Why Planes Fly Over The North Pole But Not The South Pole

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Half as Interesting

Half as Interesting

Күн бұрын

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@Pining_for_the_fjords
@Pining_for_the_fjords 2 жыл бұрын
I've flown over the Poles many times, especially when flying between the Germans and the Lithuanians.
@andreasmaier7603
@andreasmaier7603 2 жыл бұрын
Took a few to get it - you made my day!
@petersmythe6462
@petersmythe6462 2 жыл бұрын
The Germans flew over the poles a lot in the 30s and 40s. The Poles were NOT happy about it.
@samsunguser3148
@samsunguser3148 2 жыл бұрын
The Poles got trampled a lot
@hahayes1220
@hahayes1220 2 жыл бұрын
@@petersmythe6462 me, a pole: 🧍🏼
@Dominus_Potatus
@Dominus_Potatus 2 жыл бұрын
Oh my... as nom European, I was confused until I search Lithuania lmao
@akorn9943
@akorn9943 2 жыл бұрын
That pilot safety video was beautiful holy shit “2001: *A YEAR THAT WILL NO DOUBT SHAPE UP GREAT FOR THE CONCEPT OF AIRPLANES.”~*
@TheGreatGritzy
@TheGreatGritzy 2 жыл бұрын
Well didn't that just age like milk
@SomeRandomPiggo
@SomeRandomPiggo 2 жыл бұрын
"due to the presence of dark ma- science"
@yeoldeseawitch
@yeoldeseawitch 2 жыл бұрын
JFCMSB
@ericschultz4004
@ericschultz4004 2 жыл бұрын
January - August was great, at least ...
@niagarawarrior9623
@niagarawarrior9623 2 жыл бұрын
@@Stevie-J i nearly exited the video outright because of all the distortion effects. the audio was tolerable, the visual was terrible. I do love Half-as-Interesting content but i could do without those distortions.
@forgottenfamily
@forgottenfamily 2 жыл бұрын
I'm disappointed that there was no mention of last month's charter flight from Buenos Aires to Darwin, Australia using a polar route which currently boasts the record for longest commercial flight.
@AxxLAfriku
@AxxLAfriku 2 жыл бұрын
I am so unpretty 😭 When I go to the bank, they turn the cameras off. At least I am a big star on KZbin. So don't feel too bad for me, dear go
@KIJIKLIPS
@KIJIKLIPS 2 жыл бұрын
@@kinoposts do you know who Lord AxxL is?
@LouAlvis
@LouAlvis 2 жыл бұрын
please will someone tell about that flight to the FLAT EARTHERS
@forestreee
@forestreee 2 жыл бұрын
@@kinoposts Lucky you, you never knew about A*xl until now.
@hbrown689
@hbrown689 2 жыл бұрын
​@@LouAlvis This flight can't have happened as Australia isn't real
@PieroBsampaio
@PieroBsampaio 2 жыл бұрын
As someone who just moved to Perth from Brazil, I really wish there was a direct flight from Buenos Aires to Perth. That would have saved me a lot of time
@Secretlyanothername
@Secretlyanothername Жыл бұрын
How did you fly to Brazil? Up to Dubai and then down again?
@bixumbi
@bixumbi Жыл бұрын
I'm guessing Brazil to Buenos Aires/Santiago, to Sydney, and Sydney to Perth
@PieroBsampaio
@PieroBsampaio Жыл бұрын
From Brazil to Perth the closest route is through the Middle East
@bixumbi
@bixumbi Жыл бұрын
Makes sense, my bad
@Frenchy78ify
@Frenchy78ify 5 ай бұрын
It doesn happen on the flat plane ;)
@jasonosmond6896
@jasonosmond6896 2 жыл бұрын
He's leaving out also that much of Antarctica's terrain has enough elevation that it requires special equipment and procedures to fly over by commercial aircraft. This is the same reason that the vast majority of commercial air routes avoid the Tibetan Plateau. (long story short, in case of loss of cabin pressure, procedure is to immediately and rapidly descend below 10,000 feet. Can't do that over Tibet or East Antarctica while maintaining safe separation from terrain, so those routes require changes to the emergency supplemental oxygen systems so the aircraft can stay at higher altitudes longer).
@jasonosmond6896
@jasonosmond6896 2 жыл бұрын
​@Rob Sullivan You make a persuasive and well supported argument.
@vicovideocompilationsetc6991
@vicovideocompilationsetc6991 2 жыл бұрын
@Rob Sullivan Where's your factual evidence that makes you say that hist statement is untrue? Well, the burden of proof is on the accuser, so yeah.
@damien4197
@damien4197 2 жыл бұрын
@@vicovideocompilationsetc6991 Well, on one hand, the burden of proof is actually on the one asserting the original position, "making the claim", (Jason, in this case)... ...on the other hand, Rob did literally nothing to back up his dispute, and there's enough readily falsifiable information in the claim that context and community standards would make this relatively easy were he correct.
@jasonosmond6896
@jasonosmond6896 2 жыл бұрын
@@damien4197 I'm glad you asked! If it helps anyone, they can start with ICAO Document 1168, Part 2, Section III, "Minimum Obstacle Clearance Altitude" (requires at least 1000 feet clearance above maximum terrain elevation in the sector), and ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices Annex 6 Part 1 Chapter 4, Section 3.8 "Oxygen Supply" (requires sufficient oxygen for crew and passengers for all flight where cabin pressure is higher than 10,000 feet). Then note that much of East Antarctica consists of elevations above 10,000 feet with a significant area above 14,000 feet (there's a nice map on the East Antarctica Wikipedia page), and that the emergency descent altitude recommendations are to a "pressure altitude", and in Antarctica pressure altitudes may be as much as 2,000 feet *below* the nominal sea level altitude! Thus, to descend below 10,000 feet pressure altitude may require descending below 9,000 or even 8,000 feet above sea level.
@festerofest4374
@festerofest4374 2 жыл бұрын
@@jasonosmond6896 I believed you with your first post.
@Zharath
@Zharath 2 жыл бұрын
Flat Earthers: 👀👀👀
@NineEyeRon
@NineEyeRon 2 жыл бұрын
In the FEM planes can fly over the North Pole but not the south.
@kayb4490
@kayb4490 2 жыл бұрын
@@NineEyeRon i think his point is the flat earthers would hear can’t fly over the South Pole and take that to prove their point
@assasin19991999
@assasin19991999 2 жыл бұрын
Flat earth is real, because the lizards dont want us to know the secret, you know, the one the powerful keep, I can see more than you, the lizards are all around me and talk to me telling that they keep secrets, for you know...
@maskofice9432
@maskofice9432 2 жыл бұрын
@@assasin19991999 man you believe that lizardman propaganda? That was deliberately leaked to hide the real group in control of the world the Owlmen. They govern everything in their Court of Owls and are hiding the fact the Earth is actually in the shape of a pear
@jackputnam4273
@jackputnam4273 2 жыл бұрын
@@kayb4490 because they think antarctica is a giant ice wall
@cameosix7077
@cameosix7077 2 жыл бұрын
How to survive if your plane's engines fails over Antarctica 1. Have a person from southern Poland on the plane both the south poles repel each other and the plane never crashes
@lemonade3015
@lemonade3015 2 жыл бұрын
This comment exudes rage memes energy
@grahamfisher5436
@grahamfisher5436 2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍🤩
@alunesh12345
@alunesh12345 2 жыл бұрын
@@lemonade3015 Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally ❤🙌😘
@kyirid
@kyirid 2 жыл бұрын
@@alunesh12345 lol
@juliaf_
@juliaf_ 2 жыл бұрын
@@alunesh12345 if heaven is better than earth and Jesus was guaranteed to go to heaven, wouldn't he have been happy to die
@Celebr8Crafts
@Celebr8Crafts Жыл бұрын
Have flown the Sydney to Johannesburg flight a few times and it's fascinating seeing the edge of Antarctica (especially in winter). A viable route would be Auckland to Johannesburg which would fly straight over. There are a lot people traveling between the countries, but have to go via Sydney currently.
