What's Hidden Under the Ice of Antarctica?

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[@buttaman34]

The fact that Antarctica was part of Australia means i dont want to discover whatever is living down there

[@robertaries2974]

Valid

[@StenGilles]

Fair

[@TheHurinThalion]

giant frost spiders?

[@smalltime0]

Spiders, the answer is obviously spiders. It's ridiculous that we're even discussing it like we're going to find something else there.

[@nathanielreichert4638]

Three words: Giant Ice Crocs.

[@scorpx3790]

Remember captains, when crossing the Drake passage, keep your families away

[@gabrieltan4170]

naahhh 💀💀

[@SaadAhmadSMMA]

We finding the one piece with this one

[@HidrHjjhh]

Specially the kids

[@turezak]

💀

[@boy_with_no_heart]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Didymus20X6]

1. A ruined city full of Shoggoths. 2. A flying saucer with a shape-shifting alien. 3. A land of full of living dinosaurs and cavemen.

[@UselessKnowbody]

4. The ancient Zohar stargate known as Worlds Edge Temple connecting with 390 other planets. I wonder if the Empire of Light still exists.

[@padraig-bobotia-maria5176]

@@UselessKnowbody is that not in hyrule under the north pole?

[@fleetstreet11]

@@padraig-bobotia-maria5176 also known as Hyperborea

[@BG1435q]

you got it right, but we are not cavemen. we have internet here now! trump visited couple of months ago. he is a great leader. he strangled one of the dinosaurs that has been terrorizing our village for decades with his bare hands. thank you sir! come back any time!

[@sleepymanager3190]

This channel has single handedly made me 10x more interesting in conversations.

[@user-oe6uq7pc8o]

Now, go listen CNN so you can balance yourself to -10x 😂

[@wordzmyth]

That is a great compliment, also a nice conversational skill

[@FNLNFNLN]

Oil? Sounds like Antarctica needs some freedom.

[@haidara77]

lol

[@edlevani7424]

I was looking for this

[@Litron6]

get ready for the great antartica oil war in 2048

[@Tilvent]

WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER

[@masada2828]

@@Tilvent- 1000 metres or 3281 ft.

[@calliesummers1943]

So nice to get a RLL video that's not 99% scary/sad/frustrating lol. I hugely appreciate the modern conflicts videos, and they're a solid part of why I'm generally able to feel informed about what's driving world affairs. But I do also miss the days of the videos about quirky geography trivia.

[@tanner6035]

Agreed

[@lam7499]

I honestly prefer the fun/quirky kind of content. Hope we see more!

[@zeffmalchazeen3429]

@@lam7499 this was his content way back pre covid times and the reason I subbed

[@scrappydoo7887]

If only he could actually pronounce words

[@Mofuwu]

Well not for you, I'm Argentinian I'm scared sh*tless of what's in store for in the next 20 years

[@focalized]

Under the ice are millions of single socks, car keys and guitar picks.

[@CrystalM]

And remotes and forks... I'm pretty sure Antartica is where all my home's silverware is going... smdh

[@fwdsmatter1117]

and millions of 10 mm sockets and wrenches

[@philtorrez4198]

Lighters, lots and lots of lighters.

[@MeaHeaR]

Wood the geetar picks evolve to become Ice Picks

[@MysteriousSpace88]

Antarctica is not only a reservoir of important resources but also a scientific research area with great discovery potential. What lurks beneath the ice could include unexplored ecosystems, valuable minerals, and even traces of ancient life.

[@Buttheab]

Antarctic border wars?

[@richardberlund2427]

You are correct and in Earth is there inner earth is there it's in Richard Ebert's diary

[@mikezappulla4092]

Or it could just be mostly water and some rocks.

[@BigCogInASmallContraption]

Antarctica was icy b4 people, we never lived there

[@choco.es.unlimited]

You had me at alien

[@Meitary]

We weren't born too late to explore Earth after all.

[@logic.and.reasoning]

I feel like that would have been the best thing in human history.... not knowing, and going to find out. Awesome

[@oahts5906]

Turns out, I love you

[@FireJach]

i hate this. you can still visit many places on earth for the first time IN YOUR LIFE. that's why tourism exists and is a big market

[@Settiis]

There’s still so much to discover. The amazon, the ocean, antarctica and sahara, and probably many more things that don’t even come to mind.

[@raymondtonns2521]

it is forbidden for individuals to go to Antartica

[@bungalo50]

8:30 You probably meant Arthropods instead. Anthropod has *disturbing* implications

[@Thrillhou]

"Crab people crab people.."

[@needfoolthings]

Especially if an odd number of "pods" is specialized into eating tools.

