北極圏の猛吹雪で立ち往生！ 猛吹雪の冬のバンライフ、ソロキャンプ
Another BLIZZARD had me sheltering 4 Days by Remote Arctic Island Town. We got trapped in a Heavy SNOWSTORM nearly blocking our access by a little fishing village by the ocean close to tiny cabins and houses. A snowmageddon was approaching with massive amounts of snow. Over 1 meter, or around 4 feet. After 4 days I try to get out and I get stuck with the van. Out with the shovel to dig so I dont get stranded again out here. In this situation knowing How to stay warm is so important! Cozy Winter Spring Van Life Solo RV Camping in the worlds harshest little Nordic fishing villages I would call this. The Blizzard hits differently here, this is not Montana, so it is not as freezing cold, but the arctic is much more fierce and gives you real blizzards and snowstorms, almost tornado like in appearance as they come charging in across the arctic ocean with a wall of snow that sends shivers down you spine. A proper Snownado Snowmageddon! This storm was another test for staying warm in my van in winter, and also to see if the van will leak when I go camping in Heavy rain storms in spring and summer. Despite the weather, this area of the world is safe to camp in for solo female travelers, nobody will bother or harass you as a single female. I make my coffee, cook a van chef Salmon sandwich. This is the spot whereI found myself testing the limits of my camper van in heavy and torrential rain storms with massive thunder and lightning last summer. Sometimes I wonder if a Truck Camper would be cool so I could get up some of these cool roads to the outlooks and fire towers. Would be cool to be stranded by one of those towers.
Or as someone else would say:
Another Arctic BLIZZARD. Another 4-Day Struggle.
Trapped again — this time by a tiny remote fishing village on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. With over 1 meter (4 feet) of snow approaching, this Snowmageddon nearly cut off the only road back. As towering waves of snow rolled in like arctic tornadoes, I hunkered down — completely alone in my cozy van — for 4 long days of survival and solitude, with friends right next to me though.
🧊 The blizzard didn’t just nearly bury the van… it tested everything:
• ❄️ Staying warm off-grid
• 🛠 Digging out by hand to avoid getting stranded again
• ☕ Brewing coffee, cooking a salmon sandwich, and hoping the van holds up
• 🧭 Wondering if a truck camper could make it to the fire lookout towers and higher roads next time
The Arctic doesn’t care if it’s spring — it hits hard, with storms so intense they charge in across the sea like walls of snow and wind. This isn’t Montana cold — it’s wilder, colder, and more unforgiving.
📍 Filmed near remote Nordic cabins and rugged coastal roads where I camped last summer during massive thunder and lightning storms. I’ve returned again — this time in winter — to face the storm head-on.
Whether you’re into:
• Van Life & Off-Grid Living
• Extreme Weather Survival
• ASMR Snow & Wind Ambience
• Slow Cinematic Adventure
…this is another raw, real look into full-time van life in one of the most remote corners of the world.
Also note: Solo Female Camping, yes it is safe here!
Subscribe for more blizzards, van builds, and Arctic adventures throughout the year. This is just one of many to come.
Grab a blanket, hit play, and ride out this Arctic storm with me—van life in the harshest winters, off-grid survival style.
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Part of the 2025 arctic tour series:
Surviving my 3rd Arctic Winter of Extreme Van Life. Solo in Hurricanes, Blizzards, Snow Storms & Camping in Extreme Cold Freezing Temperatures.
The 2025 Arctic Tour happens after I returned from the USA and through the 2025 winter and Spring.
My van is a Fiat Ducato, FWD with Nokian Winter Tires. This is the same as a Ram Promaster in America – USA and Canada.
MAPS:
-If you want access to maps of my routes and campsite, and support my video creation you can sign up at Patreon.com/NorwegianXplorer
Enjoy camping and van life friends from around the world! Personally I enjoy watching Alaska van life, Canadian wilderness Winter off-grid survival & Remote cabins USA / winter bushcraft videos
About me: I am a Norwegian adventurer and wilderness explorer. My youtube channel focus on outdoor wild van life in the arctic and beyond. From the snow covered mountains and misty fjords of Norway and Scandinavia to the remote plateaus of America and the United States. I love the Wilderness! Email is under “For business inquiries”, for general questions please comment on a video, I try to answer everyone.
#snowstorm #wintercamping #camping #storm #snow #wintervanlife #vanliving #vanlifetravelvlog
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Cheers my friends! – Jarl
Very nice video likes here thank you. y blizzard for sure glad your safe. sure like the cabover plows they use there in Norway. 🙂
They make tire socks for snow and ice. Heard they work very well.
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Hi Jarl, Thanks for covering my week with amazing videos. I watch the hiking, plus the last videos and today. Again, I love your work. Please keep videos coming. Prayer for health and prosperity. Island girl from Boston.
