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@heyhonpuds4 жыл бұрын
Geographics - one of the best channels on KZbin
@edengardenlabs77734 жыл бұрын
A great flood would also put bones on Antarctica
@young321bookie4 жыл бұрын
Treason.
@just-give-me-a-handle-you4 жыл бұрын
Business blaze a horrible place for business content a awesome place for entertainment
@ksturmer53884 жыл бұрын
Brilliant channel!! I bought the merch!!! :)
@dirgecry20475 жыл бұрын
Gotta love that the closest we've got to world peace was, "Hey, let's all calm down and do some science together in snow." And everyone agreed. Maybe Antarctica does have some magic to it.
@morskojvolk5 жыл бұрын
Funny, but true!
@rayzorrayzor90004 жыл бұрын
Realistically waging war whilst freezing yr nuts off is probably to much to ask of any soldier , no matter how "hard" that soldier may be , in such harsh conditions man tends to "band together" for mutual survival seeing as just staying alive would take up most of yr energy , people bond NOT bomb under harsh conditions lol .
@noth6064 жыл бұрын
RaYzOr rAyZoR doubtful, look at what went on in the winter war, and Greenland plus Antarctica during falklands
@rayzorrayzor90004 жыл бұрын
You are right of course, sadly. Man's pention to kill seems to overcome any borders, be they physical or natural ones. Take Care . R .
@vonfaustien39574 жыл бұрын
@Farmer Larry got to loot that sweet elder thing technology from there buried frozen cities shogoths be dammed
@tagootuesday65214 жыл бұрын
“R. Scott, Last Entry” it’s crazy to imagine him laying there writing that with his last bits of energy
@lauriem57514 жыл бұрын
He was an English officer. It was incumbent on him to write his own epitaph. 😏
@AnyoneCanSee4 жыл бұрын
In the UK they are heroes. Was it clear in the video that the one Captain Oates knew he was slowing them down so walked out to die to give them a chance. Every schoolboy used to learn the "I am just going outside and may be some time" quote. To teach us we must be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for country and that's the British way. 'Stiff upper lip,' shuffle off and die without a fuss. I used to like to say it when I went to take a crap "I am just going outside and may be some time."
@sisaktamas3 жыл бұрын
His diary has been published as “Scott’s last expedition”, it’s a bone chilling and fascinating read. For example the temperature swings in 1912 could be from -20 to +3C in 24 hours. But most fascinating is on the way back they knew pretty clear none of them would make it alive, still they rode on because what else could they do?
@IrishMike223 жыл бұрын
@@sisaktamas "bone chilling" 😉
@seanmccarty11763 жыл бұрын
@@AnyoneCanSee I think they are heroes for all mankind. Their contributions to our collective knowledge can not be understated.
@ReverendShmun4 жыл бұрын
A pilot engaging in the first ever flight over Antarctica just to drop a flag on it and go home is the most American thing I've ever heard.
@seanmccarty11763 жыл бұрын
You damn right lol. Why trek over some bullshit ice? I'll just fly over it and drop a flag. MERICA, FUCK YEAH!
@deityofchoice1732 жыл бұрын
Only if he shot at it as well.
@jean-lucpicard55102 жыл бұрын
Better than a bomb.
@user-rn3rn6nl3h2 жыл бұрын
@@McMUDDY-BUDDY I think we went, Footage was probably faked. I think we found a time capsule from ancient high tech civilization. Maybe when pyramids we're really built. Been reverse engineering the tech we found since then i.e cell phones, circuit boards, processors, etc. Just a crazy thought.
@TheRilluma2 жыл бұрын
ot chinese when they claim rocks to be lands owned by them to enlarge their controlled ocean area..
@AcydDrop5 жыл бұрын
I've been there! I spent just over two months there at Rothera Research Station. The first week or two was pretty exciting, then I settled into just working and participating in the research we were doing. But by about the 6th week of being there, I was going a bit mental because of the lack of anything green. I did enjoy the social aspect of eating/playing/etc together at Bransfield House with everyone. But if I'm honest, I'm in no rush to return. I am grateful for my experience there, but I learned I need at least a modicum of green and growing things in my life. I also like a Day/Night cycle and while I was there the sun never set and that took getting used to.
@virginiatyree67055 жыл бұрын
10 8 19 Hey AcydDrop, Sounds pretty interesting, lucky you! Those 24 hour days-nights would seem to be rough. Be well. v
@AcydDrop5 жыл бұрын
@@virginiatyree6705 I believe the constant daylight is easier to adjust to than the winter's constant night. But I can tell you that a lot of (if not all of) the room you're assigned to for sleeping have the light blocked out as best they can to help you get to sleep. You can of course remove this but I don't think I ever bothered to do that.
