How to STAY SAFE while driving in the Arctic, Norway and Iceland! 

That's good to hear. What do you mean by Winter tyres?

@@MarkGrayPhoto special tires ment for winter. For snow and ice. Pattern in the tires are made solely for winter.

You were lucky with weather In heavy snow conditions you wouldn't be able to drive with just winter tires

​@@MarkGrayPhoto It's important to have dedicated winter tyres. They have softer rubber and specialized patterns for winter conditions. Some non-spiked winter tyres actually performs far better then spiked winter tyres in most winter conditions. That said, spiked tyres still holds a edge if you plan on driving on pure ice covered in water. There's just a limit to how much grip you can get on the ice without the spikes.

Thanks Robert, hope you have a great trip

Thanks for sharing 👍

Do we have to special request for tire winter when rent a car?

@@Widya11167 always worth asking just to be sure 👍

Best of luck. I will head for Lapland next week.

Us tooo!

How was it?

@@franko8572 ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! although out of 14 days we only saw the lights 2 times. But they were breathtaking.

Hope you had a blast! ❄️

It can often get better by March but is obviously weather dependant

Depends on the weather and road. Never exceed the speed limit during winter, and your speed depends on brake distance, which is effected by the tyres you have and car weight, but generally you can keep the speed limit after it has been plowed but once you can see snow on the road you need to start thinking about slowing down I dont drive with spikes, i use winter tyres (3 main types kinda Summer Winter Spiked) Tho if you are not used to winter conditions spiked are probably a good idea. Tunnels are usually fine so you keep speed up there In most places 50kmh and lower are "fine" and anything over 50 is usually plowed often enough But again things happen and its your fault not the plowers if you end up gliding into something or someone

Like everywhere it’s weather/conditions dependant. I’ve been to Lofoten during the middle of winter and there’s been no snow but this is unusual. You just drive to the speed limit.

So how do you drive safely when the roads are covered in snow and ice? 🤔

@@MarkGrayPhoto winter tires without spikes are super good. No problem at all.

@@LonglingEriksenWhere do you live if you're 1000km north from Senja and Harstad?

@@goxyeagle8446 Vardø Øst Finnmark. 4 times Vardø-Harstad-Vardø a month last months.

Hes probably on svalbard