Ice Breakers Saves Cruise Ship From Pack Ice | X-Machines

In Canada, a crew attempt to cut through masses of frozen ice to prevent a nearby cruise ship, carrying 163 passengers, from crashing and sinking. Will they be able to pull off their operation successfully?
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[@ryhol5417]

Love how they time traveled between the ice breaker broken down to suddenly they’re together and in thinner ice.

[@shotime6990]

For real I was like damn so we just skipping problems now like that huh 😂

[@BigAirr.]

Don’t get me wrong this is really cool but they over dramatize everything

[@23naufalarif91]

90% (possibly all of them) documentary that i've watched is overly dramatized

[@GeckoCkCkCk]

Because it isn't a Russian nuclear powered icebreaker. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHzEh5uOo5lsrrs

[@randomguy8476]

I kinda like overdramatized documentaries

[@iamnegan1515]

Agree

[@TheBasher-_-]

AND I LOVE IT! If they didn't it would be kinda boring. Like oh a ice breaker breaks ice.. Whoopty Doo Bazzle 😂

[@karireinikainen2876]

The ferry was built for service in the Baltic as Aurella in 1973 and is heavily ice strengthened, it was at no point in danger of sinking. It has 21,000 BHP main engines, so it has plenty of power to cope with quite bad conditions by itself. This is not to belittle the skill and effort of the icebreaker crew, but the narrative is just pure sensationalism.

[@rebimpskitzo8489]

I love how these documentaries make a completely normal everyday action seem like an unprecedented event that none of the people were ever prepared for or imagined.

[@axeman6560]

This is everyday operations for this Icebreaker, it's made out to be such a drama. That's how they are designed and built.

[@jjosephm7539]

At age 18, I was doing this work on USCGC Westwind in the Baffin Bay and Davis Strait

[@heartsmarksman9579]

@@jjosephm7539 uh good for you? I dont really know what kind of response you were expecting but ok.

[@lhaviland8602]

I know right. The captain is so unfazed/ almost bored. At least it makes a funny contrast with the over the top music.

[@AggreyAbuto]

Jesus this guy can has a phd in drama

[@WyvernApalis]

Why don't they just build the ferry to have ice breaking capabilities then

[@gcprost]

I was on the Louis St Laurent over 40 years ago when I was in the Coast Guard. It wasn't new then. It was an amazing piece of technology back then. It is remarkable this ship is still working hard.

[@shinogaming4978]

We really need new polar ice-breakers. The Louis St-laurent will be 60 in 2029.

[@michynature]

@@shinogaming4978no worries it’s all melting

[@OuterGalaxyPassat]

@@michynaturewhen cause it seems like everything is drying up! Climate control is a way to make money cause they have made so much money in Donations and the climate is getting worse seems like they doing a good job!😂😂

[@michynature]

@@OuterGalaxyPassat just because the world makes money off of everything, doesn’t mean things aren’t happening with the climate.

[@Markmeister1989]

They forgot the fact that the Vacancier is built with the highest ice class. She was originally built as m/s Aurella for Viking Line in Scandinavia and the winters can be nasty in the baltic sea so she is basically a small ice breaker. Not in the same extent as a real icebreaker but she can handle icy winters.

[@aaaaa4966]

2nd highest in the finnish-swedisc class. It´s 1A so approx 1m of ice.

[@87Ranger4x4]

50 years of victory > literally every other ice breaker.

[@Patty-qy8qh]

Quest TV: This monster hull allows ice king to go where no other ship dares to venture!!!1 Russian nuclear icebreakers: Hold my vodka blyat.

[@dundonrl]

Antarctica.. you will never see a Russian nuclear ice breaker there. They can't cross the tropics, it's too hot and the reactors will over heat.