@EdVonPelt
@EdVonPelt 11 ай бұрын
I mean, you'd need a 747, an A340 or an A380 to fly that. And out of those 3, the 340 is probably the only plane you could consistently expect to fill, but they are mostly retired by now.
@jamesn.economou9922
@jamesn.economou9922 6 ай бұрын
No, it wouldn't. that would be hundreds of miles, out of the way. Look at globe.
@MrSaemichlaus
@MrSaemichlaus 2 жыл бұрын
The poles are actually a very nice bunch, but they don't feel like driving trucks in the UK anymore.
@cybersquire
@cybersquire 2 жыл бұрын
ROFL
@NoNameAtAll2
@NoNameAtAll2 2 жыл бұрын
the vid said you can't fly over them without training
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 жыл бұрын
They're still around for pole vaulting.
@hahayes1220
@hahayes1220 2 жыл бұрын
💀💀
@Hideyoshi1991
@Hideyoshi1991 2 жыл бұрын
Kombedy
@uhmnope4787
@uhmnope4787 2 жыл бұрын
There is an airport in Antarctica capable of landing and starting (but not refueling) an A340 that flies there from South Africa. So technically there is an aiport suitable even for larger aircraft, but they do not have the facilities to service an aircraft in the event of an emergency and I can imagine that they have to prepare the runway in advance too, since it's basically just ice. Also fun fact: airlines restrict how often their crew can fly close to or over the poles each month because of how strong the cosmic radiation is (something something Earth's magnetic field being weaker and all).
@fakeAratPrime
@fakeAratPrime 2 жыл бұрын
Also ice and snow like to reflect a lot of sunlight wich you know what? Means even more radiation from our overweight ball of hidrogen and helium buddy,the Sun :D
@Teampegleg
@Teampegleg 2 жыл бұрын
While you can land and take off there, would it be suitable to safely care for an aircraft full of passengers? And would there be charter flights available to evacuate the passengers in a timely manner? And that airport probably isn't available during the winter either, so any route using that airport as a diversion airport would be limited to the summer.
@fakeAratPrime
@fakeAratPrime 2 жыл бұрын
@@Stevie-J If you say it like that it sounds brutal,and that's not even considering the icy wasteland that Antartica is.
@uhmnope4787
@uhmnope4787 2 жыл бұрын
@@Stevie-J depends on ETOPS
@uhmnope4787
@uhmnope4787 2 жыл бұрын
@@Teampegleg if it's safe for the aircraft to land, it's safe for the passengers. Only issue is that there is no reason to land there except to deliver cargo or have an emergency landing. Seasonal availability is irrelevant because it's pretty much always winter there. I'd look out for weather though. Storms on open flats are nasty.
@herodesees3767
@herodesees3767 2 жыл бұрын
0:37 The line on the map showing 78 degrees north is actually the polar circle at 66 degrees north. Longyearbyen is at 78 degrees north so that line should go right through Svalbard instead
@nortex010
@nortex010 2 жыл бұрын
I came here to say this. Glad I wasn't the only one to notice it
@zakm0n
@zakm0n 2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on making the next mistakes episode.
@monaxide1
@monaxide1 2 жыл бұрын
@@zakm0n I came here to say this.
@042_dhruvbhingradiya7
@042_dhruvbhingradiya7 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@matthijsdeboer9932
@matthijsdeboer9932 2 жыл бұрын
Also, it might be a language thing, but it's not correct to say 'above' or 'below' a latitude, it should be 'north of' and 'south of'.
@Mamba-Kush
@Mamba-Kush Жыл бұрын
"it's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled"
@stylesrj
@stylesrj Жыл бұрын
And you can trick people into believing whatever you want them to believe by just reciting that mantra to them.
@X._HATRED_.X
@X._HATRED_.X Жыл бұрын
​@@stylesrj sheeps. Did flat earth theory ruin your alien fantasy??
@stylesrj
@stylesrj Жыл бұрын
@@X._HATRED_.X Nope. Flat Earthers helped me write alien fantasies.
@stryk3r
@stryk3r 7 ай бұрын
@@X._HATRED_.X They threw flat earth theory in there so that everyone forgets about hollow earth and Agartha
@Attaxalotl
@Attaxalotl 6 ай бұрын
@@stryk3r Flat Earth, Hollow Earth, and the like are all psyops by various three-letter agencies (Russia's FSB, our CIA, China's MSS, etc.) to incite meaningless divisions and distract from the fact that none of the world leaders have any idea what they're doing, about half of all our Congressmembers are eligible for social security benefits (and as such carry "screw you, got mine" energy in a profession that requires the exact opposite of that), and we're all flying by the seat of our pants.
@KC-rd3gw
@KC-rd3gw 2 жыл бұрын
My grandpa used to fly DC-3s for ice observation for environment Canada up in the north pole in the 60s and 70s. He's got plenty of crazy stories like flying below 300ft for 6+ hours because visibility was so bad and reporting on Russian fishing vessel locations. He used to use gyro compasses when he got far enough north.
@keithkelso9872
@keithkelso9872 2 жыл бұрын
So he worked for the cia?
@Sembazuru
@Sembazuru 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, magnetic compasses get twitchy when the flux lines divert too much from hozontal like they do when you get close to the magnetic poles. Also, the closer you are to the magnetic poles the more often you have to change the inclination correction to true North.
@stynnieuwenhuis9999
@stynnieuwenhuis9999 Жыл бұрын
They go on true track and not magnetic track in northern airspace
@leonardocaceres2540
@leonardocaceres2540 Жыл бұрын
Your granfather was a true heroe...
@jackielinde7568
@jackielinde7568 2 жыл бұрын
Speaking of Sightseeing flights over the South Pole, Kelsey of the KZbin channel 74Gear has made an offer than if a group of flat earther's wanted to prove the earth is flat, (and were paying to cover the trip) he would help them secure the plane, plot the route and fly it himself. So far, no one has taken him up on his offer.
@AmityPost
@AmityPost 2 жыл бұрын
Why would a flat earther ever agree to that?
@jackielinde7568
@jackielinde7568 2 жыл бұрын
@@AmityPost There are flat earthers willing to try to prove their cause. There was the guy who was making steam powered rockets (no joke) to try to disprove that the Earth is round. But you're right. Like James Randi's $1 Million prize to prove pseudoscience works, the ones who know what they're preaching is a scam won't bite.
@jackielinde7568
@jackielinde7568 2 жыл бұрын
@@Stevie-J Well, Kelsey does make 474 pilot money, but that's as first officer and not captain. I don't think he has the cash to make it happen. However, he has the connections to help those with the cash to make it happen.
@niagarawarrior9623
@niagarawarrior9623 2 жыл бұрын
the majority of flat earthers would never agree to pay for a trip to south pole and back, either they dont have the disposable income or they simply don't believe what they preach. Like a lot of conspiracy theorists, they just like having something to complain about. Its funny, a few years ago i would have said the flat earther conspiracy theorists were some the most ignorant people. then that whole Q group showed up....
@jackielinde7568
@jackielinde7568 2 жыл бұрын
@@Stevie-J Oh, I'm pretty sure he knows they're not going to take him up on it. I think it was mostly to get people in the comment section to stop accusing him of "perpetuating the round world myth." (Odd, I don't see him getting any accusations of being in on the contrail stuff. As for me, I know the real danger is the jet exhaust, but who's worried about a little carbon monoxide?) As for the Steam Rocket guy? I don't know. It's my recommendation for anyone willing to prove/disprove the thing, and it can be done a lot cheaper. If you want to know about the steam rocket guy, here's his wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hughes_(daredevil)
@MrDomingo55
@MrDomingo55 2 жыл бұрын
I have flown from Sydney to Buenos Aires twice, 2010 and 2011. We did not fly over the pole but we certainly flew over the ice and whether this was sea ice on the edge of Antartica or ice on continent itself, I don't know. Needless to say, there was no possibility of landing anywhere on route if there was emergency. As for cold, its cold up there at 10km height, whether over Antartica or over Africa.
