Cave Exploring Gone WRONG | Antarctic Iceberg Cave Incident

[@ScaryInteresting]

Previous video in the series - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pISvg4ein7RniK8 Hey everyone! I hope you enjoyed the video. Here is the video I mentioned at the end (found by one of my awesome Patrons; thank you, Asian Sensation!) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5qXe4ylr7qGppo It does contain spoilers, though, so I’d recommend waiting until after to watch it. The two other things I mention are in the description and labelled (also contain spoilers). Have a great weekend! - Sean

[@otr-https]

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[@Talleyhoooo]

Dude, your videos get better and better with every release.

[@SynomDroni]

It's not "non-traditional gender roles",when a woman becomes a diver, anyways, but if you have to signal it can still only be "non gender-traditional roles". There is a difference.

[@Hugotlost]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5qXe4ylr7qGppo Would seem to be the documentary!

[@tinyGrim1]

Hi 👋 Yes! Ty 😃

[@junusavior65]

Never thought I would discover an activity that made regular cave diving seem reasonable.

[@kariannabedsole6847]

i was just thinking this lmao

[@joannasowinska6789]

Haha my thoughts exactly! After watching the stories about cave diving I thought it was the stupidest thing ever, but here we are...

[@matthewmckee3282]

I disagree. Cave diving is less scary in my opinion. Sure you can drown, but you don't have to worry about floods, falling, pully systems failing, and you're usually dressed warmer!

[@ANIGIOLETTO]

👍

[@Awesomeficationify]

@@matthewmckee3282 Some caves are much safer than others. Mammoth Cave is not very risky (nowadays). No cave diving experience can claim this. Each one is a careful and potentially lethal balancing of gasses, decompressions, and visibility hazards. Spelunking can be safe, cave diving is never safe.

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

They almost died in that ice cave 3 times. Wanting to go back the fourth time was pure madness.

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

@Enola Gay This was a controllable risk. Also, firefighters don't go into a building that is about to collapse once they have been in there and have seen that it is going to fall down at any time. Police don't run into a gun fight without backup.

[@namelessghoul615]

@enolagay9502Those are jobs that benefit society a lot and are very important to it. Cavediving is more of a hobby, though I know some people actually do it as a job, but it’s not worth dying for.

[@Ruisu07]

@@namelessghoul615 this specific case actually isn't a hobby it's her job she works with scientists to study those areas and she's actually one of the first people to dive glaciers she's there for pictures and for samples for the scientist and people as a whole making new discoveries of these unknown areas

[@namelessghoul615]

@@Ruisu07 If you read the end of my comment, I said that some people do have it as a job, however it isn’t worth dying for. Police and firefighters save lives and their jobs are extremely important. While I’m not saying that cave diving isn’t important, I’m just saying that it isn’t worth dying for, and I’m sure people could live without it.

[@WRWC1L2]

@Enola Gay They are saving lives, not filming a lost documentary

[@saintmichael881]

This is the equivalent of burning your hand on the stove and then touching it 2 more times to see if it's still hot.

[@andrewkelly1337]

"I wanted to touch it one more time but sadly the entire house caught fire so I couldn't"

[@dirtydan1337]

And then making plans to touch it a 4th time...

[@Darthquackius]

I touched it a third time, thinking I might be the last person to ever touch this particular stove. Afterwards I made plans to touch it a 4th time, but the stove collapsed in a ball of metal slag and flames rendering it untouchable.

[@thomaswalsh4552]

XKCD 242

[@rustyshackelford312]

and then idiots encourage you by calling you "brave."

[@675_Dreamer]

Their amount of combined luck is utterly astounding. They had multiple second chances. Every single dive resulted in a near death experience yet they continued on.

[@davidconlee2196]

It seemed like they were intent on dying in that iceberg. Each time they would miraculously escape they would immediately press their luck by going back in.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

@@davidconlee2196 ‼️To be fair tho we all have to die eventually. And everyone thinks they want to die of old age until they've experienced some one close to them dying of old age first hand. You either stay completely sane as your body deteriorates and you're bedridden. Your normal mind trapped in a body you can't escape. Or your mind goes first while your body is still healthy and you live several years in fear having forgotten everyone around you until you are put into some place with round the clock supervision to keep you from starting a fire or hurting yourself. You don't want to die of old age. Trust me. I would rather die doing something I love than spend potentially decades like that

[@externaldriver]

@@WhitneyDahlin the merits of suicide are a deep topic. But it sounds like you agree with the premise they were suicidal.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

I was really hoping she would’ve died. Would’ve made the story better. Jill’s incredibly stupid, especially to dive with a hole in her glove

[@robert.adamek]

@@externaldriver I was thinking the same thing. What a twisted way of thinking. Trying to make suicide beautiful or something

[@joshgravitt8228]

I cannot believe nobody died in this. They tempted fate so badly.

[@ClaytonBigsby01]

It makes me wonder if the supposed pushback to women in cave diving was warranted ( if there was any pushback at all , which I highly doubt). Because of the amateur like decision making done by these women and man . Diving with a hole in your suit in freezing water , no matter how small the hole , was incredibly dangerous and stupid.

[@gabrielsfilms2086]

@@ClaytonBigsby01 ...sounds sexist but okayyyyy

[@firinn2373]

@@ClaytonBigsby01 agreed

[@amandaanstett6973]

@@ClaytonBigsby01 99% of these cave diving stories are men doing dangerous shit. There are people of all genders who do dangerous things.

