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Welcome to The Adventure Locker, where we embark on an extraordinary adventure to Antarctica unlike anything you've ever seen before. In this captivating 2023 travel vlog, join us as we delve behind the scenes on our film production, capturing the breathtaking beauty of Antarctica's icy landscapes and the enchanting creatures that call it home.
Our primary mission was to document whale research, but fate had something incredible in store for us. We crossed paths with a man named Jonathan Walton, whose family history in Antarctica spans three generations. Little did we know that his stories would unveil the hidden treasures of this majestic continent and enlighten us about its rich and fascinating past.
As we sail through the pristine waters, guided by the spirit of exploration, Jonathan Walton graciously opens the doors to his family's legacy. From tales of daring explorers who braved the harsh Antarctic conditions to heartwarming accounts of life on the continent, his stories paint a vivid picture of the challenges and triumphs experienced by those who have called Antarctica home.
With our cameras rolling, we uncover the secrets of this icy wonderland, weaving together a visual tapestry that showcases the true essence of Antarctica. Our journey felt like a perfect blend of National Geographic's insatiable curiosity and Disney's magical storytelling, bringing you a mesmerizing cinematic experience that will transport you to the farthest reaches of the globe.
Join us on this expedition as we capture stunning photography of awe-inspiring glaciers, pristine icebergs, and the mesmerizing wildlife that inhabits this remote paradise. Check out the whales gracefully gliding through the frigid waters, their magnificent presence reminding us of the delicate balance of life in Antarctica.
Through our lens, we aim to inspire respectful tourism that understands and preserves the fragile ecosystem of this unique destination. Antarctica,’s untamed wilderness serves as a testament to the remarkable wonders our planet holds. As we share the stories of Jonathan Walton and unveil the captivating history of this continent, we hope to instill a sense of awe and respect for the natural world.
Join us on this travel vlog as we uncover the hidden gems, illuminate the unknown, and unravel the mysteries of a place like no other.
Get ready to immerse yourself in the wonders of Antarctica, for this is a voyage you won't want to miss. Subscribe to our channel, hit the notification bell, and be prepared to embark on an adventure that will leave you in awe of our remarkable planet.
Thanks to Jonathan Watson for sharing your time and stories with us! We are so lucky to meet you!
Thanks to Hurtigruten for a great opportunity to come to Antarctica! @hurtigruten
Created By Will and Olya
Website- www.colabcreative.co.nz
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Camera A: Blackmagic Ursa Mini G2 and 12k
Camera B: Panasonic GH5S
Drone: DJI Mavic 2 Pro
Sailboat: 'Bonita' 1993 Beneteau Oceanis 400
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Thanks for watching the video [Real Life In Antarctica | Travel Channel 2023 ]
00:00 Intro
00:44 Recap
02:02 About Antarctica
02:36 History of Antarctica
04:04 Intro to Jonathan
04:58 Finn Watson drive to south pole
05:30 Where Jonathan's connection started
06:43 Crazy Orca encounter!
09:29 It all falls into place
10:31 The purpose of Antarctica bases
12:55 Stonington Island, the return after 50 years!
16:28 We go swimming in Antarctica!
18:15 Jonathan's winter base
20:32 Until next time
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[@theadventurelocker]

Check out another our film from Antarctica - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqLLmGd6arSNgNU

[@enessapan919]

Amazing. Thank you for sharing your experience

[@theadventurelocker]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gee6920]

I thank you for sharing wonderful glimpses of Antarctica.

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you for watching:)

[@gabriellatisworld]

Amazing content ! Thank you !

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you!

[@johnharris2337]

Fascinating and beautiful, well done. Can I make a suggestion…lower the music level during your excellent narration it tends to distract on occasions.

[@theadventurelocker]

Thanks for the tip!

[@ColinWetherelt]

Can't like this enough👍👍👍👍👍

[@theadventurelocker]

Five thumbs up works for us! Haha😂

[@dhimahigandhi1087]

WONDERFUL 💗💗

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@sunlovesailing]

Man what a life Jonathan has had! What a gentleman! Great footage! Thanks!