[@maxwellvandenberg2977]

Human foot

[@codyrush8780]

what if he meant anthropod😂😂😂

[@payrysdoscs4903]

@@Thrillhou hehehe

[@JoeBlowUK]

I'd like to live in Antarctica. The fact that it would be extremely difficult for people to get to visit me sounds like the perfect place for me to be.

[@therealuncleowen2588]

You probably are too young to realize this, and I can tell you are joking, but the truth is, the only thing worse than getting visited often by annoying relatives, is not getting visited at all.

[@FoolishPrince]

The vast isolation wouldn't be to discourage visitors from seeing me, as I never had visitors; but rather to further dissuade myself from leaving. 🃏

[@WhiteHawk77]

@@therealuncleowen2588and yet I’m nearly fifty and feel that way more than ever.

[@BeanieDoggerson]

@@therealuncleowen2588People are horrible, stop pushing you opinion like it fact

[@MissesWitch]

me too haha ^ ^

[@joelhungerford8388]

5:20 you forgot to take into consideration the amount of land that would rise due to the height of the ice sheets being removed. This lifted would also cause even more volcanic activity creating even more Antarctic landmass Edit: weight.

[@tofupanda8168]

Most of Florida would be a goner

[@louiscrasher]

@@tofupanda8168 who's complaining ?

[@tobyrice719]

😂

[@michaelhammond7115]

Nope

[@redlady222]

Great. Unknown, Subaquatic, arctic spiders. Only a matter of time before that becomes an exotic pet.

[@jfpOne23]

I'll take 10 in assorted colors.

[@UselessKnowbody]

Don't forget super GIANT underground Ants! It isn't called Ant-Arctica for nothing. One day the queen will emerge to take over the world!

[@Jermaine2099]

Nobody: RealLifeLore: *V A S T* *M A S S I V E*

[@SonnyDarvishzadeh]

Massively vast 😳

[@francescortegaporti9708]

A colossal massive vastness​@@SonnyDarvishzadeh

[@georgivasilev8428]

*A S* *A S S*

[@GURken]

*H* *U* *G* *E* *E* *N* *O* *R* *M* *O* *U* *S*

[@cs8712]

I N C O N C E I V A B L E !

[@mangogo44]

"Most people alive today don't have a solid grasp". We drew Antarctica's map with heights and ice shelfs as a school homework when I was like 12. I'm grateful for that, I wish more people could access better quality education

[@louiscrasher]

not in the usa indeed

[@petartonkov469]

very, very interesting video. Truly fascinating the scale of Antarctica and how much of it isn't yet discovered. Needed to pause the video from time to time to check the terms, however curious and entertaining content. Hard to find such on youtube nowadays already. Keep up the good work with nice topics !

[@92Locutus]

Dear RealLifeLore, you forgot about one of the most important factor called 'isostatic rebounding'. After the ice melts, the continent will rise around a few hundred meter, so it will be a continent again, not a bunch of islands. Rebounting also affect nearby continental crust, so australian and south american crust will shrink aswell. I would 100% add it to a video about antarctica. All the best from Hungary, great video nonetheless.

[@dudleymills1427]

Sea level does not delineate continents. Continental crust does. Oceanic crust is not continental. Further, Oceania is not a continent. It is the name of a region used by those who don't know any better. For those who do know better, it is called the south west Pacific Ocean which is underlain by oceanic crust and the continent Zealandia. Australia is a separate continent to the west surrounded by oceanic crust.

[@allanroser1070]

Rubbish ​@@dudleymills1427

[@vanstryke78]

Yes, Antarctica is a candidate to experience isostatic rebounding if it loses all its ice. Isostatic rebounding is a geological process where the Earth's crust rises due to the removal of a significant amount of weight, such as ice or glaciers. If Antarctica's ice were to melt completely, the landmass would gradually rise as the weight of the ice is removed, leading to isostatic rebounding. This process could result in significant changes to the landscape and potentially cause shifts in ocean levels.

[@Incomudro1963]

It's not going to lose all of its ice. Not for millions of years anyway. And just how far up do you think it could rebound?

[@highfive7689]

Does the traditional map take into account the land mass "without" the ice sheets?

[@Keith_Ngcobo]

Wouldn’t be a real life lore video without a pinch of geopolitics

[@DrBunhead95]

Yeah, in the end felt kinda like old Discovery Channel document-esque things which repeated themselves 10-15 times over the span of 15-45 minutes.

[@JackBlack-py4en]

And climate change.

[@pauledwards3055]

Excellent, informative video, if only KZbin was full of quality like this!

