Exploring Antarctica’s Glaciers (with a PlayStation Controller) | Antarctic Extremes

[@Alexander-is9jo]

This is my favourite video by far: the cave is gorgeous and now you just go and made a video with an astrobiologist. I love this channel. I know I thank you in every video, but I just want you to know that this informative videos are perfect. Thanks Arlo, thanks Caitlin.

[@Pepechan4561]

The fact they're using a PlayStation controller to drive that thing fascinates me

[@mal2ksc]

Why not, it's how they've been controlling driving games for most of their lives and it's off the shelf hardware.

[@sezylrin4138]

@gabe ortiz microsoft is somewhere part of the reason, i dont know exactly where though

[@mihirdahiya2789]

This argument single handedly ended xbox vs playstation beef

[@wiryantirta]

@@mihirdahiya2789 yeah but US Military mainly uses xbox controllers for land/air drone control so we back on I think its just depending what are the compatibilities with the hardware/software they're using

[@mihirdahiya2789]

@@wiryantirta it will never end I guess 😂

[@richardross1166]

I know it's not the main point of the video, but searching for and exploring caves in the Erebus Glacier Tongue is one of my favorite activities!

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[@slayyyerr2320]

Hahah yes

[@tomm2812]

Myself a former neophyte spelunking explorer, cave/cavern diver and sub-ice diver and deep shipwreck penetration diver with roughly 1000 something dives this is Phenomenally Amazing. Absolutely Great Video. The Antarctic has been my lifetime dream.Thank you Caitlin, Arlo et al. Best

[@gradunc]

I'm watching this series the day after the US election and it is REALLY helping me stay calm. Thanks NOVA.

[@concrete_dog]

This video is beautiful, by the way, but also a little scary. Scary in the sense that we know so little about even our own planet, but also hopeful that we can keep living on it together for many generations to come.

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This is such a well put together series, I love it! Endlessly fascinating!

[@Asiliea]

First time back on youtube in a few days, and as soon as I saw this, I had to watch immediately, and was not disappointed in the slightest. Love everything you're doing, in every way you are. Those ice "geodes" were _gorgeous_, what amazing footage from so many hidden corners of the world all in one video. Keep up the amazing and important work!

[@jamesdriscoll9405]

The ice caves on Mt Rainier where I played as a child are long gone. It's a blue that I will never forget.

[@Pendoza84]

I love this series. Please bring more!

[@bryancalzada5685]

That WGBH at the end Lord I haven't seen that since I was a kid. Instantly hit with old memories of public access TV.

[@brunocosta8974]

It's absolutely unbelievable that a video like this only has 150k views.

[@aarjavjogani]

I wait everyday for the next episode and it ends so soon! I hope one day I can go to Antarctica as a scientist!

[@piichololo1]

The question is if they're going to upgrade their controller to a PS5 one

[@aswinkrishna5042]

The true question

[@chrisk5800]

Nah, they'd get stick drift in 3 months of use

[@toolman6872]

Thanks for doing these. They are very well done from start to finish. The back and forth narration keeps it flowing nicely, the subject matter is interesting and informative and the visuals are well done and beautiful. I hope you get enough support to continue for a long time.

[@dopaminedreams1122]

These videos deserve to go viral, they are by far the most interesting and entertaining Antartica videos on yt. Great work PBS

[@4Deadserious]

Just had my interview for a position down there. Went super well so here's to hoping!

[@ArloPerez]

Crossing my fingers for you, Sauce Daddy

[@semaj_5022]

I'm so late to the party 😭 but I love these videos. Its so amazing seeing the science going on down there and all the varying and important applications of the data they collect and things they discover. Makes me want to join them

[@luizguerra7807]

Hey you should put the measurements in the metric system too... Watching from Brazil, and I'm loving it!

[@vrudsthetics]

Watched all your Antarctica Episodes, I have to say Caitlin and Arlo was just awesome bringing these footages and documentaries, watched this even during taking a bath! 😅 Sooo Cool! 🗻❄️

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What the hell, this is AMAZING content and easily deserves a million views. Subscribed!

