Why 55,000 People Live on a Rock in a Frozen Ocean

🚀 If you have an idea sitting in your notes app, you have no excuse anymore because Emergent builds it for you: payments, login, database, all included! 🙌🏻 Try Emergent using my link: https://app.emergent.sh/?utm_shift=re... -- 🌐 Help build my new Geography Community with 30 Days Free: https://www.thebight.co/p/welcome-to-... -- If you trace the 62nd parallel north across the globe, you’ll hit some of the most inhospitable places on Earth. In Canada, you’re in the freezing tundra of the Northwest Territories. In Russia, you’re deep in the icy expanses of Siberia. But right in the middle of the North Atlantic, at that exact latitude, sits the Faroe Islands—a place surrounded by the churning violent ocean with absolutely no trees whatsoever. So how do over 55,000 people live in such a remote and desolate chain of islands? -- Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:52 - The Shattered Archipelago 6:49 - The Hermits, The Vikings, and the Danish Realm 12:29 - Defeating the Ocean and Cliffs at the Same Time -- 🌳 Find me: https://linktr.ee/geoffgibson 🗺️ Map store: https://mapsbygeoff.com -- Stock footage and music acquired from www.envato.com, www.storyblocks.com and videvo.net. If you think there's been an error in using a video clip, please contact me. This has been a production of Sound Bight Media (soundbight.com)