@jasonreed7522
@jasonreed7522 2 жыл бұрын
The thing about it being cold is that atmospheric temperature at a given altitude is estimated as a deduction in temperature from ground temperature determined by your height. (Technically at really high elevations it gets hot again but that is so far above commercial aircraft I'm ignoring it, thats the thermosphere and it has an air density of nothing) This matters because fuels like diesel and kerosene have a tendency to gell up at low temperatures (also icing of the wings). So you must maintain a minimum fuel temperature or your fuel goes from a liquid to jello and nolonger flows to your engines. I know ground diesel engines have fuel additives but over the poles its probably so cold that even with the best addatives the fuel can still gell. (For reference diesel can gell below 32°F but its most problematic below 15°F, so you can imagine how bad it is over Antarctica) My point is that even if its cold way up in the sky everywhere, being over the poles is just enough of a bit colder than elsewhere as to pass critical points for the plane)
@foxboy6662
@foxboy6662 2 жыл бұрын
@@jasonreed7522 Well there are fuels for cold temperature. Since planes fly above the north pole the temperature itself is not a restriction. It's the geography and the distance to the closest airport that are a restriction.
@alunesh12345
@alunesh12345 2 жыл бұрын
@@jasonreed7522 Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally ❤🙌😘
@Anon54387
@Anon54387 2 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't mind being a truck driver in the UK since the whole country is smaller than California. Being a truck driver in the USA would really not be a pleasant job since this country is so huge. One is so often separated from friends and family.
@bob_._.
@bob_._. 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, airliners fly at very cold altitudes, but the concern is if the plane should have to make an emergency landing - and is able to do so relatively successfully - the passengers most likely aren't going to have arctic gear in their carry-ons.
@gowhales3002
@gowhales3002 2 жыл бұрын
There was a touristic sightseeing flight from New Zealand in the 70's that ended in a fatal accident where all 257 pax and crew died crushing in to mount erubus at 300mph.
@DanDownunda8888
@DanDownunda8888 2 жыл бұрын
A McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 on a sightseeing flight over Antarctica, flew into Mount Erebus on Ross Island, killing all 257 people on board. An unannounced change in flight path coordinates by the airline's navigational division the morning of the accident, combined with unique Antarctic weather and conditions, resulted in the aircraft crashing into Mount Erebus when the flight crew thought they were safely flying down McMurdo Sound. The crash and subsequent inquiry resulted in major changes in Air New Zealand's management.
@adog3129
@adog3129 Жыл бұрын
lol
@ChrisPerkins-i7h
@ChrisPerkins-i7h Жыл бұрын
Hitting the dome is an instant death wish admiral birds pilot's learn the hard way
@DunDun-e43
@DunDun-e43 Жыл бұрын
And I would not trust a MD 10 on such a flight@@DanDownunda8888
@peppershakergaming3793
@peppershakergaming3793 8 ай бұрын
What dome?@@ChrisPerkins-i7h
@projectember728
@projectember728 2 жыл бұрын
It kinda makes sense because of how isolated Antarctica is from other continents. So if any problems happened you’re probably not going to get help because of how difficult it would be to get to you.
@lonestarr1490
@lonestarr1490 2 жыл бұрын
And even if it were easier to get to you, it's still fuckin' cold down there, so nobody would _want_ to help you.
@foxbat1766
@foxbat1766 2 жыл бұрын
Or, if you're flat earther, the ice wall...
@Stasiek_Zabojca
@Stasiek_Zabojca 2 жыл бұрын
Well, North Pole is also quite isolated 😃
@SyNcLife
@SyNcLife 2 жыл бұрын
And now imagine that 100 years ago! Thats the story of Ernest Shackleton.
@cucuawe465
@cucuawe465 2 жыл бұрын
@@Stasiek_Zabojca south pole extra isolated
@TheGroovyGuitarDude
@TheGroovyGuitarDude 2 жыл бұрын
You forgot the main reason we can’t fly over the South Pole… People would see the big hole in the middle of Antarctica 👀😂
@strangelic4234
@strangelic4234 2 жыл бұрын
Nuh. Before you can see the hole, you'll get intercepted by the Reichsflugscheiben of the Hollow Earth Nazis.
@minecrafting_il
@minecrafting_il 2 жыл бұрын
I don't get the joke
@andreasmaier7603
@andreasmaier7603 2 жыл бұрын
@@minecrafting_il The joke is about the flat earthers, I guess.
@minecrafting_il
@minecrafting_il 2 жыл бұрын
@@andreasmaier7603 but don't they say that Antarctica is a icewall sorounding the flat earth?
@maxthexpfarmer3957
@maxthexpfarmer3957 2 жыл бұрын
It’s about hollow earth theory
@Teampegleg
@Teampegleg 2 жыл бұрын
ETOPS is no longer just a twin engine thing, it was extended to all aircraft, which put the death nail to some operators that due to safety reasons couldn't get ETOPS ratings and attempted to get around it by buying retired four engine aircraft.
@korakys
@korakys 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, I did not know that. (It's "death knell" by the way.)
2 жыл бұрын
ETOPS was also a reason for the popularity of trijets.
@rkan2
@rkan2 2 жыл бұрын
With four engines (or even the decadent three) an australian crew should rather trivially be able to fly right across the pole... Do they even need SCENT in there? Probably some features of it but I doubt that they would require everything.
@Teampegleg
@Teampegleg 2 жыл бұрын
@@rkan2 ETOPS planning requirements became standard for quads and tris because it was found that in most cases where a twin jet will lose both engines, a tri or a quad will lose all their engines as well. As those are often cause by contaminated fuel, or environmental factors (like volcanic ash). So it is their opinion that having more engines doesn't necessarily make an aircraft safer.
@cjgeist
@cjgeist 2 жыл бұрын
@@Teampegleg I thought the idea of ETOPS was pretty much based on safely landing with one engine. Dual engine failures are extremely rare and I assume if it happened anywhere near ETOPS limits they would have to land in the water.
@es2056
@es2056 2 жыл бұрын
In June 2010 I flew from Newark, NJ to Hong Kong. Because of the volcanic eruptions in Iceland at the time our flight was re-routed to fly north to the arctic then west to Asia and then south to Hong Kong. While flying along the arctic circle the inside of the plane was uncomfortably cold. Not even the airline blankets helped. Not fun.
@bagaboiebailey
@bagaboiebailey Жыл бұрын
bruh
@thisisgoodnews8043
@thisisgoodnews8043 Жыл бұрын
The air temp at cruising altitude is the same all over the world. At 30,000 feet the standard temp is -45 C. If the plane was cold it’s because one of the crew members was hot.
@es2056
@es2056 Жыл бұрын
@@thisisgoodnews8043 Then the pilot was a polar bear! LOL!
@thisisgoodnews8043
@thisisgoodnews8043 Жыл бұрын
@@es2056 The cockpit heating and cooling is separate from the main cabin. The flight attendants control the cabin temp and they’re usually hot from running back and forth.. there’s also lots of middle aged women who work in that field and they tend to experience hot flashes in menopause. Same problem happens in nursing homes, the staff get hot and crank the air conditioning and the old people end up being too cold.
@NYEK_GTR_
@NYEK_GTR_ Жыл бұрын
Lol most likely bc they turned the heat down to give y’all a real experience
@WanJae42
@WanJae42 2 жыл бұрын
ETOPS, by the way, stands for "Engines Turn or Passengers Swim"
@alilabeebalkoka
@alilabeebalkoka 2 жыл бұрын
That makes no sense when considering that planes crash on land as well! But this is interesting to know.
