Why Norway Owns Part of Antarctica | American Reacts
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As an American I don't know much about Norway's geography. Today I am very interested in learning about Norway's presence in Antarctica and the history behind it. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Norway conducts research in Antarctica. Queen Sonja performed the official opening of Troll Research Station in 2005. King Harald once joked that the station is named after her.
Tyler I believe you misunderstood what the narrator was saying at 8:45, the picture is NOT showing the british people looking at the norwegian flag, it is a picture of Roald Amundsen and his team (from left to right): Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting, this picture was taken December 14th 1911 when they reached The South Pole.
Sverre Hassel was my Great great grandfather who was the dogsled driver and became a driven one as well as a handyman, since he had already been on expiditions before and also was a sailor from young age, Amundsen picked him to join their team mostly to take care of the dogs, but because of his earlier experiences he was devoted by Amundsen in his plan to join them further, he was 1 of 5 people who first arrived at The South pole together with Amundsen and his team before the british. Each of them have a mountain named after them which they pointed out and named under their journey. He became good friends with Amundsen after their journey and was asked to join him for an another expidition to The North Pole but declined, while remaining his ordinary job as a Customer officer at the custom agency in Kristiansand, Sverre died at the age of 51 by having a heart attack while visiting Amundsen in his backyard.
Before this expedition he was on a another expidition lead by Otto Sverdrup from 1898- 1902, their initial goal was trying to sail around Greenland through Baffin Bay, instead they discovered new land in northern Canada which Otto named Ellesmere Island and a group of islands named Sverdrup Islands.
Some of this information is taken from different sources and out of my late Great great grandfathers wery detailed diary from his expeditions, where he is quite critical not only towards Amundsen but also at several others who traveled with them, if you are interested The diary is possible to buy online from The Norwegian Fram Museum in Oslo.
You are right, that picture is of the Norwegian explorers. However there's a very similar photo from the English explorers standing in front of the erected tent landmark with them not raising their heads but looking into the camera dejected. Somehow I also always thought that pic was from the Scott expedition.
18:47 As a Norwegian I do consider it our duty to preserve Antarctica as part of our nation, our national heritage sort of, but also as part of our sovereign territory, that no other country can exploit or ruin. At least the part to which we lay claim.
Norway have a science station in Antartica called "Troll" and it is operative all year around as far as I know, even during antartic winter (summer time in Norway).
Bouvetøya is the land in the world farthest from any other piece of land. Also featured in Alien vs Predator.
Det visste jeg ikke.. So theThing movie, and....AvP was situated there.. Love it, ❤️norge
We Norwegians take social distancing seriously.
There might have been more Americans on the Moon than Norwegians on the Bouvet Island. Almost.
Norway also own themost remote island between Africa and South Pole. Bovet Island. Orkney Islands outside Scotland uses Norwegian Coat of Arms and flag, because they want to be part of Norway again.
“Want” is a strong word. I think the politician that suggested it, mostly did it for publicity and holding to bring more funding to the drastically underfunded archipelago. I for one would welcome them into the kingdom.
They are poor in comparison to Norway and the social benefits as a citizen are crappy compared to Norways.
Who wouldn’t wanna join Norway?
@@mwtrolle The Orkney islands are part of the UK and Scotland. Which tends to have the greatest amount of social welfare in the UK. It’s much on the line with Norway just the average incomes are lower.
The Antarctica and the Arctics have been known for hundreds of years. But Norway were the first to ever reach the pole points.
"Race for the South Pole: The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen" - By: Roland Huntford
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot - FANTASTIC audiobook on audible! Narrator even uses different accents and voices for everyone.
Queen Mauds land is Norwegian ❤ We and 6 other country's where first😊 The 7 country's keep the peace ❤ US went to the moon 😂 let us have Some of Antarctica 😂
Queen Maud land....without the s.
Check out the race to the South pole.....fun story with drama
We just love icecold places.
Good work Tyler, also note that our section (Norwegian) got the traffic from german expeditions and basebuilding.. Post ww2! 🌍check out operation highjump, refering to admiral Byrd's massive fleet representing the US iniative to chase down fleeing german bigbrains and settlers hiding in that territory 🛸✨ keep up the interesting way you do your work 👍. Someone send this man a chocolate carepack from Norway 🪄❤️
He needs Nugatti🎃!!!!!
The narrator said that it was 900 miles from Northern Europe to the South pole. The correct distance is 10 times longer, around 9000 miles. The Norwegian mainland is more than 900 miles in itself
We got a lesson of ‘the USA in a nut shell’ as well 😂
Check Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen those has Explorer artic places and more. I love reading historie, and Norway has alot of intresting history.