[@mariamistfire5482]

"Look at his legs! He's so cute! EhHEHehEHEHeHehEEEE" awwww lmao

[@jeselleang]

just discovered this series and i love it!!!

[@0HARE]

Fascinating stuff. Thanks for taking us along.

[@410540]

I have never thought that KZbin is going to suggest this channel for me. But god I am so thankful. It makes me believe more in science. Our society is taking everything for granted, really. I mean look at how difficult and live threatening this scientists has to encounter to be able to bring human to exist in other part of the earth. Thank you very much for all of your dedication for education and humanity. ❤️

[@kibrika]

How did you film the yellow underwater robot underwater? It looked hard to get just that thing underwater already hard. But additional cameras? Or, how did you get the footage out maybe?

[@caitlinsaks4910]

Hi kibrika, all the footage of icefin underwater was shared by the scientists -- we did not capture it ourselves. I believe some of it came to them via the McMurdo Divers, and a good amount of it came from the McMurdo Oceanographic Observatory, which has an underwater camera that sometimes streams live! moo-antarctica.net/about Some of it may have also been from cameras that the science team itself deployed.

[@ArloPerez]

I begged for Caitlin to strap a Go-Pro on my head and let me jump in there- she just wouldn't budge 🙄

[@caitlinsaks4910]

@@ArloPerez Didn't want to scare the seals...

[@RicoChavez1]

@@caitlinsaks4910 - but then Arlo could get a crack named after him....

[@aarjavjogani]

@@caitlinsaks4910 let me jump next time, I basically look like a seal with hands and legs

[@solfischer613]

I'd smoke in that glacier.

[@stormchazer3068]

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[@ralphralpherson9441]

Hot damn! That ice cave was bad ass. I'd like to compose music in there... bet it would sound incredible. Also was blown away by all the sea critters under the Antarctic.. How the hell did that seal get down there... You're a mammal bro! How long you holding your breath homie?

[@adnanchinisi7871]

I've always wanted a beach front property, and now I just have to wait.

[@IudiciumInfernalum]

Party at Antarctica, i'm down!

[@renderererer3572]

2:00 Heard this as 'Your Oppa' and now I can't unhear it.

[@RicoChavez1]

interesting, entertaining, educational, nice, great, awesome, more, share, and captivating. Keep it up!

[@steve1978ger]

"the Antarctic Upside Down" - it looks the part

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[@jenniferbhujel2106]

Very good video

[@Mikeztarp]

"Thwaites" sounds like Donald Duck running after somebody. "Thwaites for me!"

[@ishamibrahim1969]

Where is Elsa singing show yourself😂😂

[@saranshkaushik8259]

Such videos are extremely crucial for the masses so that people can see that climate change is for real.

[@stinkysmella]

Amazing video, so interesting. Can someone can tell me what song the girl played on her phone at the end of the video please? Thank you x

[@saranshkaushik8259]

@@stinkysmella dnt know :)

[@beanz4170]

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[@ronnydarko9046]

I hope EA isn't in charge of this mission. The DLC will be priced outrageously.

[@sergiovasquez4510]

If you could put subtitles (in metric units) for every time you mention imperial units in the video, that'd be great!

[@mal2ksc]

Nah, other way around. Do everything in metric, and insert Freedom Units as subtitles.

[@tophatchaos8142]

@@mal2ksc considering that most courses of scientific study teach in metric, even in the US, I totally agree

[@Mom-Zombie]

Britney looks like me.. I rarely see bigger girls on science expeditions and this is so exciting. Yay!

[@naufalap]

this channel needs more advertising from other pbs channels

[@Speedcuber6969]

Why does this not have more views???

[@piplupcola]

Idk bout anyone else but I feel like with a multimillion dollar device you would think they would have used a thicker wire as is lifeline

[@thejarjosh]

Eh its not like they paid for it. Most likely.