@virginiatyree67055 жыл бұрын
10 9 19 Hey@@AcydDrop, Thanks for your post. Yeah, forgot about those 24 hour nights. For me, I wait for the winter solstice, because I know the days will become longer after that day. Did you have some type of light therapy (I've read It's used in Scandinavian/high-latitude countries) to help with depression & reset the brain? Anyway, I hope you achieved goals & have wonderful memories. Be well. v
@theultimatereductionist75925 жыл бұрын
+AcydDrop What's the nightlife/disco scene like down there?
@AcydDrop5 жыл бұрын
@@theultimatereductionist7592 In the summer there is no night, so no nightlife. However in the winter time the aurora borealis is amazing so at least you got your lights for hot (or rather cold minus 49C or minus 56F) nighttime dancing.
@mavenous225 жыл бұрын
Loved the quick penguin snippet, lol
@WhiteRabbit12094 жыл бұрын
I had to rewind that a few times 😆
@M0053yfate4 жыл бұрын
All the quick-shout cuts they've been doing lately got me in stitches.
@tedthesailor1724 жыл бұрын
Yes, wicked...
@oozorakyou4 жыл бұрын
2:32 for the description lol hahh
@Ron48854 жыл бұрын
It was nice. But man. . . I had no idea they were that tall. They're over my head.
@morskojvolk5 жыл бұрын
I _really_ wish you hadn't titled this "Antarctica: The Edge of the Earth". Now, every flat earther on the globe will point to this and say "see, Simon agrees!"
@geographicstravel5 жыл бұрын
Antartica: The Location of the Giant Ice Wall that NASA are Hiding From You (and also the location of the Roswell aliens and/or the plans for the 9/11 inside job)
@morskojvolk5 жыл бұрын
_And_ the armed penguins...
@valiroime4 жыл бұрын
I support the right to arm bears (and penguins)
@Bethgael4 жыл бұрын
@@valiroime Especially since penguins currently only have those little flappers. They need some arms.
@atlvquisdiudohiyo71154 жыл бұрын
You mean the earth is not flat
@1998TDM5 жыл бұрын
This is a stunning broadcast Simon. Not a word wasted and an enthralling history told. Thank you.
@geographicstravel5 жыл бұрын
You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
@UnchainedAmerica Жыл бұрын
@@geographicstravel The penguin you mentioned was actually 6'8. It was found in 2020, a year after this broadcast (and the same time when the world went to Hell). Antarctica was never devoid of life. Penguins had evolved to its current sizes. They are the last remnants of ancient Antarctica.
@mitchellneu5 жыл бұрын
Simon: mentions "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Me: *initiate 13 and a half epic minutes of Iron Maiden*
@DeputatKaktus5 жыл бұрын
Same 🤘🏻😃
@SeanHH19865 жыл бұрын
Yes
@Russo-Delenda-Est5 жыл бұрын
Damn straight!
@antti-jussikemppainen3055 жыл бұрын
I dare to assume that outside of English speaking nations, Iron Maiden's track has made the poem familiar to many, many, many more people that the written work has ever made.
Public: What wonders could be concealed in Antarctica? Lovecraft: Shoggoths. There are shoggoths.
@littlebear51294 жыл бұрын
While searching for oil the fallen angels are said to have been discovered in a cell in Antartica.
@middletonrei23084 жыл бұрын
@@littlebear5129 I heard a few reporters found an ancient alien city, far advanced from anything else on Earth. One reporter left to tell the News, but her plane cashed into the ocean killing her. Meanwhile, her crew under 2 miles of ice disappeared and are still missing. The world may never know.
@littlebear51294 жыл бұрын
@@middletonrei2308...Our world will never know !
@roryfriththetraveller49824 жыл бұрын
[unexplored place exists] [horror and sci fi writers simultaneously crack their knuckles]
@ransakreject52213 жыл бұрын
Theirs a pyramid with a predator in it too! And he fights an alien. Predator is as good at lovecraft right??
@johng74104 жыл бұрын
Went to Antarctica a few years back. Was the most breathtaking thing I've ever done in my life.
@UNDERGROUNDOG Жыл бұрын
Yeah the cold does that.
@sibire82845 жыл бұрын
"No-one could have predicted that it would end in tragedy." Sorry, what?
@camkind69524 жыл бұрын
Siún Coogan ?
@jasonharkin22094 жыл бұрын
I'm sure plenty of people warned them of the obvious dangers.
@arnepianocanada4 жыл бұрын
Such endeavours were known to be highly dangerous - e.g. the mid-1800s Franklin Expedition to seek an ocean passage in Canada's north had ended tragically. Danger did not stop brave men from embracing adventure.
@arnepianocanada4 жыл бұрын
Such endeavours were known to be highly dangerous - e.g. the mid-1800s Franklin Expedition to seek an ocean passage in Canada's north had ended tragically. Danger did not stop brave men from embracing adventure.
@Llewellyn28443 жыл бұрын
It was entirely predictable. Scott was a poor leader and his expedition was poorly organized.