@matpk
@matpk 2 жыл бұрын
@@alilabeebalkoka But Covid KILL Cats No more travel next year kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKG0d3aZiK5jprc
@Vengir
@Vengir 2 жыл бұрын
@@alilabeebalkoka In reality it's "Extended-range Twin-engine Operations Performance Standards", but "Engine Turn or Passengers Swim" is a pretty funny joke.
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 жыл бұрын
That joke makes a pretty good explanation.
@joule400
@joule400 2 жыл бұрын
@@alilabeebalkoka in that case the passanger can swim in the sea of flames around them
@LuigiLuigi728
@LuigiLuigi728 2 жыл бұрын
I often fly between Hong Kong and New York, and I've seen some crazy scenes of endless ice and snow over (probably) Greenland! It's really cool! (quite literally)
@HomersIlliad
@HomersIlliad 2 жыл бұрын
I've never seen as much white as I did flying over Greenland.
@macjc5
@macjc5 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, Greenland on same route. From north pole I could see Novaya Zemlya Island in the distance!
@stevenirby5576
@stevenirby5576 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah flying over Greenland is great. Definitely recommend the window seat. ;)
@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549
@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 2 жыл бұрын
I can’t see why you would be over Greenland on that route
@storrow10
@storrow10 2 жыл бұрын
Hong Kong to NYC would fly over pacific while Greenland is in Atlantic 🤨
@zunaidparker
@zunaidparker 2 жыл бұрын
Flown Sydney-Johannesburg a couple of times. Always sit on the left side to get a wonderful view of Antarctica out the window.
@Son-Of-David1990
@Son-Of-David1990 Жыл бұрын
0:51 wow the irony in all of that statement being made just months before 911
@picobyte
@picobyte 2 жыл бұрын
There is more about it. There is a miles thick ice sheet there. Quote van wiki: The South Pole is at an altitude of 9,200 feet (2,800 m) but feels like 11,000 feet (3,400 m). Centrifugal force from the spin of the planet pulls the atmosphere toward the equator. That sucks when cabin pressure is lost. As pilot you want to be higher to stay clear.
@alanlight7740
@alanlight7740 2 жыл бұрын
Officially 9301 feet and atmospheric pressure equal to about 10,500 feet.
@Sembazuru
@Sembazuru 2 жыл бұрын
The pressure altitude changes on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis depending on the weather, ranging between 10kft and 12kft. So both of you are sometimes right. I've been down there 3 times (part of the massive deployment team for Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory) and it does take a couple days to acclimate to the altitude, temperature, and dry humidity. But there won't be any general commercial airlines able to use it as an emergency landing field. The runway there is compacted snow so only ski equipped planes are able to land. That said, Kenn Borek Air does run charter tourist flights in Twin Otter and Bassler (modified DC-3) airplanes. The largest plane that I've seen at the South Pole are the ski-equipped Herks (LC-130) run by the 109th Airlift Wing out od the New York Air National Guard who provide all the scientific flight logistics between McMurdo and the South Pole.
@treecko7424
@treecko7424 2 жыл бұрын
Pedantic point, but "centrifugal" (moving away from the centre) forces do not exist in the context of circular motion. There are centripetal (moving towards the centre) forces, in this case gravity, but any "centrifugal" force is simply the inertia from an object being at motion. Anyway, even that isn't the cause of the atmosphere being pulled towards the equator. I believe it's a result of conservation of angular momentum that particles orbiting a large central body tend towards all orbiting on one plane. It's the same effect that causes the planets to all orbit around the same axis. However, due to the volume of air on earth, it can't all be on one axis so it has to spread out across the earth, while still being more dense around the equator.
@xismxist
@xismxist Жыл бұрын
sounds like excuses
@CosmiaNebula
@CosmiaNebula 2 жыл бұрын
Summary: because airlines are required to fly within the ETOPS-180 zone, the zone that is at most 180 minutes-of-flight away from a suitable airport for emergency landing. And it happens that the Arctic zone is in the ETOPS-180 but not the Antarctic.
@mehere8038
@mehere8038 2 жыл бұрын
I never knew about this until this video, now I want to know how celebrities fly LA to Sydney so often & seemingly easily - even flying illegally with their dogs in the little planes & then organising a flight on the same route, just for their dogs when the Australian government advises the dogs will be euthinased if not removed from the country immediately
@rdelrosso2001
@rdelrosso2001 Жыл бұрын
@@mehere8038 : Well, I don't know "who let the dogs out", but if you look at a map, "LA to Sydney, Australia, does not take you over Antartica!
@nicolast95
@nicolast95 2 жыл бұрын
Before the covid19 crisis in the industry, Latam was flying the B787 between Santiago de Chile and Melbourne Australia, not over the pole but south enough to see the aurora australis
@alunesh12345
@alunesh12345 2 жыл бұрын
Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally ❤🙌😘
@leonfulcher8548
@leonfulcher8548 2 жыл бұрын
@@alunesh12345 Go peddle your sick, brainwashing lies and propaganda somewhere else. I don’t think it will play good with most aviation enthusiasts.
@83hjf
@83hjf 2 жыл бұрын
aerolíneas operated buenos aires-sydney from 1980 to 2014
@simonm1447
@simonm1447 2 жыл бұрын
@@alunesh12345 I'm pretty sure Jesus would prefer an A 350 flight in business class over a 787
@Frenchy78ify
@Frenchy78ify 5 ай бұрын
@@simonm1447 Im pretty sure jesus said the arth was flat and that there is a firmament over our head. Thus why space / NASA is fake and why we dont have a base on the moon since 1972.
@carrizoralph4500
@carrizoralph4500 2 жыл бұрын
Cold has nothing to do with it. Average temperature at 40,000 ft is -70 Fahrenheit.
@The_Geezus
@The_Geezus 2 жыл бұрын
This whole video could have just been: *Opening - topic concept summary* Sam: Engines Turn Or Passengers Swim. *Roll credits*
@ojtheaviator1795
@ojtheaviator1795 2 жыл бұрын
Let me guess: A) Southern Hemisphere has fewer wealthy population centers and therefore less demand for routes that would save money this way. B) For similar reasons as A, as well as geographic ones, there aren't many airports to divert to in case of emergency, so ETOPS gets in the way. C) Perhaps antarctic weather is more extreme?
@TiagoOrange
@TiagoOrange 2 жыл бұрын
Bang on
@allangibson2408
@allangibson2408 2 жыл бұрын
There was a regular daily flight from Santiago Chile to Melbourne Australia until Covid hit.
@alunesh12345
@alunesh12345 2 жыл бұрын
@@TiagoOrange Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally ❤🙌😘
@mastertrams
@mastertrams 2 жыл бұрын
@@alunesh12345 Could you just stop copying and pasting? Repeatedly shouting in people's faces is not the way to convert people...
@alanlight7740
@alanlight7740 2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Antarctic weather is much more extreme. It isn't uncommon around November to January for temperatures to be colder at the South Pole than at the North Pole - despite this being winter at the North Pole and summer at the South Pole. However, at altitudes of 35,000 feet the temperature is likely to be similarly cold anywhere on Earth, so this chiefly applies to what could be done in an emergency, not to normal operations of the aircraft.
@Deltarious
@Deltarious 2 жыл бұрын
My favourite take on the acronym ETOPS is: Engines Turn Or Passengers Swim, it's descriptive!
@Teampegleg
@Teampegleg 2 жыл бұрын
No it means Engines Turn Of Pilots Swim... once the engines stop turning it is every man for themselves.