[@theadventurelocker]

He is a special person, no doubt. Thanks for the message:)

[@joseph12372]

Yeah ... very quite and peaceful life .. thank you

[@MattyMystic]

Wow! Just wow! Thanks for another great episode. I had no idea there was so much going on in Antarctica. For some reason I just thought it was ice and penguins.

[@theadventurelocker]

Hi Matt! Much appreciated. Yes, there is definitely a lot that makes Antarctica special, not just for us, but for the planet. Cheers

[@jrdavies3973]

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[@user-kg1nj3yi2s]

Awsome content and history

[@beyondinfinity3658]

Beautiful cinematography

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you

[@maria_de]

What a nice and humble guy! And I can't believe you went for a swim! You guys are crazy! 😶‍🌫

[@theadventurelocker]

It was so much fun to hang out with him! He has some crazy stories to tell!

[@kalabhussain]

it was really connecting.....

[@RicardoWeitzel]

Bravo 👏👏👏 amazing videography

[@theadventurelocker]

Hey Ricardo! Good to see you here friend😊

[@Screwloose-ntk]

Actually an amazing documentary Thankyou for sharing this beautiful scenery and documentary with us

[@theadventurelocker]

So nice of you

[@duncangilesnewby-fraser1174]

I really enjoyed watching this video very interesting

[@theadventurelocker]

Thanks for visiting

[@marylascelles9510]

Cool news about the ozone! Jonathon has had quite the life - thx for introducing him to us. The visuals alone made it a good watch but you have packaged it with a worthwhile story. Until next time… 🎉

[@theadventurelocker]

As always, thanks for tuning in! ❤

[@ankita05051991]

This is soooooo brilliant ❤

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you so much!

[@sefismel]

It is very expensive voyage I want visit Antarctica in the future,i have dream

[@lakshmilakshmisenthil7259]

Wow amazing documentary and wonderful picture hi bro how cold in this place

[@norbertocoronel8885]

BRAVO!

[@theadventurelocker]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@peeweepixie3655]

Wow, this is a great documentary!

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you!

[@doloresballestra1859]

Wow very informative about the Antartic!.Thanks for sharing.!

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you Dolores. We hope you enjoy the channel.

[@2TiTs]

Great Film 👍

[@exploreearth6275]

Truly amazing footage

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you!

[@missy183]

God bless you all. 🙏❤❤❤

[@theadventurelocker]

❤️

[@MarkLascelles-lv7us]

Outstanding life, what a family legacy. Excellent camera work all!

[@theadventurelocker]

It is a great legacy, indeed! 😊

[@robertoalvarez2777]

Sensational…bucket list!

[@theadventurelocker]

100% must be in your bucket list! It's like to be on another planet!

[@globalrei]

All the see freeze 🥶 sea food you get to eat

[@RicondaRacing]

For the video sailor hippies. Antarctica is pretty cool.

[@kesterakinola6284]

Great revelation! Wonderful experience for me. Thanks for your effort.

[@VernonDeckLearningByDoing]

Amazing video guy, lovely story and epic footage.

[@ColinWetherelt]

Brilliant!!!!

[@ApnaCommercian]

just one word best. this is the best video i have ever scene in last few years. awsome

[@theadventurelocker]

Such a nice comment. Thank you! Stay tuned for more:)

[@YuriyKhudoley]

Thanks 👍

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you too

[@anjummirza1452]

Excellent. It's a beauty beyond words. The research work is also excellent and mind blowing. Good luck Sir...

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you very much!

[@veronicaroach3667]

All I can say is thank-you to all explorers who brave the elements for the rest of us who certainly will not be going there ! I'm just glad when it goes well & you return back to your homes & families without incident, and I feel sorry for those who perish in the attempt !

[@huunhanhuynhtran8547]

Thank’s for that :)

[@theadventurelocker]

Thanks for watching!

[@missy183]

Awesome video. ✨❤❤❤

[@theadventurelocker]

Thanks for the visit

[@mapirob8015]

Wow, it's unreal!! The video is well done, good job and thanks for sharing 🙌

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you for watching and sharing your kind words. Hopefully you'll enjoy a few others from our growing channel:)

[@morakanemorakane9830]

Award winning work…🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@finnsaarinen3471]

your just awesome......keep on cruising....love your style...namaste......finnster

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you!

[@roisanggung951]

great job!

[@theadventurelocker]

Cheers!!