[@thomasfletcher1183]

I was already considering subscribing but then I saw the ad at THE END OF THE VIDEO... that's worth my sub alone

[@caitymarie-o8s]

Colby Gura is my husband and he worked incredibly hard on this research. Makes me very happy to see his research shared❤️

[@13infbatt]

Amazing work , must have seen some amazing sites .

[@frankiethefrog1752]

He’s my husband when out of town.

[@d0p3w1z]

Yeah he’s my dad too

[@tobymdev]

my dear son Colby

[@walk_in_solo1543]

Ehhhhhhh Colby, My cousin!

[@jonsayer]

He kept saying "Anthropods" when he meant "Arthropods" and I am imaging either bug men or bugs with man feet.

[@arthas640]

Tiny humans riding ants like cavalry

[@EchoLog]

There's literally photos of inside the caves. So there's human DNA in there, now for sure.

[@lolz6449]

I caught that too! Anthropod 😂

[@pyrrhicvictory5844]

Well either way, I think it's better for everyone if these creatures stay below the ice

[@Pillarguri]

😂

[@prashr4075]

Nobody : RLL: Massive oil Usa: those Penguins are oppressed by Ice. They need FREEDOM

[@slavakotelnikov2440]

Democracy to penguins 😊

[@michaelhammond7115]

Don't worry Communist China is already to keep democracy from Antarctica first.

[@lus-an-tsalainn]

That crater actually wouldn't be the largest impact site found on earth. The Denilliquin structure in Australia, which likewise requires further testing, measures at 520km wide

[@PettitFrontiers]

Antarctica is no joke. My father has been to Antarctica twice for meteorite-hunting expeditions, and he had to perform emergency snowmobile repairs, and emergency dental surgery on a colleague by punching out a tooth with an iceblade. Hardcore place.

[@EmpressMermaid]

I'd imagine you'd need a very broad skill set to get on there.

[@PettitFrontiers]

@@EmpressMermaid My father is a literal polymath, so he's a good choice.

[@EmpressMermaid]

@@PettitFrontiers I bet he's got lots more fascinating stories.

[@--36--]

@@PettitFrontiers Your father is a little liar

[@balinthehater8205]

​@@--36-- im guessing yours went out to grab cigarettes and never came back?

[@awabaziz7029]

"Whats hidden underneath the ice of Antarctica?" *More ice and penguin bunkers*

[@bababababababa6124]

I wonder what the penguins are plotting in those bunkers

[@BIGMark-wx6gn]

​@@bababababababa6124 To visit Madagascar.

[@m.otransformers4855]

Well I think there's more then that, cuz China wouldn't be inviting in research and building boats that can handle the rough terrain of sailing there

[@NickyBlue99]

Yo mama is

[@angamaitesangahyando685]

And those penguins sell sex (yes, really). - Adûnâi

[@petepumpkin8418]

most informative video about Antarctica on youtube

[@JLAvey]

Something many people don't realize is that the Antarctic Peninsula is home to rivers as well as native fauna and flora. It's not much more than fields of moss and some grasses with insects grazing and hunting.

[@GenericInternetter]

Fun fact: Antarctica is the world's largest desert. The small amounts of rainfall there fall within the classification of a desert.

[@mikiqex]

But with the twist the rainfall is actually snow which in the interior never melt.

[@lewis7315]

The funnier fact is that all that is left of Admiral Perry's 100 foot tall radio antenna erected around 1903ish? is the top five feet !!! So, 100 feet of ice accumulated during the global warming of the last century!! :)>

[@sjg2024]

ANTARCTICA FOREVER 🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🗣️🗣️🗣️💯💯💯❄️❄️❄️☃️☃️☃️🥶🥶🥶🧊🧊🧊⛄⛄⛄🏔️🏔️🏔️🌨️🌨️🌨️

[@hadiisaboss5307]

​@lewis7315 wow who couldve guessed, snow is still falling on Antarctica, you sure did expose them "global warmers"

[@qwertyuiopaaaaaaa7]

@@lewis7315 Most of the warming has occurred recently, it has not been 100 years of evenly distributed warming. Global warming is also, as the name suggests, a global average. It doesn’t mean every inch of land and water are getting warmer at the same rate or warmer at all, only that the average temperature is increasing globally. Go learn to tie your shoes before pretending to know anything about climate science.

[@martinlutz5446]

I REALLY don't want to be the scientist that gets eaten by a Skyrim Frost Spider in the Antarctic tunnels!

[@sterlingnerdling]

Don't be selfish. Do it for science!

[@bosh6604]

I did independent research on the internet and they are quite easilly seducted gifting you their loyalty and love

[@Skyforger23]

Giant alien spiders are no joke.

