Anchoring Uncomfortably Close to a GLACIER! - Sailing Uma [Step 287]

[@ponchietto]

I am pretty proud to see my software in use, I wrote the live sonar charts for Navionics. I used that app to map tricky, poorly charted places using a dinghy equipped with a sonar.

[@SirCharles12357]

Awesome work! Great idea and it looked like awesome execution. Thanks for making available to us all!

[@lars-sp]

That’s cool. Is this the sonar layer view which I’ve probably once used before?

[@ponchietto]

​@@lars-sp Nope, this is done on the fly in your machine and store locally. The sonar layer collects the data from the users. The data is filtered trying to deal with wrong or missing sonar calibrations, tide, noise, precision, thermocline fake depths, compare different user data. Finally these changes are applied to the original cartographic data. In my opinion the main problem with sonar char layer is that the 'confidence' of the user data and which part of the model have been enhanced using reliable user data and which part has simply interpolated the batimetric data is not exposed to the user. This layer is reliable in high traffic zones (near ports for example), outside of those regions the map is as good as the quality of the user submitted data. An example of how complicated is to work with user data? I had to filter for users forgetting they sonar on while carrying their boat on a trailer over bridges.

[@cgem8426]

@@ponchietto That's really cool. Thank you for a stellar feature. I understand what you're saying: I have a Vexilar system, but it's an in-hull mounting, so I'm creating really messy depth track. I get the sonar readings that are good enough for my needs, but I've been thinking that my data is hardly usable for the community. I suppose there is an algorithm that blocks messy data like that from contaminating the shared charts. Being the good boy, I feel oddly guilty about that. Having said that, I feel like there is very little sonar community enhancements in my home waters on the Finnish coast.

[@rino30428]

Bravo fede 🧠 🇮🇹

[@bernadetteotesanya9193]

I am a 58 year old disabled grandma and I've been and seen places with you guy that I never thought I'd see in my lifetime so THANK YOU GUYS ☺😅🎊🎉👏

[@deenice5444]

I agree, what an amazing view

[@bernadetteotesanya9193]

I am blown away by it. I mean its FANTABULOUS 😅😂

[@javiador602]

I like grandmas😁

[@janethughes515]

I have watched all your episodes since the beginning. This is the first time I have commented. I found this video absolutely beautiful from the first beautiful brown anchorage to the stunning anchorage and footage at the glacier. I found myself imagining being there and how amazing it would be and I'm sure I would be crying with happiness. I am inspired to continue with my own small sailing adventures in my senior years - you only live once! I also love the subtle music that does not overpower the stories in your videos. Well done!

[@jimanderson2518]

You should comment more

[@SailingUma]

🥰 and thank you for the most lovely comment !

[@chrisvorster5951]

Nobody could explore that glacier up close without a drone. And I imagine that means getting pretty close to it. So you may have given us a glimpse at something very few if no one has ever seen so close before. The blue lakes in the hidden valleys of monochrome whites and browns was spectacular..

[@SailingUma]

I agree. Drones are amazing at capturing what we could not experience otherwise. Those lakes were sooo magical!

[@Rickelsonnih]

@@SailingUma Homer’s extant film adaptation of the Odyssey - for sure.

[@timandnatd]

Wait until personal drone vehicles are a mainstream thing. You will be able to get up close more easily.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

@@SailingUma Would it be too dangerous to climb up and explore on the glacier itself?

[@nicholaspatton1742]

You are witnessing adventurers , explorers of the first order. They are so remote on the fringe and alone . How many on this world right now are so alone and remote, 10 - 12 or a 100 individuals; as a percent of this worlds population they are part of a rare group. Yet, here they are safe and prepared as they can be, happy and together. I have unimaginable respect for this young couple of adventueers actual.

[@deanjones2525]

You guys have proven time and time again that even with a small electric boat, you can have grand sailing adventures.

[@STRUTZKOFF]

nope electric boats dont work need to be able to motor for at least 5000 miles

[@crankyoldguy2]

@@STRUTZKOFF Umm.... In case you missed it, these two have been proving the abilities of an electric sailboat for more than three years. With regeneration, these two can do what they need to do. I don't know of any "sailboat" that can or has to do 5,000 miles in the first place.