There is a movie about Roald Amundsen. called Amundsen (2019)
There is also a much older british tv-drama series from 1985 called "The Last place on eart" written by Roland Huntford ,, if you manige to finde it. (hard to come by)
Thats 6x1h and go in to much more depth around the story. Lots of famous british and norwegian acters from that time in it (Amundsen was playd by Sverre Anker Ausdal.
Or one could just read Amundsens "The south Pole" if interested enough..
4:27 yes, we were whaling. no, we didn't use boats. We swam all the way from Norway to Antarctica, surviving on saltwater and whatever marine life we found on the way, be it krill, fish or sharks. Then, upon arriving at Antarctica, we found us a whale, wrestled with it for anywhere between 30 minutes to 3 hours, with the whale ending up either drowned or with a broken neck. Then we dragged the carcass back home. A round trip like this would take between 3 weeks to 7 months, depending on weather conditions.
Norwegians making this trip by swimming is also the reason we maintain a claim on such a big part of Antarctica: why wouldn't we after such a feat? U.S.A. not recognizing our claims in Antarctica is like us not recognizing what you guys call 'football' (seriously? it's not even round) as such; we can say whatever we want, it will not change your minds (sure, we call it 'american football', but I'm sure we can put a condescending tone on that if we want to...) :P
17:40 Oh God. he begins to learn about America's hypocritical foreign policy
Yes we consider it our territory.
Dronning Maud land is named after our queen.
Maud of Wales was Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII.
The youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, she was known as Princess Maud of Wales before her marriage, as her father was the Prince of Wales at the time.
Her grandson is Harald V of Norway.
From Oslo to Antartica (air line) is right under 10 000 miles. Not 900 miles. But it is a place in Sweden called the South pole or Sydpolen, maybe thats what you meant. Its much more than 900 english miles to the North pole from Norway 71°N. North Cape.
Queen Maud was king Haralds granmother. Hence Queen Mauds land.
And she was also Queen Victoria of Britains Grand-daugther.. 👍 and theres the closest link between our royal houses.. (as far as i know)
@@hwplugburz King Harald V is old now and at bad health. Soon we will have king Håkon VIII. Same type of guy, same values, better taste in music
@@hwplugburz Now known as Crown Prince Håkon Magnus. But he will loose the name Magnus once he is king. It is hopeless to be a Republican in this country, because they all share the values of us on the left side, and the people on the concervative side love the institution. So we will not have a president in my life time.
@@hwplugburz And after Håkon VIII, we will have Queen Ingrid I, and she is the same stuff. 20 years now.
Someone else mentioned the world's most remote island, Bouvetøya. Though what many may do not know is that Norwegian whalers were the first to set up semi-permanent bases around Falkland (mainly South Georgia) and inadvertently played a part in the war between GB and Argentine when they let some Argentinians ashore in what I believe was Georgia.
Great Britain politely asked Norway a few years back to deal with the local Reindeer population (which was an intrusive species in a now eco-habitat). They were originally brought along by Norwegian whalers since they were a practical source of food (or even fur). The reindeer had multiplied to such an extent that it was in danger of eradicating the previously natural ecosystem.
I can't remember what happened to the reindeer, I think Norway came and picked up all of them.
Norway also played an integral part of Denmark's colonization (primarily in the Antilles north of Brazil), as huge parts of the Danish navy was crewed by Norwegians or utilized Norwegian ships, when the two countries were in a Union.
Denmark-Norway also possessed holdings in the Ivory Coast, India, Bangladesh and the Andaman Islands and Nicobar islands near modern Indonesia.
After the conclusion of the Napoleonic wars, Norway went under a union of Sweden as a Danish collateral, and thus also lost mostly all their dependencies or previously co-colonized areas.
Norway has a long history of losing land because Denmark lost wars lol.
The Kalmar Union was supposed to be under a Norwegian king, however by sheer stupid misfortune the only valid heir ended up being his wife, Margaret of Denmark, which Sweden did not like (the Norwegian king was part Swedish).
One can only wonder what would've happened in history if his sons weren't all killed or exiled.
Anyways, Denmark and Norway has a very good relationship today.
……Australia has 42% of Antarctic landmass………Mawson, Casey, & Davis are its’ three scientific bases’ there………have flown over that continent, with radio operator from Davis speaking to passengers’ on flight over QANTAS jet’s PA system……that was a real thrill………… an extraordinary day flight to be had…………
I hear you Elizabeth 🍻💥💨
Every year British soldiers now travel to Norway to learn winter warfare.
We are planning an expedition to the moon.
Starting from Andøya.
"Dronning Maud Land" as "Svalbard" and it's city "Longyearbyen" and many other small islands like "Bouvetøya" is the territory of Norway, tho the Kingdom is focused on the mainland of Norway.