[@samjohns662]

​@@Skyforger23they throw snow balls

[@umopapisdnpuaq]

@@Skyforger23 WTF FTL in RLL

[@Lovely_Spirit]

Go below the ice in Antarctica where there is a hole in the ice that melts and freezes again. Drill through the ice go through the water and then there should be a break through another ice sheet or it will just break through the water and into a misty atmosphere then it should clear up and you'll see land. This entrance is in a location under the ice that is bigger than a continent

[@clivewynnciel9530]

Antarctica is even bigger than that. There are habitable places in Antarctica, warm lakes and underground caverns. You'd be surprised to find people living there, but then people seem to manage to live anywhere.

[@my_channel_44]

nice

[@davedavidson8208]

you are smoking some good weed

[@my_channel_44]

@@davedavidson8208 Ok, boomer.

[@davedavidson8208]

@@my_channel_44 dog you're like 4 years late with that youre like a time traveler lmaoo

[@my_channel_44]

@@davedavidson8208Whatever boomer.

[@sideshowbilly3755]

Everyone who was old enough to watch the 1982 Antarctica documentary narrated by helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady at U.S. outpost 31 knows what's under that ice.

[@Subreon]

what's under it is obvious. incentive for the biggest winners of capitalism to encourage global warming to reveal the contents below. it's pretty realistic to imagine one day they'll achieve their goal and the archipelago will feel the sun

[@Frostbytedigital]

Did the documentary get destroyed? You speak of it like you had to encounter it at the time lol.

[@erik7271]

what was it? was it aliens? I bet aliens are there

[@user-jv9wx3wz7i]

😂

[@michaelgaloppa6669]

Big trouble in greater Antarctica

[@Qwuebz]

As soon as I saw that thumbnail it reminded me of your older videos.

[@JMG0305]

Same haha😊

[@soundscape26]

Except they're now triple the length.

[@ksonestudios8963]

Facts my guy been real political lately

[@Qwuebz]

@@ksonestudios8963 I am talking about the green in the middle of Antarctica.He use to do like videos on Russia about melting ice caps will make it a superpower or something.And it looked green to show it melted.

[@Qwuebz]

@@soundscape26 Yeah true I like that though.Too short might feel rushed and the way he keeps producing them for me it good length.

[@jamesdobrovnik]

That was very good work. I hope in the future you can release an equally captivating presentation on the Vostok lake ice core samples CO2 data. This was great. I loved it.

[@stepanzpevak]

this is much more interesting than 1000th geopolitical/conflict video, i dont even watch those anymore, more videos like this please

[@himbourbanist]

The implications of the Mt. Erebus volcanic cave system are immense for xenobiology. These are conditions that are replicated frequently on icy bodies in the Solar System, like Enceladus, Europa, and Titan. If there's life in these tunnel systems here on Earth, the chances are pretty good that there's life on these worlds in our own backyard. Really fascinating stuff

[@RenegadeMaster137]

Incredible implications if we can discover life forms in other parts of our own solar system, the extrapolation of that across an entire galaxy is so mind blowing that it’s tough to comprehend, let alone express!

[@jordanrussell345]

​​​@@RenegadeMaster137It's all but certain there is life all over the galaxy/universe; the problem will lie in one of Fermi's Paradoxes. Likely the Great Filter if talking about intelligent life. If you've never heard of it, check out The Drake Equation. My personal belief is that space is too vast and we can only violate the laws of physics in our sci-fi books.

[@matthewm7867]

Not unless God created it - evolution is a myth and unprovable

[@RetroTinkerer]

Don't we need first for very simple life forms evolve in suitable places with adequate conditions before they can evolve into something as complex as extremophiles?

[@maxthibodeau3627]

​@@jordanrussell345 or the Dark Forest theory.

[@TDMHeyzeus]

Its not true we don't have a precise explanation for the Permian Extinction. The Siberian Traps are widely accepted to be the cause and are pretty well understood by the standards of something that happened 250 million years ago. Even the people pushing impact hypothesis directly tied their theory in with the Siberian Traps and argued that the impact drove the volcanism.

[@larry9243]

Funny seeing you here

[@balinthehater8205]

I think the word "know" might be doing a lot of heavy lifting there, as knowing implies certainty and, as it is an event that happened hundreds of millions of years ago, certainty is rare.

[@iiiiii7680]

Why are you here and not opening cases? Unacceptable

[@kopsi.]

Heyzeus it was 100% an act of god what are you on about. Anyways start editing times ticking!

[@SpazzyMcGee1337]

Would the Siberian Traps happen to have formed directly opposite of this potential Antarctic crater?