[@mikesmith5055]

lets be honest. this is a really smart crew. they make it look easier than it is and though they have gone electric their skills are more important than there boat. That's probably always the case. I'm ok with electric but two smart people always wins over gear.

[@daveamies5031]

@@mikesmith5055 If you watched their early episodes they started on this same boat with no skills, they only have the skills they have from practice and taking the time to learn.

[@BuzzLightyear9999]

@@STRUTZKOFF …your premise is incorrect.

[@heatherhodge1590]

I don't know what you're worried about Kika. Those were some amazingly beautiful shots! Thank you for taking all of us with you to Svalbard!

[@doc6269]

Thank you so much for your willingness to take me along with you on your amazing journey. From Columbia to the North Pole, your epic trip has been so fascinating. Very captive, warm and inviting. Watching you, both, evolve in life, love and this amazing dream to sail forth and take on whatever comes.

[@rolandtb3]

Long daylight hours. The monochromatic colors: black, brown, gray interspersed with hues of white and blue. Quite contrasting. The isolation, change of scenery and weather. Awesome.

[@Fayelin449]

Kika, I watched your Tedx presentation and it was really interesting and for someone who has been following you for years and years, a terrific culmination of all that you have shown us on your journey. Congrats!

[@torstenbehrendt870]

I watched it too. Great presentation!

[@tomwilliams8675]

I agree, it was a great presentation. It was like you had been given these talks in front of large groups of people for years.

[@NewSkiwi]

I agree, it was a very intelligent succinct presentation. I wish I had your wise insights when I was your age Kika!

[@jpdj2715]

Agree

[@barbmoff7098]

Wonderful...

[@da-os3qf]

You are providing a serene alternative of impeccable quality. It is a very welcome change.

[@jeffgriglack9624]

You know the strange thing? I have been watching these for years, and I still whistle along with the outro.

[@orchidhouse297]

Wonderful. What more can I say. The drone, the conversation, the planning, and finally the little seal. Great.

[@markmiller2210]

This is a beautiful and dangerous trip. You have a huge volatile glacier, large pieces of ice floating under water, not to mention the largest terrestrial carnivore on the planet (The Polar Bear) roaming free in the area. Most people do this from the safety of a commercial Cruise Liner, filled with our grandparents and the echoing sound of slot machines in the back ground. You two did it on your own. I wish my wife and I could have experienced such an adventure. The drone footage is amazing.

[@SailingUma]

Yep, it was intense, emotional, challenging, exhausting, but sooo worth it!

[@lesliemyrick4755]

I wat h you early in the morning when I am quiet and free to imagine what this is really like. This one brought me closer than ever. "Something I've not experienced before"-Kika ...and me with no words...

[@carterbentley9030]

Fantastic drone shots. What a spectacular place to explore. Unlike any other spot on earth I think. And such beautiful dangerous ice.

[@q.e.d.9112]

You can thank Slartibartfast for that! 😉😝

[@skaraborgcraft]

Thank you for your service with the chart updates, Captain Cook would be proud.

[@vonbraun9697]

The flight over the glacier was great. Another "best of all" drone videos made by UMA crew.

[@ericstefko4852]

that little seal was adorable

[@jodymooney255]

The blue pools in the glacier is just amazing!

[@randypederson6271]

You can wait an HOUR ... to get off....... No wonder Kiki always has a smile on her face......Sorry .. I'm just another nosy Canuck watching and teasing you. You both do a fantastic job with your videos and represent Canada and Haiti with grace , humour and humbleness that impresses me and everyone that I turn on to your adventures. I have friends in seniors homes that love to watch you. I believe in word of mouth advertising and from all of your friends in Medicine Hat , we thank you and wish you well...... P.S. Kiki , keep on smiling.....

[@c.wrightkunkle3681]

You guys are #1 and that episode seals it.

[@bobbiejay2085]

The ultimate Svalbard visit ... slow, long and under your own steam - beyond perfect. Hard to re-enter 'civilisation' after this northern most adventure. Special.

[@busog97641]

I used to subscribe to 5 or six different sailing channels. One by one have lowered that number down to the better one/s, now I am down to the best of the best. You two are *TOPS*!!!

