Long Way Home (2025) s01e05 Episode Script

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[theme song playing]
[Ewan] Across 20 years,
and three incredible adventures,
we've traveled to some of
the farthest flung corners of the world.
This is us on the road, Charley.
This is us on the way, man.
Yet we've never properly explored
the countries on our own doorstep.
- Okay, here we go. Into Europe.
- [Charley] Let's do it.
So, we're spending
the summer riding a spectacular loop
through 17 of our closest neighbors.
[Ewan] Starting at my house in Scotland,
we'll cross over to the continent,
travel up through the Nordics,
and into the Arctic Circle,
down to the Baltics before winding our way
through the Alps and across France,
returning home about two months later.
[Charley] And we're gonna throw
caution to the wind
by doing the journey
on temperamental 50-year-old bikes
that have been given a new lease of life.
[Ewan] My bike's making a funny noise.
[bike clangs]
[Russ] Riding alongside them
on a third motorcycle
are cameramen Claudio and Max.
And the guys will also be taking
personal diary cameras.
[David] Russ and I will be following
with a small crew and two electric trucks.
Only meeting up
with the guys when necessary.
[cheering]
[Ewan] So, this summer,
Europe is our playground.
- Wow!
- [blowing]
[Ewan] And we're gonna follow our noses
and see what we find on the open road.
[uplifting music playing]
- Well.
- What a nice town.
- [Ewan] It's beautiful here, isn't it?
- [Charley] Mmm.
[Ewan] I can't believe we're about to be
in Svalbard.
- We've got thermals.
- And then you got a puffery jacket.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- You've got the waterproof top.
- Uh, wellies.
- Wellies?
Do you think wellies
sound like a good idea?
[Ewan] It's been three weeks
since we left my home in Scotland.
And now we're heading to Svalbard,
which is this amazing island
in the Arctic Circle.
It's a little bit of a detour, but it's
somewhere I've always wanted to go.
And we've been told this is also a place
that's greatly impacted by climate change.
Come on, boys, get in the van.
Bad people in the back of the van.
Morning. Morning.
After months and months
of talking about Svalbard,
um, we're finally actually heading
to the airport to go there.
It's supposed to be stunningly beautiful.
We might even get to see a polar bear.
[Russ] I mean, the chances of us
seeing any, I think, are pretty slim.
- Yeah.
- And if we do,
- they'll probably be in the distance.
- [Ewan] Yeah, yeah.
Well, that's-that's by far
the best way to see them.
[all laugh]
[Ewan] Can't wait.
It's like the mini adventure
in the big adventure.
Or a big adventure
within the larger adventure.
- [Russ] Yes.
- Now I'm looking forward to it.
[Ewan] There are less than 30 miles
of road in Svalbard.
So we're leaving our bikes behind
and jumping on a plane.
- Not far
- [machine beeps]
but another world.
[plane engine whirring]
[pensive music playing]
[Charley] It feels a bit like
we're cheating not being on the bikes,
but we don't wanna miss this opportunity
to visit this remote part of the world.
[pilot on PA]
We've now started our descent,
landing in about 15 minutes,
so check your seat belts are fastened.
[plane rumbles]
We're here.
Here we are, the Arctic Circle.
In Svalbard.
[Ewan] Wow.
It's really out there, isn't it?
[Ewan] We've come up with a four-day plan
to explore the best
the island has to offer.
[bird squawks]
[Ewan] We'll be camping on top of
a snow-capped mountain,
kayaking alongside a glacier,
and learning about the steps that they're
taking to protect this unique environment.
But our trip begins
in the capital, Longyearbyen.
Someone said there's
a reindeer in the street.
Oh, there she is.
Wow. [kissing noises]
Look at those hooves. So beautiful.
- Hello, darling. Yeah.
- [Ewan] Is she wild?
All right, mate.
He's just wandering around.
Is it a-a lady or a
- [Charley] I think with the big horns
- [Ewan] Is it a male?
- I'm guessing it's a male.
- Look. Looks like it's got a Oh, no.
It's just the one
- [Charley snickers]
- [Ewan] You don't wanna milk that.