@benjaminsagan5861
@benjaminsagan5861 2 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of my favorite mnemonic for the Linnaean taxonomic hierarchy (Kingdom/Phylum/Class/Order/Family/Genus/Species): "Kinky People Come Over For Group S€x"
@brianmcghee9313
@brianmcghee9313 Жыл бұрын
Why do I get the eerie feeling we’re in the trueman show
@stylesrj
@stylesrj Жыл бұрын
Because you watch too much Hollywood?
@mynamemylastname7179
@mynamemylastname7179 Жыл бұрын
because you are.
@Frenchy78ify
@Frenchy78ify 5 ай бұрын
@@stylesrj did hollywood explain we don't have a moob base since1972 ? Im pretty sure they showed us how we supposedly went tho. sheep man
@marcuss777
@marcuss777 5 ай бұрын
​@@stylesrjor you watch too much TV 😉
@GamingBren
@GamingBren 4 ай бұрын
That's a great movie
@patrikwihlke4170
@patrikwihlke4170 2 жыл бұрын
1:55 "Give up and fly to Cancún" Good advice!
@jackamos9828
@jackamos9828 2 жыл бұрын
ETOPS: Engines Turn or Passengers Swim
@billythorne
@billythorne 2 жыл бұрын
My idea for a Half as Interesting video: "Why the Osaka Metro is Legally Classified as a tramway" (Look it up on Wikipedia - it's true!).
@samiam619
@samiam619 2 жыл бұрын
Don’t really care if it’s true or not…
@emoglobin2195
@emoglobin2195 2 жыл бұрын
If you don't care whether or not useless facts are true then what the heck are you doing on this channel
@michaeltagor4238
@michaeltagor4238 2 жыл бұрын
"Wikipedia? You use Wikipedia as your source of information??? tsk tsk tsk"
@samiam619
@samiam619 2 жыл бұрын
@@emoglobin2195 So did YOU care enough if the Osaka Metro is a tramway or not? How about I have an idea for a Half as Interesting video: “ Are Republicans Brain dead or just Retarded?”
@samiam619
@samiam619 2 жыл бұрын
@@michaeltagor4238 If Wikipedia said that the election was stolen from tRump would you believe that? People who distrust Wikipedia get there news from Fox. tRump lost. Get over it.
@mwroysan
@mwroysan 2 жыл бұрын
Flew from Johannesburg to Sydney in 2019...I saw the ice of Antarctica. What a view. 👍🏻👍🏻
@anne.andromeda
@anne.andromeda 2 жыл бұрын
1:00 I really feel that you missed an opportunity to make a wordplay with flying over Poland
@crazygamingyt7245
@crazygamingyt7245 2 ай бұрын
That’s unfunny af
@Khaim.m
@Khaim.m 2 жыл бұрын
TLDW: The northernmost airports are close enough to the North Pole for emergencies, but if you flew over Antarctica then you'd be SOL if something goes wrong.
@alunesh12345
@alunesh12345 2 жыл бұрын
Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally ❤🙌😘
@MaryamMaqdisi
@MaryamMaqdisi 2 жыл бұрын
I'm Sol . . . I'll see myself out
@dallynsr
@dallynsr 2 жыл бұрын
Stupid Ole Lady? (sol)
@stab456
@stab456 2 жыл бұрын
@@alunesh12345 if you care about god and jesus you should probably stop using emojis. This is real schizo sht, but some of the emojis are designed after demonic sigils from the lesser key of solomon. Jesus wouldn't be too happy with that worship of false idols.
@mcmc7746
@mcmc7746 2 жыл бұрын
Lol, is that what the news man told you?
@Leonardohummel
@Leonardohummel 2 жыл бұрын
jokes on you south pole, In Argentina our economy can`t afford those trips anyway
@chrishill5622
@chrishill5622 2 ай бұрын
And also here in South Africa!
@radicallyrethinkingrailwaysina
@radicallyrethinkingrailwaysina 22 күн бұрын
We see very few south Americans in Australia
@tasmanianmapping
@tasmanianmapping 8 ай бұрын
I have been on one of the rare, yearly sightseeing flights to Antarctica, and it is amazing! There are so many amazing things, and a lot of things are awesome!
@adithyaramachandran7427
@adithyaramachandran7427 2 жыл бұрын
Wendover ain't gonna be happy when he hears HAI is "taking his job". FYI, ETOPS 180 is not enough to cover some frequently used trans-pacific, trans-indian, and diagonal trans-Atlantic ocean routes (LA-Hong Kong, Sydney-Johannesburg, Paris-Sao Paulo), with trans pacific routes being the most popular.
@charlesmadre5568
@charlesmadre5568 2 жыл бұрын
Cathay Pacific has an all twin-engine fleet and flies HK-LA? Like most transpacific routes from HK they are routed south towards the Philippines, up along the Pacific Rim through Taiwan, Japan, Kamchatka, Alaska and then down North America till they reach LA.
@adithyaramachandran7427
@adithyaramachandran7427 2 жыл бұрын
@@charlesmadre5568 Really ? I thought Cathay pacific was retiring their A340's and replacing them with A350's. The 777, A330, and A350 are twin engine planes which are rated higher than ETOPS-180.
@charlesmadre5568
@charlesmadre5568 2 жыл бұрын
@@adithyaramachandran7427 Actually their fleet basically only consists of A330, A350 and 777. The rest of the fleet was just absorbed from the dissolution of Cathay Dragon.
@JPTQJR
@JPTQJR 2 жыл бұрын
HAI with Analog Horror is the best unexpected combo of 2021
@danielvillanueva3792
@danielvillanueva3792 2 жыл бұрын
That helicopter at 1:46 really got me 😂😂😂
@treyn8070
@treyn8070 2 жыл бұрын
Me too 😂😂😂
@zddxddyddw
@zddxddyddw Жыл бұрын
You failed to mention that there was one transpolar commercial flight in the past, the route between Buenos Aires and Sydney developed and operated by Aerolineas Argentinas. There are videos of those flights on KZbin showing how they flew over Antarctica.
@kevwang0712
@kevwang0712 2 жыл бұрын
I'm confused, judging from the title I thought this was a Wendover video
@tristen8089
@tristen8089 2 жыл бұрын
There could also be the problem of plane icing. Usually planes that fly over cold icy climates need de-icer put on them to avoid freezing.
@MrDisasterboy
@MrDisasterboy 2 жыл бұрын
I live in Perth, Western Australia. Before the Covid-19 pandemic there was talk of a Singapore to South America commercial flight via Perth. A Norwegian airline was considering it. I think it could be popular.
@ArielMantovani
@ArielMantovani 2 жыл бұрын
July 7 1980, Aerolineas Argentina's first transpolar flight with a 747-287B (LV-MLR) from Buenos Aires to Auckland (with a stop in Rio Gallegos for refueling). As a curiosity, the plane was towed up to the beginning of the runway at RGL, and once there, started the engines to takeoff. The 747-200 were the plane that made that flight until June of 1999 when Aerolineas Argentinas bought some A340. With that plane, the flight was made non-stop from EZE to AKL.
@randomdavid
@randomdavid 2 жыл бұрын
As a resident of Perth who wants to visit South America someday whenever covid is over, I want to fly direct there. Also I do believe pre covid Norwegian wanted to do this flight.
@83hjf
@83hjf 2 жыл бұрын
Aerolineas Argentinas operated a daily flight to Sydney from 1980 to 2014, and lost it for stupid political reasons of aerolineas being a state owned company of a corrupt country. With newer planes they could have probably reached Perth as well...
@macjc5
@macjc5 2 жыл бұрын
Covid will not be over for AUSSIES until you OVERTHROW your GESTAPO GOVERNMENT
@CarthagoMike
@CarthagoMike 2 жыл бұрын
great concept, but the 2001-tape part should have been in 4:3 for true immersion :)
@KeitieKalopsia
@KeitieKalopsia 2 жыл бұрын
Before watching the video, I’m going to make my guess. The Arctic is probably more hospitable than the Antarctic because there’s more civilization closer by and is more accessible rather than being landlocked into a giant continent. If a plane were having trouble flying through the Antarctic, there would be no nearby place to land, but there might be more possible landing spots due to a longer history of sparse habitation in the Arctic.