[@victoriaconcepcion3651]

@@gabrielsfilms2086he does have a slight point, i do believe she probably got too much backlash, solely on being in a male dominated field. but diving in below freezing water, a literal iceberg, knowing you have a hole in your glove. that’s incredibly stupid i’m surprised her hand was fine

[@KuroshiKun]

They really nearly died 3 times and were like "nah let's get even more pictures and go for a 4th time" like that's INSANE lmao

[@Geronimo_89]

Paradoxically, getting out of a life-threatening situation alive can make people arrogant and feel invincible, and it happened several times in a row to these divers

[@colonelsanders515]

And that’s how you win a Darwin Award 🥇

[@KuroshiKun]

@@colonelsanders515 they did everything in their power to win one that's for sure lol

[@AngelusDivinus]

That's literally the definition of insanity

[@hp2084]

This is not insanity. Its stupidity. Lime stone caves would last for centuries or millennia but ice caves would change and disappear in minutes or seconds. It is surely dangerous but to not evaluate the risk properly even after coming close to death 3 times has to account for stupidity and nothing less.

[@de341f6]

frankly there is a fine line between courage and stupidity

[@tongpoo8985]

This ain't even close to that line its firmly in the stupidity camp

[@tetermc]

Yeesh, keep it brief and to the point or nobody will read all that.

[@jimbobeire]

@@tetermc I don't care to keep it brief. I don't mind if people with short spans of attention skip it. I'm saying my piece and nobody has to read it if they don't want to. I'm not expecting a KZbin comment to go viral and bring me fame and fortune.

[@cfG21]

@@jimbobeire well i read it..i find it very telling when someone says they wont read it because it is long but they cant spend hours listening to garbage music

[@eolsunder]

really, the line is pretty thick and isn't hard to see, it isn't a fine line, its a huge big clunky dont-be-stupid line

[@artur6912]

They literally asked for something bad to happen.... three separate times, and wanted a fourth life and death situation. Quite frankly, for a bunch of "pros" they sure did behave like complete idiots. "My suit is leaking and im antarctic waters ? Better to continue diving further". They clearly had more luck than common sense.

[@historytank5673]

Well I mean, that’s nearly understandable, he would of found it hard to think after the cold hit and the two going in the first time was understandable, it’s what they came for. But ya everything after that was just stupid.

[@artur6912]

@@historytank5673 Remember, they had a leaking suit problem on the first and third dive. I was mostly referring to the third dive where one of them had a leak in the hand from the start but decided that it's not a big deal.

[@casey6104]

@@artur6912 literally a 2 minute delay would have prevented that becoming an issue.

[@awkwardautistic]

But did they die?

[@casey6104]

@@awkwardautistic almost several times. Pretty sure their experiences are the reason they are only the ones to produce an ice cave documentary. But they did note some interesting biological phenomena.

[@shadoninja]

The documentary that covers these dives does them absolutely no justice. In a 50 minute documentary, they gave the divers and the underwater footage maybe 8 minutes of air time. The danger of the dives went almost completely unmentioned.

[@Sithmaster0]

The documentary also sounds awful. It's like they tried their best to make sure the music was overpowering everything else. There are also spots with zero audio, so it sounds like the video has some copywrite issues. All I've really learned is fuck Dr Gregory Stone, they're a hack.

[@turtleduck16]

I feel like the iceberg collapsing when it did was some divine being's way of saying "for heaven's sake STOP IT!"

[@blackslav1497]

heaven dont exist

[@Tenacitybrit]

Yeah it sure seemed like someone was not just telling but SCREAMING that at them lol.

[@tumslucks9781]

@@blackslav1497 Neither do ' and .

[@blackslav1497]

@@tumslucks9781 aint nobody gonna tell me how to speak.

[@JasonPhillip303]

@@blackslav1497 I’ve heard plenty of ppl like you call for divine intervention when death is involved lol

[@dragonlover7196]

cave diving in an iceberg really does feel like a perfect mix of all of the worst things

[@williammullinax6130]

Caving can be dangerous Diving can be dangerous Cave diving is even more dangerous Cave diving in an iceberg is insanely dangerous

[@Velereonics]

It's the being sucked down a tunnel with no way of knowing whether it's a way out or a dead end for me.

[@Velereonics]

It's the being sucked down a tunnel with no way of knowing whether it's a way out or a dead end for me.

[@randomrazr]

They almost died in that ice cave 3 times. Wanting to go back the fourth time WTF

[@marhawkman303]

@@randomrazr It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Yes, that phrase has a double meaning, but still... it has a major draw. They got photos of something most people will never see.... in person OR in a photo.

[@enkiimuto1041]

"that was the type of mistake that put everyone in danger" -- the member of the crew that decided to go back there again

[@frankmarano1118]

I just said almost the same exact thing like wtf lmao

[@J-tt1lu]

She sounds extremely selfish

[@TonyWright-tf5zy]

@@J-tt1lu extremely female.

[@atumanov55]

Imagine going through all of that to film a documentary that no one can find anymore lol

[@maryamk3977]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dr.oobleck2317]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5qXe4ylr7qGppo here you go

[@ajmarion]

💀 😂

[@mitchrich6]

KZbin channel name Dr Gregory stone Title Antarctica Ice Island. It's like 50 mins long

[@dasvidanjatv]

@@mitchrich6 legend

[@viyorel]

When I heard "after that close call..." I had REALLY hoped that it was going to be a "they decided to call off the dive" so I absolutely grimaced when they decided to go for ONE MORE!!! AAA

[@luisao400]

Same! Some people really love playing w death, I was honestly surprised they kept wanting to go back each time 😅

[@viyorel]

@@luisao400 right?! Especially the very last one... the iceberg really did just be like "you guys dont seem to get it, so bye👋"

[@gothgirl4evr881]

I literally said out loud "have you lost your mind completely" each time they said they planned their next dive.