@owencampbell49515 жыл бұрын
Well I be damned. You learn something new everyday. To believe Antarctica had lush life. Thank you Simon
@jackmurphy6093 жыл бұрын
@Mr McGoo Do you seriously believe this shit?
@tomharris95705 жыл бұрын
Had a deep fascination with Antarctica ever since watching John Carpenter's The Thing, and this was a welcome sight on my notifications today. Excellent work as always, Geographics crew!
@jamesharmer92935 жыл бұрын
Good movie!
@io89935 жыл бұрын
The dog scene tho... O.O
@mastick51064 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: it's become an annual tradition for the winter-over crew at the South Pole's Amundsen-Scott station to watch "The Thing From Another World", John Carpenter's "The Thing", and the 2011 film "The Thing" back-to-back right after the last flight has left for the winter.
@NathanSletner3 жыл бұрын
@@mastick5106 That’s properly masochistic. I love it.
@izzojoseph24 жыл бұрын
Shackleton’s trek was remarkable. At one point, they decided to make a sled out of rope. A storm was approaching and their choices were to walk down the mountain, get caught in the storm and freeze to death, or risk a cliff sledding down. To move slow was guaranteed death so they rode the sled and made it safely.
@--enyo--3 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather went on the Mawson expedition (Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1911-1913) as a biologist before recommencing medical studies in Sydney. And yeah, like the people mentioned here then got sent to WWI. To be honest I'm a bit surprised that the Mawson Expedition wasn't even mentioned in the video, as it made a lot of scientific discoveries and the expedition laid the groundwork for Australia's later territorial claims in Antarctica. Mawson got a knighthood for it, among other awards. It's actually even mentioned by name in 'At the Mountains of Madness' by Lovecraft. On a slightly downbeat note one of the party developed schizophrenia while there over Winter, and they had a job controlling him. If you read some of Mawson's diary entries they genuinely sound like something out of Lovecraft. But still, I really should know more about the continent and its history. Thank you for the video.
@SoundShinobiYuki Жыл бұрын
Douglas Mawson himself is my personal #1 on "HOW THE F DID HE SURVIVE?!?!?!?" stories. And considering how many survival stories came out of the Antarctic, that's not an easy position to top. (The Far Eastern Party as part of that expedition, for reference. He was the only living thing to survive, no other people and not even one sled dog made it...)
@NeithHecateAddams Жыл бұрын
I'm actually reading "Alone on the Ice" about Mawson and the AAE right now. I am far more in awe of Mawson and his crew because Mawson went for the science and sake of discovery for its own sake instead of the race for the poles that seemed to be everyone else's priority. I am in awe of Mawson and will deff be reading more about him.
@norml.hugh-mann Жыл бұрын
All the territory claims in Antarctica have been void by the Antarctic Treaty
@FloozieOne Жыл бұрын
That is very interesting. Thank you for posting your grandfather's accomplishments in such a clear and comprehensive way.
@tacklecentralfishing10515 жыл бұрын
I've heard it's cold.
@theangryaustralian76245 жыл бұрын
Nah bud lies Australia's hot as fuck ain't that much more south
@tacklecentralfishing10515 жыл бұрын
I live in a town in North Central Minnesota called Hutchinson MN that is consistently colder than parts of Antarctica.
@eld4605 жыл бұрын
Who told you that Allegedly Dave? :p
@theangryaustralian76245 жыл бұрын
@@eld460 it probably was Dave
@YusufGinnah5 жыл бұрын
@Tacklecentral Fishing True dat... Especially in the summer..
@LtColShingSides5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy these and the biographics videos. They're good for listening to while I drive around for work all day.
@ddsjgvk5 жыл бұрын
So do you use data???
@LtColShingSides5 жыл бұрын
@@ddsjgvk I have unlimited data
@ddsjgvk5 жыл бұрын
@@LtColShingSides Nice. Do I mind how much is your contract worth?
@LtColShingSides5 жыл бұрын
@@ddsjgvk $98 a month and then with insurance and I'm still paying off the actual phone I pay about $120 a month.
@LtColShingSides5 жыл бұрын
@Boco Corwin I could probably save money if I switched from Verizon but I have unlimited everything with my current plan, even in high traffic areas my data won't get throttled.
@arianafox3654 жыл бұрын
My mom is going to Antartica right now! It’s her second time. She stopped at a penguin reserve in South America on her way there lol. She’s in her 60s and has been to every single continent, and over 20 countries! 😊✌🏽
@mattfk_kbraapratata89963 жыл бұрын
@Sylvia Morgan wtf
@iammrgeekboy3 жыл бұрын
@Sylvia Morgan wtf
@AprilsgettingcraftyinTexas3 жыл бұрын
@Sylvia Morgan stop with the conspiracies
@mirabellaignat65335 жыл бұрын
The introduction to the Sealing era had me alternately laughing and crying for hours 😂 Simon, you are a fantastic host 👏👏👏
@ModeratelyTrumpet5 жыл бұрын
You're high
@theangryaustralian76245 жыл бұрын
Really high
@infinitejack21155 жыл бұрын
6ft tall penguins sold to you. this guy is fos
@kurniawanwidisusanto36194 жыл бұрын
Too much whisky
@perfectlypurepinkpompompan34674 жыл бұрын
"His body was never found".... that's because the Penguin Mafia tied him to the underside of an ice sheet, then cracked it and set it adrift in the World Ocean.