- I thought it had teats.
- [Charley laughs]
[Ewan] This'll probably be our last chance
to grab some bits and bobs
before we camp up
in the mountains tonight.
Do you wanna get some
fish paste in the tube?
- Do we Yeah.
- Do you want to?
That's one thing
you've really turned me onto though.
I guess in Germany
they have a lot of that stuff.
[Charley] Yeah.
There it is.
[tries to read Norwegian]
Norwegian strength.
That must be fish.
Well, let's get these.
Do you What-what is this one?
Yes, the original one,
and this one has 50% more Omega-3.
Guess mine is more fishy than yours maybe.
- Well
- [Ewan] Okay, let's get some crackers.
Is that too wholesome for this paste?
[stammers]
No, it'd be better than the tacos.
- Should we get this instead then?
- Yeah.
- [mouthing]
- Did you guys see that?
- [Ewan] Did you scan this guy?
- [Charley] Yeah.
You got your food? Okay, guys, let's go.
[Ewan] The roads are pretty bad up here,
so we're swapping our usual two wheels
for four.
Okay, I think you're gonna be quick
Oh, that's better.
Do you see, like
Yeah, Ewan, you ought to tuck that in
so you don't get a little bit of wind
going down. There we go.
- You look very nice.
- [Ewan] Thanks, man.
- You rock that look, mate.
- I feel
You know what, I feel ready.
[Charley] Helping us keep on track
is local expert Rafael.
To start this one, you turn the key,
green button and after you hold and start.
And that's how we drive.
Okay, guys, because now
when we are going out from the town.
This is the sign when we are crossing,
we're not supposed to go out
without a weapon.
And now we just load them.
So far, I was lucky. I never needed
to take down the polar bears.
I managed to scare them.
I put the magazine in and I have the
half-loaded weapon when we're going out.
- Okay.
- Yep.
- When you're ready.
- [Ewan] Thank you.
Here we go.
[pensive music playing]
This is quite thrilling. We are just
heading out into the middle of nowhere.
I don't even think anyone lives up here.
I think it's just us.
[Ewan] Wow, look at that.
It's so Mad Max everywhere.
Slightly apocalyptic, really.
[Charley] They've been digging up coal
here for over a hundred years.
So before heading to camp,
we're making a quick stop
at one of the old mines.
[wind howling]
[Ewan] What a place of work.
Guess what, I got a job.
I'm gonna be a miner
out there in Svalbard, in that ridge.
[Charley] I was thinking, 'cause back in
18-something they were mining here, right?
- You know, how were the conditions then.
- Yeah.
The ice was actually solid up here,
there's no ships coming in the winter.
So you have a couple of months
when actually
- [Ewan] totally cut off.
- [Rafael] Yeah.
I need to show you one thing.
This is the reminder
of the mining up here.
Because miners, they will drink
how much is possible, yeah.
Especially in the dark season,
there is not much to do after work time.
You have the alcohol card in the city.
What?
And that is how much alcohol
you are allowed to buy every month.
- Oh, this is 2024. This is- This is now.
- Yeah.
This is now.
This means we still have that.
[Ewan] Wow.
When I buy one bottle of whiskey,
they make the hole.
[Charley] They make the hole.
It's, like,
January you were not drinking much,
- but by April, you were
- Yeah.
Yeah. I'm keep going,
trying make every year a new record.
[Charley, Ewan laugh]
Is that another mine on the ridge there?
Yes, this is Gruve Sju, mine number seven.
And that's not active?
No, this one is still active.
Two, three years more
and it will be shut down
[mournful music playing]
[Ewan] I find it a little depressing,
the mines
and all the detritus left behind.
Like a big scar on the landscape.
[Charley] I'm stopping, Ewan.
We are at the top of the world
and on top of the world.
[gentle music playing]
[Charley] It's quite extraordinary
where you kind of end up,
isn't it, in the world.
[Ewan]
All the places we've ended up, crazy.
This is it.
[Charley] What a place, huh?
[Ewan] There's something ironic,
isn't there?
The mining that they've relied on
for this last century
is also the thing that's destroying
this beautiful landscape.