Svalbard and Jan Mayen is also a part of the Kingdom
@@DaL_MoSu123 Svalbard and Jan Mayen has totally different status. Svalbard is by an international treaty (from 1920/1924) given Norwegian jurisdiction ...but any of the 44 signature countries can set up a business there. That's why both Russia and China are present there. Hence it has a totally different status than the main land. While Jan Mayen is totally ...undisputed Norwegian territory....and also it's EEZ-zone around it.
The North Pole is just Ice, when it melts down, there is at first nothing to see there, but Antarctica is solid rock beneath the ice, and it will be openend up for mining of important minerals etc , so, its the old story. A never ending fight for resources, wich we all need.. :)
Amundsen and his team was much better equipped for this expedition than Scott and his team.
Amundsen reached the centre of Antarctica on the 14th of December 1911, while Scott reached it on the 17th of January 1912.
1911, 1912.
@@steinarhaugen7617 😂😂😂 sånn kan det gå når man ikke følger med😂
@@lillm6874 Sånt skjer den beste. 😊
The Norwegian part of Antarctica was claimed just weeks before Germany wanted to claim it in the beginning of World War 2.
Norway claimed the area January 14th 1939. The Germans responded with planes flying over Queen Maud land dropping arrows with swastikas every 26 kilometers. They called it Neuschwabenland (Nettavisen).
The US can claim the unclaimed parts of Antarctica is what i think, not previously claimed parts.
There is no land on the north pole, it's ocean.
There are 4 continents and a magnetic mountain (pyramid?)which can be seen depicted on many ancient maps. If it is just ocean, google wouldnt censor it on their maps.
@@palkys. i call BS unless you can provide credible sources.
Well that's just plain false.
We definitely have the technology to look at what is beneath the ice, and the results unequivocally shows there's land underneath, even clear traces of natural activity before the ice settled there.
Not only that, but if the ice was to disappear, all of this would rise over time again as well.
Also the notion that freshwater (which ice is the frozen version of) is "ocean" makes your statement doubly false.
Edit: *SORRY!* You said the *NORTH POLE* not _Antarctica._ My bad.
I left my original comment for posterity and transparency.
It used to be thick ice year around which is now mostly way diminished due to global warming. You can now sail to the North Pole in the summer.
My granddad born in 1907 was whaling near the southpole when he was young.Im from Norway,born where the Atlantic road begins.The place is called Eide
You should watch the vox darkroom episode on the race to the South Pole. Really cool description of the events of Amundsen vs Scott
7:18 I would think we Denmark would have been better suited for this mission.
Denmark have always been a nation of seafaring, and because of Greenland a small part of the military is used to patrolling the icecap of Greenland.
Though it would probably have been more safe to employ some Inuits from Greenland to help conduct such a mission.
With their knowledge of dog sledding with the dogs in a waver formation and knowledge of surviving in extreme cold they could have got there relatively safely.
I won’t say it would be a walk in the park , but still it’s not that different from what they are used to.
Queen Maud land is like 7 times the size of mainland Norway, so yeah, "a part" :)
Both my great grandpa and grandpa were whalers, and worked in Grytevika. Horrible working conditions. My great grandpa left his pregnant wife for one of his whaling expeditions, came back to a two year old kid and a late wife. So yeah, they travelled far and long. Married her sister after that. Got two more kids with her, and had 4 all together. My grandpa was the eldest (with the first wife) and did his tour in his teens, like "everyone else" at that time. Norwegians in this comment section get one guess - which city did they come from? 😅
I think it's about time for u to come visit Norway. 😅
When ppl hear ponies they think about the small horses, but everything below 148cm on the mane are considered ponies. So, size and strength wasn't actually a problem, but how they sweat. Yes, where we and horses sweat through our skin, dogs expels heat through their mouth. So, when horses, and humans, works hard and sweat we get wet all over our bodies and that's not great when there is 30-40 C's below freezing outside. We have cloths helping us, but horses do not. Dogs on the other hand can work hard, but they wont get wet, and thus won't freeze to death. They can even lie down and let them selves be covered in snow for extra insulation when they rest.
Antarctica is the ice ring around us.
That's why there's an unquestionable treaty forbidding independent travel 60º South and beyond.
That's why so many countries have their presence there.
That's why the Falklands were taken, it's another base around the ring.
The 900 mile journey? more like 10.500 miles. By plane/straight line.
The nazis also were checking out Antactica and came to Queen Maud's Land and they named a part of it "Neue Schwabenland." That happened in the 40s I think...
Mhmmm
That's news to me too!
Roald Amundsen proved that the North pole moves
I work there.
Im from Norway me fan
5:05 "First time modern humans had discovered the South Pole". I think it's safe to drop "modern" from that statement 🙂As safe as for the Moon.
and norways king and the english royal family is related.
Norway is my neybour country and I didnt know this 😅 interesting. I know about Denmarks true size (Denmark, Färöarna and Greenland) but Norways actual size was something new for me (sorry Norway)
I didn’t know that since few days ago still that I’m Norwegian.
