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Enduring the long polar night of Svalbard (DIY in the Arctic) - C C - Nov 3, 2026
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VIDEO INTRO: This is my fifth polar night here in Svalbard. But it's going to be the first one fully living in our remote cabin outside of Longyearbyen.
Last winter, we were still trying to turn this place into a home. And this polar night, we finally get to live in it fully, but we still have two other cabins to finish. And I will take you on this journey with me.
The sun has stopped rising on Svalbard on October 27th. And from the last sunrise to the next one, we will spend 112 days without the sun over the horizon. But if you're looking behind me and you're thinking this is not completely dark, you are right.
This is not the darkest yet. We will get our darkest days from mid Novemberish until end of January. every hour throughout our day will look like midnight even though it's midday or 11:00 in the morning or so on.
And until then, we still get a bit of twilight during the day just like this. However, we will have beautiful moonlight, stars, and even the northern light sometimes. So, I'm very excited to take you along with me during this polar night here on Svalbard.
When I was six, my mom told me there was a place where people lived without the sun for 4 months of the year. For some reason, that stayed with me. I remember trying to imagine what it would feel like waking up in the dark, going to school in the dark. I thought it sounded impossible. And now, somehow that's where I live...
The sun won’t rise for months ... https://youtu.be/mOipYwZaYvM