[Charley] Yeah.
[cable lines creaking]
[Rafael] 60% of Svalbard is covered
by glaciers.
We don't know how much of that is left.
Definitely the climate is changing,
and this is the place
where you can really see this.
To the glacier
which we go tomorrow, Nordenskiöld,
all the maps what we use on our GPS
I have the front of the glacier,
where it was actually around '98, '99.
And when I am coming there,
I don't see any glacier.
The glacier is really, really far away.
[Charley]
Has it shrunk in height as well as length?
- Yeah, everything. Everything. Yeah.
- Everything.
[Rafael] I hope it will not change
much faster.
[sorrowful music playing]
When you think about the animals,
it's supposed to snow
and now quite often it's raining,
which means it freezes on the top
and the reindeers,
they try digging and they cannot dig,
which means they are dying
because they will not get enough food.
I don't really want to see this.
It's horrible.
[Charley] We should crack open the, uh,
the fish paste and crackers.
Who-who would like some?
Anyone like some?
I'm gonna eat dinner.
- Well, this is the starter.
- Oh.
[stammers] Would anyone like some?
Would you like some?
- We have some better stuff.
- [Frida giggles]
Mmm. It's not my favorite thing.
- [Charley] You don't like it?
- [cameraman] No.
[Ewan chuckles]
[Ewan] And when you wanna go away
for a pee,
w how do we do that
without worrying about the bears?
Always inform the person
which is guarding.
Okay. Oh, so to go for a pee,
you have to go with somebody?
Yeah.
- Ready?
- Okey doke.
Which side you want, Charley?
Right or left?
Uh
- Right. Yeah.
- [Ewan] Okay.
It's half 11:00 at night.
It's absolute daylight here.
[tent flapping]
They say it's often worse in the tent
than it is from outside the tent, innit?
[Ewan] I'm quite warm now.
It doesn't take long
- for these bags to get really
- [Charley] My toes My toes are cold.
- Are they?
- Yeah.
- But I've got those heater-warmer things.
- Did you keep your socks on?
How do these things work?
[Ewan] You undo them,
you just shake them around a bit,
and put them in your socks.
What on earth are you doing over there?
[cackling]
- Well, good night then.
- [Charley] Good night.
- Good night, everyone at home.
- Good night, yeah.
And if the tents are flapping, so
If-if the tents are flappin',
- don't come a-rappin'.
- don't come a-rappin'.
[chuckles]
- [Charley] All right, good night.
- [Ewan] Good night.
[majestic music playing]
- [Charley] How'd you sleep?
- [Ewan] Fine, yeah.
- You know, off and on like you do.
- Yeah.
But very well.
Not every day you wake up up here,
that's for sure.
This Arctic sun is-is
really something quite special.
The light, especially now [stutters]
it's 5-ish or something like that.
But it's-it's beautiful color.
Well, how f exactly how far away
are we from the North Pole?
I'm gonna stab at 200 miles.
- Oh, is that all?
- Yeah.
From the North Pole?
Well, I might be completely
wildly inaccurate.
- I'm gonna check.
- [Charley] I'd say 700 miles maybe.
- Destination: the North Pole.
- It's gonna be like
- A thousand miles.
- [overlapping chatter]
Yeah. 1,000 miles.
[Ewan] How far away from the North Pole
do you think we are right now?
[Rafael] 1,360.
What's that?
- Kilometers.
- [Rafael] Kilometers.
[Russ] That's 800 miles.
The fact that we're 800 miles
from the North Pole is-is extraordinary.
[Ewan] We're leaving camp this morning
and heading north
in search of one of the most spectacular
glaciers on Svalbard,
the Nordenskiöld glacier.
So, it's back on the quads
to continue the journey.
[chuckles]
[grunts]
Ooh.
- [groans]
- [laughs]
[Charley]
It's nice to try different vehicles.
[Ewan cheering]
[laughing]
Quite amazing. Every white dot
I see in the landscape,
I'm hoping it's a polar bear.
The scale is amazing. It's so vast.
[Charley] Wow, look at that.
Let's stop here.
Okey dokey.
