part 2 of what it's like to live in Alaska coming soon

My parents left Florida for Fairbanks with two daughters. They returned to Florida three and a half years later with five daughters. Dad said there wasn't much to do in the cold. Thank you for giving me a view of my birth city.

I’m surprised your internet doesn’t freeze

Why am I watching this? I live here and already know this.

I’m from New Mexico. Today it was 110. I get too cold when it’s below 65. That’s jacket weather for me. When he said “negative 60 degrees” I almost spit out my water

My daughters have lived in Fairbanks and North Pole for many years. I visit them once a year and love seeing how they live. The Transfer Station is a great place to find discarded appliances, just about everything, to re-purpose which Alaskans are geniuses at. I used to visit in the summer, however years ago I changed to September visiting to see the Northern Lights and have normalish night/day sunlight. Very proud of the self sufficiency and resilience of my girls. Over the years I have collected a good bit of gold from panning there, a fun activity. Last thing- if guns scare you, get over it before you visit. You will see guns everywhere and for good reasons. Thank you for your video.

I used to live in Fairbanks. A couple of things I remember are everyone's vehicle has a cracked or chipped windshield, and when it gets under -20 F, your tires freeze flat and thump for about a minute until they warm up. It was always weird watching Johnny Carson and David Letterman at 11 PM when it was bright and sunny out. Now I live in California, and anything under 50 F causes people to act like it's an ice age here.

You know it's cold out when the snow squeaks when you walk. We experience That occasionally in Iowa. That was very interesting Kiethie. Thank you.

Life in Alaska is brutal for sure. I live Fairbanks as well and the temperature today so far is -24F! My water pipes froze in one hour of no use inside inside. Keep these videos coming, it’s good to know how other Fairbankians are holding up.

I remember walking to school by myself when it was cold out (somewhere South of 50 below) and having to remove my gloves every minute or two to thaw my now frozen together eyelashes because my breath iced them together. My hands would almost warm up by the time I had to take my gloves off again. There weren't many kids at school that day. I walked with an eye towards the sky many a morning watching the Aurora. Recess in the negative teens usually ended with a line forming prematurely to be let back inside. But it also meant bringing your ice skates out with you! There's a book called "Recess at 20 Below" that brings back memories.

I've lived here off grid in Trapper Creek Alaska for 17 years now. Built a tiny cabin. Nice to become a subscriber. I recently ordered cheap solar panels from harbor freight and now I can see UKposts. I put down my septic tank system by watching videos on here. This is great!!!!

I don't know how I ended up here. This video just showed up on my recommendation list. Well I enjoyed watching it. Greetings from Everett Washington.

23 hours of sunlight?! Sounds like a screwed up sleep schedule to me lol

I love living here. One of my only gripes is buying things online, not everyone ships out here.

I had to put on a Winter Jacket while watching this video...

I love the sound of you walking in the snow thanks for that 😀

My husband worked at the University in Fairbanks for two years, 2005/2006. We fell in love with Alaska!!

The snows sound when you stand on it omg it’s so satisfying!

It’s not Solstice anymore. There is only Soltice now.

I discovered your channel today because one of your videos popped up in my recommended. Just wanted to say hi. Also Alaskan weather looks brutal :/

Happy new year from Finland! Your nature looks very familiar, but I know that you have higher mountains in Alaska. I live near to the south coast, so in winter solstice our shortest day is about 5 hours and 45 minutes. We call snowmachines as "moottorikelkka" that means literally motor toboggan.

I'm just a boring Asian who wants to experience snow and cold weather, I really like your channel keep it up!

This brings back memories. I grew up in Fairbanks and 100 miles away in Delta Junction. 18 years of either foil on the windows so you could get to sleep in the night time sunshine, or having your breath freeze frost on the scarf covering your face. In one house we lived in there it was so cold there was frost and ice on my bed mattress. I was 21 the year it got down to -100F in Delta Junction. P.S. I now live in warm, sunny Texas.

So... Who's here from the video that UKposts recommended? Anyone? No one? Just me...? Okay.

This is...surprising entertaining. I've always wanted to go to Alaska and I find this video fascinating. Thank you man. I'm actually getting Goosebumps watching this. 🥶🥶🥶

This makes me nostalgic for Northern Exposure. All that snow...