[@tieganhobbs9206]

The cable is actually very strong in tension (when it's pulled) --- many times the required strength for Icefin. The big issue is if it gets snagged into the underside of the ice. It would also suck if it gets kinked, as that can impede the two way flow of information through the fibre optics in the cable. -Tiegan from Team Icefin

[@RobVollat]

@@tieganhobbs9206 you're a bad woman, Tiegan. Lol do you get to drive the robot?

[@tophatchaos8142]

I know someone else has already stated this, but I just wanna reiterate: The use of the word lifeline isn't necessarily to pull it back up or hoist it. As an optical fiber, it's used to transmit data, including controls

[@tophatchaos8142]

@@RobVollat clearly you are some lonely troll who has nothing better to do than call scientists commenting on videos relevant to or directly about their studies "bad." Go back to screaming in CoD lobbies and chugging mountain dew

[@andyrint]

9:06 what part of the glacier is 86 degrees C??

[@caitlinsaks4910]

Hi Andy -- Thanks for your curiosity, an very perceptive of you to pick that up! The hole through which they lowered scientific instruments (including icefin) was created with hot water. It's called a "hot water borehole" -- they bore through hundreds of meters of ice using hot water. That is what was 86C -- the hot water from the boilers that made the ice hole, NOT any part of the glacier ;)

[@andyrint]

@@caitlinsaks4910 Thanks for the reply! looking forward to the next instalment of this fascinating and beautiful series.

[@tophatchaos8142]

My new dream as an engineering student is yo be able to work on Antarctic machines. Would be so cool

[@LucTytgat-r1t]

I heard they have to dig a 3km hole to come to the ocean on europa.

[@deepingblue]

I like this...please more!

[@jadapaller4948]

interesting entertaining educational nice great awesome more share captivating Great series so far i hope this gets the recognition it deserves!

[@octaneblue6]

interesting, entertaining, educational, nice, great, awesome, more, share, and captivating

[@muhmalikali]

Looks like they're having fun with PlayStation

[@shadowraith1]

Thanks for sharing.👍

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Space Time, Eons, and Storied sent me here.

[@dleddy14]

Have you ever considered reconciling your expectations with your experience?

[@162manoj]

Never clicked faster!

[@Speedcuber6969]

Great awesome educating exciting

[@justinemarkfajardo2765]

another Netflix series like love it

[@simplyhuman3982]

Ok. How do I get to the actual documentary?

[@sanoptprie2682]

Never heard of profession called glaciologist

[@BuIlDaLiBlE]

That looks like a knockoff PS controller though. But props to everyone, surviving there must've been super tough not to mention filming!

[@blinkin304]

this is an amazing series, but their use of the term "North" at 7:10 kinda bugged me. if the map graphic they used is accurate then the point they are referencing is much more East than it is North if they are referencing the polar coordinate system.

[@TheHadMatters]

1) West, not East. 2) It's still "further North" than the original point, even if that's not the direction you'd take to get there. They might be wanting to highlight that, or something.

[@Thebigbiscuito]

So suspenseful! 😬 lol

[@Gloria-yp4sv]

I see glacier I click

[@drewdurant3835]

We’re at two flat earthers .

[@v1thxense]

grounding line is TIGHT!

[@6fTbLiNg]

Just curious , do they have pot there ?

[@alch3myau]

Surely someone can splice fiber down there... "game over"? heh

[@treering8228]

As an Alaskan girl, I love to see a woman wearing her Carhart padded overalls! So dumb to wear designer gear swearing it’s good to -40 F, then it sucks at -20 F. I wear one pair of leggings under my Carharts at -45 F doing firewood and stay toastie! Rock on, girl!

[@fivemjs]

I have a question and it’s going to sound so snotty but I swear it’s Genuine curiosity. They say they’re trying to find out if the glacier is melting and how fast and that’s why they sent down the sub So they can take pictures of what’s going on. But my question is, what are they gonna do about it? I mean is it just to know or is there something they can do to stabilize a glacier? Maybe I’m the biggest idiot and that’s fine but I just am curious of what they want to accomplish after they discover whatever it is they’re looking for?