@scottk30345 жыл бұрын
My father was stationed at McMurdo Station with VXE-6. I got to spend a year in Christchurch as a kid.
@mariakelly55 жыл бұрын
How cool is that!
@virginiatyree67055 жыл бұрын
10 8 19 Hey Maria Kelly, Very! Be well. v
@stuartspence36135 жыл бұрын
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@LegoTux5 жыл бұрын
My father was stationed at McMurdo as part of TF43 in the late 60s, spent just over a year on the ice.
@NukelearFallout4 жыл бұрын
@Adolf Stallin Humans love to lie. It's why religion still fools many today.
@tibfulv5 жыл бұрын
Ah, poor Robert F. Scott, about to go down in history. Literally. And while I appreciate the sacrifice for science, I'd rather have dug the things down to be retrieved at a later date and have his team return safely. Rest well, Captain Scott.
@TheGuruStud3 жыл бұрын
You would never find it, again.
@tibfulv3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGuruStud Lol, don't say that. While the ability to locate things at the time was limited, they could have found things then too. They did manage to find Amundsen's marker without realising it (though that one was recent,) and they did find Scott's final tent. Building an igloo marker for science would likely have been easy if they truly needed to find things. Sad they didn't do it. And our ability to find things has only increased since.
@RoniForeva5 жыл бұрын
You and all your channels are youtube's national treasure. I am a smarter human being thanks to you!
@tome57a5 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more. I've learned so much from Simon and his team! They're not just a national treasure; they're an international treasure!
@jcprov94815 жыл бұрын
I’m really enjoying this channel! I learned a lot about the history of this place, I had no idea it was only really discovered in the late 1800s.
@vernicethompson48254 жыл бұрын
What Simon left out was the voyage of the French explorer, Captain Kerguelen, after whom the Kerguelen Islands were named, since he was their discoverer. He also was probably the first to sight Antarctica's shore. Captain Cook knew about Kerguelen's voyage and was trying to follow his course when he himself came close to Antarctica and also located the Kerguelen Islands, thus confirming their existence. The voyages of these men are quite fascinating to read about, as is that of Abel Tasman of the Netherlands, who encountered New Zealand and Australia.
@NukelearFallout4 жыл бұрын
You're a fool, then. The classification of discovering something is NOT writing textbooks about it, but merely spotting or observing Antarctica. It has been discovered way before that.
@vernicethompson48254 жыл бұрын
@@NukelearFallout While your insult was not necessary, you are otherwise correct. It is thought that Kerguelen was the first European to discover Antarctica in the late 1700s. Cook's later voyage confirmed his discovery.
@vitarius24655 жыл бұрын
Please do a video on Roald Amundsen! The first man to reach both the North and South poles!
@seonaelizabethcoster84655 жыл бұрын
No mention of Douglas Mawson and his (also tragic) expedition. Yet again, the heroic Australian team gets overlooked. I mean, he used to be on our $100 note!
@julieortega52554 жыл бұрын
Seona Elizabeth Coster Hear hear!!! I read "Mawson's Will" years ago. It was EPIC in the truest sense of the word, and so godamn tragic. It is my absolute favorite book ever. And, forgive my shallowness, but he was a damn fine looking man as well.
@--enyo--3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was disappointed as well. It was actually a really significant expedition (hell, it's even name dropped in Lovecraft's 'Mountains of Madness'). I guess because it was Australian and no one thinks we're significant?
@PureFPSPwnage5 жыл бұрын
As always I sincerely appreciate each and every one of your videos. BUT I was really hoping that you would go into the science and actual geography of the continent. Learning the history was of course fantastic and enlightening, but I was hoping that you would be speaking more about the volcanoes/wildlife/mountains/ etc of Antarctica. Nevertheless, this vid twas a very good show old chap.
@elissajaguar5 жыл бұрын
@Fps Doug -yes!! Anyone up for Part 2? @Geographics this ^^
@paulryan21285 жыл бұрын
I'll bet you can google search for that now.
@PureFPSPwnage5 жыл бұрын
@@paulryan2128 ...just like everything else in this video captain obvious
@M0053yfate4 жыл бұрын
Doug, whatever happened to Jeremy and Kyle? Y'all had that show on Canadian showtime too :(
@AnyoneCanSee4 жыл бұрын
The channel usually picks a manmade place as small as Stonehenge or no larger than a city and gives you the history. So the human biography of a place. He doesn't cover natural history. The approach makes more sense if you watch other videos which I'm sure you did long ago so I guess I just wasted both of our time by writing this.