[@thr33swords16]

As the club captain of the local aero club, I am responsible for planning and running events. A popular event is one we call “pilot nights” where we invite someone to do a talk to club members. This week we had a member of our club talk about how they did radar glaciology in Antarctica and Greenland. They fitted US C-130 aircraft with various radar equipment to scan beneath the ice to determine what was underneath. And now I’m watching this video, fantastic!

[@raghusomani11]

Hey! Returning to RLL after a long time! Nice to see you!!

[@disamis6873]

I miss these old videos that werent about wars and doom, keep bringing these back!

[@Subreon]

the oil field, and possibly the crater, will be the biggest incentive for the world to go into war and doom

[@disamis6873]

@@Subreon No kidding

[@poetryflynn3712]

There are two ways to win in this world - either become so negative about the world you become a prophet or become so positive about the world you become a salesmen.

[@itsvmmc]

Also when there weren't any shitty sponsorships in every single video

[@jimmyliendo8249]

So, At the Mountains of Madness is looking more plausible now, i guess

[@silentcal275]

I watch your videos and feel like a young boy filled with wonder 😊

[@GreatBambinoGaming]

I love your videos man. Thank you.

[@michaelscott5653]

For those curious, PBS Eons did a whole episode on this about when Antarctica was green and supported a lot of animals. It was an extremely informative video and worth a watch.

[@chrimony]

Make Antarctica Green Again.

[@utxex97]

That would be catastrophic.

[@tonymurray814]

Make America Greenlands Auntie!

[@aur98423]

​@@chrimonyIs it a Dune/MAGA reference ?

[@chrimony]

@@aur98423 MAGA, of course.

[@ellec7188]

Imagine if RLL went off the deep end and went on a Ice wall tangent or something lol

[@kungpaochicken89]

He's not that far off tbf

[@johnbroadfoot5148]

Operation highjump. if you know you know.

[@isaiahebert1475]

If RLL started mentioning the ice wall, I think I'd believe him. That would be so funny 😂

[@GabibboReall]

What the fuck are these nicknames people make and then cant spell

[@DuranmanX]

A future war in 2048 between Argentina and UK over 44 trillion of oil in Antartica sounds just as crazy

[@midgeman90]

Great video. I’d love to know the secrets that are hidden under all that ice.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

This video is absolutely outstanding for a KZbin channel 👍

[@Mark-uh3un]

The scramble for Antarctica will be a monumental event in human history

[@EJH783]

Only thing I’m scrambling is some eggs 😈

[@jacktheripper2537]

Only if we are still there when the ice is gone..

[@sjg2024]

ANTARCTICA FOREVER 🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🗣️🗣️🗣️💯💯💯❄️❄️❄️☃️☃️☃️🥶🥶🥶🧊🧊🧊⛄⛄⛄🏔️🏔️🏔️🌨️🌨️🌨️

[@payrysdoscs4903]

@@jacktheripper2537 I guarantee no human currently alive will see the Antarctic ice thaw.

[@payrysdoscs4903]

@@jacktheripper2537 I guarantee no human currently alive will see the Antarctic ice thaw.

[@nono6167]

A 40-50km asteroid is way more than 4-5 times bigger than a 10kn asteroid. A ball with a diameter of 40km is 64x the size of one with a diameter of 10km. Asteroids aren't perfect spheres but not accounting for the fact that volume is 3 dimensional and just scaling asteroid size linearly with width is an egregious oversight.

[@Quickshot0]

It is surprising how many people overlook or forget that volume increases far quicker then you think.

[@caffetiel]

Maybe it was just 4-5x lemgthier. Lomg rock.

[@stoda01]

Chixulub asteroid hit the Earth with more power than all of our nuclear bombs combined. It would make sense that an even worse extinction than the one that ended the dinosaurs was caused by an even larger asteroid impact.

[@craigbaker6382]

...yes but the physics of making a crater with triple the diameter itself negates some of your complaint about volume as the area also is more than triple and also craters are 3 dimensional in that they are a negative volume of sorts resulting from a mathematically more significant energy of impact than a quadruple sized asteroid would produce. It takes more than a triple sized asteroid to make a triple sized crater.

[@shaminhossain1548]

Glad that finally, I got to watch the original video

[@bjornvestberg]

It holds the record for the coldest temperature ever. Perfect for anyone who thinks winter should last all year.

[@stellacollector]

I love how this video spends enough time on Antarctica's unique geology, geography, and biology. I assumed that the video would dive straight into the discussion of rich natural resources and that we should...... you know, "liberate" Antarctica.

[@dianecernak7130]

That's in another vid for the government

[@OneEyedJackNLD]

2030 anyone?

