Merry Christmas to you all too x

The views of your village are awesome! But I couldn't hike in such cold temperatures. I applaud you for loving where you live.

Should you put something on the windows to keep out the cold?

I see your video first time i am shocked how manage life and body health during polar night from pakistan🇵🇰

Do y'all have a hospital there or Doctors offices? What do you do in case of an emergency? And what about hotels for visitors? 😃 I'm sorry for so many questions I am really really interested in visiting one day HOPEFULLY soon.. Thank you for your wonderful and BEAUTIFUL videos btw…

Imagine how many times she had to climb up & down just to take the camera 💀

This is breathtaking where you live at.

It's hilarious that Grimm speaks both Norwegian and English! 🤣🤣

Omg those houses are all so good!!

the year of the hare is such a finnish book!!

The gingerbread house is such a great idea. I'm doing this next year with my friends!!!! 👍

I think you are such a wholesome person, who finds joy and contentment in the simplest things… greetings from staying warm in NYC.

"Walk Tall" by Johannes Bornlof <3 I got such a nice surprise at the start of this video hearing that music

Love the hike in the snow through the polar night. It I remember well, your hills there are made up by ancient lava flows, they are flood basalts, aren't they?

I live in Montreal. The average January temperature is -5°C during the day and -14°C at night in January. It's less cold than Longyearbyen on average, but we have about ten days each winter when it gets below -20°C. Last year we had -27°C on a January night in Montreal. In Quebec city, they got -30°C. Here the vast majority of people heat their home with electricity. Large houses are now mostly equipped with heat pumps. The interior of houses, even when it is cold, is at 20°C. So I don't understand why your house is so cold. Is it possible that the insulation in your home is deficient? A good insulation can save money.
Here, there are now on the market new high efficiency heat pumps designed to operate down to -30°C. When temperature gets colder than -30°C, electric heating elements take over. That uses more energy, but from what I've read, temperature below -30°C aren't that common even in Svalbard.

New viewer here! How do you keep your skin healthy in such cold weather?

FYI, this documentary video just came out on Svalbard from German news DW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKeIx4wVjIg (The remote archipelago of Svalbard | DW Documentary)

How do you keep your feet warm? We just got back from South Korea which was -12C but with wind chill was -20C. We went shopping outdoors and even though I had boots on my feet froze. I had to buy new boots with the fur inside. What would you recommend, cause once my feet are cold I am cold all over.

Those gingerbread houses are super impressive!

I love how beautiful Svalbard looks and it's definitely on my bucket list of places I have to visit. On another note I read a book by the same author and was not impressed. It is very poorly written and I wouldn't bother reading any other.

Cecilia! What is the difference between a normal big storm and a dangerous storm on Svalbard? What would it have to be like for you to not go outside?

thank u for showing this to people like me! we only have 2 seasons, i have to go overseas to see snow

Thank you for opening our eyes to the beauty of the polar night.

Hei Cecilia, what is the model of your Silva headlamp please?

Ur vlogs are calming therapy

Hei Cecilia,

My wife and I are thinking about traveling to Svalbard this summer, but I was wondering, is it possible to stick to a Vegan diet over there?

Thanks in advance if you answer.

Grim needs a winter coat

Oh yes, that Colleen Hoover book is garbage. How it ended up on so many top lists, I have no idea. The whole sympathy for the abuser and let’s allow the abuser access to his child, blarf. I won’t read any more of her stuff. It’s juvenile at best. Why is she such a popular author?
Ordering the Hare book. Thanks for the recommendation!

I agree that in winter we have to work with the season, in summer I barely sleep (too hot, too light outside) but winter allows me to get more sleep and gives me an excuse to relax and focus on myself

I absolutely love your book review 🤣🤣

You are living very interesting life.Thank you for showing this wonderful place

Hey, do you have a library in town as you don't have a bookshop?

Omg… I thought i was the only person in the world i even thought i had chosen one of her bad books since there are so many…

Oh man, I would never be able to live where it's dark so much of the day… I have to shift my sleeping schedule through the year so I wake up with the sun. Otherwise I'd lay in bed all morning.

I love your videos.❤️
In WV all of the houses have something (metal, wood,etc)around the base of the house, if the house is raised but no basement like yours-it keeps the wind from blowing under the house and making the house difficult to heat.
Also, you should check pricing and methods for having heated floors-it makes a HUGE difference in the warmth of your house.
Keep up the good work! Merry Christmas and Happy New year!!!🎊🎆🎈

You're an uptalker.. every statement sounds like a question..it's so odd!

Where is your wool sweater from? It’s so cute!

Hi Cecilia! What is the camera + lens you are using that sees so well in the dark? It looks like it's daylight when you are filming with it!

Your videos are amazing! Greetings from Maine USA

i love it In Barcelona it is sunny

Don't know why you don't have a "mud room" to transition between the house and outside, so all the heat doesn't leave the inside when the door is opened. Try cutting out a piece of cork to fit on the metal part of the lock to keep it from freezing up. The Icebreaker I was on had all the above the waterline areas covered in 3" of cork to keep the ship warm and the ice off the metal.

Acclimate* 😬

Cecilia, is your home directly on the ocean?