@dats35 жыл бұрын
I didn't think I was going to like this channel, but I was wrong. I've watched at least half in the last few days and I think this is just as good as Biographics, maybe even better. Great work Simon and crew.
@MrRJC19915 жыл бұрын
Title "Antartica: The edge of the world" *Enters Flat eathers*
@dats35 жыл бұрын
Was thinking the same thing. I'm scrolling the comments to see if flat earthers are losing their shit over this video. LOL!
@PANZERFAUST905 жыл бұрын
Earther* smh
@tantoismailgoldstein62794 жыл бұрын
Same here
@jameslyddall4 жыл бұрын
@@dats3 want to be sad I've just watched Apollo 2019 documentary. Go to the comments of the first video that pops up and its full of people saying NASAHOLES and Neil Armstrong lied which is why he died an alcoholic. What nasty little pricks these people are.
@ironcross67194 жыл бұрын
@@krisj5540 yeah the Aladdin movie is where the truth is 🙄 And yes you can and do have north and south on a sphere. That's just a stupid statement.
@primotef88634 жыл бұрын
Imagine coming home after being the first person to walk on a mysterious continent: "What was it like? Are there trees? Are there animals? Other people? What was the sky like? Was it nice weather?" "It's just ice. And gravel." "And penguin shit."
@user-nb6zu3rk4f4 жыл бұрын
Well, there are plants. In most of the coast, it's just microscopic lichen and maybe some sort of miserable moss, but the Antarctic Peninsula has some grass and flower patches, especially near penguin and bird shit.
@Reicha4 жыл бұрын
"Oh, cool, a fellow countryman. WOOP! Kick his ass Amund-" "-ate their dogs" "I DENY ANY AFFILIATION WITH THIS MAN."
@Reicha4 жыл бұрын
"Scott was lugging back- See, *this man* I relate to on a personal level. I'd die for my shit, too. Especially if it was exciting science rocks. Amundsen was clearly Danish. >.>
@CriticalRoleHighlights5 жыл бұрын
That penguin made me laugh.
@boopbleepbloop3 жыл бұрын
I accidentally discovered this channel & I am in LOVE! I love geography so much and this really is the perfect channel for me
@jamesbrost13675 жыл бұрын
I want to know more about this metallica concert tho...
@ZGearbox_AT4 жыл бұрын
Well you can watch it here on KZbin
@stevenwebb36344 жыл бұрын
Sadly they didn't play Trapped Under Ice
@cristinesplinis58153 жыл бұрын
I saw it on KZbin. It was pretty awesome. 😎
@--enyo--3 жыл бұрын
@@stevenwebb3634 Missed oppertunity
@stevenwebb36343 жыл бұрын
@@--enyo-- I know right
@alyssinwilliams45703 жыл бұрын
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS! My fave Lovecraft work!! SO GOOD. Also, very heavy in detail at times, which can make wading through it a pain. Worth it in the end.
@sydhenderson6753 Жыл бұрын
I like how the Old Ones become sort of sympathetic, especially when our heroes learn about shoggoths.
@beandaddydoggratt97142 жыл бұрын
I really do have to say it’s always the best when Im looking something up and any of Simons channels have a video on it! The man is a great presenter and he always has reliable info and if its not proven claim he always lets you know. He’s also non biased when he’s talking about people and events and I love a good info channel like this….. Thanks!
@beandaddydoggratt97142 жыл бұрын
Damn after rereading this it sounds like Im doing an ad for his channel and thats lame as hell but hey it is what it is
@kewgardensstation5 жыл бұрын
H. P. Lovecraft reference! Thanks, Simon!
@maruzencentral4 жыл бұрын
I watch *The Thing* almost every night to fall asleep to because something about Antarctica and being stuck their makes me tired
@calebwinfield14035 жыл бұрын
These channels are the best on KZbin.
@stevenutter36145 жыл бұрын
Dear Aunt Artica , I'm so sorry to hear about you catching the cold, best wishes. Yours truly, South America.
@Grungir25 жыл бұрын
Now that you mentioned it I always wanted a biographics episode on Ernest Shackleton ... Please make it happen .
@--enyo--3 жыл бұрын
Also Sir Douglas Mawson, who for some reason didn't even get a mention in the video.
@kega0905 жыл бұрын
So we not gonna talk about the "AH!" during the 6 foot tall penguins segment?
@slondawg3 жыл бұрын
2:32 if you were looking for a time stamp
@ragael10244 жыл бұрын
That "chasing the penguins for fun" clip was absolutely hilarious. Great video, as always
@russellrandy993 жыл бұрын
You have provided so many ideas for summer reading lessons, research projects, and such for my daughter. This and your other channels are amazing. Great job, keep up the great work.