17:19 So UK has Argentinia completly surronded. Odd border...
yes, some of the claims from before the treaty do indide overlap.. (would be messy to sort out i presume..)
Hi. Thanks for testing us norwgians... You know, I live in the very place where the Vikings came from. Karmøy is the place they ruled Norway. But Viking means "We Kings.". We learned wrongly that the word Viking was when they plunder the most of the world. As "Let us go Viking and steal, kill and celebrate after." That is true the celebration after a raid, but "Go Viking" is BS. Viking or in English "We Kings.", are the true meaning. Thanks for your very Good taste about We Kings. Thanks.
I didn’t even know that
Missing the part where Amundsen sleeps with Scott`s wife after😬
"Claimed territorium" not owned.
No one "own" any part of antarctic is just "own claimed" etc
I didn’t now why
Oh it's not a part of the Monarcy, but stil a part of Norway
It's a territory, so its run dieectly by the Parlament and the Crown without any local democracy, in the same way that the US territories are exempt from it. However, contrary of mainland Norway, the parts in Antarctica can be sold/given away, something we can't do with mainland Norway (check out why Norway couldn't give Finland the peak of the tallest mountain in Finland) because of Article 1. In the constitution.
You menes old denmark...
Norweigans best on earth to make it at Antartica? We are more countrys here high in the north with cold climate. But I guess its not a competion. Maybe expect for som russians.
Who owns the sun?
Can you pleassssssssssssssssssss react to kongeparken!
Why?
Tyler what you say is hypocritical is the underpinnings of America's foriegn policy. Just dropped in here from Canada, via your other channels.
Nobody owns Antartica. Thats are just science zones. Antartica is public continent for all Earth citizens.
You missed a lot of stuff regarding this stuff. Just saying. And a lot more to Norway.
Yes
Tyler
Small penis energy
And the station is named after a Norwegian, haha.
We were the first on the south pole though.
You guys also got sent running from the area after your failed Operation Highjump
McMurdo base has interesting info. Ref spartan 1's story relayed by Linda m. Howe ,
7:08 I'm Norwegian, but I don't think we was the best equipped people in the world for that journey, I think people from Serbia (Sjenica) or Khabarovsk (Russia) would be more suited for Antarctica.
Why?
@@jeschinstadme too why?? Those ppl has never did a Explorer experience in those area
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Norwegians sailed to Asia, Africa, and took the same route as Fridtjof Nansen through russia and so on for more than 1200years ago. The Vikings. They were also mercenaries. Norwegians are known to be very good sea travlers all over the world. Our bad land for growing vegetables we traveled to find better farmland and gold, Silver, and other metals. And the potato saved us when we got it in the 1600 and something. Not to forget we sailed, rowed longships to America and Greenland one 1000 yrs ago. Read what the Norwegian Tradefleet (handelsflåten) did during ww2. The 2 biggest in the world at the time.
Don't know what you all are yapping about, I said it just because they live in one of the coldest places on earth. That was all, and it was a joke. If you guys take everything so serious I kinda feel sorry for you.
Being a superpower has its perks, Tyler.
What superpower?
The US ticks almost all the boxes in terms of the requirements to be classified as a third world country.
@@Valfodr_jr How can USA be a super power and a third world country at same time, something is a bit fishy.
@@kjetilhvalstrand1009militarily a superpower, economicly, educationally healthcare vice, and democraticly a 3rd world country.
@@kjetilhvalstrand1009 First of all, I wasn't the one who called the US a superpower, so why are you asking me about something I neither said nor mean?
Secondly, before you try to question my comment you should really read it thoroughly and try to understand what I am saying. Hint, the key word is "almost".
For further explanation, see @Xirque666's comment!
You're not very good at this, are you?
Why does America own part of Antarctica...? :P Many Nations own land there.. And no, Nowegians cant just go there....
They are blocked by the USA and Aliens xD
Norwegians have never been to the moon.
America: 12; rest of the world: 0
Norway should claim US/America too, and the moon, since we were the first to discover the continent, hence the first to reach the moon.
Damn, I wonder who hurt you. Is your ex a Norwegian or something? You sound pretty miserable
How many accounts do you have silvana so you can give more than one like to your comment?
So moonlanding had anything to do with the topic of Antartica😅 🙈
He/she grabs what s/he can in desperation. The military might of USA is the only thing that supports the claim of the country being "great".
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@mari97216
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- The moon-landing was without a doubt a momentous achievement...
But as you say, it has got nothing to do with the topic at hand.
They are just desperate to outshine anyone and everyone else who get's complemented or talked about in a positive manner.
And the moon-landing is their default go to when all other arguments have failed.
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No, Tyler, they were on skateboards....
Amundsen and respect? No no no. He was a cheat. Said I"m going north. And then went to SYDPOLEN.