[@user-ty9qs1ez6z]

@@dundonrl if u see Russian icebreaker, u'll never be the same as before

[@dundonrl]

@Walker They are designed differently than nuclear icebreakers. Built entirely for service in the Arctic seas, the Yamal is unable to voyage to the Antarctic because of her cooling system. This requires that it be supplied with cold sea water to operate properly, if the ship were to voyage to Antarctica it would have to cross the equator and sail through the tropics where the water is most definitely warm. Hence the Yamal and her sister ships are confined to the Northern polar region. www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/ships/Yamal_ice_breaker.php

[@dundonrl]

@@user-ty9qs1ez6z I know, massive doses of radiation!

[@Kunapb_u3_l-Orpbl]

Who else detects saulty and jealous yankee here?))

[@Paranormalin416]

I’m Canadian, but I’ve grown up and spent my whole life in Toronto, which is practically tropical compared to the northern part of our country, LOL! Because we’re on the shores of Lake Ontario I’ve never seen an icebreaker, until I went to Quebec city last summer. The video doesn’t do it justice, There were two icebreakers there, both the same size, their freaking huge! From the video it just looks like a little ship, but close up, it’s basically the size of a cruise ship, I even got to go on board, And I have to say I was really impressed with all the modern technology. It’s amazing what these ships can do, the captain said he’s been through ice that’s over 15 feet thick, and when you go inside the ship you can see the bow, made out of solid steel, But it still amazes me it’s able to crush through that much ice. We don’t get a lot of ice in Toronto, because we’re quite far south, I’m a bad Canadian, I hate the cold and I hate snow, I don’t know how people can live in those environments, but I bet they’re glad to have that ship, It really was impressive, and I just got lucky because I asked someone standing at the dock if they do tours, and I was actually talking to the captain without knowing it, who graciously took us on a person we got a tour of the entire ship, but they never do tours for most of the public, I got lucky I guess. He told me that in the summertime, they dock the ships, and fix them up, replace whatever needs to be replaced, painted, upgraded technology, etc. He said it was an exciting job, but working three days straight without a break, no thank you!

[@zensmylie5393]

I don’t for one second believe this is anything more than a normal day for the crew the video makes it seem like it’s the ultimate worst scenario.

[@aaronbenson8236]

This was ten time more dramatic than it needed to be I'm currently working on the Louis S. St-Laurent and nobody on the ship has ever called her ice King or decide we are wagering war on the ice lol escorts like this happen on a daily basis sometimes up to five or six a day no biggie

[@Peggyt-jp6mt]

This was not a rescue. It is normal maintenance of a ship channel. The ferry operates 3 days a week all winter. The trip takes 5 hours.

[@georgepretnick4460]

They cut a lot out of this vid. It went from the ice breaker not being able to reach the ferry, to the ice breaker being in front of the ferry instantly without explanation.

[@Roc-Righteous]

I love these ice breakers. They truly are unsung hero's

[@Itsyagirltulip]

Titanic : Can’t survive one iceberg Tiny Boat : Crushes ice

[@aerotv5290]

Hi It’s Ava owo ikr

[@jd_random_tv5089]

Yep titanic was bigger and stronger

[@lamppuu1]

Yeah, but iceberg is very different than ice sheets on the water.

[@rounak301]

After watching 75,000 hp nuclear ice breaker This seems to be a cruise ship

[@lamarr51]

Ikr

[@tarsakh22]

LOL 4:45 ice king stuck, next second video skips way ahead and it has already saved the ferry. Crappy editing.

[@Gnagert]

Was just about to write the same! LOL

[@MrDavidelliottjr]

Yeah. They suck

[@freddie3159]

You’re right. So what did they do to save the disabled ferry? Lol

[@richardmason902]

Amen to that. Rediculous

[@joseocasio7705]

Hey how the assholes who sail thru there idiots 🖕🏽Fuckkkk this video

[@Latabrine]

I live on the shore of the fleuve St-Laurent. Those ice breakers and their captains, are impressive.

[@wabanamedia2542]

“The frozen arctic sea”. Near Prince Edward Island!! 🤣

[@boataxe4605]

It’s a ferry, not a cruise ship.

[@boataxe4605]

andy chauhan I’m far from a professor, I’m just someone who believes that if you talk about something in such a dramatic, authoritative voice, you should know what the fuck you’re talking about and get the facts straight.