@indianalivingwedoitall18254 жыл бұрын
Simon I believe a segment on the northern Canadian wilderness would be very interesting ,it is a vast diverse environment. Thank you very much for your hard work it is a great way for us knowledge thirsty individuals to pass time 🙏🏾
@norml.hugh-mann Жыл бұрын
The Canadian Far Norrh while vast and empty barely has the resources to support to sparse population of indigenous first nations,so remote that even when the NW passage is ice free there isn't rescue services of any timely reliability meaning no insurers will underwrite voyages of anything but the supply ships for the arctic bases, as any trouble could be a potential environmental disaster and even something minor needing repaired can lead to an all hands lost event really easy...You can however sail a private yacht through but the proc3ss I am sure is costly as Canada considers it territorial waters even though they don't have the abili5y to patrol it you must abide by Canadian vessel laws which even VHF radio requires a special license.
@Oxtocoatl133 жыл бұрын
The men of Shackleton's expedition may have been sent to the meatgrinder of WWI, but Shackleton was sent to North Russia as an expert to teach the British troops there how to survive, plan and eventually fight in brutal winter conditions. He also designed some special gear foe the army there. So, I guess I'm saying the meatgrinder put him to a good use?
@SquishySenpai4 жыл бұрын
"The mystery of Antarctica, it finally dissipated for good." Don't tell the flat earthers that...
@heidinolen8734 жыл бұрын
I cannot sleep without background sound and it's usually Simon. Great dream feeds. Except for the commercials that go one for 3 minutes...
@Filiolus5 жыл бұрын
Keep it up you guys are awesome, really loving these geographics.
@maxpayne25742 жыл бұрын
The heroic age of finding new places we could exploit.
@warmachineuk5 жыл бұрын
For a minute, I thought KZbin was recommending flat Earth videos.
@peterjamesfoote39644 жыл бұрын
Well done. A number of years ago my brother-in-law Charles Rentmeesters spent a good deal of time working on the Ice Cube Neutrino Detector Project, hundreds of detectors suspended below the ice in a giant grid. He developed and maintained the drilling software that made the project possible and viable. What an exciting time!
@wallplug39035 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there are frozen dinosaurs trapped under the ice in Antarctica.
@tibfulv5 жыл бұрын
Highly likely. It was a lush land bridge at one time, right up until the emergence of the marsupials. Only bones, though.
@daydreamer86624 жыл бұрын
Impossible. They died off at least 20 million years before the ice sheets started to collect
@Voo504Doo4 жыл бұрын
Day Dreamer not impossible for megalithic structures though
@kyledavis42024 жыл бұрын
If so that means there would be fossil fuels there, ie oil and natural gas. At which point the US will proclaim that it is promptly invading Antarctica because it needs democracy
@wyattguilliams94724 жыл бұрын
@@kyledavis4202 Antarctic Treaty prevents that
@roadtoad77043 жыл бұрын
The Scott and Edmonson expeditions mentioned being in the winter months...of the Northern Hemisphere. It was actually in the summer for the Southern Hemisphere.
@RideAcrossTheRiver3 жыл бұрын
Like the Summer Olympics in Rio, 2016 :^D
@maskedsonja57222 жыл бұрын
Two years late to the party but thank you for this. Being a fan of the Arctic and Antarctica I found this immensely enjoyable. Antarctica really even now has a mystery to it and a spookiness in its desolation. Hearing about the events leading up to the eventual expeditions was quite an interesting learn. Highly Recommend South The Shackleton Expedition and The Last Place on Earth
@jwc4495 жыл бұрын
Simon Whistler is THE MAN
@zakiranderson7224 жыл бұрын
Watch enough of him and his voice will do you head in
@robertwalker-smith27393 жыл бұрын
That 'Antarctica' literally means 'the side opposite the side with the bears' is delightful.
@rionthemagnificent29713 жыл бұрын
Antartica, home to a metal band, and the setting of several Lovecraft horror stories.
@tylercady39853 жыл бұрын
Home to a metal band? Am I missing something? I think Metallica is the only band to ever play in Antarctica if that's what you're referring to.
@Pepperminge_Mononoke4 жыл бұрын
The book called Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing really puts in perspective the region and hardships explorers faced.
@peacefuleverlastingserenity4 жыл бұрын
I plan on watching all your videos. I feel smarter after each one. Thank you. I believe we should all learn something new every day. Never retire your brain.
