In June 2013, Eckhoff reported that he had been robbed of his recording and camping equipment after he left them at a quay to moor his boat. Winter swimming in his videos, he rarely did it in his spare time, nor did he drink alcohol often outside of his videos. He had an affinity for the outdoors, often goingġ42 series of cars, owning a 1968 model of the latter. Įvolutionary biology, having a great fascination with the close genetic relationship between humans and apes. He had one child with his long-time partner, Tove Skjerven, who he lived with for 30 years. This would remain his long-term place of employment from 2008 until his death in 2021. According to his YouTube page, he worked at a paint factory in Sandefjord, which was run by the chemicals company University of Bergen, graduating in 1993 with aĬand.mag. He studied history, philosophy, and nordic literature at the Kristiansund, Norway, on 22 November 1964, and moved to Sandefjord at the age of 6. Despite his success, he did not make a living out of his videos, creating them primarily for his own enjoyment. The ones he recorded during the winter were his most well-known, though also being controversial in nature due to their perceived danger-drinking alcohol before swimming near-naked in below-freezing temperatures-but some also characterised them as artistic for their presentation and content. His videos, in which he remained mostly silent, were popular worldwide, especially in Poland. YouTube career lasted from 2006 until his death in 2021, though his channel first started gaining popularity in 2011. Sandefjord where he worked in a paint factory run by the chemicals company Kongsberg, Norway, while recording a video. He died in 2021 after he fell through the ice of a lake west of Vodka while performing daring activities on frozen waters, likeĭiving. YouTuber known primarily for his videos where he drank Tor Eckhoff (22 November 1964 – 27 November 2021), also known as Apetor ( Norwegian pronunciation: ), was a Norwegian industrial worker and

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