[@jerrydurantiii3360]

Man havent you ever called a thumb a finger? Chill out

[@zyzzbrah154]

Boat Axe ok, just relax there buddy we get your point.

[@samzplayz8160]

Okay...

[@brolyrcf5618]

@@jerrydurantiii3360 that's like calling you picky your thumb

[@gcprost]

I’ve been on the Louis St Laurent, 40 years ago. Very cool. I can’t believe that it is still in service.

[@skylordsrebornpvpreplays5795]

Nice, how was it like?

[@gcprost]

I was an Officer Cadet in the Coast Guard. I was fascinated by the technology.

[@gcprost]

One of the technologies on the Louis that were not highlighted here is the roll. Often the problem is not the thickness of the ice in front, rather it is the pressure and friction of the ice on the sides. A current or wind can put enough pressure on the sides to bring it to a halt. In this case an alarm is sounded and from huge water tanks water is pumped from one side to the other causing the ship to roll from side to side breaking the ice and relieving the pressure. The stern is also equipped with large metal spurs under water so that if the ship is force to rock forward and aft the rudder and screws are protected. Breaking off a blade of the propeller can through it so out of balance that it is useless.

[@Unaveragetrainguy]

While I do enjoy seeing life on a heavy ice breaker and I agree that it’s work is very dangerous and important, this video totally over dramatized a day in the life of this vessel, not to mention it appears a whole segment or two are missing from the middle (not that I think the story merits being even longer in duration, just better edited).

[@leob7796]

When people are willing to risk their lives to save others, that makes them the real heroes.

[@321thach]

Watching this video it make me glad that I live in a tropical place with island and beaches. We are not rich but we're happy

[@maarten4504]

I wish we could trade countries, i live in the netherlands where it always rains and when the summer is here it only be 2 days and then it is again cold weather

[@kaiden840]

I'll take either or I live on the island where this ferry sailed to lol

[@DeathByLego]

Honestly. I think all that Ice is beautiful. Look at it. All the clean surfaces.

[@bryancaughey7507]

Canada has never had a cruiser since World War Two. It was a small CRUISE ship, that started to sink and everyone got off it safely.

[@spirittchaser7043]

THE RUSSIANS LAUGH WHEN YOU CALL THIS SHIP A MONSTER.

[@alerey4363]

For a coastguard it's one of the biggest; for an icebraker she isnt, but anyway there's not many ships that carry both functionality

[@spacecowboy_1962]

Russian ship would break down and sink

[@crystalm4324]

🇨🇦🇨🇦just an average day for Canadian heros!

[@patricksivertsen787]

You guys of the sea are legends, I salute you.

[@timbrady6473]

This must be old because there is no sea ice left . I know this because Al Gore and that Science Guy told me so .

[@mrfixitusa6165]

Video editor: "let's take a rescue video, remove the most interesting parts, show the most boring parts but let juuuuust enough through to let viewers know there were far more interesting parts they missed, then narrate it with a "severe dramatic voice" and put a wildly dramatic title on it!" Evil Producer: Yeeeezz yeeezz! Zees eees a VONDERFUL ideeez! Do eeeeet! Ve vill make beeegest cleeeck bait veeeedeo eevar!"

[@mikebryant4596]

Thank God for icebreakers. Great job everyone

[@markj.a351]

It’s hilarious how they speak like the ferry is sinking fast and the icebreaker is their only hope of survival.

[@tedodor1]

Is your icebreaker stuck in the ice? Better call the Russians!

[@dumbassflabbyflabbster3636]

Inquisitor Eisenporn lol

[@desakputurakaparamita954]

Their icebreaker also powered by nuclear

[@eletanias]

​@@desakputurakaparamita954 The only country constructing nuclear-powered icebreakers is Russia.(c) Wikipedia

[@octopussapiens5497]

Russians are bit away. And nuclear icebreaker is an expensive toy. It will e cheaper to sink the ferry and pay insurance than to call Russians.