@geographicstravel4 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@deirdregibbons56095 жыл бұрын
This was really, really interesting and well done. I liked how you covered the formation of Antarctica and made it come full circle with the explanation about how rocks collected by the Terra Nova expedition helped clarify that geological history. It's interesting you mentioned about dogs on both expeditions. Part of Mr. Amundsen's success was using sled dogs to haul the loads. The men did find it hard to kill and eat dogs, but they also had treated the dogs very well up to the end compared to how sled dogs were usually treated in the Arctic. Captain Scott's expedition had sled dogs, but they also used Manchurian ponies (probably Yakut ponies from Siberia). Scott felt the ponies would be more dependable than dogs so he relied on them. Yakuts are very good in harsh winter conditions, but the particular horses purchased were not in good condition, especially for Antarctica. None of the ponies survived and the British team had to rely more on hauling sledges with manpower, which was very exhausting. Author Iain Lawrence wrote a novel for pre-teens called "The Winter Pony" that is about the horses on the Terra Nova expedition. In the style of Black Beauty, it is told from the point of view of one of the ponies. It's beautifully written and sad but worth a read.
@GravityGrave3 жыл бұрын
I don't care what sort of conditions that breed is able to withstand, the conditions of the Ice are unmanageable for an animal like that.
@tasiatyler31375 жыл бұрын
Well done!! I believe this one is my favorite! I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this channel!!!
@barbarachase58244 жыл бұрын
Thank you..absolutely intriguing video!
@geographicstravel4 жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
@zebrastrong92914 жыл бұрын
To go with this.. Would love to see an episode on Biographics about Jill Heinerth. She led an expedition to Antarctica and was the first person to cave dive inside of a glacier! She’s one of the greatest underwater explorers of our time!
@TheSallye335 жыл бұрын
It turned cold when it seperated from Australia and the ocean no longer travelled into the tropics to warm up but turned into the southern ocean, just circling around the pole, therefore chilling the ocean right down.
@regular-joe5 жыл бұрын
So fascinating and well done, I didn't even notice it was almost half an hour long until it was near done. Great job, guys!
@LemonJackRazer5 жыл бұрын
I’m really confused how did they just guess they’re was another continent if they never saw it
@zapfanzapfan5 жыл бұрын
There was land in the north (as far as they had gone anyway) so there should be land in the south... something like that.
@sibire82845 жыл бұрын
Blind squirrel still finds a nut now and then.
@Flint-Dibble-the-Don5 жыл бұрын
Seals and birds usually live on land masses. Where there be bird's and seal's there be land. Best I can guess.
@rogerhwerner69974 жыл бұрын
I was 8 during the IGY. It was a huge deal, one that I learned about and never forgot. No mention of the Australian Sir Douglas Mawson. Yet another heroic explorer. His book is 'The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914'. A decent book about his exploits is 'Mawson's Will.' His too is a harrowing tale of survival.
@dvlry5 жыл бұрын
I wish you would have been my History teacher.
@chrisjanuarywilliamson20105 жыл бұрын
David Lavery right??? I might have actually learnt something 😂
@PatronusGaming833 жыл бұрын
I am very pleased with the Bill and Ted references. Well done Sir. Be Excellent to Everyone.
@Nachos2375 жыл бұрын
"Farting around the coast" I had to turn on closed captions to make sure I heard it right.
@AnyoneCanSee4 жыл бұрын
'Farting around,' is very common;y used in England for wasting time. So 'stop farting around and hurry up,' is said by parents to children and boyfriends to girlfriend every day.
@kathyannunzio32945 жыл бұрын
Did I hear that right ? Metallica did a gig there in 2013 ? Who was in attendance ? The penguins ? I can picture a bunch of penguin passing a blunt and bobbing their heads to "Enter Sandman". The seals boycotted for fear of being jumped.
@dallaskelley27605 жыл бұрын
But spheres don't have edges. Did you just confirm the earth is flat and that Antarctica IS the wall keeping us from all falling off?
@BrianKelsay3 жыл бұрын
Wish you had mentioned the HP Lovecraft connection along with the Poe story. Another point is the experience gained in Antarctica that applies to space. The remoteness, cold, harsh conditions, lack of food, diffiulty of travel is all related to probes and manned spacetravel to the moon and other planets.
@--enyo--3 жыл бұрын
He mentioned Lovecraft a fair few times.
@GrievousReborn5 жыл бұрын
Iorn maiden turned that poem into an epic song
@karenballard74704 жыл бұрын
Ice mast high came floating by as green as emerald. I was given the book when I was a kid and still have it. I've always had a fascination with Antarctica. If I could go anywhere in the world, but it could only be 1 place, it would be Antarctica. I don't want to go as a tourist, but as a student on a research team to study the geology and wild life. Would also like to do a lot of photography. I WISH. "And if wishes were horses, then beggars would ride 😑"
@BrianSmith-vl7xu5 жыл бұрын
what a place to have a gig!!
@GravityGrave3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: every summer at McMurdo Station, different bands form throughout the season and play at Ice Stock, the end of the year music festival :)
@MrYashka124 жыл бұрын
Been there...56 ANARE year 2000...Mawson Station for 13 months...unbelievable experience.
@bradgillette92535 жыл бұрын
Super-cool delivery gang. One of best books I have yet read is "Shakelton's Way." Would be great for a Biographical episode. Thanks, again. Always love your channel! Cheers, mates.
