Surviving the Icy Waters of the Arctic

In the arctic, every decision you make has potentially life threatening consequences. Even a brief exposure to the near-freezing temperatures of water in the arctic circle can be a death sentence.

Motherboard went out into the great white wilderness of Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, the northernmost city in the world, to learn what it takes to survive in one of the world’s most extreme climates with survival expert and outdoorsman Francisco Mattos.