Siberian Nomadic Life - Ray Mears Extreme Survival - BBC

[TheSikiciCocuk]

It looks like an IKEA bag made of wood

[cyberjackcyberjack]

i could never peel birch bark like that

[nicko978]

@cyberjackcyberjack season and region makes a difference. the colder it is the thicker it is. some birch bark is paper thin and doesn't peel like this.

[cyberjackcyberjack]

@nicko978 oh, that explains it. As am in the UK and we have so much mixed weather (mostly raining..lol)

[nicko978]

@cyberjackcyberjack even if the bark is thin you can soak strips in hot water and make it pliable enough to glue together to make small canisters. Wood glue works if you don't feel like making pine pitch.

[cyberjackcyberjack]

@nicko978 i did not know that, thank you so much. I can make "pine pitch" fine so I'll use that for the glue. :)

[eddie1134]

and now we are jersy shore

[Kylermannn]

I WANT THAT DOG

[273674200]

spasibo= thank you!!

[divantha2]

Natives live in northern lands are kind of same, aren't they??

[lillol100]

ray mears is a fucking girl scout

[BULLETS4DAYZ]

this is very interesting ,these nomads are just like native americans

[sashthedropbear]

so cool



[ZUG]

Love it I am Russian my self.

[ZUG]

Love it 

[talkin2ya]

amazing nice to see and hear about other cultures.

[baltusd]

You can take a shit in that... and why the hell do people still does this when they can kill the whole forest with plastic bags !

[Kocaz69]

Native Americans made so many things.. cnice clothing, sheathes, those bags for babies.. if only there was a video for every tribe and all their info, the forest would be the ultimate resource for everything!

[CLASHofTHElonders]

@Kocaz69 but the way of human population is going it doesn't look good for earth period

[Agemrepus]

I'm pretty sure using the outside layer of bark on a tree kills it, unless he doesn't cut completely around the tree. Not that it matters, since there are so many trees, but still...

[cyberjackcyberjack]

Ray mears is ok but he tends to give a history lesson half way through his bushcraft, witch is anoying

[JoanBeatrington001]

@cyberjackcyberjack But its better then being silent right? a lot of people can do with a nice history les

son? cant be that unbearable surely

[richard2mitchell]

you would think with all the snow the trees would be full of water and in the summer with the hot sun thay wouldnt have much water

[listentome1986]

they are tayga citizens -part of Russia

[Gijops]

@listentome1986 i thought taiga was a type of forest....

[Shinydisc117]

That dog is stoned at 2:37

[TheThreeWeavers]

@Askar590

:/ You know I didn't mean it that way.

[mmaghfai]

That Siberian husky is gorgeous! My favourite dog :)

[RomaZeal]

Woah, they're speaking russian. I almost could not understand them because of their accent. It's deviated greatly from the moscovy accent.

[Seancui283]

@RomaZeal А ты сам Русский ? Do you even speak Russian ?

[RomaZeal]

@Seancui283 nu da kaneshna. Ya eto be ni mogh skazat yesli ya ni mogh gavarit pa ruski.

[evilsquirrel56231]

Impressive

[UglyMaleee]

wow!

[N3CR1S]

yeah, it really is impressive that they can make everything they need from the things found in the forest. Im amazed that they have discovered the "oil three" and how to turn it into rubber boots lol

[GundamFan360]

wow there lifestyle is different from the tuvan nomads who are similar to the mongolian nomads there life style is more like the north American aboriginal and in some areas of siberia they have nomads and tribes the are just luke inuits!!!!! i wish i live i life like them fuck the west!!!!!

[bschrod1324]

dude your always bitchen bout how you need lots of food... well get off your ass and drill that reindeer with a fucking thirty od six

[dewinmoonl]

are these people russians or mogolians or somewhere in between?

[TheThreeWeavers]

@dewinmoonl

Siberian, so Russian.

[TheStepanov]

@dewinmoonl This people, certainly, not russians by nationality. They closer to Alaska eskimoses.

Please, check on wikipedia - Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East ////

More than 40 different nationalities! But they are russian citizens too.

[timehero9]

the basket looks like a backpack.

