Survivorman Les Stroud's Directors Commentary for Norway Pt 1 Expedition! 

His absolute mastery as a survivalist aside, gotta acknowledge what an absolute class act Les is. Having the foresight to hold on to the rights of Survivorman when dealing with those TV network vultures was a savvy move, but uploading the entire series with additional directors commentary onto a public platform for free is pure class. Many others would have seen dollar signs. Cheers to a Canadian legend!

The one episode where Les was genuinely concerned about his situation. That was a scary moment. This is gonna be a good one.

I can remember when this aired for the first time on on-demand. Whenever i saw an episode of surviverman labeled "new," i would get so excited I almost couldn't contain it. I can't remember the last time a TV show made me feel the same way. Such a captivating show, you are an absolute legend Les Stroud.

YEEEEEEEESSSSSSS THE DIRECTORS COMMENTARIES ARE BACK

I can't stand when people complain about ads. It's kinda the point. It costs money to hire an editor, and it costs money for Les to take time to do these commentaries. As a youtuber myself, I depend on ads to get by, and they don't pay much anyway. Thanks, Les, you absolute legend

People who complain about ads, never dealt with cable TV! Thank you so much for making your content available on RU-vid. I was going crazy looking up all the different streaming services trying to find it, which is such a pain. Having everything here is very convenient, and easy for me to share with friends and family. Love everything you do. Thank you.

I will never complain about the ads. I usually watch the episodes (sometimes I am watching them for the third-fourth-etc time) while cooking. I sometimes skip the ads and sometimes I don't because I'm chopping something and I am very grateful for having this content on YT since it's not really available anywhere here.

This was my favorite episode of all time!

My Favorite Episodes ( Along with the Artic Tundra one ) ..God Bless this Man , iam Watching Him for over a Decade at this point 🫡🤝💪

You are one of my heroes and someone I consider a pseudo-mentor. I bet lots and lots of young men watching your videos feel the same way, so this is a shout out to all those guys out there trying to find their masculinity. Love you guys, and love you too Les!

Hands down one of my favorite SM episodes. Perfect balance of pertinent survival instruction, taking the piss outta BG, and even covering a Squeeze tune. Thank you for two-plus decades of insight and bringing levity to real survival scenarios, Les. Here’s to the next 20 🍻

one of the best! Watched "Norway" a few times! Lessons to be learned! Can't wait to hear the other side 😮

Les is the content king for survival!! Thanks for all you do Les !

Who would've thought that a show about getting lost in the wilderness and showing you how to save your life would've done so well.

Les, I wanna say that these videos (the directors commentary) are my favorite most anticipated videos on youtube. And I watch almost exclusively youtube content nowadays. So in short, thank you!

There's a couple of things that Les says that I'll never forget: First one is during the Kalahari episode when he was going through that awful heat exhaustion was if you have a wet towel don't put it around your head or face or things like that instead you wanna put it around your neck and your carotid arteries to help regulate the heat coming off your body. Secondly about the clear skies thing at night the temperature is going to drop, ever since I heard that, and when I look up at the night sky, in the back of my mind always goes back to what he said and its true, and lastly in a survival situation "If you sweat, you die." Obviously, there's more things that he says that sticks with me but ever since watching Survivorman since the mid 2000's those 3 things are the ones that stuck out the most to me. Thank You Les.

😫…..don’t wanna wait for part 2……. Thanks Les 🤍🌏🤍

I want more of these! These are amazing and love the behind the scenes stuff. I've been a fan since Snowshoes and Solitude and bought all your seasons of survivorman off your channel here. Love that stuff. Les is a legend in film making and surviving

Such an OG, original bushcrafter & survival expert

Glad to see some more directors commentary. Caught up on all the previous ones so needed some new ones to watch.

Watching Les is like taking a priceless class. Entertaining and educational. Win,win.

My favorite Survivorman episode.

This was always one of my favorite episodes

I’ve never been looking forward to anything in my life ever as much as this video

Love directors commentary

Yay, I love the commentaries!

Hey Les,my favorite episode.

This is what i needed today... Thanks Les

This is one of my favorite episodes.

Those shoes look extra warm and cozy. 🥾🔥

So glad your doing there Les they are really enjoyable even your talking lol 👍

I've watched Norway several times. Good stuff. Thanks Les.

Yes! One of my top 5! Ive watched this episode so many times right here on the channel.

Getting an apocalyptic survival style show from you les would be amazing. I've been watching your content since day one and it all holds a special place in my heart. Thank you, for all the real most life like scenarios one may go through you've shown us through the years.

finally a new Directors Commentary! thanks Les, and please keep doing all the other remaining episodes

Yeeeees!!!! I’ve been waiting and waiting for this one … about time Les lol 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Yeah!!!!!!! I love these

This, hands down for me, was one of the most interesting and influential episodes you’ve ever made Les. Both part 1 and 2 are just packed with such useful information and impactful messaging, and if people are complaining about the ads, then I don’t think they realize how good they have it with you putting your work out for free like this.

This is one of my favorite episodes

Been waiting for another one of these!

Been looking forward to this!

Awesome Les, as always. Cheers

You mentioned Beyond Survival is your favorite show you have made by far. I have to agree, I recent rewatched them all for the third time. I would love to see a directors commentary on those. I don't believe you have done any yet. :)

Love you Les! Your a legend

One of the episodes I've been frothing at to see get a commentary! I loved these two episodes! Both for the survival aspect and the storytelling!

Much love brother. This wealth of informative entertainment is incredibly valuable.

These are really awesome, Les. Thank you! I always loved the cinematic quality of your productions! Norway, Alaska, Plane Crash, and Big Foot series are my favorites. Also your Kodiak Bear, Polar Bear and Moose episodes are incredible. The winter and wilderness vista views and sounds are amazing and my favorites!