@tzikhan5546
@tzikhan5546 Жыл бұрын
And humans been to the moon and space station multiple times safe and sound
@no_more_spamplease5121
@no_more_spamplease5121 Жыл бұрын
​@@tzikhan5546 Not with airplanes, though. 🛫
@prasektinanda8824
@prasektinanda8824 Жыл бұрын
​@@no_more_spamplease5121Then why not try flying through Antartica with a rocket?
@chiragsingla.
@chiragsingla. 10 ай бұрын
​@@tzikhan5546and that costed money
@marcuss777
@marcuss777 5 ай бұрын
Yet we fly over the ocean? Lol
@crabbycreates2943
@crabbycreates2943 Жыл бұрын
It's more complicated than I realized before. We flew from Norway/Amsterdam to Salt Lake City in late July, 2022 and the airline provided a video simulating the real-time progress of the plane I was sitting in. Weird in itself, but what I never thought of before is how they determine the flight path. It's like slicing the planet into two pieces with one end of the blade at the start point and the other at the destination, then following that cut line at altitude above the surface. We flew over all sorts of terrain and bodies of water, small and large cities and towns I've never heard of, and huge expanses of open spaces. All educational and fascinating. It took for-e-ver and passengers clearly showed their fatigue and pain from sitting too long. The airline provided a steady stream of movies, meals and snacks to alleviate some of the boredom. Worth mentioning were the airports. EVERY ONE of them was under construction, requiring heroic navigation just to get to the next damn gate. Not one level, direct route! On the short flight from SLC to Tucson, the pilot had to dodge and weave through a seemingly endless series of thunderstorms to keep the plane as level and smooth as possible. Excellent, world-class piloting!!! Entertaining for me (Even through blurry eyes, I could see each storm as we approached) and undoubtedly fun for those in the cockpit. 😎
@qdllc
@qdllc 2 жыл бұрын
I would say the obvious reason is that if anything happens, getting a rescue team in there would be next to zero. Maybe the north pole isn't much better, but you're closer to well-developed countries with rescue capabilities.
@jessicaandtrains7768
@jessicaandtrains7768 Жыл бұрын
It's water at the North Pole unlike the solid terrain at the south Pole with secret military bases. Starting with Operation Highjump
@Moonstone-Redux
@Moonstone-Redux 9 ай бұрын
It's quite interesting that there are a lot of human settlements beyond 65° North and a whole lot of actual country territory, but if you go below 65° South you basically get nothing but Antarctica.
@largedarkrooster6371
@largedarkrooster6371 6 ай бұрын
Yeah. There are more countries in the north very close to (or even sometimes govern) the north pole that have rescue teams specifically trained for arctic rescues (the closest being America, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Russia). Can't say the same about the south. Nobody goes to Antarctica, it's too cold, dangerous, and isolated and the closest countries are basically Argentina, Britain, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. I don't think any of these are equipped to handle a rescue mission in Antarctica, especially not for potentially up to 300 people
@daandanx
@daandanx 2 жыл бұрын
Because there's basically no demand for south pole flights
@jpe1
@jpe1 2 жыл бұрын
Pre-covid I was invited to join a flight from NY to Argentina, then New Zealand, China, and back to New York, going over both poles (and somehow qualifying for getting all the passengers’ names into the record books for some kind of round-the-world flight). I declined to go, it was a very long (and expensive) flight just to get to see the poles.
@SuperNoticer
@SuperNoticer 2 жыл бұрын
Sure you were buddy
@jpe1
@jpe1 2 жыл бұрын
@@SuperNoticer what evidence could I provide to convince you? I appreciate people having a skeptical mindset, but there also needs to be a degree of trust in others, otherwise one can end up believing that the world is flat, the moon landings were faked, Elvis lives, or that Trump won the 2020 election.
@mehere8038
@mehere8038 2 жыл бұрын
@@SuperNoticer why's that not beleivable? I'm sure stuff like this isn't that uncommon. Having the $$$$$$$ to be able to afford to do it would be a very different story though!
@SupportThe0ppositeNPC
@SupportThe0ppositeNPC 2 жыл бұрын
@@mehere8038 send me a video of a plane flying over the 90th degree parallel. The whole reason I watched this video is because KZbin dosent have a video of anyone flying over the 90th parallel.
@kimmykimko
@kimmykimko Жыл бұрын
Yeah, sure. Isn't it always the same story...yet never took shape?
@CaptainAmericano722
@CaptainAmericano722 Жыл бұрын
because... cold? I'm not convinced because the temperature in the flight level is extremely low everywhere.
@AlexFoxthrot
@AlexFoxthrot Жыл бұрын
Not if you make a crash landing.
@CaptainAmericano722
@CaptainAmericano722 Жыл бұрын
@@AlexFoxthrot then what is the difference between north pole and south under the circumstance of crash?
@AlexFoxthrot
@AlexFoxthrot Жыл бұрын
@@CaptainAmericano722 The North Pole Is much closer to civilized areas where rescue can come quckly I think. I don't take these videos that seriously, Qantas QF14 Flight actually crosses part of Antarctica, so...
@0Clewi0
@0Clewi0 7 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ6xn6CvgceDeqc there is an aviation accident that shows what is the limit, there are other videos that just talk about the fuel freezing but haven't watched them.
@Frenchy78ify
@Frenchy78ify 5 ай бұрын
@@AlexFoxthrot And the south poles are strictly rtestricted to anyone, you go there by yourself you die. You forgot to mention that. Oh and they are also apparent ruins and pyramids visible from "space". They dont want to explain why a civilization was present in the south pole. Get outta here with your sheep answer
@NefosG
@NefosG 2 жыл бұрын
As someone that lives in the southern hemisphere, I can confirm there are no M&M's stores over here.
@LuigiLuigi728
@LuigiLuigi728 2 жыл бұрын
I'm more surprised that there are no M&M stores in the entire southern hemisphere than there are no flights over the South Pole lol 😧 Australians and New Zealanders and Argentineans don't eat M&M?
@NefosG
@NefosG 2 жыл бұрын
@@LuigiLuigi728 Don't forget Chileans, Uruguayans and southern Brazilians (like yours truly).
@corberus3119
@corberus3119 2 жыл бұрын
@@LuigiLuigi728 we do just not enough to need their own store
@samueldamuel1689
@samueldamuel1689 2 жыл бұрын
A reason not mentioned is the penguins filing too many noise complaints
@kayleighlehrman9566
@kayleighlehrman9566 2 жыл бұрын
Glad to see Sam from Wendover is here to explain ETOPs to us again!
@thecelticprince4949
@thecelticprince4949 2 жыл бұрын
This ruling surprises me I've flown Three times with Aerolinius Argentinas NZ to Argentina over Antarctica, and 2x Lan Chile over Antarctica also between Santiago and NZ.
@larsrons7937
@larsrons7937 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. In 1986 my friend flew from South Australia to Rio de Janeiro and back taking them over the South Pole (or at least the captain said so). But that was long before 2001.
@XPLAlN
@XPLAlN 2 жыл бұрын
Assuming that was a scheduled flight (ie, not a specialised charter) I would think they flew over the magnetic pole, which back then was close to the edge of the continental land. It was also an alternative point of interest on the Antarctic sight seeing trips that went down to Scott Base (like most of the bases, also on the ‘coast’).
