SURVIVING THE ARCTIC🥶(Foraging & Fishing Catch & Cook)

What the hell is this? Oi Fran, Fran, come check this out. What the hell? Look what we just found. Oh no, my torch is running out of battery, Fran. And there's this beautiful fresh water. Feels like tights. Good evening and welcome back to another episode. Yeah, welcome back. We are on a little island in Norway. Out of all places, it's about 9pm at night. The sun just doesn't set here and it's bloody freezing. We are well out of our comfort zone, well out of our depth, but the objective is still the same, hey Fran? We're doing our best to live from the land and the ocean and explore this beautiful, beautiful area, albeit bloody freezing. Yeah, it's probably going to be a short series, so hope you enjoy it. Hope you enjoy it, guys. Let's get into it. Come see us struggle. This is so smacky. Look at all this snow behind me. Yeah, amazing, hey? So out behind us there, I'm not sure if the GoPro can pick it up, but these are all snow-capped mountains as far as the eye can see. It's bloody freezing, but it's just so, so, so beautiful, hey Fran? Oh, it's so chilling. It kind of takes your breath away, the scenery here. But for now, what also takes your breath away is the cold. So we've got to find somewhere to set up camp, get a bit of a fire going. It probably matters a little bit more in an area like this than it normally does on a tropical island, but we've got to find a good camp, somewhere that can keep us warm, hey? Yep. Yep, let's do it. There's a beautiful freshwater stream that's coming down as the snow melts and flooding down into the ocean here. And this is beautiful freshwater. Oh, awesome. Well, we're going to try to set up camp pretty close to this. I think this here is going to do us. Beautiful flat area close to the ocean where we can hopefully catch fish, close to that fresh water source. It's as good as any spot we've seen so far. One hour later. Bloody hell, that was so much harder than anticipated, but we've got a tent. How was that for you, Fran? We're not used to this tent. No, we're not. Eventually. I think there's some reindeer over here or moose. Hey, Fran, Fran, come check this out. How wild was that? There's three reindeer that has come running along the beach there right in front of our camp. That's incredible. We've never seen reindeer before and that's what gets us so excited about this series, seeing new species and having moments like that. Wow. Let's go. The water is freezing, so Jack is trying to get some rocks to make a little bit of a park. I just want to take one minute to thank BetterHelp for sponsoring today's video. So BetterHelp's mission is to make therapy both more accessible and more affordable, and that is a pretty important message that we're happy to get behind. Being able to seek professional help wherever you are is absolutely amazing, and this is definitely the way things are going in today's day and age. 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I just catch the bottom there, but it's nice and clear. I'm just looking down here to see if there's any fish. First fish in Norway. Sorry, mate. No luck, Fran. No luck. Back to base camp. Lucky we got a backup meal for tonight. Yeah, let's go get a fire going, eh? Yes, please. The tide has gone up so much, so apparently we can have the leaf of this flower and it's meant to be real spicy. I'm gonna get a couple more and put it together with dinner. Jack doesn't know because he hates spicy food. Do you think it's edible, Jack? I need to get some of this, Jack. Look how big they are. Yeah, that'd be good, wouldn't it? Hey, get back here. Watch out for reindeer. All right, we've got a couple of steaks that we're gonna do on a hot rock in the fire and see how that works out. I'm just gonna do a little bit of olive oil, salt and pepper on these. Ready? Ready. Let's go for it. That's cooking. It instantly smells so good. You can hear it sizzling there. Yeah, look at that. It's actually gonna be like crackling all through that fat there. Yum, yum. We'll get that other one on there. So good. Final touch. This is a bit of a Norway bush tucker. I've been showed by a friend called Stina. I'll talk about her later. Keen to try it. Yeah, there you go. Bon appetit. Thank you very much, friend. Oh, nice. It's almost like a bit minty. Minty? Very nice. No spices? No spice, just mint. That's beautiful. Oh, that's good. Goes really well with this actually. What time is it, Jack? Almost midnight. All right, we're gonna get into this and probably go to bed. It's almost midnight. We'll see you bright and early in the morning. We've got a big day of fishing ahead. Yeah, it's pretty weird. I don't think we're gonna make the sunset. We're gonna go to bed. It's not even midnight. But big day tomorrow, guys. Norway series coming at you. We're hoping to catch big fish. We're hoping to see cool stuff. We're excited. Hope you are as well. See you in the morning. Keep watching. This is reindeers on the beach. They're just chilling next to the water. That's just over there. Night again. Hmm, it's so pretty. There's a lot of mussels and like pippi type bivalves that would be beautiful eating. This one's a sea urchin, not so much. But I wonder if I can get any of these at low tide without having to go for a full swim. All right, this spot here looks as good as any. A bit of a deeper channel there. Beautiful mountain view. Let's have a cast. I've just got a soft plastic on. Um, we'll see how it goes. Regan's getting bites. Your jacket's on. What do you reckon it is? Oh, Norway first fish. Yes, I've got a fish. Yay. Yes, we've got a fish. It's a cod. First fish in Norway. I can't believe that, Fred. I was more surprised than the fish, to be honest. I really wasn't expecting that. Are you all right? I reckon that's what they call a cod. Beautiful Norwegian cod, but a little bit small for us. So we'll let him go. Fish on. You little beauty. What the hell is this thing? I think this is another cod. Come up here, mate. It's a new species. What the hell? Look at the teeth on this guy. Oh, he's slippery. Whatever it is, it's too small for me. Unfortunately, that wind has just continued to pick up all day and it is bloody freezing at the moment. We haven't had too much luck fishing in that wind. So we're going to go for a bit of a forage, a bit of a walk along this grassy hill and see if there's anything we can find that's edible. Fran's been tipped off on a couple of different plant species