[@awabaziz7029]

Underrated as hell 💀💀

[@NateTheOhioan]

Nah 2040

[@Owlinaicecube]

200 BC here!

[@dipeshchand9109]

Yes I am a citizen of Antartica from 2030

[@GizzyDillespee]

2024: It's the brutal weather of Antarctica that keeps people away. 2044: It's the temperate climate of antarctica that serves as a beacon to refugees.

[@stephanieh160]

Very interesting video. Thank you!

[@johnbugosi171]

I like how the oil icon looks like the civ 6 oil icon. 😂

[@FerociousPancake888]

Why in the world isn’t NASA building prototypes of probes and testing them on lake Vostok?? It’s literally the perfect Europa practice run!

[@ROVA00]

How do you know they’re not?

[@ronjon7942]

I recall a documentary that touched on exactly that: that NASA was using Antarctica as a potential test area.

[@EinMann123]

because theyre fraud and dont want to do even more fake projects than they have already

[@DoomFinger511]

They have to be careful not to contaminate the lake. If they introduce any outside life then it could taint the entire ecosystem of life inside the lake ruining any new discoveries.

[@BKF0]

Because turning Lake Vostok into an industrial lab testbed would completely ruin our chances of ever learning much from it

[@romeufrancisco7041]

18:50 microbiologist here. I have participated in sampling missions by drilling methods and also at abyssal plains using ROVs. I am shocked by seeing the absolute absence of any precaution concerning contamination in that video. I certainly hope none of that was replicated when drilling to study biodiversity. I know the video is not of the microbial sampling drills, but if it is anything of the sort.. my gosh....That core of ice that was collected can only be used by geologists. (look at how they clean it and smooth it out using their gloves.... that they were using with the equipment. All is biologically compromised.)

[@Michallote]

My concern is that maybe they introduced bacteria to the site that maulled the existing ecosystem

[@bigmacstack3468]

@@Michalloteyes I had that thought too

[@evildog7756]

I know what's hidden under the ice in Antarctica, ice ice babies😂😂😂

[@markhorton4884]

I loved this , really got an idea of the mystery stacked at the bottom of our earth! 😅❤

[@squidward5110]

Lol Antarctica has one of those cartoon volcanos where its a mountain with a hole top full of lava lmao i didnt even think those were real tbh

[@davideverling753]

there's actually several of them around the world! i've seen some pretty neat videos of folks throwing bags of organic material into them, with explosive results

[@KurtisC93]

Well, they're quite rare. Mt. Erebus is one of only a handful of active volcanoes in the world that currently have above-ground lava lakes in their calderas. The other ones are mainly found across the Pacific rim + islands: Yasur and Ambrym in Vanuatu, Kīlauea and Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō in Hawaii, Masaya in Nicaragua, etc. However, a handful are also found on the African continent, including the world's largest extant lava lake, which is situated within the crater of Mount Nyiragongo in DR Congo.

[@SkunkApe407]

I take it you've never seen a picture of Hawaii, then? Kilauea is one of the most iconic volcanoes on the planet.

[@SkunkApe407]

​@@KurtisC93you say "rare", but rattled off seven, just off the top of your head. Not that rare, really.

[@zilvercederbom]

@@SkunkApe407 I mean, there's 1350 known potentially active volcanoes in the world, so a handful would sound pretty rare in that context.

[@julianlongoria6227]

Please RLL... more of this! Been a fan for years and even though the geopolitical videos the channel has produced over recent years are great this is what made the channel so unique in the beginning... Back to the roots!

[@dirgewordsmithe]

That supervillainy-aah exposition at the end! 🤣🤣🤣 Why did he set up the intercontinental rivalries like a college ball tournament?!?

[@TheHairlessGibbon]

Thank you. To find more facts then the ussual fluffy hype was like a breath of fresh air sir. Oh and excellent maps to.

[@AaronGeo]

18:53 "which might not really sound all that exciting or 𝓼𝓮𝔁𝔂"

[@fandroid6491]

RRL almost said 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 there

[@DraconiaProductions]

This turned into a Huggbees video for a second

[@EpicHylje]

lol I came to the comments right after hearing him say that

[@The360MlgNoscoper]

💀

[@_JavaLava]

Yeah ok I didn't know that's what we were looking for lmfao 😅😂

[@Klyis]

It is debatable as to how lucrative those oil and gas deposits in Antarctica will be by 2048. The world is slowly starting to transition away from fossil fuels, more countries are prioritizing energy independence, and oil producers like Saudi Arabia are already scrambling to diversify their economies. Of course oil still has other uses besides a source of energy, but in two decades it's questionable if demand will be high enough to incentivize anyone to develop new oil fields in such a remote part of the world.