[@SachinMahato7627]

Experience was so great One day my wish to go to Antarctica one day ❤

[@theadventurelocker]

Absolutely!

[@Dawne41]

I really enjoyed this documentary, thank you.

[@theadventurelocker]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@theproductivityenthusiast]

The quality is phenomenal.

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you

[@archiesoni]

Amazing 👏🙌😍😍

[@nusratjahankhan4954]

Thank you so much The Adventure Locker for made such an amazing documentary!! ❤ Sending a lots of best wishes and love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Keep it up ❤❤

[@theadventurelocker]

Our pleasure! Great to hear we have a fan from Bangladesh:) thank you

[@waynearchibald3920]

What a beautiful video! 🙏

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you so much!

[@Jonjonbighettty-ub3rc]

awesome bro,,i would love 2 go there 2 bro,,,,,,when i was 13 years old,,,i ve seen a golden ball infront of me and my bro jon,,,back in pukatawagan is where i come from,,jk,,,prayer river

[@adventurecrews]

Way to go guys! Your content is stunningly beautiful! Maybe we'll cross paths out there on the water one day!

[@theadventurelocker]

Hey! Great name:) Absolutely, we are finding this sailing world is small. No doubt we'll cross paths in the future!

[@Donneczka1]

Lovely! Thank you! I have always bee fascinated with the Antarctic and Byrd’s and Shackleton’s adventures there. You’ve given me another facet to enjoy!

[@theadventurelocker]

We're glad you liked it! Maybe you also will like another film we did that trip. It's on our channel called Following the whales.

[@DECENTMANSHORTS]

Very nice video

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you

[@chamiz]

WOW!!! Truly amazing. Well documented. Epic documentery. Nice camera work.

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you very much!

[@TheRyankarki]

It has always been a dream for me to be in antartica 😊❤ Thankyou for this beautiful mesmerizing video footage 😊❤

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you for checking it out! More to come! :)

[@sanmassara2541]

Truly enjoyed this! Living your best life. ♡

[@theadventurelocker]

Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you:)

[@Dulcimertunes]

If Shackleton could see the progress in exploring!

[@feelthewindofficial]

Nice photography 😊and im from India 🇮🇳

[@theadventurelocker]

Hey! India is the best!!!

[@alokkar1682]

Deserves Oscar

[@abztractboxingandstuff8384]

I’m amazed that your channel only has 8 k subs. The content is excellent and professional.

[@drfovea4083]

This channel seems to be very underrated

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you for the support:)

[@phoneteddyjones]

That was so good. Thank you for making these for us.

[@theadventurelocker]

Thanks for checking it out Theo!

[@user-le7qr5fp9e]

What an amazing story ...it would be my dream to work with people that just have a passion to preserve our great planet ....from ourselves...our planet has a perfect equilibrium.....the only thing that doesn't fit into that balance...is the human race .....we don't see the planet for it's natural beauty...we just see it as profit.....we are this plants cancer .....and we need to change...to work with such people on such a beautiful continent...would be an honour...that would humble me for the rest of my life ..god bless❤

[@majedhanief]

this is why i pay the bills of internet thaanks man for this content 💖💖

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you for the message! More to come soon!

[@blablablaclaclacla9895]

❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉Nice. With love from India

[@user-ty8lc3xg7z]

❤

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Antarctica is a fascinating place. Thank you very much for this video, I appreciate it a LOT 👍 Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱, TW.

[@theadventurelocker]

Many thanks!

[@mushb935]

Very nice video ..lower the background music a bit..it's bit overwhelming over speech.

[@fazzaahmed6702]

Where do u edit your vedios...they are amazing ❤

[@surajthulung4463]

I wanna swim there😅😅😅😂😂😂😂

[@theadventurelocker]

🥶

[@sharinaross1865]

Then go do that. Sounds like fun.

[@jasondonovan3062]

Your video=your sound settings. Screw ‘em! For what little it’s worth, I liked everything about your production. Keep doing you.

[@theadventurelocker]

😆 thanks a million!

[@peacenvoice6569]

Not to say anything but superb from INDIA

[@dietikouaogustave4780]

🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@ghost21k]

Is this really Antarctica or Alaska looks pretty warm

[@theadventurelocker]

Haha, it's really Antarctica. We were there in the summer time to avoid the temperatures that you are probably imagining.

