze inside our homes more then you at 30 below, and usually our landscape is color dead gras. Like our videos, at least i can imagine myself on a snowmobile (we don't even have snow, just fires in summer) watching Auroras, but very warm inside and out of home.

  • @terttuturkmen8998

    @terttuturkmen8998

    6 ай бұрын

    Come and try to live here,it is not so easy!🤪🇫🇮

  • @iwillsinganewsong
    @iwillsinganewsong6 ай бұрын

    We have a balmy 20° for Christmas 🎄 Enjoy you -20° 😮‍💨 God Jul! Cheers 🍻

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    A guaranteed white Christmas every year is pretty nice 😆👍

  • @kazlee9213
    @kazlee92136 ай бұрын

    Love your channel but hell no I couldn't live in temps that low, great scenery though, take care and have a great Xmas you two and your animals x

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    Haha you do get used to it and learn to love it after a while!

  • @mmwaashumslowww7167
    @mmwaashumslowww71676 ай бұрын

    I was thinking that life in the extreme cold, would make you more sensitive to the summer sun. It seems to burn the skin far quicker than years ago. Thanks for posting this winter wonderland and hoping you enjoy a good Christmas.

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    I'll have to say my eyes definitely suffer after the winter. When the sun comes back i feel blind 😆

  • @slowmadders
    @slowmadders6 ай бұрын

    Hi Ash & Marie! Question for you, how do you manage to use your phone and cameras in -30? I'm skiing in France right now, and in -4 my phone struggles!

  • @francesclark363
    @francesclark3636 ай бұрын

    I think the yeti sightings were actually you fully kitted out Merry Christmas

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    Haha they may well be! 😄

  • @cjyoung7372
    @cjyoung73726 ай бұрын

    4:51 is that where Christmas lights come from? I wouldn't know because I live on an island in the south pacific and we don't get snow where I live. I would really love to experience it one day

  • @einarsteinsson
    @einarsteinsson6 ай бұрын

    There is a similar looking house on the other side of the treeline seen at 1:47, is someone living there?

  • @zuk4wd
    @zuk4wd6 ай бұрын

    You say you are fully suited up, but what are actually wearing for these conditions ? You could make a video about it. Merry Christmas!

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    It depends how long I'm going out for. Believe it or not sometimes we nip out for 5/10 minutes just in a t shirt 😆 but yea, much longer and we would probably be dead haha. I can show my gear one time 👍

  • @VeronEK1988
    @VeronEK19885 ай бұрын

    Wonen jullie ergens in Norrbotten?

  • @leonardwalker3443
    @leonardwalker34436 ай бұрын

    Not a bother on the lake go like feck you’ll be grand!

  • @leonardwalker3443

    @leonardwalker3443

    6 ай бұрын

    Have a good one lad all the best

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    Haha i know! It always messes with me on the first run though 😅

  • @d4ve587
    @d4ve5876 ай бұрын

    Energy crisis my arse these two doing fine at - 29...😂 Why escaped UK bull.

  • @steinarhaugen7617
    @steinarhaugen76176 ай бұрын

    What's the problem?

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    ?

  • @markogronfors3826
    @markogronfors38266 ай бұрын

    The title misses the point....The cold doesn't do anything, it's just a feeling

  • @LostInEurope

    @LostInEurope

    6 ай бұрын

    I don't even know what to say to that 😆