[@pantoponrosegoatoe4129]

Same! I was yelling to the screen saying.. No, not again! Lol.

[@Camcolito]

I was rooting for them to keep trying until they all die like the idiots they are.

[@seanmchugh840]

Don't go to icebergs, don't go caving, don't go diving. Most assuredly don't go iceberg cave diving.

[@oceaco]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MrPopo-nn7kp]

Is this a bot comment or npc?

[@MajinObama]

No it’s a living human with common sense, who‘s alive because of it.

[@jonnyboyd7715]

Its hard to feel sorry for them when they decided to go in again after 2 almost deadly trips.

[@blackslav1497]

well maybe you should try

[@JJ-kc2re]

@@blackslav1497 big brain

[@michaelhanford8139]

Is your pity of any value? Ever consider that they might look at your lifestyle & shake her head and pity you?

[@artur6912]

@@michaelhanford8139 Why would I care what some idiots with a death wish think about my lifestyle ? Those divers were just that, idiots with a death wish. You genuinely have to have negative IQ to consider it a good idea to dive in freezing water with a leaking suit after almost dying two previous times.

[@XBloodyBaneX]

@@michaelhanford8139 they can pity my life all they want, but at least I use my brain to avoid deadly situations instead of throwing myself headlong into them. *I* haven't almost froze to death after getting trapped underwater in an iceberg. *Twice.* I don't care what year it was. They knew it was ice before going it. They knew it was breaking apart constantly before going in. After going in ONCE, they Knew the run off water made it almost impossible to swim back the way you came, and that the ice could collapse on the entrance. But they went in anyway, twice, and almost died. TWICE. All for what? A bit of footage? To prove something we already confirmed, and could already confirm without going in? To make a documentary that apparently doesn't exist anymore?

[@zarasbazaar]

Diving in freezing waters with a hole in your suit seems like a ridiculous mistake to make for someone this experienced. I imagine the pressure of the expense of the expedition and the limited time to video the ice before it disintegrated pushed her to make a rash decision.

[@mr.bubbles8351]

Yea especially after what happened in their first 2 dives. How incredibly stupid

[@OhWell0]

@@mr.bubbles8351 If you look at the greatest divers, climbers, explorers, there develops a familiarity with the risk of death. The ability to overcome fear is what allowed them to become the greatest. The decision to dive is only stupid if you're afraid to die.

[@MosesNosenberg]

@@OhWell0 Knowingly using defective equipment is not overcoming fear, it is hubris.

[@rheinhartsilvento2576]

​@OhWell0 The whole point of these activities is making sure you're protecting yourself from death. If you ignore circumstances that will lead directly to your death, then you're committing elaborate suicide. While involving and endangering others. Might just as well go jump off a building. It's cheaper😅

[@rheinhartsilvento2576]

​@@MosesNosenbergExactly. Thank you.

[@nessyandtot]

Love your videos! Just one thing, they for sure were NOT using wet suits, but dry suits instead. Wet suits let water in creating a thin layer of water between your skin and suit, you'd body heat eventually warms the thin water layer, which warms you. I'm really cold water your body can't warm the water so you use a dry suit which let's no water in, that's why it was such an issue that they had leaks.

[@will.green.]

dont correct AI, if it gets too smart itll kill us all

[@ThePosino]

Don't know how many close calls these people need before they understand just how recklessly they were behaving.

[@Bornst3ll3r]

People never think the horror stories they hear from others could happen to them… which is why u see ppl cross roads without looking and do other reckless things

[@GR-bn3xj]

After every dive when they continue to make one more dive, I kept waiting for their death wish to happen. It just amazes me how many times they escape death and decided to do it just one more time. At the end I would not have felt sorry if one of them had died

[@michaelhanford8139]

Yes mother... Your 'safe' lifestyle will certainly permit you to live forever.🤷

[@XBloodyBaneX]

@@Bornst3ll3r Yea, but I don't think you convince most people to dive into underwater ice/limestone cave, or spelunk into something mere milimeters larger that they are, even with a gun to the head. Sometimes horror stories just happen, even if you were being careful, but other times you Make horror stories happen by being a fuckin idiot.

[@artur6912]

@@michaelhanford8139 No one lives forever, but most people prefer to not kill themselves doing something reckless and quite pointless. Most people are also capable of recognizing something is too dangerous after nearly dying doing it ONCE, those divers almost died 3 times and wanted to do it for a forth time. At some point it was no longer just something dangerous to do but a genuine death wish, because how many warnings can you ignore.

[@zaiz6018]

"They knew more than they did the day before" Knew what?! That at any given point a massive chunk of ice could capsize their ship and leave them to drown?! I'll never get where cave explorers get their courage from

[@HardlyaDavidson]

Curiosity and Adrenaline are two deadly drugs

[@poutinedream5066]

If your response to all that newfound useful knowledge is invariably "whatever 🤷🏽‍♀️," it doesn't really matter. What good is knowledge if we don't act on it?

[@zaiz6018]

@@poutinedream5066 what good is surviving a life or death situation and then jumping right back in?