Great little video and we learned a few things. You paid attention to the little things that most just pass up, many thanks and happy holidays to all!

I miss Fairbanks. We used to live there about 10 years ago. Such a unique place. Thanks for posting!

Here in Maine for my whole life and before we called them snow machines and people laughed at us! Fairbanks is a relatively large city with lots of nice wide roads that are kept fairly snow and ice free. I love The short Winter days here in Maine. It gets dark out and everyone has their lights on and it's just so cozy and you can imagine people in their homes sitting down to a hot meal and it's just so nice. Autumn is my favorite season.

I enjoyed this video of life in Alaska during winter. It is amazing about how school classes runs even at -50 deg ! It seems to me that the temperatures in Fairbank are pretty normal. I also follow the temperatures in Moscow and St Petersberg in Russia. They have had an abnormally mild winter and much of the time above freezing point. Winnipeg is amazingly cold being south of 50 Deg North.

I just moved to Fairbanks two weeks ago... The cold doesn't bother me, it's just so annoying to gear up all the time! The people here have been *so* friendly though :)

I was in Fairbanks five years ago. I was travelling around the world with my backpack. It is an amazing place, one of my favorites places in this world! ❤️

I learned so much from your video, thanks for uploading! I was born and raised in Vail, Colorado and I absolutely love the mountains and winter. Alaska has really been calling my name the past few years. It is not for everyone but that is what makes it so beautiful. Saludos amigo. Gracias por el video.

Lord, Keithie, I miss Alaska! I loved it so much. Thank you for sharing a bit of your life!!!

As someone who used to live in Fairbanks I can definitely say it’s a very unique place.

I live there in Fairbanks back in 1963 in a small home-made log cabin. Thanks for the video brings back fond memories

Wow this is my fantasy world I just love everything about your place... For someone who has never seen snow this would be my perfect white wonderland 😍

Thanks for showing such a mysterious places which the most people don't have any idea about these places. Happy New year to you and your Family & to your beloved Dog

Is this the same person who likes everyone's comments

That's so cool Keithie6, We watched it all the way thru. Interesting how Weather influence and impacts life.Stuff that is everyday thing, its different from other places. Thank You for taking us with You.

After watching that I'm glad I live in a warmer climate

So someone you know comes for a visit to see you, and all of this is new to them. Can you take us on a day trip, and what it looks like? Just what you do with your regular activities outside the house ... What does a food store look like - just meat? Expensive? Do you haul water, and does it cost to get it yourself? I've always imagined that every local sporting goods store is the size of a Walmart ... true? Gun stores on every corner? Thanks for a real look. Enjoyed it. Stay warm.

23 hours of straight sunlight sounds good

I lived in Fairbanks for about 10 years. Accurate. I do like the crunch sound of the snow. I remember coming out of The Sunset Strip at 5am in the summer and having to put my sunglasses on. Bill's Drive In, CJ's Drive In, Golden Days Parade. And the Northern Lights are fantastic!

Perfect insight for someone living in central Europe not knowing what's happening up there :D Cheers!

It's always, interesting to me, on what's going on in Alaska. Great video btw, keep up the good work.

You know is cold when the sound of the snow is crunchy

I have been obsessed with everything Alaska on TV, Building Alaska, Alaska Railroad, Alaska Living, I have to visit in the summer, thanks for sharing🤗

Thanks, this was interesting to see how things work in Alaska. Can't wait until the next video!

I do like the sound of the snow crunching. After seeing the water ice video I subscribed. I like your vids keep up that work.

Thank you for the detailed information, an interesting, hard country. Have a good New Year with your family. I'm looking forward to your next videos🎉💫☘️👍🤩🎊

I dont know why I love this channel . This is the content youtube was made for, and I'm not being sarcastic here .