@thehaprust6312
@thehaprust6312 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the ETOPS 60 map is way too generous. When I was a kid we used to fly from Washington, DC to San Juan, PR to visit family. We always got to fly on widebody trijets (L-1011's and DC-10's) because the direct route passed over a couple of gaps in ETOPS range. As kids, we used to bounce around in those planes like ping-pong balls, they were so under capacity. Because of those trips, I also passed through the Bermuda Triangle several times before learning that it was something I shouldn't believe in anyway, so that was neat too.
@83hjf
@83hjf 2 жыл бұрын
maybe since you were a kid they made new airports?
@thehaprust6312
@thehaprust6312 2 жыл бұрын
​@@83hjf Even if that were the case (and it isn't), we would still be discussing the historical ETOPS 60 map.
@francoiss6911
@francoiss6911 2 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile QF 64 from Sydney to Johannesburg sometimes flies further south enough to actually see Antarctica. It doesn’t go over the pole but it sure does go down very far south.
@LosJoshh
@LosJoshh 2 жыл бұрын
0:23 I don’t know if he planned to say it like that but the way his voice played along with the background music was amazing
@Ben-ep1de
@Ben-ep1de 2 жыл бұрын
There was also the NZ sightseeing flight that crashed in Antarctica in the late 70s.
@terrythekittieful
@terrythekittieful 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, into Mount Erebus, caused by whiteout apparently.
@5roundsrapid263
@5roundsrapid263 2 жыл бұрын
@@terrythekittieful There was a programming error in the mapping software. It was fixed the night before, and put them right in line with a mountain. The pilots couldn’t see it due to whiteout.
@benji274
@benji274 2 жыл бұрын
Air New Zealand have refused to do sightseeing flights over Antarctica ever since, and it wasn’t until the mid 90s that any other airline attempted it
@veggiet2009
@veggiet2009 2 жыл бұрын
The obvious solution to this very in demand problem is to build a large international airport right on the south pole itself, which would enable planes to cover 100% without worrying about dark matter
@richardarriaga6271
@richardarriaga6271 2 жыл бұрын
Would it wake an Elder God, tho?
@cezarcatalin1406
@cezarcatalin1406 2 жыл бұрын
@@richardarriaga6271 Humanity has to try some of that eldergussy eventually.
@AquarianNomadic
@AquarianNomadic 2 жыл бұрын
Base 211
@momentary_
@momentary_ 2 жыл бұрын
The obvious solution is to ignore Antarctica as there are no commercial routes that save time by going over it.
@jamieveldens2743
@jamieveldens2743 2 жыл бұрын
But the edge of the world is there
@kaliland9296
@kaliland9296 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve flown from New York to Hong Kong, how did I not pay attention the the fact I was flying over the North Pole 🤦🏽‍♀️
@Schindlabua
@Schindlabua 2 жыл бұрын
The north pole doesn't exist! Earth is a cylinder.
@williamhoward13
@williamhoward13 Жыл бұрын
I was an aircraft mechanic for a while. ETOPS to us meant "Engines Turn Or People Swim." Good times
@thugson1166
@thugson1166 2 жыл бұрын
From Perth we have 1 long distance direct flight, which was from London but is now to Amsterdam (I think), every other flight funnels through one of our other major cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane) or through Hong Kong/Singapore/Thailand (may be more countries but these are the most common lay overs) With a state population of >3million spread over the size of 3 UK's, and separated from the rest of Australia by thousands of KM's of dessert, the "there isn't much demand" comment is exactly correct
@moth3rfck3r-s4n
@moth3rfck3r-s4n 2 жыл бұрын
3 UKs? Don't undersell the size of your gargantuan state. Its more like 10 UKs.
@mehere8038
@mehere8038 2 жыл бұрын
@@moth3rfck3r-s4n 3 million are probably spread over 3 UK's though. They have a single electorate in that state that covers an area bigger than France, Germany, Spain & a tonne of others combined cause of how space the population is in that region
@Arcadiez
@Arcadiez 2 жыл бұрын
last year there were also 2 flights to the south pole, one by Hi-fly and one by Islandic air. Landing on an ice runway. Kinda cool ( a340 and a b757 )
@Arcadiez
@Arcadiez 2 жыл бұрын
And add to the a 737max by smartwings
@Sembazuru
@Sembazuru 2 жыл бұрын
Not to the South Pole. The runway there is compacted snow so only ski equipped planes can land. Regular wheeled landing gear will bury itself basically making the landing a controlled crash, ruining the only runway there preventing the normal planes from landing to be able to airlift any survivors out. You are probably thinking of those planes landing at McMurdo on either the seasonal ice runway or Phoenix field. McMurdo is on Ross Island off the coast of the continent, and those runways are on the Ross Ice Shelf between Ross Island and the continent and serve both the US run McMurdo base and the NZ run Scott Base (both on Ross Island).
@moth3rfck3r-s4n
@moth3rfck3r-s4n 2 жыл бұрын
@@Sembazuru Don't forget Wilkins Aerodrome. Australia flies an A319 in there, and occasionally a C17
@Sembazuru
@Sembazuru 2 жыл бұрын
@@moth3rfck3r-s4n I had forgotten about Wilkins, not having any practical experience with it. But it is actually further north of any of the runways that service McMurdo or Scot bases making it even further from the South Pole. Thanx for the reminder of other airbase on Antarctica. I also neglected to mention any of the runways near the peninsula, because none of them are on the primary route to the South Pole. (I do recall the occasional flight landing at 'Pole from Patriot Hills, but I think those were either Twin Otters or Baslers. Not the LC-130s that carried the bulk of PAX and supplies for the 'Pole stattion.) I guess, my poorly articulated point is just because someone is going to Antarctica doesn't mean they are going to the South Pole. Antarctica is a big continent with lots of different destinations to go to. Just like going to Australia doesn't mean that you are obviously going to Alice Springs.
@saneerasmus
@saneerasmus 2 жыл бұрын
all i could think throughout this entire video is how terrified i would be of flying over the ocean. I've only taken domestic flights, which all go over land for the vast majority of the route -- flights leaving Cape Town, South Africa often take a little turn over the ocean to go inland, and that part is consistently the scariest part for me.
@randybaumery5090
@randybaumery5090 2 жыл бұрын
Inner cities are more scary.
@kimmykimko
@kimmykimko Жыл бұрын
I'm more terrified of brain dead idiots and cowards.
@KeyserSozex
@KeyserSozex Жыл бұрын
Answer: The Firmament.
@mickeywicked478
@mickeywicked478 Жыл бұрын
It’s beautiful, sort these comments to newest first and the only ones that have any likes are FE comments 🤘
@___jd
@___jd 2 жыл бұрын
0:52 oof wasn't expecting that
@UdahamulleNdarathanaHimi
@UdahamulleNdarathanaHimi 2 жыл бұрын
"Give up & fly to Cancun"👍
@fchurca
@fchurca 2 жыл бұрын
Argentine here, I came to remark about your pronunciation of Buenos Aires and Ushuaia and it's... actually pretty good! Congrats, keep up the great work!
@candycorn-
@candycorn- 2 жыл бұрын
holy shit he wasnt wrong theres so many flat earthers
@lynes2peters438
@lynes2peters438 2 жыл бұрын
He truely wasnt
@stryk3r
@stryk3r 7 ай бұрын
I'm the only hollow Earther here. they get the flat-round narrative going so everyone forgets about the Germans, Agartha and the Haunebu aircrafts
@Frenchy78ify
@Frenchy78ify 5 ай бұрын
@@stryk3r flat earth and hollow earth are 100% compatible. What is not compatible is the globe theory and the moon. Why dont we have a moon base since 1972 ? Nor a livestream whatsoever or decent picture of the moon. Its not far away at all. We can zoom into far away galaxies but not the moon, you needc to use your smartphone for that.