[Rafael] We have a little colony
of the eider ducks.
[Charley]
Oh, you can see all the feathers.
Oh, wow. How extraordinary.
[Ewan] I know. They're so lovely.
[Rafael] This is one
of the more expensive feathers,
when you do down jacket
or your sleeping bag.
- [Ewan] Yeah.
- [Rafael] It's really great feathers.
Look. She's tucking them in.
[Charley] Incredible.
[Ewan] Gorgeous.
Does my bum look big in this?
[Charley] Mmm. Well, you know,
it looks tidy.
All right, chaps.
- You lead on, Charley.
- [Charley] Okay, let's do it.
La, la, la, la, la, la, Svalbard ♪
All right, Charley. Look at you.
- My own man.
- [Charley grunts]
Oh la la. [laughs]
- This is it.
- [Ewan] Oh, we park here.
[Charley] That's as close
as we're gonna get on the quads.
[Rafael] So my plan is landing
on the beach, like on the D-Day.
[Ewan] Okay.
I don't know how close
we can come in with the boat.
I think it will be really fun,
especially the landing.
- I can't wait for that.
- Great.
- That's going to be something cool.
- Perfect.
- Yeah.
- Let's do it.
[Ewan] Walrus on the beach.
Oh. Look.
- Wow.
- They're really cute, aren't they?
- [Charley] They're beautiful.
- [imitates walrus]
I wonder if they're a couple.
[sighs] They kinda look like
- how I'd like to be right now.
- Yeah.
- Spooning with you on a beach.
- [mutters] Aw.
- [laughs] Well
- You know, just sleeping it out.
Well, we did a bit sort of foot-to-foot
spooning this aft this morning.
[whispers] Don't tell everyone
what happens in the tent.
Shoot. Okay. I know. Sorry.
[Ewan] Now all we need is a polar bear
sort of standing on a rock.
[imitates bear roaring]
We can't land at the cabin in this boat,
so we have to go from this boat
to the other boat.
And we want calm water when we do that.
[Ewan] Okay, I'm gonna jump on now.
Oh, I can't wait to get close
to the, um, glacier.
Glacier, how do we say it?
- Gla I say glacier.
- Glacier.
[both] Glacier.
[Ewan] Where From where I'm from,
it's glacier.
- Glacier.
- I think if I say glacier,
they'll be a hundred thousand
Scottish people going [bleep]
[bleep] glacier. It's glacier.
[Rafael] Okay, are we ready to go?
[Charley] Born ready.
- [Niklas] Kick off?
- Kick off.
[Ewan] So now we're gonna go on land.
We're gonna do a beach landing.
Normandy-style.
[Charley] I wasn't briefed about water.
Straight Straight into the waves.
[laughs]
It's a new level of cold water
in the face.
Ooh.
- [chuckles, groans]
- [grunting]
Okay, now we're gonna run in
with the tide a bit.
Do you ever sometimes wonder
- what we're playing at?
- [Charley] Yeah.
Weren't we wet enough on the bikes?
Stop. Stop.
Tie the rope.
- [Ewan] Get shallower, get shallower.
- [bleep]
[Charley]
Now that is It's gonna be deep.
- Now I don't think we're jumping in here.
- Yeah.
[Ewan]
And hopefully, he's gonna let us in.
[Charley] Are we going, um,
a little bit further in?
- [Rafael] No.
- [Charley] Really?
[Ewan] Oh, it's not too bad.
Still over the [bleep] wellies.
[Rafael] Just jump and run.
[Ewan] Jump, jump and run.
I'm just going outside and hoping
that might encourage the water
to stay out of my boots.
Okay. Okay.
[groans]
[Charley] Oh, well,
I wasn't expecting that, not really.
[grunts]
[panting]
You guys wet?
[Ewan] Yeah, one dry and one wet.
- [Charley chuckles]
- [Ewan] Hey.
Oh, look at the view. It is quite
a spectacular place for a cabin, isn't it?
Wow.
[Ewan] We couldn't fit all the kit
in the first boat run,
so now it's Dave and Russ's turn
to try and land.
Everybody went that way.