[@GreatOutDoorWorldofMines]

I think an expedition log should include date and time. Especially in the Arctic. It seems like a golden rule for KZbinrs to exclude details of their upload delay. Every episode I watch I think "hmm I wonder when this is" in the episode we get an offhand mention of "July". In my opinion adding log date would add flavour to the production.

[@berndheiden7630]

For the lack of a better word I second „mesmerizing“! And towards the end the intro of the original Star Trek series somehow came to my mind: „To boldly go where noone has gone before“. And when you pan it‘s obvious that you are in this vast and beautiful wilderness all alone in your tiny vessel! You have come a long way both in mileage and personal experience and development. Thank you for sharing that with us!

[@franklinnunley8405]

Another first class documentary from the UMA oceanographic research team, delivering current / real time reports on the dynamic growth of our living earth. Supplemented with the reminder that we are all personally growing as part of this planet, if we choose to..

[@TheVelvetLoungeLife]

MESMERIZING is a perfect word❗🏔️

[@charliemcgrain]

Just awesome. And Glassier ice whiskeys!!!!! That is now a thing. You know, you guys will find it hard to live a 'normal' life after all of these adventures. Probably a good thing. Massive thanks.

[@rino30428]

Kind of a record ..no dislike … I repeat myself I know …but best yt channel so far..

[@ravencrowder1794]

This is by far one of my favorite episodes. The ice and unknown intrigues me. I cant imagine the footage and pictures you got that you couldnt share all of it or it would go on for hours.!! Love it. And the seal stole my heart. Love the channel. Your one of the only sailing couples who go for the unknown versus warm paradise this is cold paradise.!! Be safe, best wishes. Very seally haha

[@a1ibddd]

Wow guys, I am in complete awe of your drone footage. absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this. I know at my age and physical disabilities that I will never have the opportunity to see and enjoy this natural beauty in person.

[@rickreid8149]

you are both right that view is beep beep beeep stunning

[@Iam_Yu627]

I probably spend too much time with youtube videos. But your videography, audio and music selections are by far the best. Just freekin excellent.

[@carbidegrd1]

Credit where it is due. Girl you killed on that TED talk. Very polished.

[@noahbruket5906]

ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING! Just when I think it couldn't get any better... then I watch a new Uma episode... You've done it again ! Can't wait for the next one!

[@SailingUma]

Thank you Noah Looking forward to sharing the next one :)

[@MrSoundpix]

The Uma-episode, a weekly highlight. Well produced good stories and beautiful pictures.

[@alexandral6273]

The drone shots above the glacier with all the white and beautiful blue spots were amazing ! And that baby seal .... was sooooo cute !!!!!!

[@Reality_TV]

OMG! Kika! I just saw your TEDx Talk! AWESOME! I'm so happy to have witnessed your journey! That was fantastic! Congrats to you! I can't wait to read the book and watch the movie after already watching you two on KZbin! I'm so happy for you! That was great!

[@Garryck-1]

Oh man... I am SO seriously jealous of you two, right now!

[@kmcpickl]

Awesome drone of the glacier. It looks so small in the distance until you said it’s a mile away. Mountains of ice. We’ve lived around the Rocky Mountains most our lives and they look like home; but ice. Wow

[@arthursalvadore]

Sublimely beautiful! This is a stunning achievement on so many levels.

[@fethalrahman]

This is why Uma is my best sailing channel. Who else would be able to do that?

[@johnpoynton4193]

Most calming channel, love the pace

[@generossano2800]

You lighten my life. Thank you.

[@lusiana05]

Oh my gosh .... breathtakingly ahhhhmazing !

[@michaeltaylor520]

Tika, I watched your Ted Talk presentation "don't buy a couch" and loved it. I have been following both of you for a few years now. My wife and I first bought Hobie 16, then got a San Juan 30. A great racing boat but not really suitable for blue ocean cruising. We did enjoy racing which is a fast way to learn how to sail. Unfortunately my wife passed away 5 years ago. You both are doing exactly the right thing. Not buying a couch.