Been waiting for this one, great stuff Les💯

Les is right about moving when you can. I live in Buffalo, NY and this past November & December we got POUNDED by two of the worst snow storms ever in the city's history. Weeks later into January crews were digging out plowed in cars that still had bodies inside them. We lost 39 people, some were in their cars and others in their homes. Trust me it was no game- we can take a lot and can handle snowy weather, but this was too much for us.

Dec '23 I got stuck in the snow 4 miles from my brother-in-law's house. I was talking his girls home and had missed the turn on a well used road and ended up going down an unplowed road. No cell signal, could barely call 911, cops got stuck on their way to us. It was 4 hours with 4 kids and two teens. If it was just me or me and the teens I probably would have walked to their house, but i had too many little kids. the engine was overheating a couple times so I had to throw snow on the oil pump to cool it down. Eventually my brother-in-law and some of his friends were able to come and rescue us and my wife, who had come looking. My kids stayed amazingly calm the whole time, I'm still proud of them

Yes! I just went looking for this one in the playlist and was sad to see it wasn’t there yet….. Can’t wait for tomorrow!

Love it!

Les, your the coolest most authentic survivalist! And a badass too. Who the hell can go out in the snow and survive for 10 days? Survivorman!!

Les I don’t “wait” for any tv program or movie to come out like back in the young days, BUT I have been waiting for Mexico directors commentary for almost two years now lol

thank you les

The 10 day survival excursions DC's are the ones im most stoked for. In Norway, the camera doesn't show just how long & steep that mountain decent was.

This is my go to episode(s)...I throw in my DVD or stream on youtube when I need something I know for tinkering around.

One of the All Time Great episodes! Thank you 🍻

This should be a good one. That ordeal got really real. Frankly I’d understand whether Les would want to do five commentary episodes talking it through or not talk about it at all.

Class act,how true.what a hell of a human being,don't change a thing

Very admirable man you are , thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge

i been watching your stuff since i was a younger boy im super stoked to hear that you own the survivorman IP.

One of my favorite Survivorman episodes!! Thanks Les!!

Could watch this show over and over. One of the best

Been waiting for this one for so long. Thank you Les this is awesome!

Les, you're amazing, I love the ads because I know how this works, and I don't care because whenever I watch your content, I am learning something new and that is SO FREAKING COOL. Love you dude max respect.

Finallly, I’ve seriously been needing new commentaries.

I'll never stop emphatically requesting the guide to surviving the Apocalypse with Stroud!

Miss Survivorman, Les. I watched your show religiously for all the years you produced this show. It is great to watch the Norway episodes with you doing present day commentary about what your mindset was, at that time!

Yea baby! Been waiting for this! Time to grab a beer

Dude, the Pillow Scream! I used to do that for singing, back when I worked on cruise ships. I was a pub entertainer and my voice was just getting its character, by the end of the night I'd be really raspy, a "whiskey tenor". So to warm up I'd do a pillow scream before my set lol. So stupid, but it totally worked, I'm glad to see someone I highly respect does it too lol

We love you Less and I think ain’t bragging when you say that you were the first. Pioneering is a rough business. The whole genre hadn’t existed before you started it!

Yes! I can't believe I missed the upload on this. The Norway two parter was my favorite of yours.

finally! another directors commentary

I pay 14$ a month for no advertisements. It's so worth it 🎉🎉🎉

I have personally hit the sos on my gps only 3/4 mile from the road stuck in the snow skiing. Went hypothermic yelling for help firing 3 shot distress calls with my pistol. No one around and i could see safety as i was dieing from hypothermia in a snow hole. Easy to say why wouldn't they just do this or that.. or how could someone die 1/2 mile from there car? You can never be an arm chair critic/ always carry an emergency locater becon 😅 Love your videos!! Thanks Les

These are the best.

Les, your a gosh darn genius!! I’ve lived in the mtns for over twenty years, and I’ve always known the importance of keeping a winter emergency bag in the car. Never ever have I thought to include a 6 pack!(or in my case a spliff or two). Your deserve you Nobel prize for this one.

I wanna volunteer for an old school episode of Survivorman; you choose the hellhole and lets go !

Thanks again for uploading all these for free (getting ready for winter, ha)

Awesome! Been looking forward to this one!

Love these. Thank you for doing these

Congrats on the children’s book!!!

These director cuts are more enjoyable than the actual episode. Appreciate you you taking the time out to share your experiences with us.

Im completely fine with the ads in the video. It makes sense. I watched this episode several times before the directors comm. This is a crazy one

I've been watching your videos since i was a really young kid, and this has got to be one of the neatest things I've seen a person do with their own content. It really feels like sitting and watching an episode with you on a couch, like I get to hangout with a person who I really never knew but still looked up to. Very neat to be able to understand more of a personal nature without having to actually be a face to face or real time thing. So thanks I suppose, for all of the things you've done and made possible for me and all the rest of your viewers.

Love all the videos. Thank you

Your winter episodes are my favorite ones. Thank you for your work Les.

Great stuff! Love this! Can’t wait for the next part.

Major role model growing up and still are one.

You are the youtuber where I definitely do not care about the ads....you deserve all that money les. Thank you forever for what you do!

Been waiting for so long Les

Please continue with these

Woo hoo!! New episode!!

Great video Les!!

This might be my favorite episode. Thanks for everything Les!

Incredible news on the kids books Les

I do like the stuff about filmmaking during these, it gives some cool context to things.

The train episodes are awesome love to see you

Absolutely love this. Hate that I wasn’t up for the Premiere, but thanks for another great video Les!