[@heikkilaakso1899]

nope, call Finns! :D

[@robertbb1683]

the Russian ice breaker ships would of separated land if it was in front of it.

[@MayTheLightBeWithYou]

gotta love the comment "frozen ice", is there another kind?

[@kolyahendra3863]

ive been on that ferry its pretty fun its like a 5 hour trip but it was in the fall so nothing frozen yet

[@MisteriosGloriosos922]

Thanks for posting this video!!!

[@ChopStickZero]

A drone would be perfect here for an overview of the area and pockets of water to strategize where to go .

[@justaboatnerd1110]

6:36 That’s a 1 Long 2 short horn blast better known on the Great Lakes as a Captain’s Salute

[@a.jlondon9039]

I think working on one of these ships in Canada would be the Coolest (Exciting) job ever!

[@holdurhorse9149]

The most smallest monster boats called little Bonner ice breaker are made by Iranian revolutionary Guards, It is a constant battle for them in Persian Gulf to keep the Strait of Hormuz open from icebergs for oil tankers and others to cross. These little things use only home made %20 yellow cake all are made in natanz. God Bless Pashm-ha

[@fattydoodoo4809]

Why does my ice taste like water

[@beldendemecilio2747]

A good captain on a powerful ship,,is a good quarter back on a good team.

[@Math-zl8kq]

So much drama music and drama explanation for a winter daily routine in the Golf of St-Lawrence.

[@xx2345000]

Was the first thing I though 15 seconds into the video - so unnecessary

[@indridcold8433]

I am in Saskatchewan, Canada. Some of our rivers become roads in the winter. There is no global warming here. Even our summers are becoming cooler, which is great because I hate heat. But retarded Prime Minister Trudeau still wants to pass a bunch of emission taxes to end global warming, like a tax ever did anything. But we do not need winters to get any colder than what they have been. There are several ice roads spread throughout Canada.

[@pussinjordans8800]

Dude i know how to play gulf

[@cianmac3934]

@@indridcold8433 climate change is happening, its getting warmer globally but in some parts it's getting colder or more temperate

[@tunasalad3919]

@@indridcold8433 that's not how global warming works dude. global warming is happening , many places are seeing rising water levels and too many hurricane and cyclones than ever before. you're talking about weather ,it's not same .

[@realoadin]

Normal day in winter here in Norway, but on the roads. :P

[@brovsbro45]

TeamSquad TM eg er fra Norge å så sant

[@realoadin]

@@brovsbro45 Haha ja ikke sant

[@allannielsen3052]

TeamSquad TM heuy from Denmark -I--- hejjjjjj

[@christianoutsidernetwork9239]

I worked on F/T Endurance in the Bering Sea fishing polluck / roe and we went through ice all the time, no big deal. Once we had to have an icebreaker come out because we got in too thick to turn around, but we had a double haul.

[@ddeaae]

God Bless our Canadian Coast Guard! What a magnificent beauty.

[@diabetes1226]

Ice: we will sink you Ice breaker: KOWABUNGA IT IS?!

[@chubbytummymafia]

The sailor on the ice breaker has on a short sleeve shirt. He's superhuman.

[@frankprobert6413]

Awesome 👏🏼 Keep up great work ice king 👑 You truly are a life saver god keep you safe and strong 💪🏻💫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👏🏼

[@claykemper7193]

Great story. Those nations on the northern ice pack--Canada, U.S., Russia, Iceland, Norway, Finland and possibly Sweden, should consider teaming to build great ice breakers and establish rescue services. Not long ago, for example, an American ice breaker opened a path for a Russian fuel tanker to get to Nome, Alaska, and save the town's folk from freezing. It was a great story of teamwork in horrible, icy conditions.

[@jcbnty3443]

Well it looks like 30,000hp isn’t enough for the thick ice. Gotta push it up to 80,000 I guess 😂

[@vnybjerg]

Joshua Bonty He said 13,000hp not 30,000hp

[@andrewstearn2800]

BuBi I heard 30000

[@RockyJayyy]

I heard 30

[@AleaxnderABC]

Ive worked on a ice breaker. These overexaggerated dilemmas are just ridiculus

[@cl605]

Cool! Proud of Canada!