[outskool100]

i gunna do that the same thing gunna buy an ak 47 and live in the woods like an Partisan

[smallblocksupercharg]

thats a badass old man

[kidexpo]

Rey mears is a pussy

[richard2mitchell]

@kidexpo and yet he can last anywhere longer then you..

[michaelpoczynek]

Handy tips if I ever got lost in the woods. Thanks.

[KMalina7]

wow. i am impressed.

[TheValarieKay]

I'd like to be left on a remote part of Kamchatka. Volcanoes, bears, grazing animals...hot springs...hells yeah.

[aldomovielovers]

if the nuclear 3rd world war happen ... life will start form Zero ...these people will command

[yurikomuro]

@aldomovielovers actually no life do not start from zero after a thermonuclear war. Satellites, and basic building infrastructures will still be intact. Automobiles will still function until fuel runs out. These people will be eaten by wildlife and cannibals if they are out in the open.

[Master8laster]

He should make a dress for lady gaga out of that birch bark.

[DicKinYurFace]

This guy would sh!t if he were truly stranded in any wilderness and curl into a little convulsing ball.

I've been lost hunting and had deer later that evening shown their phuckin teeth at me & sh!t. Trust me if you don't have shit to work with your inner Maguyver doesn't come out. You battle daylight simultaneously along with the elements/animals/insects/nutri­tion ect.

Anyone can show you the way.. However mental blocks cripple I'd say 90+ something people from affectively applying themselvs

[steveecker]

Jungle ghost at 0:30 haha... It's a ghost wearing camouflage!

[VC106893]

hoooollyyy shit, look at those dogs!

[5tonyvvvv]

whats with the jew music??..wtf

[relupl]

@5tonyvvvv Klezmer music has strong influences from east European folk music styles, which is probably you're hearing here (you antisemitic idiot).

[relupl]

@5tonyvvvv Klezmer music has strong influences from east European folk music styles, which is probably what you're hearing here (you antisemitic idiot).

[steveecker]

@relupl Just because he's ignorant and uneducated doesn't necessarily mean he's an anti-semite lol. He's just stupid :)

[relupl]

@steveecker I know =)

I just happened to check his subscriptions too...

[besmart78]

these are the cutest people ive ever seen

[MagnumPI4]

If organized society ever broke down. We'd all be screwed. these guys would make it

[Gokuthe1]

i want the wolves to be my pets :3

[ShengNguyen]

Oh damn...These people are amazing. ...

[Severosrighthook]

damn lazy tribesmen, they should get jobs.

[fibroidtheking]

thats a 100% eco bag .. i wonder how would it be with all supermarkets having those bags or baskets!! :D

[epicperson1803]

@fibroidtheking

We would throw them away every time after shopping like plastic ones and after few years world would be out of birch. because people newer learns.

[VSML0C0POLAK]

@fibroidtheking no trees left:P

[Zaharkl]

for you retards. russia, is 75% in asia and 25% in europe. and siberia is in russia. in the 75% of the asia part.

[tamagocheat]

Now I know where santa clause Live..

[FrozenHeart05]

That's the life. Real life. Ever since I found out about Siberia I wanted to live that life. As soon as I get the money, I'm going there to learn the trade.

[MurphyMonster]

@FrozenHeart05 I agree. These guys got it figured out. When civilization falls, the weak city dwellers die, and these guys just keep on livin da good life.

[monk3ypilot]

some of you morons need to look at a map. its like a big picture of the world, and contains something called information, and if you try really hard, you can remember that information and use it later.

[IraqiDotCom]

@monk3ypilot loooooooool

[grunt182820]

@monk3ypilot most either wont or can't .......... have a lot of peps at work ..... if there mum didnn't sew ther names in thier undies .............ya get the idea ?

[seanrocks15]

I thought Siberia was in russia not asian i no some people say russia is asia but thats bullshit haha

[SHUTUPNOOB654]

@seanrocks15 Siberia IS in russia. Most of russia is in Asia, only a bit is in europe.

[MastahMich]

@SHUTUPNOOB654

That's true, but the most important cities like st. petersburg, moskow etc. are in europe, that's the heart of russia, that's why people remember it as europe.