Uh, but they got soaking wet.
So Rafael's taking us to a calmer spot,
because we can't risk
getting the camera gear wet.
So what he wants to do is have an anchor
out at the front, out one at the back,
and that will hopefully keep us
in shallow enough water we could walk.
- [Niklas] All right?
- [bleep]
[Russ] I think the current
must have pushed us out.
But it looks like the anchor
is holding now,
so Frida can pull us back into the beach.
Well done.
Are we secure?
[sighs] That, only time will tell.
[chuckles]
[Ewan] We landed over there.
But, uh, he's dropped them
all the way over here, I think.
So we're going to help carry their stuff.
They must be right the way around there.
[grunts]
Wow, so amazing.
I'm so glad we had to do
this little rescue mission.
You good?
- [chuckles]
- I don't think we'd factored in for
hauling this amount of kit.
I was hopeful it would be better up here,
it was not that successful.
[chuckles]
[Russ] And now we gotta lift all that lot
Well, I don't know how far to the cabin.
How far is it? Quite a way?
Long way to the cabin ♪
With all this shit ♪
[straining]
This is a super polar bear alley.
Like every rock and nook,
I can just imagine them coming in.
[David] Now, is this polar bear poop?
Oh.
- [chuckling] It's reindeer shit.
- [David exclaims]
- You sure it's not polar bear poop?
- I'm very sure.
[Ewan] That was quite a hard walk.
Hope we didn't forget anything.
This remote place claims the title
of northern-most cabin in the world.
And it's the perfect base
for visiting the glacier.
Gonna get the air out.
[Charley] So we're heading straight back
out in the water to take a closer look.
Which Is the right way round?
[Ewan]
Nothing like messing about in boats.
[Charley] In a couple of canoes.
- All alone.
- What, about like ten at night?
It's impossible to tell really
from the daylight.
Ten or eleven at night.
We're heading up to an enormous glacier.
Lovely. Look at the thing.
It looks like a giant kinda sort of, um,
blanket
- uh, sort of covering the mountain.
- [Ewan] Yeah.
It'd be a bummer if we saw a polar bear
just swimming around the corner.
- Yeah
- [Ewan] Now what do we do?
[Charley chuckling]
I suppose whoever could backpedal
the fastest would be the luckiest.
The problem is that polar bears
are better swimmers than they are on land.
- Yeah.
- [Charley chuckles]
No, we'd be screwed.
It's just like a big sleeping giant
over there,
'cause it's so big, it's so high up.
Aw.
Very, very beautiful.
Look at the blue. Look at it.
Wow.
["Love, Love, Love" playing]
That is amazing.
- [Charley] Lovely with the sun on it.
- [Ewan] Yeah. Yeah.
Just amazing that it's been there
since the Ice Age.
God, it's miles away.
Bloody hell.
It's like Rafael
was telling us last night.
Thirty years ago, you would have
already have hit the ice by now.
[Charley] Yeah.
[Ewan] You can really get a sense
of the speed at which it's melting.
[glacier cracking]
- [Charley] Oh.
- [Ewan] Oh.
- [Charley] Did you hear that?
- Yeah.
Oh, my goodness.
[cracking continues]
- [Charley] Should we make our way back?
- Sure.
- [Charley] That was lovely.
- [Ewan] Beautiful, isn't it?
[Charley] Lovely. It's so nice to
to do it together.
[Ewan] We're so lucky
it's our third glacier together.
- Beautiful.
- [both chuckle]
- Do you know what we need now?
- What?
Absolutely nothing.
That is amazing!
Look at the colors. Oh, my God.
[Charley] Incredible. [chuckles]
Thank you.
Breathtaking, really.
[Ewan] It's an amazing world we live in,
isn't it?
Gotta look after everyone.
Ah, it's so cozy in our little place.
[Charley] Yeah.
Really looking forward to my bed.
[Ewan] I'll take this corner
and you take that one.
- Okay. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Is that okay?
I've got some dry socks for tomorrow.
So I just need to dry
those two things and that's it.
[sighs]
[Ewan] It's quite late already.
[Charley] Right. Beddy-byes?