[@joeyexos6567]

Everything's an icebreaker if you're brave enough!

[@solarsatan9000]

Good luck using an inflatable kyack

[@niagarascenes]

Nice video. Thanks!

[@Paranormalin416]

Saw them in Quebec City summer 2019, where they dock for the off season for maintaince and repairs.....got lucky after asking a worker about them, he took me aboard for a private tour! Awesome ships, and seem a lot bigger in person, not to mention the technology in them.....it’s easy to see how they break the ice. The hull is like solid rock when hitting it with a hammer (he did that to demonstrate how thick the steel was). Apparently, we’re (Canada) ordered two new, bigger, and more powerful ones to patrol the north seas, as the current ships are aging, and will need to be replaced, but for a while, all 4 will work together to deal with the increased traffic through the northwest passage during the colder months. Because of climate change, it’s become a political hot potato, with my government under tremendous global political stress to declare the passage as international water, even though it’s well within the defined borders of my country. We stand to make a fortune as ships are increasingly using the northwest passage to cut thousands of kilometres off their shipping routes, connecting Asia to Europe without having to diverge all the way south to the Panama Canal. If we change even a fraction of what the PC charges ships for passage, we’ll need to start building the infrastructure to support such a venture (currently, we lack the necessary infrastructure to handle a proper shipping passage, having only 4 small ports). Now that we’re getting almost ice free summers, and much less ice in the cold seasons, ships are keen to use our waters, but we’d be fools not to benefit from it, and plans are underway to build not just the new icebreakers, but 4 more large ports, along with modifying the current 4 small ports to ones capable of handling both cruise and cargo ships of any size. It sure of the current status, as Covid has put the entire world on hold, but it’s going to happen, they’re encouraging people to move to these new Arctic communities in great numbers, offering huge tax incentives for both residential and commercial building/occupation. Stay tuned, this could get interesting!

[@a0cdhd]

Terrifying frozen landmass huh... What exactly is a terrifying frozen landmass?

[@drwtoinvest5116]

Respect to captain and crew Ice king ship... best regard from Indonesian

[@cathy9160]

O they are making this story like a horror movie.im sitting on the edge of my chair waiting if they make it or not .

[@BPS10-Ga]

I see "Ice King" sailing through alot of open water and thin ice.

[@jim1458]

We don’t want to loose the ice we want to be saving it 😂😂

[@dondidykes6664]

Looks like they would build a ferry with it's own capability of breaking the ice too

[@ewzie]

The frozen sea looks so cool!!! But it's very dangerous, don't go "swimming" in this... Ice skating.... Not to sure •-•

[@willhopkinshopkins3270]

Well damn,,I was waiting for a giant genius octopus,lol

[@navysqueal7684]

Oh my goodness! How dramatic and scareeeeeee! The children!!

[@mmooney6860]

nice to see back home

[@enigmamyth]

As far as I know, Russia has the iceking with more than double of its horsepower plus this candian king got stuck at 4:45 lol

[@dwynepen7626]

@Al 72 who are you talking too ? Ranting away again ... its called Hp and weight ask me i have knowledge only you can dream about 😨

[@dwynepen7626]

@Al 72 i deleted due to your comment ... i was embarrassed for you

[@dwynepen7626]

@Al 72 you were the Troll ... i was just minding my own business

[@charlexarceneuax7745]

Russian nuclear icebreaker: P A T H E T I C

[@tyee4u]

Would have been nice to see how the Ice King got unstuck instead of magically arriving on scene to break way for the ferry 🙄

[@JulianLiebl]

That is so over the top dramatic. Couldn't continue watching. This was just a "normal" icebreaking job, which would have been interesting enough but NO it needs to be a rescue mission!

[@rreidnauer]

M.O. of every TV show these days. Overdramatize everything. That's why I ditched TV over ten years ago.

