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IrelandA heavy pack and a hot pool on Liam Brown's Iceland crossing
His self-supported journey from Akureyri to Skógar remains the main draw during a week without a new upload.
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Crossing Iceland: Hiking 230 Miles Across Iceland
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- 0:17Liam maps his self-supported route from Akureyri in northern Iceland to Skógar in the south.
- 9:24He lays out the tent, clothing, filming equipment and food carried in his heavy pack.
- 13:46An isolated mountain hut offers a natural geothermal pool and conversation with fellow travellers.
- 14:58Liam puts waterproof socks to use while wading across a wide, icy stream.
- 15:48Hofsjökull glacier comes into view before his third campsite on the gravelly plains.
Liam Brown carries his accommodation, food and filming kit out of Akureyri on his back. The pack weighs around 22 kilograms, and he describes it as the heaviest he has probably ever carried. Iceland is supplying the scenery, but getting everything across it is very much his job.
There were no new uploads this week. Instead, October's "Crossing Iceland: Hiking 230 Miles Across Iceland" remains his most active film, attracting roughly ten times the daily views of either his Swiss Alps hike or his Lofoten crossing.
The Iceland journey has room for smaller encounters between the big landscapes: curious horses beside the road, a farmer providing drinking water in Hólar, and a mountain hut with a natural geothermal pool. After the barren volcanic tracks, that last discovery offers warmth and conversation with fellow travellers. "It's funny how sometimes the best moments come when you least expect them," Liam says.
He also pauses to lay out the practical side of travelling alone: the tent, clothing, camera equipment and food that make the pack so substantial. Later, waterproof socks get their turn during an icy stream crossing.
The channel added about a thousand subscribers over the week, although its daily viewing is below its usual level. Nearby travel channels tell a mixed story: Lvfree Adventures is close to its normal daily audience, while Tory Delury and Sly's Life are having slower days too. For Liam, the Swiss Alps and Lofoten films continue to draw viewers, but the volcanic roads towards southern Iceland are doing most of the work.
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- 205,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 65,660
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Which town marks the start of Liam's Iceland crossing?
Liam begins in Akureyri and heads south towards Skógar.