[7Supernova7]

3:45 left in the backround cannabis plants ?

[AIgreg]

Once you seen one, you can't stop watching them lol.

[hunterziegelmann]

siberia is in russia though...

[theoldskoolrev]

2:02 the dog is really cute

[roniepao]

@theoldskoolrev

i think its a wolf. 

[Eliminton]

Great video, but I have a question. What's Siberia's ethnic majority?

[scpmr]

@Eliminton Siberia's ethnic majority is russians. But the people you see in this video are not ethnic russians. They are evenks - one of "native" peoples of Siberia

[mowat440]

thats sweet

[Pwinklebottom]

he's using a mora knife :D 1:35

[Drud14]

Extreme survival? They should have called it "Camping and basketweaving in Siberia"

[WarriorFrostpaw]

shouldn't they put the pretty brown on the inside? who knows WHAT'S touched the outer bark XP

[lance1236451]

wtf

[GGLebo23]

So very cool. I do not know much of Russian history though so I wonder why these people continue to leave a nomadic lifestyle. Do they choose this way or have they been marginalized? I've got to do some more reading....

[Asgardt]

I wish I was born in a nomadic family such as this...

[boklao]

Looks like leather. Smart people

[rdf7777]

soo eco friendly you can shop with it while your in wall mart, very renewable

[saharra22469]

OH GOD! That would make such a cute doggie bag to carry my chihuahua in while I shop. Where can I buy one : ) I love you Ray Mears ....you're so ingenius : )

[ironfisteagleclaw]

Just the same way my tribe uses Birch Bark.

[dhom100]

wow it's always interesting to see how resourceful people are. using bark to make a basket. he can sell that on Ebay.

[medievalman86]

then he could become a millionaire and be like that bum on the simpsons that got rich and bought a house made from Gold :P

[dhom100]

@medievalman86 not necessarily. depends on the type of people and culture. these people prefer nomadic life always.

[FullCharge82]

@dhom100 for $100 LOL cause it's pure and it's green! green as in resouces..lol

[dhom100]

hell yeah lol.

[FullCharge82]

@dhom100 lol

[bulldude8796]

@dhom100 ... wow are you that dumb? he lives in the wild not in a house with electricity and internet DUH >.>

[richard2mitchell]

@dhom100 I don't think thay have computers..... LOL.

[twodeadpoets]

Awesome video!

[turaniturk]

These people are "Sakha" or "Yakut".

They're a Turkic group.

Turkic groups are "Caucasian" as whole, with the only exceptions of Sakhas being Mongoloid.

Eastern Kazakhs and Altayans are "half-half".

Other Turkic groups are caucasian (Turkmen etc..).

[aguswidjaja]

turaniturk, these people are a Turkic "speaking" group. By race, they are not caucasoid. They must have picked up the turkic language some time in the past or got their mongoloid look through inter-racial breeding.

[MegaJaMs]

Actually, they're Evenk, he says so several times in the video.

Evenk are not Turkic, but the languages are somewhat related, according to some linguists.

Evenk has much intermingled with both Sakha and Samoyed peoples, though.

[tweddledum]

look at that husky its beautiful

[gaelicwinds]

they are euraisian not mongloid

[Matunaagah]

The original ihabitants of the land called Russia today were genetically what you would call asian, that is what mongoloid means. All caucasian blood in the russian people today comes from the Viking settlers.

[AnimaRaptor]

Didn't know that O_o

Though I had wondered why russians were white.

Easier to see the viking stock here in Scotland :p

[MegaJaMs]

Russia west of Urals were never "Mongoloid" peoples home.

East of Urals - yes, Siberia and Russia Far East was/is definitely Asia, and the peoples were (and are) Asian (except migrated Russians).

There's not much Viking blood in Russia. Russians even look very different from Scandinavians on average. They are also genetically different. The Vikings there were just a few organisers invited, they were never in great numbers.

Russians are Slavic and assimilated Finnic people(s).

[Matunaagah]

Russia as a political entity was founded by the Vikings, so I am sure their blood most likely has a profound presence in the people of Russia.