- Good night.
- [Ewan] Good night.
[Ewan] Hey, guys.
Hey, lovely dogs.
Hello.
You're nice.
Uh, so we're leaving
the cabin this morning.
What an amazing place to be and to sleep.
So quiet and still.
Slept like a absolute log last night.
[chuckles] No, you're very nice.
Yes, you're a very nice dog.
It's been interesting in Svalbard.
The first impression of it was
that it was a bit bleak,
but it was only really coming up here
to this spot that I fell in love with it.
I haven't been
in a landscape like it and, um
I mean, it's really a special place.
[sighs] Good girl.
Homesick for my dog now.
For little Sid.
Jamyan said he's
just sleeping all the time.
"He doesn't do much," she said.
I went,
"Well, he's just a very old boy now."
But I miss him today.
[babbling]
Yes.
We're jumping back
on the boat this morning
for a 60-mile journey along the coast
to check out an old radio station that's
been converted into a beautiful hotel.
[Rafael] Today, we have quite strong wind.
In this wind,
the waves will be a little bit bigger.
[Charley] Safety first.
[crew member 1] Take this.
[speaks indistinctly]
- Next one.
- Take this. [speaks indistinctly]
[Charley] Did David lose his hat?
[Russ] Rafael's gonna crush
his arm getting it.
Mind your arm, Rafael.
[Niklas] Whoa, whoa, whoa, watch out!
Watch out!
[Rafael] We're still tied on at the front.
[crew member] Whoa, whoa, whoa!
The prop, guys.
Sit down. Sit down. Sit down.
I thought the props were gonna hit
the rocks, I thought.
- They're probably quite
- Relieved.
- "Thank God they've gone."
- [chuckles]
[Ewan] All right, guys.
Hold on to your hats.
[Russ] It's getting
a bit choppy out there.
Yesterday, it took another boat four hours
to get to where we want to go today.
The sea's not getting any better.
Four hours of this.
- [sighs]
- [sighs]
[crew member chuckles]
[crew member 2] Do you think
it's gonna calm or get worse?
I'm hoping it's gonna calm.
We'll see when we get a little closer.
[Russ] We've gotta make a decision.
Do we press on
in these waves or turn back?
We've got some info.
At Isfjord Radio,
the waves are not choppy.
The weather out there
is also sunshine and nice.
[Ewan] Perfect.
Well, thank you for that download.
Now, more importantly,
is there more chocolate in here?
No, but is there a bar of chocolate?
My God, it's beautiful here. [gasps]
What's the story of this place then?
It's a very important
telecommunications hub for Svalbard.
- [Ewan] Mmm.
- For the fisheries and also for aviation.
Today, everything is remotely controlled
so this is now mainly a hotel.
In 2021,
we started this energy transition project,
installing renewable energy.
[Ewan] Well, look at this amazing array.
How many panels do you have?
Oh, I think it's 360 panels.
- Wow.
- [Mons] Yeah.
[Ewan] Just makes total sense, like, to
turn what's there into your electricity.
It's just It just makes absolute sense.
They can produce energy from both sides.
- Okay.
- Uh-huh.
Sowhen we have snow-covered ground here
then you have the reflections.
Never heard of that. That's great.
- I didn't know you could do that.
- That's really cool.
- So if I have a shower tonight
- [Mons] Mmm.
- um, it's, uh, well
- Would you?
- Please do.
- [all laughing]
Sorry. Carry on.
If you had a shower tonight
[stammers] Would it be It would be
It would be provided
by the thermal storage
extracting the excess heat from
the cooling water of the diesel engines.
[Charley] It's very inspiring,
what you've done here.
- [Ewan] Yeah.
- [Mons] Yeah.
- Yeah, it's exciting.
- And we actually hope
this can be an inspiration for
all different arctic communities
and stations like this.
[Charley] And with all the talk
of where we were
- with the glaciers receding
- [Mons] Mmm.
We can actually reduce
the need of fossil fuels.
- And to prove that that is possible.
- [Mons] Yeah.
Yeah, that would be wonderful.