[@Quickshot0]

I was thinking the same, especially as it would be 24 years before the treaty expires . If countries are even remotely close to their stated plans in reducing CO2 emissions, then oil usage would be dropping so quickly already that there would be no point developing an expensive new field. Because at that point they'd already be struggling to keep their far cheaper fields still in production, meaning a new field would only be a ton of expenses to sideline an already usable current field. So yeah, I also don't think oil would be a real problem here. But civilizations our size always need lots of materials in large quantities, and Antarctica certainly will have large deposits of other materials. Though if we ignore the ones under kilometers of ice for now, the only realistic option would be deep sea mining and the few places with exposed rock. Which may for now limit how usable they are.

[@a2falcone]

@@Quickshot0 It's not a date for expiration of the treaty. My other reply explains it.

[@a2falcone]

Furthermore, the importance of the 2048 date is heavily overblown. From that year on, any member state of the Antarctic Treaty will have the right to call a review conference where amendments to the Environmental Protocol of the Antarctic Treaty (not the Antarctic Treaty itself) can be adopted by a 3/4 majority of member states (a very high quorum). Currently it can only be modified by a unanimous decision. The Antarctic Treaty itself has a similar rule that has allowed any member to call a review conference since 1991, and yet no such conference has been called to date, even though conferences to review the Antarctic Treaty only require a simple majority (50%+1) to adopt amendments. Members states are satisfied with the way the Antarctic Treaty System works, so no one has much interest in changing it. There's a high probability that nothing will happen in 2048, especially considering you can't get nowhere close to 3/4 votes even if all the countries with territorial claims voted together.

[@Quickshot0]

@@a2falcone So basically the oil thing is even more overblown yet. Making no sense from any angle of looking at it.

[@Fido-vm9zi]

People can't just take whatever they want.

[@matthewolsen4298]

5:21 This is awesome! I had no idea. Imagine if it was hot there with all the islands exposed.

[@stormdoesgaming8919]

Yes!! While I respect RLL's current content, I definitely miss their old science-y videos. Excited to watch this one.

[@limericklad2000]

Another great video. One minor correction - I'm not sure if you're aware but the simulated footage you used when describing the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event/Great Dying, was footage depicting the Chicxulub Asteroid/Cretaceous-Tertiary event that lead to the extinction of the dinosaurs. There aren't very many serious scientists who ascribe to the idea that the Great Dying was caused by a different impact event, the Siberian Traps hypothesis is backed up by so much evidence it's highly unlikely there's a different explanation. Again, great work.

[@Quickshot0]

Some people occasionally speculate that extremely large impacts could cause the materials in the Earth to start flowing more to the roughly opposite side of the planet. It's hard to know how realistic that idea is, but it would create an interesting dynamic between some impact events and massive volcanic traps.

[@grahamgregory8363]

Just having resources doesnt mean you will become rich. There are many resource rich countries that are broke. Angola, Venezuela etc

[@andrasszabo1570]

They call it the "resource curse". Many countries that are blessed with natural resources have lower economic development, lower HDI, more conflict, etc. precisely because of those resources. Still, it won't stop countries from competing for unclaimed resources.

[@smalltime0]

@@andrasszabo1570 Angola was/is mostly devastated after the USA (with apartheid South Africa) and Cuba fought a proxy/civil war there. A war the USA lost btw. It lasted almost 27 years (until 2002), the US thought they were fighting the USSR for a large chunk of it. The country is still covered in landmines, so no. Its a little ridiculous to say that Angola is poor because it has mineral wealth.

[@gigachad6885]

The main factor for a country's success is its average IQ. Low and high ressources doesn't matter as much as the ability of a population to improve. Most neighboring countries have huge gaps in ressources, and yet they have the lame level of development (because they have similar average IQ)

[@kaladore6798]

Russia can’t sell oil

[@andrasszabo1570]

@@smalltime0 Its (sic!) a little ridiculous to fixate on Angola when I didn't even mention it and even OP only did it in passing, as an example, no?

[@tobygoodguy4032]

(sic) ... "stretches from Central Park to Connecticut." Mr. Blandings builds his dream meteor.

[@stevendaniell7419]

The first Cary Grant themed comment I’ve seen in awhile

[@NhlamuloSithole-q1o]

Im fascinated about this love you

[@Friskydingle]

I bet that ice water under Antarctica would be so refreshing at 2 am when I’m parched.

[@jordanrussell345]

Mmm, shrimpy.

[@user-bf3pc2qd9s]

*Idea for a new business. £1000 a bottle.