@emeraldcitycs6662
@emeraldcitycs6662 2 ай бұрын
@@Frenchy78ifyyou can easily look at the moon with a telescope
@Frenchy78ify
@Frenchy78ify 2 ай бұрын
@@emeraldcitycs6662 listen bro, where are the HD pictures and videos from the moon ? Why isb there always a phony excuse as to why we never go or really see the moon through NASA for instance ? Yall.have to admit that it is phony as f
@desboot9128
@desboot9128 2 жыл бұрын
I thought it was because they might hit the super tall penguins
@ChronicSkater
@ChronicSkater 2 жыл бұрын
The "I hit a flock of penguins" excuse seems a little fishy during the FAA debriefing
@live4twilight4ever
@live4twilight4ever 2 жыл бұрын
before I watched the video: because it's far away from everything? after i watched the video: that's wild that they need special training and equipment to fly in polar regions. how much does that cost? do specially-trained pilots get paid more? does it affect insurance? do passengers know about the increased risks?
@FlyingSagittarius
@FlyingSagittarius 2 жыл бұрын
Basically, more, probably, yes, probably not.
@EdOeuna
@EdOeuna 2 жыл бұрын
The special training and equipment is for pilots flying and landing in Antarctica, not for pilots overflying.
@timmccarthy872
@timmccarthy872 2 жыл бұрын
It's easy to fly over the poles! Just get a ticket to Warsaw. Why did this need a whole video?
@ToddStafford
@ToddStafford 2 жыл бұрын
**slow clap**
@User31129
@User31129 2 жыл бұрын
I was like wait what? Oh.... Good job.
@gregoryferraro7379
@gregoryferraro7379 2 жыл бұрын
It took me too long to understand this joke.
@le-jaunemorgan6563
@le-jaunemorgan6563 Жыл бұрын
Gotta appreciate these edits, well done.
@metametodo
@metametodo 2 жыл бұрын
I'm cracking up at the planes rules VHS tape, first time in a while you guys made me genuinely laugh a lot.
@The360MlgNoscoper
@The360MlgNoscoper 2 жыл бұрын
Is this a compliment or an insult?
@SomeRandomPiggo
@SomeRandomPiggo 2 жыл бұрын
@@The360MlgNoscoper a compliment
@metametodo
@metametodo 2 жыл бұрын
@@The360MlgNoscoper as far as I know, people don't usually literally laugh out loud watching videos or seeing memes. At least I don't.
@secondengineer9814
@secondengineer9814 2 жыл бұрын
I have a proposal for a HAI video in 2025: "Why there is a tiny airport in Antarctica (and Why it is Never Used!)"
@PakBallandSami
@PakBallandSami 2 жыл бұрын
"The day is not far distant when three Stars and Stripes at three equidistant points will mark our territory: one at the North Pole, another at the Panama Canal, and the third at the South Pole. The whole hemisphere will be ours in fact as, by virtue of our superiority of race, it already is ours morally" --William Howard Taft
@gurrrn1102
@gurrrn1102 2 жыл бұрын
Stupid Taft. The Panama canal is not equidistant between the north and south poles.
@jayasuriyas2604
@jayasuriyas2604 2 жыл бұрын
Holy fuck
@ok0_0
@ok0_0 2 жыл бұрын
based?
@ok0_0
@ok0_0 2 жыл бұрын
@@Stevie-J I know
@brettschmidt5929
@brettschmidt5929 Жыл бұрын
Qantas is doing commercial sightseeing flights from Australia to Antarctica (and back again). I went on such a flight on November 20th, 2022. We went as far south as Mt Discovery (about 78°S).
@CinemaDemocratica
@CinemaDemocratica 2 жыл бұрын
There is an absolutely fantastic documentary on KZbin -- originally made for New Zealand TV in the early 1980s -- about the crash of an Air New Zealand sightseeing flight into Mount Erebus.
@arch3223
@arch3223 2 жыл бұрын
Before watching the video, I'm going to guess because if there are any problems everyone on the plane is super boned and/or the demand isn't there. After watching the video: I was right about the lack of demand and the if problems occur was almost right. I give myself 1.5 out of 2.
@keithkelso9872
@keithkelso9872 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you were spot on the obvious
@Sembazuru
@Sembazuru 2 жыл бұрын
No, you were completely right if there were problems. Antarctica is an unforgiving continent. If you aren't prepared, you are dead. Even if you are prepared, you might still die.
@uhoh2855
@uhoh2855 2 жыл бұрын
BUT SAM! How did you rule out the presence of lizard intelligent people using their air bazookas to cool the planes down!
@jcksnghst
@jcksnghst 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and the elf transmitters They use to control the atmospheric rivers and that make everyone's ears ring.
@uhoh2855
@uhoh2855 2 жыл бұрын
@@jcksnghst and they made the godforsaken mullet too
@jcksnghst
@jcksnghst 2 жыл бұрын
@@uhoh2855 lol
@ForbiddTV
@ForbiddTV 2 жыл бұрын
Giving flat earthers migraines.
@ElectericSpace
@ElectericSpace 2 жыл бұрын
"The poles have an area of magnetic irregularities because of dark matter" His dark materials reference is awesome
@emilioalban1234
@emilioalban1234 2 жыл бұрын
…dark matter is an actual thing that exists out of his dark materials
@renakunisaki
@renakunisaki 2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't it dark magic?
@scottydude456
@scottydude456 2 жыл бұрын
You know everything in the world is in order when Sam is talking about airplanes
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 жыл бұрын
No, you're thinking of Sam from Wendover. This is his evil clone, Sam from Half as Interesting.
@klopferator
@klopferator 2 жыл бұрын
Wait... Let's not overlook the important things... There is an M&M's store in my city?!
@patrickmclaughlin61
@patrickmclaughlin61 2 жыл бұрын
I flew between shanghai and toronto in 2018 over the north polar cap. It was so exciting for me although I could only see pure white.
@amou95
@amou95 2 жыл бұрын
I'd imagine flat earthers will be using this video as a piece of evidence for their claim
@TiagoOrange
@TiagoOrange 2 жыл бұрын
They will ignore everything he says except for 1 single picture or something.
@rob379lqz
@rob379lqz 2 жыл бұрын
It is flat.
@ObamaoZedong
@ObamaoZedong 2 жыл бұрын
@@rob379lqz It's not as flat as your EEG readings.
@Fr00stee
@Fr00stee 2 жыл бұрын
They just ignore the 2 flights at the end lol
@Fr00stee
@Fr00stee 2 жыл бұрын
@@ObamaoZedong GOT EM
@Miasanmia7
@Miasanmia7 2 жыл бұрын
You can fly over a lot of Poles, just take a flight from Moscow to Berlin.
@DerekHartley
@DerekHartley 2 жыл бұрын
About that...
@Miasanmia7
@Miasanmia7 2 жыл бұрын
@@DerekHartley haha. I guess the comment aged like fine milk.
@lorenzoalejandrocampbell2066
@lorenzoalejandrocampbell2066 2 жыл бұрын
there have been regular flights over the antarctic between buenos aires and sidney and auckland. there are probably still flights from santiago chile and auckland
@NotNow-db1rq
@NotNow-db1rq 5 ай бұрын
It's full of Ants - Ant Arctica
@JA-vz1nl
@JA-vz1nl 2 жыл бұрын
2:10 "..due to the presence of *dark magi*-" Me: ..Wait wut
@MrKramerone
@MrKramerone 2 жыл бұрын
that is the real answer🙏
@g-holy
@g-holy Жыл бұрын
*matter.
@alaozarmg459
@alaozarmg459 2 жыл бұрын
always wondered why flying to australia from argentina took so long, cool vid! also Ushuaia is pronounced without the H. Usuaia, the H is there just because
@giuliogiuliani4054
@giuliogiuliani4054 2 жыл бұрын
The scempt video is a masterpiece. Great job
@Skywatchers
@Skywatchers 2 жыл бұрын
Next week I’m getting 4hrs of video footage of Antarctica. This person was one of only a handful of people that stayed in Antarctica through the winters.
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