[@watchforlife]

@@zaiz6018 plain stupidity.

[@a.h.1980]

THANK YOU! My thoughts exactly! They knew that the glacier was rapidly changing, that's it! Lol it's not like a normal mountain cave, this is literal ice that is melting and floating on water 🙄

[@LeuNoeleeste]

"They decided to go for one final dive" Yeah I think at this point God gave up and went back to play cosmic Roblox

[@luvrrm]

LMAOO

[@nickkohlmann]

XDDDD

[@aleciawiltshire9021]

Lol

[@kleinkaufman8940]

God" Ok, so you are not listening, Im closing the damn thing" Iceberg collapses completely.

[@Checkit12]

LOL this

[@GreenBaldrick]

Instead of admiration I only feel massive annoyance - they had several close calls in a row and survived by a miracle yet still decided to go one more time. They clearly neither deserved nor appreciated the luck they had - very few people would be given a second chance in this situation, but they did and it was still not enough to understand that it was time for them to wrap it up and leave especially since they have already filmed a lot of footage. Also this: "oh this current almost killed us and prevented us from getting back, what are we going to do to avoid it next time? Nothing! Oh it looks like the same current is trying to kill us again!" No shit, geniuses

[@thewingedpotato6463]

I nearly crapped myself when he pointed out at the end that she went on to be "one of the best divers in the world" like seriously WTF?

[@stedysteelsted9174]

​@@thewingedpotato6463 some say luck is part of skill :D....

[@grindelston5968]

If everyone had your attitude there would be no such thing as the United States, no landing on the moon, no stations in Antarctica, no Australia , no coal mines for the industrial revolution which led to the modern age .. What I'm saying is it we were all like you we would have nothing. Some people push boundaries and like to explore - but I get it 'curiosity killed the cat' and all that

[@enkiimuto1041]

Yeah I can't really imagine why one would want career advice from someone that was part of risking the life of a whole group (considering even the anchor snapped)

[@enkiimuto1041]

@@grindelston5968 Wth are you comparing the moon landing to something highly unstable? One is a decade-long project with deaths and actual planning made by hundreds of people. The other 3 guys and a footage and cold water from a mountain constantly falling apart around them

[@abhiwankenobi7172]

Ah yes my weekly dose of claustrophobia

[@fastinradfordable]

That’s what she said

[@jillturner9263]

😂

[@recessional5560]

Who prescribed it

[@erynwhiley5780]

@@recessional5560 claustrophobia itsself 😜

[@bluegypsydoll]

Right!? 😂

[@calebplumleeoutdoors]

"It became the largest moving object on the planet" *everyones mama breathes sigh of relief*

[@nyalissss]

😭😭😭

[@whitewalls4409]

I'm glad that you include stories of people making it out alive as it's the first time for many of us have heard these stories. It adds to the suspense of the story telling as we guess along or judge their moves if they are going to make it even though most in your stories do not. It wouldn't be as suspenseful if everyone in your stories didn't make it. In every story I find myself rooting for the person to make it.

[@grindelston5968]

It's nice to get a happy ending sometimes

[@2nicnag2]

So your comment is exactly how i felt listening to a different video where you expected the people talked about for the first 2/3’s of video wouldn’t be the ones who survived and then a whole new person enters the story and they are the one who doesn’t make it, didn’t see that coming at all!

[@hannahlanai]

This is so true! It really would ruin the tension and anticipation if we knew the outcome because the stories were always about people’s deaths.

[@em84c]

​@@hannahlanaisometimes Id rather know because its sad when you are rooting for the person and they die But its a nice surprise when you think they are dead for sure but they survive

[@hughmogus7137]

The only thing is, you can kind of know whether someone survivees or not based on whether the narration describes their thought process and stuff that only they could have known

[@randoman81]

"Jill was furious, that kind of mistake can get people killed..." Like they didn't make any other mistakes. These people were completely unprepared for what they were getting into.

[@thekaiser3815]

I wonder how much of this was influenced by ego?

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

iceberg cave diving isn't a thing anyone does so idk how you'd prepare for it, that being said the lack of building on the experience of each dive is rather strange although to be frank I don't actually know that there is all that much that could have been done to combat that current other than not going back in.

[@tonylego2364]

When cave diving isn't risky enough for your ego, let's go to a dynamically changing iceberg cave and almost die all 3 times refusing to admit the changing environment is highly dangerous

[@morgynnventers5823]

Yeah but like when someone is more worried about luxury equipment (IE cameras) then survival and then someone else falls back to help either a panicked person or a person solely worried about luxry items. Thats how people die. Cave diving or apocalypse or any life or death scenario. She was not wrong.

[@rheinhartsilvento2576]

​@@thekaiser3815All of it.

[@fordisfurious]

Shockingly, the ice island documentary once thought lost forever, was actually the very first hit when I typed “Nat Geo ice island” into my search engine. It was also published on KZbin over a year before this video. Seems to have been hiding in plain sight all along.

[@islaodonoghue8272]

You dont need a good understanding of diving to recognise the insane risks this group took. Little to no prior thinking about emergency situations and the risks combined with no reactive problem solving after each disastrous dive. This was an disaster waiting to happen.

[@royriley6282]

This. A better way for the narrator to show how unsexist they are than go on and on and on about the challenges she faced is to treat her like any other diver and deliver the proper and deserved criticism.

[@jacobpotter2237]

@@royriley6282 precisely. Sounds like to me she risked all their lives to try and prove herself. Moronic.