[@brianrydzeski6108]

from a Minnesota guy... up near the Great White North, eh?, when you have muck, leave it awash, just below the surface. Movement will wash it off. Of course since you're dropping it again, it won't matter. I've enjoying 'all the steps'. Cheers!

[@fromshit7547]

You two are amazing much love 😘😁

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

I had to stop myself from asking how that muddy water affected your engine cooling doh! Stunning scenery, there is something so incredible about glaciers, maybe because they are seemingly alive, casting off bits of ice all the time, moaning and creaking. Hope I get there one day. Andy UK

[@raycarlson1342]

I've no words other than thank you.

[@jeffreystork6862]

I've been watching your channel since way before you went all electric. Really like your adventures. I often wonder if I could live but a couple days comfortably on a totally confined, small but well equipped fascinating boat like yours. You are so brave to go so all alone into these places with polar bears and ice. At least you have satellite emails. I live in the central Rockies and have done a lot of wilderness camping even in the snow. When I am gone I miss my cellular and WiFi connection the most. Continue to be cautious and keep up the good videos.

[@AnnInghamlife-goals]

Amazing and literally awesome in the true sense of the word. I find it hard to believe you brought me that close to a glacier, I loved the seal footage.

[@itsema91]

I wish I could give this video more than one like! The drone footage was soooooooo beautiful. It really brought me back to a road trip I did in Iceland a couple of years ago. Finding yourself alone in front of a huge glacier as you hear it crack and groan is such an incredible and overwhelming experience. The seal visit was really the icing on the cake :D

[@sukhinijjar9132]

Epic!!! Stunning views of the glaciers and awesome to see untouched part of the world! Natural beauty!

[@adrianrodriguez6278]

Thank you both so much for including us all on this epic journey.

[@johnk1stof9]

Amazing!!! I have never seen such a good look at a glacier, wish you had shown more footage. Your beating nat geo documentarys with your videos. What an amazing life

[@speckofdust272]

Stunning 😍 drone footage over that Glacier 🧊 👍👏🏻

[@terrysmall1421]

Spec bloody tacular!! thanks for takin us along.

[@Hermandbl7]

Thank you for sharing your experiences so that I get to vicariously visit Svalbard and I don't have to buy an old boat, restore it, outfit it, learn to sail it, live on it and take it waaayy up to the top of the world where the trees can't even survive, and dodge ice bergs so that I can see what you are showing us! Whew! That made me tired just saying all that. Thank you, again. You guys rock!!

[@brianblanchette9506]

Epic, chills and tears…Thanks 🙏

[@johnrobertmartyn5040]

100x100 true blue sailing What a stunning experience. God bless

[@paulhellewell9468]

Kika, what you and Dan are doing, that is sailing past and anchoring near a glacier or anything else you both do up there should make you a bit nervous, having never done it before. But then again you both are seeing and experiencing things that most of us will never do or see. But enjoy every second. Great video as usual, you two are as the Aussies say legend.

[@tammy6992]

I love Brown’s and it is an amazing sight seeing the brown water in the brown sides of the cliffs yeah it’s a lot different than those slate gray and white and all those black and white is brown is amazing

[@kentgillespie3390]

Your drone footage of the glacier was absolutely beautiful, stunning and amazing.

[@Mr1bertram]

So awesome, what adventurers. Living the good life

[@sailboatmystic9610]

So satisfying, just wish it didn't end.

[@ed_richards47]

Another jaw-dropping video, guys. What a beautiful life you're both living. But am I jealous? You bet I am!!

[@h.v7461]

Such impressive footage of the glacier. Reminded me of my experience with the glaciers in Chile, South America. Awesome.

[@PreacherwithoutaPulpit]

So beautiful and although possibly dangerous, tranquil at the same time. Fair winds, following seas, safe travels and God Bless...

[@armaofgod1]

Min 7.12 Such a great shot showing the perspective of Uma with the surrounding landscape 🧊 Fantastic footage. Thank you for bringing us along on these journeys that we might not otherwise see.

[@edgarmuller6652]

Thanks for sharing the beautiful glaciers. Hope for more.