The animals on your hat are Svinacorns!😂
If you're from there you don't survive it, that's like Aboriginal people in Australia telling people they have to "survive" the heat it's stupid…
Is your beanie a Sami depiction of Reindeer? I am Australian Indigenous so I love it when I can connect in any way with the Sami Peoples.
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I was surprised at how much traffic was on the road.
Reindeer
$80-100K more for 4 wheel drive? Wow! In the states we pay $1,500 to #2,500 more for 4 wheel drive on our trucks and I would assume it was the same with vans?
not 4×4?
Yikes that no doubt was a great challenge that you nicely mastered. Nerves of steel.😊
Thanks!
Wonderful videography as always! I have an AWD vehicle only because back in 2021 there wasn’t much choice post-Covid. It works well, with good all-season radial tires. Thank you for another awesome video.
Surreal. Is insane ….
Do you air down your tires for situations like this? It should help.
WAW .. that is spectacular , wonderful , awesome , absolute brilliant .. i said to you before that you are the luckiest to face such a hard weather throughout winter .. this type of weather makes me amaze .. in our country there is no such weather it is very unfortunate
May 17th no yet summer here in USA
Watching on the 17th of May, So, Happy Syttende Mai! From a Norwegian-American (descendent) to a Norwegian Xplorer.
Excellent editing. Thanks
You need that bull bar/brush guard that fraisier has! It looks awesome on that van
The sights and sounds of a blizzard makes it that much cooler where i live. Thanks to you getting stuck, got a prolonged view from the outside
My best guess, the horns on your lovely Black hat in this video are renderings of Scandinavian Reindeer… perhaps a great sponsor for your Arctic videos. Thank you ever so, really appreciate so very much all the detail and hard work in all you do to share so much with us. Take good care. Many loving blessings, Dianne~~~🥰
Love love love this video! My daughter wants to move to Norway from Canada. I thought I'd look it up and your video came up. Fantastic. I grew up in Newfoundland and still winter camp. Appreciate the work you put into this. What is the song playing at 35:20? Just wild and amazing!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
Beautiful photography and quite a snowy, cold time in Artic Norway. You certainly have an amazing adventure. Thanks for sharing and I'm tucked in under a warm blanket in cold, wet Washington.
Why don't you carry a pair of rubber tyre grip mats, we always carry them and have used them many times, we have never had to dig our way out, it makes life just that bit easier when you're travelling around.
I always get happy when I see a notification of your content. Keep doin the lords work, my man.
Throw some chains on those back wheels, while It's not as good as a 4wd with chains, It's still better than a 2wd without.
Good morning Yarl and people🙂 You haven't gotten away yet, then we or to you 😊 It is good when winter is a room with a cup of chocolate or tea with jasmine, and warm wattle 😊 The whole world is in your pocket, since you are already among the eternal ice with the Yarli wagon.❤
I saw you used copper anti-seize on the hub during your 2025 prep. I get it, aluminum wheels stick to steel hubs, but that’s probably why your bolts tried to walk off. Copper anti-seize is full of fine copper particles (sometimes glass or ceramic beads) suspended in sticky brown goo. It’s great for preventing corrosion, but terrible for holding torque.
It’s not a lubricant, but it reduces friction enough that you’re not clamping the wheel to the hub — you’re clamping it to the anti-seize layer. Once you start driving, the brakes heat up, the metal expands, and then it all contracts again in the cold. That cycle slowly eats away bolt tension.
Then you aired the tires down and hit washboard roads. Sidewall flex loads the hub, and the wheel starts rocking slightly under pressure. That finishes the job. Even properly torqued bolts will start backing out.
The front wheels go first. More weight, more braking, more steering, more heat. They get punished harder than the rears.
The best long-term fix is to swap to a stud and lug nut conversion kit. It’s made for your van. We do this on overloaded ProMaster HVAC vans in the US where they never check tire pressure and everything is beat to death. Studs hold torque better, handle vibration, and make wheel changes easier when it’s cold, muddy, or sideways.
Also — don’t use anti-seize on the hub or wheel mating surfaces. Clean them with a wire brush and run it dry. Metal to metal is what actually holds.
Stay safe out there.
Как всегда шикарное видео. Респект автору.
If I were you, I would buy a 4WD. You don’t live in a warm and hot place.
That is snowmaggen . Thankyou so much for filming this very cold part of the world! What is the reason people are in that area, I’m sure it’s beautiful in summer as well. Is it a fishing port?
Would wheel chains have helped?
I was there 2 years ago Christmas, conditions not as bad as yours my front wheel drive sprinter on winter tyres performed faultlessly , -25 lowest I had, greatest saving for me was the factory fitted engine block heater, loved it, form 29 degrees in Malaysia?