[@youoweme5forreadingthisnam535]

Wahmen 👩‍💻

[@hx5525]

@@royriley6282 Ikr, I know it’s incredible that she did all that in a male dominated field but he didn’t have to avoid criticizing her and just layer her with praises on end.

[@Amanda-gv3jh]

I was gonna say they did all this stupid stuff probably because a woman was in charge lol

[@katyl8487]

how many warnings did they NEED from the iceberg?? Two nearly fatal incidents but hell, let's go for a third.

[@HollyAnneThePaganChaosWitch]

Right? That iceberg was probably done with their shit at that point.

[@nateflatt7418]

Let's think about a 4th until the iceberg collapses

[@kronosomni2805]

You changed the world in a good way with this upload, the official KZbin of Dr. Stone now has recognition of Jill Heinerth's expertise and assistance to the expedition in the description of the video, instead of completely skipping her over.

[@pappanalab]

I’m curious…do you mean the manga series, _that_ Dr.Stone?

[@makayla1223]

@@pappanalabBruh.

[@vidfuel12]

What a foolish woman

[@DellaMcClare8888]

When I was a kid I wrote a short story for school about cave divers going into an iceberg but suddenly it flips on it's head and they have to chip their way out through the thinnest part of the ice. The teacher said it was a nice concept but why would people go into a moving unstable iceberg? He said I didn't have enough motive for the characters. I was like whatever, they're with National Geographic probably, those people just do stuff. So he gave me a c+. 🙃 Thanks for bringing this interesting story to us. I especially like when you cover women adventurers. If I knew about this incident as a little girl I would have been so happy.

[@Mrsjam96]

You should look up your teacher and send them a link to this video and then demand a better grade!

[@oldbat2ccats]

Yeah, link em up ! Absurd ? That teacher had no imagination.

[@dreadpenguinlord340]

One diver to the other: "You say we need to chip our way out through the ice, but... I'm just not feeling it. Help me out... what's my motivation?" XD

[@senorpepper3405]

Yeah...some teachers are GAE!

[@puffinpillow9419]

you're happy another woman did something more stupid than the men? until yesterday all the cave-gone-wrong stupidity I saw was from men and I thought common sense was the one thing we had going for us...

[@compatriot852]

Not sure why anybody would ever want to explore ice caves given how notoriously dangerous ice and snow can be

[@ransakreject5221]

Same reason some people play Russian roulette and blow their brains out

[@christinemccullough8765]

Some of us aren't boring

[@heehoopeanut420]

@@christinemccullough8765 put that quote up at you're funeral lol

[@rickpeterson8825]

@@christinemccullough8765 Literally the stupidest comment in the loooooongg history of stupid comments, remarks etc ! Because somebody doesn't want to die in an underwater ice cave or risk being devoured by a 20ft Great White Shark ...or jump off a cliff only to have their parachute fail.... means they're boring ... ? Be Quiet

[@esterherschkovich6499]

Totally crazy 😜

[@calebplumleeoutdoors]

Sometimes I listen to these stories and can't help but think "they had it coming"... "Hey guys, every dive so far has been a near disaster and getting worse... let's go one more time" 🥴

[@nps1024]

Actually, the people in this video "had it coming" much more than anyone else on this channel - because after each close call they kept doing it again. And yet they all got away unscathed while others died after a single mistake.

[@emceehammer8054]

The entire operation seemed incredibly reckless. Then each dive even the dive to test equipment continues to have close call after close call and the kept diving. WTF!?!

[@404JNF]

First dive: brave Second dive: reckless Third dive: brain-dead Thank god the iceberg fell apart before they had a chance to consider a fourth

[@marcusredwine9918]

Sometimes god has to put a stop to people’s stupidity, he allowed that iceberg to be destroyed so they wouldn’t die.

[@stygianmoon1716]

@@marcusredwine9918 funny how god cares for those people yet for Ukraine and the women in Iran, nahhh, let them fend for themselves what a great god

[@marcusredwine9918]

@@stygianmoon1716 you are correct but god does say he will have mercy on whom he will, if he decided to have mercy on the divers rather then A country then that’s his business.

[@Veristelle-]

@@marcusredwine9918 If god is a being who gives mercy to overly reckless divers, but wants for millions to be raped and murdered because of where they were born; then it's far more comparable to a devil than anything else. There's a reason atheism is growing so much of late.

[@marcusredwine9918]

@@Veristelle- and you have that freedom, you have free will to practice whatever religion you want rather it be Athisem, but we both know where you will end up in eternity for none belief in god. But like it said it’s up to you, you have that freedom and right.

[@MilkshakeSnake360]

I’m so shocked at the ending… not usually the case, lucky. But man… glad the ice fell before they made they *final* dive and that it actually stopped them.

[@yeememm]

It didn't. They died

[@idontknow409]

As a life-long Floridian, being engulfed in that much cold is almost unfathomable.

[@fastinradfordable]

You need some Wim Hof

[@christineclemens7121]

Living in Florida 30 plus years being engulfed in that much disgusting heat is unfathomable

[@sgvincent100]

Pun intended? 😆

[@notagarbage6728]

she went to Antarctica for cave diving guys you heard right hahahaha these peoples just gives away their life send me to a mental hospital i can't stop laughing 😂

[@ernestweaver9720]

I have not seen snow in thirty plus years. But I have seen flurries three times in St. Pete in that time. Of course soon as it touched the ground it was gone.