[@johntempest5204]

Julian Liebl

[@Romans--bo7br]

@@rreidnauer.... I sold my tv 32 yrs ago this past April... haven't "missed" it for 5 minutes. : )

[@cyrilreynolds1085]

@@johntempest5204 0 pl

[@tuunaes]

Could have at least included ramming ofsome 10+ meter thick pressure ridge. But guess that would have given filming crew heart attack...

[@truenorth93]

i come from the magdalen island and take the ferry a fiew times a years about 5 years ago we got stuck in the ice for 3 days with wind gust of 153 boat was stable in the ice didnt feel it at all we where some happy to see that boat wen it made it to us

[@paulbaker2889]

the vessel Abegweit used to break ice through this area, from1947 to 1982.. today it serves a stationary private yacht club in Chicago... it is slowly being restored to its once glory...it has 4 massive propellers i am told it chopped it way through the ice..

[@BiggusDickusMontePython]

So the answer to the title is YES. Just saved everyone 8 minutes...

[@paxwallacejazz]

I love Ice Breakers

[@bgorveatt]

The ferry is heading to Prince Edward Island, not the mainland. You have to drive through Prince Edward Island, across the Confederation Bridge to get to the New Brunswick mainland.

[@Haraldsvensk]

What a old museum ship Hahahahaha. Teknik from 1960

[@Grahameajohnson]

lol, where exactly does this "ice machine" dispense from? Where do I put my glass?

[@BagsRivaRaet]

Beautiful ideas nice photographer

[@baydisow4577]

Welcome to another episode of: 'My recommend page'

[@jerbear3915]

I don't really mind this kind of recommendation but If it's fortnite or something else I hate

[@jmmante4438]

Huhrg³

[@UnderTenReviews]

Awesome video ❤

[@shonevans2563]

I need this to get into my room . just push all the crap out of the way

[@solarsatan9000]

Ice breakers work by pushing up the hull and smashing everything below I don't think you want somthing like that

[@joewoodchuck3824]

What a rip-off. NONE of the rescue is shown.

[@solarsatan9000]

What a rip off the most exciting part of a TV show isnt pirated and uploaded on KZbin with no permission for free

[@smallshaq8521]

Lol these guys haven’t heard of the Russian icebreakers lol

Nobody cares , go invade something

[@jd_random_tv5089]

Russia should invade the whole world get respect for wat they invented then withdraw

[@M3rVsT4H]

Minus 40 degrees.. Literally the only time you don't need to specify which system you're using lol.

[@elmondl.richards8708]

The narrator is a legend no one knows how he looks but we know how he sounds

[@henrylumanogjr.]

Great owesome help

[@standrewpics]

Have been on that ferries Was Irish ferries St Patrick II Chartered to P&O Dover - Zeebrugge route in 1990’s Originally a Baltic ferry its been around places a bit, also quite old now, but a good looking ship

[@johnbecay6887]

monster ice machine? oh you mean an everyday ice breaker..;

[@jeremy-bx8fu]

They don't get enough praise for what they do

[@ktm125xc6]

Amazing

[@secraze3804]

Boat: Breaks Ice to save Cruise Ship* Ice: Am I a joke to you?

[@MrAllioupe]

Did it skip a segment?

[@heartsmarksman9579]

At 2:12 it just changed colors for a split second, i thought it was a subliminal message but it wasn't

[@NckNck-pu9vb]

4:45 it skipped im so lost

[@stevek8829]

It went from heading to the ferry to leading her. He kept saying minus 40 celsius as if that's different from fahrenheit.

[@MrAllioupe]

@@stevek8829 that's what I thought. Thanks

[@frankjames1955]

HOW did ice king get out of being stuck ? this is a rickety video

[@karibakid]

sailed on her in the 70s living below like living in a underground railway ...

[@actemple3282]

Super cool video

[@levijoejesus7856]

I love Canada

[@standidlyby]

But Al Gore said there would be no ice...

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Al Gore is a crappy environmental predictor.