[@percival3830]

Mesmerising is the word. Epic is too small a word. Visiting relatives we went on a cruise from Seattle up to Glacier National Park in 2011. At one point he cruise ship stopped for an hour just 100 metres from a glacier. Drifting by we could see the process of millenia right in front of us - snow on the mountains, compacting into ice, glaciers forming, calving, and icebergs slowly marching out to sea. A very humbling experience, observing my inconsequence.

[@dc8man2]

I really like the opening shot. Like all your videos of course but that opening shot was a real eye catcher. Thanks.

[@steves524]

Just keeps getting better!!!!⛵️

[@cruisingholiday4996]

A Glacier, OMG !! You guys win the prize for the most awesome sailing couple.

[@moonmountain_2841]

I feel like I say the same thing vlog after vlog, amazing, breathtaking I love your channel

[@derekwarner6898]

Unique adventuring and great drone shots!!!

[@marioluque1107]

Mesmerizing is apropos to this video. Enjoying this adventure with you, be safe keep an eye out for any hungry bears! Blessings

[@tarotwithbarbra]

We love watching your adventures!

[@petersmith8134]

And yet another amazing video. What a fun life you lead.

[@merkin22]

Given the suspended sediment in that water and those runoff channels down those mountain sides, the depth charts are likely changing dramatically, at least with spring runoff, let alone with heavy rain, yes? I'd guess those 'islands' (like the one the Polar Bears parked on) are transitory too. Anyway, amazing your sailing adventures into the high arctic! Love your videos!

[@JustMe-pp1mp]

You're TED talk just showed up in my recommendations list. Well done. You and 'that' guy 🙂 you hand around with are becoming quite the duo. Thank you for doing what you do. Stay safe.

[@garymaxwellian9085]

What an entrancing edition.. Thankyou so much..😁

[@jnbond]

Gorgeous!!! Just breath-taking!! Cracked up at Dan's seal jokes!! Lol

[@SailingCoffeecup]

That's awesome!! Bet you two NEVER thought in your life, you would be there. That's too cool!

[@Lee-cs3mu]

Stunning glacier footage!!!!!

[@daviddelrosario828]

You guys are by far my favorite KZbin channel! Your photography and storytelling are the best. I’m 72 and I’ve been sailing for over 60 years here in Hawaii. I really want to sail the Arctic in the near future. ( in a cruise ship!)

[@acendra]

Hi guys, I spend the last 2 1/2 weeks watching you videos since number one. I really enjoy them and having the chance to see them so close, I can see the great improve since number one. Your live on Uma and the way you show it it’s very refreshing specially on this times. Thanks for be as you are. My best for you, and I’ll keep you seeing. Regards. I’m on a small town called Qoya on the Sacred Valley in Cusco. Albert

[@dougsrepair1060]

You guys are really doing it. Congratulations.

[@codybrunck5919]

I have loved all your videos, your Northern videos have been very good. Your skills continue to improve. I have followed you for a couple of years, keep up the good work.

[@svenbeowulfsson641]

Svalbard is a breathtaking landscape. All the mountains, the glacier and the lonely coasts. No peoples but sometimes some polar bears. To see that from the sea is amazing and with the help of your drone’s you can discover the details and the tops of the glacier shaped mountains. Fantastic! Thank you for these wonderful videos.

[@EdwardTilley]

Great video!! Seal was damned cool and so was the sounds of the glacier. I never realized they crack and bang through the day.

[@BohemianBeatster]

Your sailing adventures have become epic. You're the tiny boat that could. Could be a children's story. Your aerial shots are fantastic; National Geographic quality. The ice bergs were beautiful and scary, and the little seal was simply adorable. Stay groovy and stay safe.

[@sailinghaldis]

Stunning episode over morning coffee. Those glacier shots starting from the boat for perspective…Wow. This was stuff of Nat Geo when I was a kid, now it’s KZbin!

[@hevansbw]

Stunning! This is what I was wanting to see!

[@_mysilentblue2227]

20:05 that is an amazing shot! Wow 20:27 even better.

[@cemigh]

Breathtaking! Thank you very much!

[@idreecemian2192]

Ah, the drone shots, the cute visitor so well executed

[@kendorsey4320]

Beautiful camera work. Thank you for sharing.