Last June I went to Anchorage to visit a old friend that I had grown up with in Florida I was there for 5 days and they were from June 18 th to June 23 rd it never got dark the whole time I was there he lives across the street from a park we walked Uber to the park at 2 in the morning and it was still light out the weird thing was. There were a bunch of kids playing at the park. 2 o’clock in the morning couldn’t believe it around three thirty it looked like it was going to get dark more like dusk but then a half hour it started getting light again my trip to Alaska was the best trip that I have ever been on in my life we went to Seward when I was there and went out on a charter boat halibut fishing you are allowed two halibut one small and one large I got both of them just like everybody else on the boat the name of the boat was the perseverance what a great time I had I miss Alaska every day I now have some really good memories to last me for the rest of my life

Such a beautiful landscape! Sights and sounds are incredible. I bet your dog has an extra thick fur coat. 😊

Ahh I love the sound of the snow and walking on it I’m going to Fairbanks I’m 2 weeks and may live there so I’m excited

My girlfriend and I plan to move to Anchorage from Indiana this year and will come up in March to get a feel for it. Enjoy watching these to prepare myself for what’s to come.

A good friend of mine, a member of the Wien family, is from Fairbanks. His family started the famous Wien Air, which was bought by another airline about 20 years ago.

Thanks...I didn't know..about Alaska...enjoy...

When it’s cold and snow everywhere it’s peaceful. Been to Alaska a few times always in the winter and Christmas time Lower 48 out

I don't know how this popped up on my feed, but I'm glad it did. My dad worked in Alaska as a young man and he loved it.

Thanks for sharing. The fact that they don;t use salt on the roads is awesome, i'll bet you don't have to deal with rust nearly as much as we do further south where they seem to love the salt thing.

The weather doesn't get as bad down here in Alberta but we don't get snow days either. One of my teachers liked talking about how even if it got to be -35/40 we were still expected to come to school.

this is really interesting! I live in mexico and can’t imagine living in a weather like that, but I loveeee watching it!

I have always wanted to visit Alaska. I got Vegas off my bucket list Alaska is next. Such a beautiful place..

I just moved back home from North Pole Alaska! Loved it. I was up there for the summer!

Poor Alaskan kids getting no snow days. I live in London and remember that even a few inches of snow would mean cancellation for my school. And even if the roads were clear because the council reacted quickly with salt trucks, and the school remained open, you'd still be allowed to take the day off. Not that my mum let me take easy days off though. If she was going to work, I was going to school lol.

I had no idea about any of that, very interesting.

I always wondered what it's like there.being I live in Florida.one winter here,it dropped to 17 degrees! And because of that,schools were closed! We don't have that kind of clothing to keep warm because usually it never gets that cold! In winter mostly40s and50s and even70s here! Looks so beautiful and peaceful there!I always wanted to go to Fairbanks!

Been to Alaska as a kid on vacation. Would absolutely love to go again as an adult because we didnt see much snow if any at all from what I remember. Alot of rain or drizzle That snow covered wooded area just looks so peaceful and beautiful

Not to mention everyone drives a truck and has a personal hockey rink in their backyard

My dad was Stationed at Ft. Greely Twice. 1st time from 60-64. And yes we were there for the Valdez EQ. Remember it like it was yesterday. Went through K and 1st grade at the on post school. The EQ was about Three days after my Bday and 4 from my dad's. His 2nd time was from 73-76 so I got to Graduate at Delta Jct. HS in 76 and was one of the better CC and Track runners in the state and the same for Wrestling and Freestyle Wrestling in the state. Anyway Alaska Schools do not HAVE to close school until it gets -50. In all of my k-12 career I only got out of school once because of weather at it was my Sr. Year at Delta HS. It was a Thursday and -48 and they called school. We all were VERY HAPPY. lol The next day it was -49 and we thought that well we are going to get the day off its friday. Yes and right after they told us the temp they told us that Delta would be having school from this time to that time which happened to be a Full Day of school. lol Delta was one of the few schools in the state that I know of that when kids in Anchorage were ice skating on the streets, Delta with the same ice problem had a full day of school. lol

Thanks the video gave a good overview of what daily life in Alaska can be like. The crunch of the cold snow was wonderful. It reminded me of my 3 years in Winnipeg Manitoba. Yes, I love the solitude and the fantastic landscape. Greetings from Stuttgart Germany.

Good video Keithie! Some interesting details you shared about Fairbanks.

Cool stuff ! I spent some time Seward in the 90’s.

Lived in Alaska 13 years and lived in Fairbanks and Graduated HS there. I miss it.