[@fivemjs]

And I realize that if I just watch the rest of the video they may answer it so there’s that

[@billbaggins]

20ish years ago I knew a bloke that spent a few years and a few $million designing a similar robot for CSIRO Aus to do this.... It went along the surface, dived under the ice .... and was never heard from again. 😬 Poor guy. Watched a few of these vids, pretty well presented without the usual condescending tone of most American doco's. I'll sub and follow along. 👍

[@jayh9529]

Has anyone ever recorded a lap all the way round antartica would be cool to see 😎👍

[@ericwood1942]

Where is this place called 'Anarchic'????

[@RetroJack]

It's amazing what you can do with a games console controller. Someone should try piloting a submarine with one. Oh wait ...

[@Undergroundexpedition]

I like caving but I haven't really been in an ice cave.

[@dkoppenol]

I had to say Eons sent me!

[@unboxingdoomdays5949]

Imagine if they found some nuclear weapons in Antarctica

[@ryanlevron1972]

Im surprised the local governments allowed y'all to go into that ice cave... but i LOVE the adventure Y'all do know.... do matter what research yall do....yall wont change the inevitable....wont even decrease the possibilities

[@aaronmacy9134]

Why the fuck does this video have so few views when it’s literally predicting our future?! ..where do I sign up to help? Edit; I figured it out. This vid’s title shoulda woulda coulda been “Bro, we’re about to fucking die”

[@tseawell90]

11 feet of sea level rise? Can I get a source for that claim

[@charleslittle458]

11 feet? shit that's scary. Having trouble finding that data. Help plz.

[@indrarahmadani8373]

So where's the edge of the earth according to Flat brainer is?

[@Datamike]

Until the robot learns to lower itself into the water and swim without hitting itself it's not going to Europa; the distance is just too far for it be to remote-controlled.

[@ArloPerez]

Absolutely- this is more like the great grandfather of the robot that will go to Europa.

[@SA-5247]

Didn’t the government just release a report that the ice planes in Antarctica are growing lol?!

[@yapolloable]

they might find captain america at this rate.

[@Semblerait]

I passed wind earlier, you know what i blame climate change.

[@Fre3r]

climate change is a huge problem please do not joke about and belittle it

[@Semblerait]

@@Fre3r I don't take advice from corrupt globalist. The pedo cabal is the one pushing this stuff, they're as corrupt and evil as they get.

[@theorangeheadedfella]

@@Semblerait 🤓

[@WilliamAndrews0]

We have scientifically, beyond reasonable doubt and to a statistical significance proven that scientists can't dance. JK of course, I am impressed they can even move when the entire ecosystem around them is frozen solid.

[@kpkdhar3674]

Oceans occupy 70.8 percent of entire globe, land mass including arctic and antarctic is 30 %, artic makes a small % of that, how come a small chunk of ice can raise ocean level upto 11 feet, of 70% surface area, any basic math knowledge, 7 or 8 % arctic mass, distributing over 70% of ocean surface to 11 feet. how thick the arctic ice is?

[@paulfoss5385]

The Antarctic Ice sheet contains 26.5 million cubic kilometers of ice, and covers 14 million square kilometers. 26500000km^3/14000000km^2= 1.893km thick on average.

[@crakhead5917]

So basically subnatica below zero

[@Piie9]

Give me money or else I will ask for money!

[@Miko72749]

what am I supposed to do about this

[@mybackhurts7020]

Global warming is increasing by population increasing but we will need a warmer planet to grow more food for more people creating our own environment to overpopulate

[@joojoobomb]

Nope nope nope nope nope. I never thought I was claustrophobic yet here we are. Fuck no.

[@larsrosing5033]

'Glaciers falling apart from climate change' thats a good one! They always fall apart, climate change or not!

[@ne9man714]

Hmm, It all over again, Beautiful Vs Ugly, You know Again the same old War.

[@b.p.5627]

PBS proving yet again, global warming isn't a thing.

[@pujanpatel5520]

This proves playstation is better than Xbox

[@reklessbravo2129]

I'm surprised they're using a PlayStation controller. PS controllers have much less support outside actual playstation's than xbox controllers. Every generic gamepad for pc use uses the same stuff that xbox controllers use