[@sixstringedthing]

I've often wondered if it's possible to combine all the dangers, discomforts and physical/mental challenges of ice climbing and cave diving into a single activity. Wait, no I haven't, because I'm not an insane person.

[@Tenacitybrit]

Someone somewhere is gonna read your comment and say 'challenge accepted!'

[@davesmith5656]

As long as you wear an N-95 face mask, you'll be OK. Doctors and lawyers know that, so it's reliable information.

[@mysterylovescompany2657]

Don't forget getting swarmed by hand-sized arachnids!😂

[@fizzles5]

@@mysterylovescompany2657 the fucking isopods and shit falling all over them was so unexpected did not think I would be getting that kind of scary in this episode😭

[@Psykrom]

@@fizzles5 At least they did not try to crawl into their warm wetsuits.

[@ratgirl13]

I’m going to say the unpopular thing-I wouldn’t go diving anywhere with Jill, she lacks the common sense and seems to have a death wish-her guardian angel if there’s such a thing was working overtime to keep this silly woman alive. That’s all.

[@melissamcclain34]

Considering the number of close calls they had I'm actually surprised they didn't decide to try one last time even though the ice was breaking up at the end! Thanks for another awesome video!

[@NightShift7]

It's amazing to me how some people so seemingly intelligent and expert in their field can willingly make so many mistakes over and over again, throwing safety and common sense out the window. Really is mind boggling to me.

[@jorgen3662]

Matter of perspective if risking your life for thrills is something intelligent but sure.

[@sashimi879]

​@@jorgen3662nope. Intelligence is measured.

[@marhawkman303]

@@jorgen3662 This wasn't even thrill seeking. This was legit exploration. And they had a lot of safety precautions... enough they'd have died otherwise.

[@preg13]

At 6:56 you state that they were wearing wetsuits. They were wearing drysuits. That's why it was an issue when Wes Skiles' suit flooded. Drysuits, unlike wetsuits, are supposed to keep the water out.

[@kewlztertc5386]

This should be titled "Death Wish". How many times did she think she could tempt fate?

[@bicivelo]

Right?! Stupid

[@skynotaname2229]

She and the others were not leasiure divers, they are explorers. Even if they had died it would've been ignorant to ca them stupid or reckless, unless you're willing to say the same thing about our entire space program or really any explorer in history.

[@kewlztertc5386]

@Sky Notaname 😆, there's acceptable risk, and then there's lunacy. No one is getting on a rocket to Mars, without thoroughly preparing for all contingencies. There's too many variables with a melting and crumbling glacier, to ever prepare properly. For what? What contributions to the world does swimming under an ice cube offer? Space, ancient explorers, all added something meaningful to the world.

[@bicivelo]

@@skynotaname2229 Not true, This is a false equivalency logical fallacy. if there was any sort of similar risk in the space exploration world they would NOT do it! In your analogy walking across the street would be the same. In reality they got lucky as all hell and that’s not how most people go through life, especially in aerospace and space exploration. They were being Cowboys and in this case didn’t die.

[@skynotaname2229]

@@bicivelo my issue was that people seem to think these people weren't aware of the risks and are doing this for fun. As stated in the video the reason they kept going back was they knew that nobody else had studied this before. As a side note, I don't understand your comment about being cowboys, please explain.

[@lucasfff1370]

to be honest if they had died you can't say they didn't deserve it... after 2 near death experiences happened already, they decided to go for a third dive!?!? that's just reckless behaviour in my opinion

[@shrumrii1648]

sooo stupid

[@sarrahkramer848]

Love how you provide so much backstory and narrative, its so important to humanize people when other channels just talk about what they did or what happened to them

[@8pelagic610]

Great narration! This could also be titled "Three Land Adapted Mammals Who Were Exceptionally Lucky NOT to be Transformed into Mother Nature's Ice Sculptures"

[@grindelston5968]

Aye, really rolls off the tongue

[@hensonlaura]

Anyone who so persistently places themselves in such dire danger deserves what they get. Bravery isn't even the issue. It's some kind of madness.

[@mat_ior8598]

Doesn’t mean they deserve to die.

[@johnathanera5863]

@@mat_ior8598 of course not. But I wouldnt be shedding any tears if they did.

[@hensonlaura]

@@mat_ior8598 don't you deserve the probable consequences of your actions?

[@faulkgough1768]

@@hensonlaura feast or famine. When you have a drive, a goal; go for broke. She did. You die a legend; or live a hero. or, I guess, act a fool or die a tool. Its not like what she was doing was worthless... things were learned.. yes, it was very risky, but we learned. Pure science means, well, it doesn't always work... is there anything you would be willing to do to learn?

[@tetermc]

@@jimbobeire Again, keep it brief. You say a lot of words but ultimately don't convey very much.

[@samirboric]

Despite her returning to death-diving for 3 times I admire her greatly 'cause she was composed during a moments of pure panic and being able to think and have ideas, amazing woman truly!

[@Auny111]

THE definition of tempting fate. They're so lucky they made it out each time - nature gave them fair warnings and they ignored them. They're all nuts lol .

[@texastea5686]

I just love your voice. Your inflection, your tone, your flat accent. Soooo smooth and easy to listen to (despite the dark themes!)

[@okaynevermind5130]

Wes skiles did die while filming underwater on July 21, 2010. His irrational persistence was driven by an over-ambitious nature.

[@bl1754]

That footage better still be available considering how many times they almost perished getting it

[@johnathonnewton6339]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5qXe4ylr7qGppo

[@johnathonnewton6339]

It is available, here you go

[@eliasrosas2310]

@@johnathonnewton6339 wow thanks!

