A globetrotter confessed his trip to the "strangest place on the planet" left him utterly "mind-blown". Phil Carr, a seasoned traveller who frequently shares his worldwide adventures on social media, took to TikTok to recount his experience in Longyearbyen, Svalbard - a Norwegian archipelago nestled in the Arctic Ocean. "My mind has been blown," he stated in a caption accompanying his video, adding: "The most northerly settlement on Earth, and it's quite easy to come and visit!" He kicked off his clip by stating the town is just "a few miles south of the North Pole", humorously suggesting it's so far north that "even Iceland may as well be on the equator and is "so remote that even the Scottish Highlands look like they're in central London".
Despite its breathtaking landscape, Phil exclaimed: "It's brutal, it's dangerous." Enjoying a pint of beer, he went on: "I was here in the polar summer so it was a permanent daytime and a balmy six degrees [Celsius]." On the flip side, he clarified any winter visit would be in "permanent darkness" and "at 78 degrees north it can get a little bit nippy".
Phil revealed the first piece of information he received upon arrival concerned safety around polar bears, meanwhile. "If you leave the clearly marked safe area, you must either be armed or with someone who is," he said. "There are thousands of polar bears on the island and people - like every other creature here - is very much on their menu.
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