@hazevthewolf1785 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this as I have all of your Geographics. It's almost as if you knew of all the places in the world that really fascinate me. Have you heard of a chap called Rodney Marks? He was a Australian physicist working at South Pole station and died in May of 2000 . He may be Antarctica's first and only murder victim.
@crustykells273 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your storytelling. Listened and learned.
@maverick21615 жыл бұрын
Antarctica, or as it's scientifically known, "those large insurmountable walls of ice which hold in the Earth's oceans and keep ships from falling off the edge."
@brybyrne3974 жыл бұрын
Something wrong with you
@admiralsnackbar694 жыл бұрын
Think you and your type need help.
@garcemac5 жыл бұрын
Today I Found Out... Oops! Wrong channel ;) I'm loving Geographics Simon. Yet another fantastic video!
@69TheGG4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a blast
@clucking007mobilebtw63 жыл бұрын
You by far my favorite youtuber, the range of topics you cover is great but the way you present the content is so gripping. The ICBM video was a fav. I'm from New Zealand and would love to see a geo graphics video on our volcanos/ tectonics. It would be verry intresting. We do have a super volcano amoungst other intresting things.
@se7inhand4 жыл бұрын
Who else watches these videos for the sometimes hilarious variances in what he says and what the captioning reads?
@ChristineCAlb14 жыл бұрын
One of your better videos. You slowed down and I could hear every word you said. Keep up the good work. These are fun to watch.
@tedthesailor1724 жыл бұрын
I notice you've glossed over the disaster at Norwegian ice-station, Thule, where a 100,000 year old shape-shifting alien was discovered...
@--enyo--3 жыл бұрын
Also Shoggoths and the ill-fated Pabodie Expedition.
@camf75223 жыл бұрын
Most beautiful place I have visited.
@michaelhowell23265 жыл бұрын
Pretty good stuff. I'd love it you guys covered the Dalai Lama's Potala Palace in Lhasa?
@samirsaddik60782 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video saved me a trip to Antarctica and made me feel cooler because where I live in California it’s a 110 degrees right now. Thank you
@DutchBane5 жыл бұрын
Iv been to antartica, it was pretty cool 😂
@stevoplex Жыл бұрын
Surrounding the North Pole is a round frozen ocean ringed by land. Around the South Pole is a round frozen continent surrounded by ocean. This is exceptionally fair (in a world where life in general is not fair). I'm sure the ancient Greeks would appreciate this.
@samanjj5 жыл бұрын
1:15 marinus of Tyre thought there was an undiscovered continent in the Southern Hemisphere and named it Antarctica Australia: am I a joke to you?
@MrBiggles534 жыл бұрын
samanjj Just be glad we don’t have another continent to exile you to!
@samanjj4 жыл бұрын
MrBiggles53 assuming you’re English - we can’t keep you chaps out if we try!
@--enyo--3 жыл бұрын
Saying this as an Australia, but yes. Although disappointed the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911 - 1913 wasn't even mentioned. It was actually a pretty big deal.
@lauriem57515 жыл бұрын
Have you done a biography on Shackleton? You kind of brushed over his accomplishment.
@evildead75495 жыл бұрын
Next week we look at the Bermuda triangle and try to separate fact from fiction and try to wrap our heads around the strange geomagnetics in the area 😆 lol Do it man
@NukelearFallout4 жыл бұрын
@Boco Corwin Yes, but the events of those disappearences relied solely on the strange behaviors that the triangle produces.
@archstanton61025 жыл бұрын
The documentary Encountets at the End of the World is stunning. That lone penguin scene is heart breaking
@VictorVonGrooove5 жыл бұрын
It's titles like this that makes Flat-Earthers scream AH HA! We were right!
@chrisredfieldjm5 жыл бұрын
My Exact Thought when I saw it! Simon, you should know better! Edit...Title should have been, Antarctica: The Ice Rimmed Edge of the Earth that not even NASA Can Cross....Without Thus Heading North!
@serpico16165 жыл бұрын
I think at this point, just let them have their cake. A lot of conpiracy theories are bad, but I think this one is harmless. They will eventually die off, it's just another form of natural selection! lol
@et34t34fdf5 жыл бұрын
Antarctica is supposed to be an ice wall, surrounding the flat disc, according to flat earthers. Which begs the question, how come you can travel indefinitely in certain directions and never meet this ice wall?
@jkb20165 жыл бұрын
It was recently made public that Simon was a renegade Lizard man. I guess they revived him and made him spread these lies you see in the video!
@virginiatyree67055 жыл бұрын
10 8 19 Hey@@et34t34fdf, Because it doesn't exist! except in the delusional-minds of the con artists that promulgate this nonsense. Be well. v
@avenuestx2211 Жыл бұрын
I suddenly had the urge to look up information about Antarctica lol and sure enough my boy Simon always comes through