that we can eat. So let's see how we go. All right, we just found something edible, which is this flower called Dresslock flower. And you can eat the stem. Should we pick it up? Yeah, definitely. We don't have anything at the moment. Let's take what we can get. So we eat this part. Nice. Tastes like chives. Is that right? Yeah. That's right. Yeah. This would be nice chopped through it, eh? Like a shallot type of thing. Yeah. We've got our nice food here for dinner tonight. It's a different sea urchin. Yeah, the seagulls must bring him up here. Otherwise, he's very lost. I feel like we are in a time of year where everything is in flower at the moment. So this walk is actually really quite stunning. There's so many different colors of flowers from purples, yellows, blues. What the hell is this? I think we found something pretty interesting here. Is that man-made, you reckon? This is the perfect rock cave shelter. Let's go have a closer look. Oh, how nice is it up here out of the wind? Someone had a fire on. Oh, really? Any cave paintings? Yeah, that's what I'm looking for. Let's have a little look. It'd be a perfect, perfect spot to watch the world go by up here. It's like probably 10 degrees warmer up here. You can see why people back in the day, back in the caveman days, were so attracted to caves. It's like a warmth and a safe feeling about them, hey? Nice and dry. Look, this looks like lettuce, Fran. And someone has had a fire here. I wonder how old this is. We could move camp up here tonight, Fran, if that wind doesn't die off. I wonder what's burnt up here. I've actually just found an old fire pit here under a fair bit of growth. So I wonder if archaeologists have worked here and dated any of this stuff. Pretty cool to think, anyway. This is the kind of areas where if you've watched Vikings, the TV show, or if you're up to date with your history, this is the kind of the area where the Vikings once lived. So that's pretty cool, hey, Fran? There's another cave here. Holy sh... Look what we've just found. That is definitely... This is incredible. We've just stumbled upon some cave painting. We're gonna have to do a bit of a research when we get some internet and kind of hopefully date these, but this is epic, Fran. Arms and legs. Oh, that's a long person. So similar to the Australian Aboriginal ones, how they've got that third leg. Yeah, you're so right. Isn't it? It's scary, hey? And then above that. And then this one. So the rock paintings we're more familiar with in Australia are made from a red ochre type of stone ground up into a powder. And that is then applied to the surface of the rocks as a paint. And it's amazing how long that lasts. So in Australia, some have been dated up to 50,000 years ago. And we are quite amazed that they bear a similar type of design with the stick figures here that they do with the Australian ones on the other side of the world, which is really bizarre. In you go. I'll be right behind you. It looks like you're an idiot. No, I'm serious. Oh no, my torch is running out of battery, Fran. Yeah, foraging for plants is fun, but I feel like it needs to be an accessory for the main meal. We still need some protein. We've got to catch a fish of some sort. So we're gonna head back down. We're gonna brave the wind and we're gonna try and catch a fish. It was the last thing we do today. Otherwise, reindeer. Wish us luck. So our mates have lent us their boat for the day. Check out this backdrop here. We're hoping to head offshore a little bit further than where we were before to catch some bigger fish for dinner. That's about as much of an idea as we've got at the moment. We'll see how it plays out. Yeah, do you reckon you've got something? I reckon I got something, something small. Bets are open. I reckon it's a cod. What do you reckon it is? We're hoping for a little... Is it getting bigger as it's coming up or just in the current? Well, it's a fish, Fran. It's potentially your first Norwegian fish. Is it fighting? Very exciting. You deserve it. We've come out, we've braved the temperatures tonight. So it might be hard to believe, but it's almost midnight at the moment and we've come out to try and catch something to do a Norwegian catch and cook. But hopefully we're one step closer here with Fran catching something. It's quite deep. Yeah. It's a fish, Fran. It's a small one. It's a small cod. It's a very small... It's one of those... Oh, I missed it. I can't do it with one eye. Hold him up, Fran. Oh, wow. What a beauty. Off you go. Off he goes. Bye. First fish, Fran. Nice work. Let's get one bigger. Yeah, we're gonna need a bigger one. We've been told that on the top of the list there's the halibut, which is this flounder-shaped fish. Crazy looking fish. Crazy looking. So fingers crossed we get one. What have you got? Halibut! We thought we just got the almighty halibut, but unfortunately not. It's a huge seaweed. I've never seen anything that big. Man, it's in the shape and the size of a halibut as well. Come on. Jack is on. Golf, we're just about to leave because it looks like a big storm brew behind us. The wind's picked up. This is literally our last go. I've got one. It's a cod, Fran. It's a cod. Oh, don't lose it. Don't lose it. Yes! Oh, I'm happy that makes me. It's the middle of the night here in Norway. It's so cold, man. There's a big storm brewing and Fran's like, oh, we've left the tent open, all that camera gear. So we're going to rush back there right now. But we've got something to eat. You bloody beauty. Yeah. So cold. We're not acclimatized to this. Not at all. Far too cold for a couple of castaways. Let's go get this fish ready for the fire. I'm just going to gut and gill him, and then I'm going to cut some strips down him. That's where we're going to put all those herbs that Fran's been collecting in there. Oh, beautiful white meat, Fran. Nice, I'm so hungry. Yeah, me too. Slop him on there. He's looking good, Fran. Nice. There we go, Fran. Geez, it does look bloody beautiful. Well done. Yeah, it's really fun. Good. Really good? All right. Save some for me? Yeah, the other half is all yours. Yeah, guys, dealing with the cold is something new for us. It's challenging, but the wind is what's really smashing us. So after we have a feed here, we're going to move inland, try and get out of the wind. And it means we're going to explore somewhere new, which we're excited for. Yeah. Hope you're enjoying the series so far, guys. Thanks for joining us. See ya.