[sighs] I just feel my shoulders dropping
- in this place, don't you?
- Yeah.
- Guys, there is a fox.
- There's it running off.
- Oh, a fox.
- Yeah, yeah. There. It's a fox.
[Ewan] Oh, wow.
- [Charley] Beauty.
- [Ewan] That's fantastic.
Not very bothered about us, is he, really?
[Ewan] Beautiful.
- Oh, there he goes.
- [Charley] Whoo-hoo.
How long do you think this has been
in the water?
- Maybe it's from Scotland.
- [Charley] Maybe.
- From the caber toss, you know?
- [Charley] Oh, yeah.
- Into the sea and
- Do you know about caber tossing?
- No.
- Have you heard of this?
We take a caber,
like, twice as long as this
and they stand it up against your shoulder
and then you have to hoick it up
and you hold it under here.
Like this.
On your shoulder and you
and you've got to run
and toss it so that it goes over itself.
- I've got to show you 'cause it's quite
- I mean, it's extraordinary.
[sighs]
- That's it.
- Okay.
- [Ewan vocalizing]
- [Charley] Got to get lowest.
[exhaling deeply]
[chuckles]
[vocalizing continues, stops]
- [exhales sharply] Oh!
- Oh!
[Ewan] No.
- [Charley breathing deeply]
- I don't think that counts really.
Sorry, mate.
I'm gonna try.
- [grunts]
- You want it this way?
Yeah, come on.
Okay, let's see.
Okay.
[Ewan grunts, laughs] I can't get a
- Do you want to get it?
- [grunting]
[Ewan] Ready, one, two, three.
Oh, yeah, hang on. It's too heavy.
Leaning backwards
- so you can use your shoulders.
- Okay.
- Got it?
- I've got it. I've got it.
I've got it.
I've only got it on one hand though.
Okay, here we go.
[pants]
- [grunts]
- Whoo!
- [Ewan grunts]
- [chuckles]
- [panting]
- It's a big one.
- That's heavier than it looks.
- Yeah.
I think I've hurt myself.
[all laughing]
[Charley] Well, you need a sauna now
just to work out that
- [all laughing]
- [Charley] that that pulled muscle.
[chuckles]
[Ewan] Good morning.
Good morning, everyone.
What a place.
God, it's so quiet and still.
Amazing, isn't it?
[Charley] Okay, all aboard for the, uh
For the love bus.
The love bus ♪
[Charley] Okay.
Next stop, the harbor.
[line ringing]
[Ewan] Hello, my love.
Hello, I'm on a boat!
We'll come back here with Mummy, okay?
And we'll look for the polar bears.
We didn't see a polar bear yet
but we're keeping looking.
We're trying to find one.
Oh, you got binoculars?
[cheers] Yes!
That's what we need for the polar bears.
We need the binoculars to find them.
Ah, good boy.
I love you guys. [kisses]
See you later.
[Ewan] I'm happy that we came up here.
I'm really, really happy
we came up to Svalbard.
A really fascinating place to visit.
Up here in the very,
very north of the world.
I won't forget my time here at all.
[Charley] It's been wonderful
on these islands here.
I love that feeling of being out with Ewan
and just going off and experiencing
and looking for adventure.
[Ewan] This is the start
of the next chapter of the trip.
Heading south.
And I have to say I'm really,
really excited.
We're leaving Svalbard behind
and heading to the mainland
to get back on the road.
Oh, yeah.
We've got
another few hours riding in Norway,
and then, well, we'll be in Sweden.
It's been the most remarkable place,
and the people and the roads
and the places we've stayed
have been incredible.
[Ewan] Sweden and Finland,
you've got a lot to live up to.
[imitates car horn]
[laughs]
[Ewan] It's nice to be
on the bikes again, isn't it?
[chuckles, cheers]
[Charley] And with a bit of luck, we can
find somewhere to camp tonight maybe.
Have you seen the bugs, man?
[Ewan] Oh, no, there's the rain.
Whose idea was it to camp tonight?
My brain doesn't understand
what it's seeing.
Hello, Charley.
How are you in your tree house?
[Charley] I'm all naked.
[laughing]