[@sjwhitney]

I have a nice piece of Mt. Erebus lava right on my bookshelf. It was brough back by my father who was on the US Navy's Operation Deepfreeze II.

[@usernameunknown1910]

I guarantee you, that if u put that sample of rock on sale ,the prices will be insane !😂😂

[@Rynlox]

Whoa, very informative.

[@RaydenSavage]

This script feels like it was written by AI.

[@wargreymon2024]

Anyone who makes a 37min long manuscript, would have used generative AI

[@user-bf3pc2qd9s]

​@@wargreymon2024and it shows

[@Ar_sole_hair_fiddler]

You'll never find Agartha, we won't let you

[@mecamine1391]

Antarctica is the new map you unlock when buying Earth's DLC

[@xoelcolon6259]

The typical Snow area DLC where enemies one shot you 🫠

[@SemperFortis22]

Excellent video.

[@sakata3819]

Some unhinged marine animal: mmmm -3 degrees. I like it cozy and warm

[@andreasviken2949]

The map in the beginning instantly made this video worth watching.

[@1OAK_X]

Yeah good clickbait for sure 😂👍🏾

[@scrappydoo7887]

You get that there are "T's" in there right?

[@clayhackney3514]

I doubt anyone is going to be doing antarctic oil drilling as long as there is so much more available without the hassle

[@gordongarrett6229]

Greed.

[@clayhackney3514]

@gordongarrett6229 greed is exactly why they would use the thousands of years worth of more easily available oil before Antarctica, they wouldn't make as much money

[@texasroccogaming]

This is one of my favorite videos your team has put out on the channel in recent times. Thank you and great work!

[@sswpp8908]

The ice tunnels are straight out of At the Mountains of Madness.

[@MourningCoffeeMusic]

The fight for Antarctica’s oil is real.

[@SiPravki]

People will worry about more important things than some of the resources in the block, especially in the coming decades, when sea levels will rise and the earth's population will decrease

[@Shroomy801]

“Vaaaaaaast”……love it!

[@sethhughes2163]

What an adventure! I thoroughly enjoyed learning so much more than I ever had dreamt concerning Antarctica! Thank you so much... KUDO'S for you sharing this with us all. Respectfully, Seth

[@iKapJloc]

You should do more videos like that!

[@abacuscdilla]

Hello Fresh Available In Which Countries? 37:48 Are They Available In UK, UAE & Pakistan?

[@DreHayn]

Whoever sent two meteors to earth definitely a madra or sephiroth fan

[@circleancopan7748]

Or Fujitora testing his Gravity Devil Fruit.

[@cookiecola5852]

Espaniol

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

One Winged Angel: Starts playing Dinosaur: Lol I'm in danger

[@derekelliott6098]

Before this video all I *really* knew about Antarctica is it's beyond cold, and there's a Stargate and weapons chair there :D

[@abacuscdilla]

One Of The Most Interesting Video I Have See In Some Time! 37:53

[@futgamer811]

Where you put the sources of your research? I would really like to learn more with the information you based this video on

[@larrybrinley8222]

Why is it surprising to anyone Antarctica has land under the ice? That's weird.

[@ABC-rb5uf]

4kms thick ice is just mind blowing. I had no idea

[@DavidTonner]

Thanks!

[@ZayMadeITBeats]

Thank you for teaching me about Antarctica

[@rickh5454]

Question. If around 10% of Antarctica has been radio echo sounded and 90% has not, how is it possible to draw a land map without the ice, which shows the entire continent? If the land map shown is mostly imagined, it's reminiscent of 15th-century world maps which are intriguing to look at, but were the cartographers' guess of what the topography might look like. I hope one day we'll radio sound all of it.

[@anonymousaylin4609]

im guessing by satelites maybe?like how we have a rough ocean floor map because of satelites

[@bengoodwin2141]

I would guess that either the 10% represents the amount of precise detail rather than full area, or that we have enough patches of information to draw rough lines between the patches. You can imagine having a map with blobs missing and still see a rough shape despite the missing parts.

[@a2falcone]

I imagine they map lines and make a grid, and just average out the gaps in the grid.

[@williamkern1839]

It's possible larger areas have been mapped, but at low resolution.

[@and__lam1152]

If Antarctica was discovered in the 1800s ... how was it depicted, although inaccurately in those 15th century maps, which were copied from earlier maps that no longer exist.

[@milleniumonion7223]

I love the idea that theres creatures we've never seen in the places weve barely reached- the deep sea, under the antarctic ice- animals that are basically aliens to us despite them having existed on our world as long or longer as modern humans (the species itself not like- when we started making huge structures)