[MegaJaMs]

Perhaps - historically it seems so, at least.

There's probably some "Viking" blood there, but it is certainly not the majority. The paternal lines would be heavily influenced by Nordic lineages if that was the case, and they're not.

[Matunaagah]

True.

[5tonyvvvv]

who cares were all people,fuck evolution,too we never came from apes

[stanjanoch]

they speak russian

[missmittins]

that is so amazing and fascinating !

[Matunaagah]

The indigenous Russians are mongoloid people.

[D3Ly0gLU]

that tribes can't nomad they are native. nd they r mixed Oghuz Moghol and kypchak nation.

i'm Turkish but i understand yakut and siberians what is that? we are monqoloid? muahahha

[Matunaagah]

Mongoloid as in Asian or "oriental".

[D3Ly0gLU]

What ls that Mongoloid men !? Their history begin thirteenth century. we can't arrogant Mongol!? their population like dog! they are son of chengis Khan, but We Sakha -Azeri- Buirat - Turkmen tribes son of Gög Kaan! we was born 5000 year ago there. Mongols 800 year Ago! :)

We OghuZ Nation really King nomad! we living in different places, Gök Nation lord of Moghol kypchak and rus ppl..

göğüz biz!

[Matunaagah]

The term "mongoloid" simply refers to people of asian genetic stock.

[theLOLman121]

Mongoloid means oriental, not mongolian.

[Riscet4ever]

indigenous syberian are mongloid

[Trollhammaren33]

the knives they used looked almost identical to the old Moras we use in sweden O.O

[HowlingSkull]

I think it is a Mora. A laminated one. Don't know about the other one that doesn't have a bushing.

[Trollhammaren33]

thought so, own an old laminated one myself. A really great knife, easy to sharpen and useful for almost anything.

[bushcraft96]

amazing that is how we should all live thet bad is incredible

[sha2540]

Without these people we would not have known half of the things we know today. They test things as a means of survival, then, we, the so called civilize people learn from them, take what they create and often times, make big bucks off their creation. I am proud of these people, They are displaying what they know.

[MastahMich]

@sha2540

That's true but we know 1000 times more than they do:P

[HamCatFace]

@MastahMich Yeah sure. You know how to use a microwave and change the music on your ipod. You wouldn't last two minutes in a natural environment. You're fucking ignorant.

[epicperson1803]

@sha2540

And they do not need youtube or TV or books to learn that stuff, thats the way they live.

[yurikomuro]

@sha2540 your logic couldn't be more fucked up. these nomads are the product of a failed soviet/russian social policies and developments. Human civilization started out like these nomads and lot of progress has been made, we don't move backwards lol. I really am scared of people like you existing in our society and people who believe you. I believe 41 people who thumbed up your comment and including you should be permanently banished to siberia to rot and die along with your family.

[vafaneh]

@sha2540 Sorry but i find your comment stupid.

[Squierke]

Impressive!

[gummybears54]

I love crafty men!

Especially ones that know how to sew a great bark- basket

[silver760]

didnt now they were slavic or jewish,judging by the "music"

[valentazz]

They speak russian O_o wtf ?

[babbleshare]

makes me think of how i had a room mate from central asia who spoke russian and the most common questions people would ask her was did she speak chinese or was she chinese (no to both), and some people could not believe that she spoke russian XD

[bodbag]

im fairly sure that it is part of russia though

[enoughraptor6]

are their huskies tied or just free roaming?

[mreisma]

badass

[emel60]

werd!

[Eso1]

those guys look asian!

[cosaro]

perhaps because they are from Asia?

[rhn94]

@cosaro mongolia mostly ..

[steveecker]

@cosaro Asia is where the reindeers eat werewolves :(... I'm sad.

[Senda999]

Siberia is in asia!!

[iscuk]

how dum can u b

[askaichin]

hahaha

[varsityeagle89]

badass!!

[leshark]

yes his ass is bad... its very naughty

[verycoldice2]

what's up with the wolf?

[widgeonslayer]

That's a dog.

[QueenOfTheKelpies]

My favourite episode ever. :)

[johnnytastetest]

It would have been funny if Ray Mears had taken a dump in that basket and THEN been told that it had been made for the transportation of food.

