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Videos from the YouTube channels of Svalbard, the channels themselves, and Svalbard in videos from channels elsewhere.
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Videos in English about life in a cabin outside Longyearbyen: the polar night and the midnight sun, work on the cabin, groceries and the northern lights. The channel says it has called Svalbard home for over a decade.
Videos in Italian about living in Longyearbyen: the dark months, the cabins, the shops of Svalbard including a former Soviet supermarket, and the history of Arctic exploration. The channel says it has called Svalbard home for more than two years.
Videos in English about living in a cabin on Svalbard: getting ready for winter, food supply, a Soviet-era town and supermarket on the archipelago, why firearms are carried, and travels to remote places elsewhere.
University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
The channel of UNIS (the University Centre in Svalbard), from Longyearbyen: studying there, student questions, safety training, climate webinars and talks by researchers. UNIS teaches Arctic biology, geology, geophysics and technology.
The tour operator HurtigrutenSvalbard's channel, in English: the trips it arranges on Svalbard, such as boat cruises, walrus safaris, snowmobile trips and dog sledding, the polar night season, and guidelines for visitors.
Videos and Shorts in English and Tagalog about life in Longyearbyen as a Filipino resident: the mountains and the seasons, the northern lights, Solfestuka, Svalbard Church and the Global Seed Vault.
Basecamp Explorer's channel, in English: the Isfjord Radio station and belugas seen there, a trappers' station, dog sledding, snowmobile trips and winter in Longyearbyen.
The Svalbard Museum's channel, mostly in Norwegian: the Svalbard Archaeology Symposium 2026, book presentations, talks on heritage and geopolitics, and an archaeological excavation filmed day by day in 2017.
Videos in Spanish and English about a move to Svalbard: the departure, the first nights under the midnight sun, and a video on a Svalbard mine in the 1920s.
Quiet
The Svalbard Adventures channel, in English: its tours, such as ice caves, walrus, glacier and boat safaris along the ice edge, snowmobile trips to see the northern lights and hikes, and the seasons in Longyearbyen.
The channel of Visit Svalbard (the destination company), in English and Norwegian: Longyearbyen's cultural heritage sites, the dark season, dog sledding, snowmobiling, hiking and the Longyearbyen Community Guidelines. Nothing posted since 2024.
The Green Dog Svalbard kennel's channel: dog sledding trips and expeditions from its kennel in Bolterdalen, 10 km outside Longyearbyen, hikes, the northern lights over the kennel, and Christmas and Halloween at the kennel.
The channel of Svalbard Folkehøgskole, a folk high school that opened for the 2019/2020 school year, in Norwegian: its course lines, such as Arctic outdoor life, hunting and dog sledding, an avalanche drill and the boarding house.
The channel of Longyearbyen lokalstyre (the local council), in Norwegian: what the council works on, its app for residents, and fire risk from batteries thrown away the wrong way.
The Svalbard Wildlife Expeditions channel, in English: what to wear for dark-season hiking in Svalbard, getting ready for the wilderness, and World Walrus Day 2023.
A travel agency located in Longyearbyen; its one video, from 2023, invites viewers to join it in Longyearbyen. Its About text says it speaks English, Norwegian and Portuguese.
Videos in English by Filipinas living in Longyearbyen: a short tour of the town, cycling around it, what they did during a 7-week evacuation, and clothing try-ons. Nothing posted since 2023.
See & Explore's channel, a photo guide and photo tour business based in Longyearbyen: cameras on snow bunting nests and bird feeders, Svalbard reindeer, and a photo expedition.
The Svalbard Expeditions channel: films of its Svalbard Ski and Sail trips from 2016 to 2021 and of its Explorer Cruise.
The Toppturfestivalen Svalbard festival's channel: films of its editions from 2011 to 2014, in Barentsburg in 2019 and in Pyramiden in 2021.
The Longyearbyen culture house's channel, in Norwegian: its 17 May gala performances of 2020 and 2021, the 2020 one held online.
The Spitzbergen Adventures AS channel, in English: hot air balloon flights from Longyearbyen, a small-boat polar expedition, a multi-day expedition and a summer dog tour, 2016 to 2018, plus a sea plane trip in Oslo.
Short videos in Norwegian and English on places in Longyearbyen's history, such as Gruve 3, Nybyen, Huset, the old quayside, the churchyard and the Seed Vault, posted in 2017 and 2018.
An older channel of Longyearbyen lokalstyre (the local council), in Norwegian, with two videos from 2012: environmental measures in Longyearbyen and a new climbing frame at Kullungen kindergarten.
Svalbard elsewhere on YouTube
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