[@Skeejus]

@@johnathonnewton6339the link seems to be gone, can you send it to me?

[@frokality]

​@@johnathonnewton6339 could I have it?

[@grmpEqweer]

Diving an iceberg cave on Antarctica...oh yeah, that sounds like a GREAT idea. 😱

[@gg_gabriel_99]

A MOVING cave

[@esterherschkovich6499]

Lol .yep😀🤔

[@lilahatesgeese]

It’s actually one of my scuba diving goals lol

[@ulloriaqjensen1924]

I found this channel yesterday. Fantastic content, I have already watched many different videos. Keep up the amazing work. :)

[@robo3915]

I was working on a Russian icebreaker in 2001 and we went past B-15. Even flew up to it with the helicopters and had a few drinks on it. Cave diving on it just sounds stupid. Icebergs are so unpredictable that it’s dangerous being next to them in a boat.

[@arjanschaffer1318]

Nice! Did you work at the Vasily Golovnin? I was at Antarctica 2012 - 2013. Supplying the Argentinian stations with the Dutch ship the Timca. Unforgettable experience.

[@ArtistCreek]

Tbh having g a few drinks on it sounds pretty risky too.

[@OneBravo721]

Ended up not being able to sleep last night! Seen the community post about this and decided to stay up and watch it. No work until Monday so might as well enjoy my weekend! Thanks for the upload! Have a great weekend everyone.

[@PrayedForYou]

Have a great weekend brotha

[@squarerootofyggdrasil8576]

Have a great weekend

[@sergeantschlumpf6368]

11:55 Again? 😮😮😮😮😮

[@andrewvc1527]

This was definitely "Scary Interesting." But it also seems like a textbook example of "what not to do." After their first near lethal dive, they should have stopped, then reevaluated what they could have done differently to prevent that outcome. Instead, they decided to do the exact same thing TWO more times, each time nearly lethal. And if they hadn't tried to eat lunch, then they absolutely would have died when the iceberg broke up. I find it hard to believe that Jill received so many awards, because I absolutely would not trust any of these people on a dive; they clearly do not know how to properly evaluate risks and it nearly cost them all their lives. Seriously, TWO of them decided to pull the "I have faulty equipment but I'm not going to mention it" stunt and it nearly killed them both from frostbite and hypothermia! That's the same type of shit you see in zombie movies, where somebody gets bit or hurt and doesn't mention it, then it results in the group nearly dying. SMH

[@KuK137]

They decided to do it three times because it was ONLY shot humanity had for it. Imagine Moon landing was possible only once - only an idiot would complain the explorers decided to investigate as much as possible. Do it better? How? Wait a year for next time-- oh wait. And yeah, you find it hard to believe because you're a sexist moron. The fact she dived not once, not twice, but THREE times in the most dangerous place possible and lived (plus did all the scientific goals the expedition had) pretty much proves she was insanely good even then...

[@ronque23]

Their ambition for that final dive (which was miraculously closed off to them) gave me “But we must study the creature that wants to destroy mankind” vibes in movies. Damn scientists! But damn brave and ballsy too!

[@hyunsungjung4941]

Seriously, I admire their near-suicidal dedication. I mean why are all these people shitting on these guys. It's not like they're forcing anyone to dive in that cave.

[@FirstNameLastName-lk3ng]

@@hyunsungjung4941 I can't speak for everyone else, but for me, it was the narrator's near-worshipful way of describing Jill Heinerth that bugged me. I get it, she's female in a male-dominated field, it was ~50 years ago, so the attitude was hugely sexist, etc., but the -simping- reverence feels... too much.

[@MrEgofreak]

Jurassic Park level of bravery and stupidity! Everyone wants to be remembered, whether or not that includes being remembered for a dumb reason!

[@davidlangston9595]

How do you become the world's best diver when you make a the same stupid decision 3 times in a row and ignore dozens of signs that the situation is not safe? The most important thing taught to divers is risk mitigation by paying attention to your body and your surroundings. She repeatedly ignored obvious signs that the situation had changed and was getting increasingly danger and only survived due to dumb luck...hardly the world's best/smartest divers, but definitely one of the luckiest.

[@letsdoit1502]

Having done some recreational diving courses I think the diving crew in the Antarctic must've been using drysuits instead of wetsuits. I think this because a wetsuit will always be, well, wet and it doesn't let water rush in because of it, whereas a drysuit lets you stay dry by putting air between you and the water while also acting as your BCD because of it, that layer of air makes the drysuit ideal for cold diving since it will protect very well against the freezing cold if you control the air layer well. Great video by the way ! The story had great information.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

TIL there are two different kinds of diving suits 👍

[@Objectified]

So sheer luck saved them on the first dive, and then fate had to step in to save them from their increasingly unfathomable stupidity on dives 2 and 3 - but they still planned to go down a 4th time.

[@BrianRosborough]

For the algorithm!!!! Also a mark of a great content creator imo is the rewatch-ability of any given video. I’ve watched this particular one at least 3 times now and it never gets old. Keep up the great work brother, God Speed!

[@kingsfoil5844]

How stupid do some people have to be to not only make the same mistake 3 times but also believe that it won't impact them? Like, you're not above nature and I'm glad it humbled you. You deserved that.

[@occhamite]

"Consummate proffesional" - I dunno. The dives were conducted with inadequate equipment, took foolhardy risks after equipment failures, and then still more foolhardy risks after the danger became apparent. "Lady Luck" was working overtime here.