[lajam55]

hahhahahaah what

[johnnytastetest]

It was a funny comment, I thought!

I don't know why so many people have given me the thumbs down!

Imagine! Those poor primitives spend all day crafting a basket with such care and skill and then hand it over to Mears for inspection... and then he announces to the camera that it arrived "just in time" and heads into the bushes.

"It was only after I had returned" Mears could have said, "that I was informed the basket was for food transport...not catching my shit. Oh well!" *Toss* HA!

[UnkemptGoose760]

that is funny as fart.

[matt26knvs]

trees are a renewable resource...they will grow back! contrary to some beliefs, they dont have a nervouse system and feel no pain...kinda like fish..

[c2c2p1]

never bought a stitch of paper im my life

[technogearhead]

Its kind of sad Siberia blongs to Russia.

Non white citizans I am sure have absolutely no oppurtunity at a more successful lifestyle.

[yhcranaalex]

what is success other than just survival, success? having machinery? i think using what you have where you are and never having to be successful is success in itself.

[kirilmv]

It is actually their chance to survive..If they were born in USA they would have been killed long time ago..USA is a country build on the graves of 60 000 000 Native Americans exterminated..

[technogearhead]

True...

But the only reason these people survived in Russia is not because the white russians are kind. Russia has one of the severest white supremacy attitudes in the world.

They survived because the region they live in is sooo hostile, it keeps most white russians from settling there.

[kirilmv]

The Anglo-saxons culture is the greediest...The Russians do not have the same white supremacy attitude as the Americans and English

[technogearhead]

Please tell that to the Russian mob which dominate my area and spread fear to the residents.

They will even discuss criminal acitivity on their cell phones while waiting in line at the post office. They fear no one and they reign terror.

Worse part, no one in the Russian American community will speak out to put them in jail.

What can we do against such violent gangsters?

[MegaJaMs]

Oh boy you're totally wrong. The Russians were far worse.

They had an ideology as an excuse for their extreme nationalism and expansion policy.

Russian nationalism is something else entirely, British supremacy does not even compare.

Forcing people to have Russian names, forcing people into cooperatives across ethnicities, killing shamans, detroying languages. Moving people thousands of KM randomly, splitting families. And that was in the twentieth century.

[MegaJaMs]

Ps. and before that, Zarist Russians (And Ukrainians) gave the Evens and other Siberians smallpox. Just like it happened in the USA. Not something they tell you in school, no?

[kirilmv]

I speak about historical facts ..hundred of nations were exterminated totally by colonialism..and the worse was in Canada, USA and Australia..In this country was reward for shooting the Natives...I speak about countries which population was 100% ethnicaly different some 200 years ago...Now this nations were ethnically cleansed through genocide They do not participate in the life of the states...Whites are convinced they did the right thing because they needed the land..

[MegaJaMs]

Same in Siberia, I speak of "Historical facts" too. Their exploitation continues to this day - well, it got better as far as rights are concerned after 89, of course.

But Russian nationalism was pretty strong in the twentieth century, even though they considered it "Soviet" nationalism, it really was Russian.

This video is about Evenk and survival, not Anglo related, by the way, so shove it.

[kirilmv]

You shove it...The worst exploitation was and is in the Anglo Saxon world...Slavery, Industrial revolution.....In USA, Canada and Australia there is not exploitation of native people because they were almost exterminated and the land stolen..Do not know this?..Do not you know that some survived native people ask about the bones of Jeronimo Obama's government for proper burial and were refused

[kirilmv]

This movie is about how evenk family lives freely ...

[MegaJaMs]

Anglos have nothing to do with Evenk, and Russian rulers, whether Tsar or Commies, have treated those people just as bad as the septic tanks treated the American Natives.

Do you deny this?

Anglo slavery has nothing to do with this video.

But maybe you're a rotten Ruskie, are you?

[kirilmv]

rotten Ruskie???  Your are sick....

[MegaJaMs]

Possibly...

[spiderpig85]

The genocide was supported and even monetarily reciprocated by the government at the time.