[@marshallmcguire5797]

Subbed!

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you!

[@peacenvoice6569]

I'm asking the team youtube to manage sounds like speech and back music because it is more disturb when listening voice.

[@fernandosalazar1011]

Where are you hiding the space ships Jonathan 🤨😆

[@user-en2pf2ce1n]

Tha was magnificent, you have a new subscriber. Looking forward to more adventures 21:08

[@theadventurelocker]

Welcome aboard! And thank you!

[@sutharsanrajan4926]

Nice❤

[@theadventurelocker]

Thanks 🔥

[@user-xn6gd8jw2s]

Big Duck ?😀😀🙏

[@jacksiscavage6265]

Ya, imagine getting a huge hole in the "air" above you! You would think that the hole would be forced to close from all that surrounding air!

[@-WhizzBang-]

Physics was obviously not your best subject in school...🤣🤣🤣

[@jacksiscavage6265]

@hin3423 I'm proud to refuse the bamboozle. If you can't that is your own fault.

[@renejsmith]

Heeeeey guys! 😁 Another incredible vid! Laughed so hard when you jumped in the water 😂Keep up the good work!

[@theadventurelocker]

Hey Rene!!!! Great to see you here:)

[@user-xn6gd8jw2s]

🙏

[@stevej1200]

i want you to imagine this like to dislike ratio. On one side you have 1,350 people clapping. And then in one corner you have two people, one of which accidentally just clicked the wrong one and the other booing. God bless those two souls.

[@theadventurelocker]

❤️

[@NormanLor]

BY THE WAY, EVERY OUNCE OF THAT FLOATICE IS FRESHWATER AND CAN BE HARVESTED AND SHIPPED ANYWHERE ON OUR PLANET. ALSO REDUCING THE FRESHWATER CONTENT IN THE OCEAN IS A PLUS!

[@MartyMcflyLT-tf9dn]

Wow john seems like the tyoe of guy i would love to conversate with. Does he receive mail. Thank you for great documentaries

[@ryanjuddah]

shalom to you and thanks for sharing your work!!....if you were to sail to antarctica yourself would you have to apply for a permit? Are you restricted in where you can go there?

[@theadventurelocker]

Yes, a permit is required.

[@ryanjuddah]

@theadventurelocker is it hard to get a permit?

[@landland3753]

ASSALAMALEYKUM KAZAKHSTAN 🇰🇿 🖐

[@theadventurelocker]

Hello Kazakhstan 🙌

[@augustsenoa2762]

Ja samo zelim kanada goose,expedition parka jaknu,crvene boje xl,please.

[@ellencaroline2065]

Hole in the ozonlayer 😂psyop

[@JoM934]

1:47 HŽV

[@ShohagBiswas]

Beautiful footages but BG music is....

[@theadventurelocker]

Noted

[@bretlenhart8280]

Ive had an entire school of killer whales go up, then under, then up on the other side of my fishing boat 1 by 1. Its an amazing and terrifying experience ill never forget

[@theadventurelocker]

Incredible! What kind of fishing boat? We did an episode about fishing in Alaska you might like.

[@watermenjohn4574]

I wonder what Antarctica license plates look like 😂

[@theadventurelocker]

1C3C0LD 😂

[@user-do6ev1zg4h]

50 years he must be freezing 😂😂

[@user-oz3nt3yw9l]

Lol, fixed the ozone layer eh? 😂

[@guy33909]

there is no "south pole"...........cmon man, you KNOW that

[@-WhizzBang-]

Umm, yes there is Dummy.

[@fishyfinch6337]

So awesome to see these videos! How are you getting your aerial photos, especially of the whales? Drones? Keep up the amazing adventures!!! And stay safe. ;-) #moms #sorrynotsorry

[@theadventurelocker]

Thank you for following along! Yes, we had a drone. They have to be specially permitted in Antarctica.

[@SANFERNANDOVALLEY818]

Whatever priblem we had was with jack or wwith someone shaddu

[@theadventurelocker]

Sorry?

[@aasstock8465]

I want to go there.

[@user-mr5xn5jd5m]

That girl who your wife is always trying to get a date for: send her here