We were stationed at Ft. Wainwright from 1990-1993. My son was born at BACH. We were there when that guy died at Denali Park. Can't believe they made a movie about it... It's beautiful up there and I hope to be able to go up there again some day. My son wants to go up there as well.

So many things about this video make me homesick for Alaska. That sound of walking on dry snow, the use of the term snowmachine instead of snowmobile, and as you mentioned the summer daylight. I never lived in Fairbanks and only used it as an airplane change to Barrow, Ft Yukon, Kotzebue, or Nome.

In Georgia it’s freezing when it’s 25 degrees Fahrenheit

I lived in Fairbanks for two years when I was stationed at Ft Wainwright. Our first apartment off post was on Bunnell Street, right off College Way. I used to love going to Fred Myers store and Bentley Mall. My wife and two sons were with me, and when it came time for me to ETS, I wanted to stay in Fairbanks for the rest of my life. But, alas, my wife had family back east and she missed them a lot, so we came back and have been stuck here ever since. My plan was to go to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, earn a BA degree in English (and later an MA degree in English) and teach at Fairbanks High School. To this day I miss Fairbanks. There was just something about the whole area that had a drawing effect on me and made me want to stay forever. One of my most cherished memories while there was watching the sun rise over one mountain range and set over another fifteen minutes later. Standing there drinking a tall glass of wine and listening to David Lee Roth singing "Damn good times" in the background just connected me to every dream I ever had about how life could - no, should - be, and I knew I was home. It was just too bad that my wife didn't feel as strongly about it as I did. Had she felt the same way, my dream would have come true. Afterall - if family wanted to see us, let them do what we did: board a 747 and fly up and see us, lol.

Beautiful place . Nice video thanks 👍

That was an excellent video you made, informative and concise!

You forgot square tires from leaving a vehicle that sat out all night in the minus cold and the flat tires from it being so cold that the tires would go flat, ice fog from it being so cold that I remember counting roads to make sure that I turned on to the right one from the fog being so dense, the minus 70 degree and having to cover the hood of the car to help keep the warmth on the motor, during the summer that at midnight that it was still light outside, the snow machine is called a "sled" go figure that one,

I live right down from Chena Pump off Rosie Creek in one of those dry cabins

His was pretty interesting insight. Thanks from someone who has never been to Alaska

I was raised in Nebraska. We plugged our car in at night also. We had to walk to school and I had frostbite so many times that now I have bad circulation in my feet and hands. We never had boots or mittens. My feet freeze real quick in cold weather. I live in California and need to keep my feet warm. When you were out walking in the crunchy snow it brought "not" so good memories. I honestly don't know how people can live in the snow states. We never travel in the winter.

Do you ever encounter wildlife like bears, moose? How do people keep safe from them? This video was great! Please do more exploring Alaska.

Wow , this was a down to earth informative video, thanks for uploading it .

Lived in Alaska back in the eighties and nineties. I miss it. Your dog is beautiful.🐾🐾

🌨❄🎶Walking in a winter wonderland🎶🌨❄

Amazing..id love to live here...better than rainy Manchester,England

Gas stations are mainly owned by oil companies and we can get heating oil at our gas stations as well. I read somewhere that Alaska has more coffee shops per capita than anywhere in the United States.

Very interesting loved it

Here in Alaska we all have chipped or cracked windshields, because of that gravel. But the gravel is better than the salt that destroys the environment.🙂✌🏻

Fascinating! I'd think those Transfer Sites would attract a lot of wild life there.

Good video it’s nice to see how people deal with winter and snow myself I don’t like winter. living northern Canada. It gets pretty cold lots of snow this year can’t wait till spring and then summer I love to go fishing and love those long summer days

Thanks for the video! As a fellow Alaskan this was enjoyable to watch and very spot on 😅

Your video meets the approval of a Fairbanksan. Some fine points- I get long winded below. Its way less than 7 minutes gained at the beginning. And way less lost at the end. That's an average over time. Snow Machine is correct in the local lexicon. Outsiders use 'snow machines' to make snow for ski slopes. Alaskans think that idea is ridiculous, we would never make snow. The gravel doesn't eat the underside of your car like salt will. It just screws up the windshield instead lol.

Do these folks send their paycheck directly to their heating utility company?

This was great, thank you so much for sharing!

Wow, what a great video. Please do more!