On an Arctic Island with Cecilia Blomdahl
The Preamble
Sharon McMahon
4.9 • 15.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live in the North Pole? In this episode, Sharon gets the inside scoop on Arctic living from photographer and TikTok sensation Cecilia Blomdahl. Cecilia lives in the northernmost town in the world on the Arctic island of Svalbard. Though not exactly the North Pole, Cecilia sees her fair share of polar bears and reindeer. As well, she spends two months of the winter in complete darkness and two months of the summer in 24-hours of sunlight. From living in a cabin with no running water to whale watching from her front porch, Cecilia’s life is anything but ordinary. Join Sharon and Cecilia as they talk about Cecilia’s grand adventures in Svalbard.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends I am so excited for today's episode. I am interviewing my friend |
| 0:05.8 | Cecilia who lives on an island near the North Pole called Svalbard and they |
| 0:12.0 | have thousands of polar bears |
| 0:13.9 | and miniature reindeer and walruses and seals and whales. |
| 0:19.0 | And they live in a cabin without running water. |
| 0:22.6 | Her work is enchanting. |
| 0:24.3 | If you have watched her on YouTube or Tik-Tock or Instagram, |
| 0:27.6 | you already know what I'm talking about. |
| 0:29.3 | So let's dive in to our conversation |
| 0:31.8 | about what it is like to live on a polar island. |
| 0:37.2 | I'm Sharon McMahon. |
| 0:38.8 | And welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast. |
| 0:43.0 | Cecilia! |
| 0:44.7 | Hey, you're here. |
| 0:47.6 | And we are... |
| 0:48.6 | Thank you for having me. |
| 0:49.1 | Oh my gosh, we are talking far across the ocean. We are so far away from each other but I feel like |
| 0:55.5 | being up here I'm far away from absolutely everybody. That's true. Where are you |
| 1:00.3 | that you are so far away? I am on Swalbard, which is an island close to the North Pole, but it's actually an archipelago, if I'm going to be completely correct. So the island that I'm on is Spitsbergum. So it is like a Norwegian island in the Arctic. |
| 1:15.8 | And I've lived here now for almost six years now in November. |
| 1:19.0 | It's pretty crazy. |
| 1:20.4 | It is crazy. |
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