[@Ronilac]

It was a spectacle of incompetence... so often served by "superstars" of diving. BTW: Friend of mine, avid female diver, from 1991 was a commercial diver... and asked many times she never expressed that being a woman was an obstacle...

[@liliandelahaije5896]

I'm a dive instructor too. My rule is when I'm diving, safety comes first. After the second dive went wrong, I never would have dived that thirt dive. This is really reckless diving, I thought they died already in their first dive, while I was watching this story.

[@minkymott]

Second dive? I wouldn't have gone a second time. Dude, after that ice broke off on the first time, that's it. She even knew, before that, the ice shifts and breaks. No way.

[@liliandelahaije5896]

@@minkymott yes exactly 👌🏻

[@minkymott]

@@liliandelahaije5896 you are more brave than I'll ever be. IF, and I say IF I were to ever go scuba diving, I think eight feet in open water, close to shore, would be my limit. In daylight. With at least two other people. Oh, and I'd carry 8 extra air tanks with me. : )

[@OiramandAce7]

When I'm looking for interesting incidents, good or bad, and all around compelling storytelling about real world occurrences happening while exploring the depths of our world, this KZbinr is absolutely what I'm looking for. I've tried to branch out to other channels like this but I keep coming back here over and over again. Your videos have great quality with many pictures that help explain the story while other channels just use 1 (maybe 2) to just have a background while they talk. I just keep thinking the same thing when I watch yet another video of yours that comes out: "this is a quality video and exactly what I'm looking for." Thanks for having respect for the victims and families. You seem like you really care about what you're saying and not just slapping it up on youtube as a side gig. It would be just fine if you did. I'm just saying to me, you feel genuine. I can't wait for more!

[@pricelessmakoa4482]

I know I’m a year late, but man. I really love your shout out of dive talk! That channel is amazing. I’ve enjoyed both yours and their channel for years now. Keep up the great work man

[@melodi996]

After each dive I expected them to stop it, but for some reason they felt it's a great idea to do it again and again! No matter how unique the opportunity is, your life matters more and your footage won't be recovered if you die there, it doesn't worth it, you'll lose much more unique events by dying young.

[@argosz3928]

I was very impressed at their seemingly non preparation for diving in extreme cold/ice environments. You know, research, study of behavior of fresh/sea water and ice, speaking to divers with experience in cold sea conditions (like some of those "commercial" divers or scientific divers). Then the apparent lack of post near death dives safety briefs. No use of lines to orientate themselves or find their way out. Jill was lucky she didn't get frostbite and gangrene and lose her hand. A conversation with an experienced cold water diver would have shown how essential perfect equipment is (which she apparently didn't consider with her dive suit). Even a conversation with a Innuit native would have told her cold = death above ground, too.

[@reimalaluan5286]

I'm so into this story, I got so pissed when they planned to go back the third time. God damn it they have a death wish or something?

[@kentjensen4504]

I’m sorry but at some point I stop admiring the courage and start snorting at how stupid these people are.

[@datoda3593]

There's a thin line seperating stupidity and courage. Either way, their expedition and camera footage did help us understand Icebergs better, so atleast you can't say it was for nothing

[@kristoffer3075]

This lol. There were so many close calls it's unbelievable. There's a certain point where you gotta start realizing that this shit is too volatile and dangerous to keep going. They're incredibly lucky to be alive.

[@roxanne8662]

its only stupid until they make a discovery that advances humankind significantly

[@Ironclad17]

@@roxanne8662 Icebergs are big and dangerous, they melt, discovery of the century. They're reckless thrillseekers.

[@artur6912]

It was exactly their second dive when the whole group became a bunch of idiots for me, but they decided to ramp up the idiocy when they dived for a third time and one of them had a leaking suit.

[@GR-bn3xj]

Man, these people had a death wish. I kept waiting for every time they did just one more dive for that to be the dive that they did not come back from. When you see this kind of reckless behavior, it makes you not feel as bad for the people when they run to these problems. I don't wish death upon anyone but not sure how many close calls you can have and still want to keep going. No footage is worth dying for

[@Duncasaurus_Offical]

As sad and terrifying as this hobby is, I can't get enough of these videos.

[@ms.dannyd9219]

I watched the documentary. It was surreal and amazing! I don't think many people would have been able to do that and the footage they gathered was simply amazing!

[@vividbiomass620]

Do you still have a copy?

[@Mrsjam96]

Do you know the name of it

[@johnytest1234]

Any info?

[@ashleyjones2n1994]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5qXe4ylr7qGppo

[@janisbojko7860]

​@@scottcol23 thx

[@danagraslie5718]

Good lord...how many chances did these people want to take 😲🌊🌊

[@paul6925]

It’s crazy that she was a graphic designer. I am one and we usually aren’t the sportiest people in the world…

[@truthylucy7068]

No Kidding! Every time they enter the water they know it could be their last. They have no fear!

[@imaspoon4522]

Right? I wonder if they're just really fatalistic and think this pursuit is worth dying for.

[@michaelhanford8139]

Everyone dies, in an ice cave in your prime or an elderly person slipping in the bath. What you do between birth and death is life...make it worth your while.

[@artur6912]

@@michaelhanford8139 Except, when you die as an elderly person sliping in your bath, you had far more time to do something worthwhile, than when you kill yourself in your prime like a total idiot doing something so pointless a diving in an iceberg WITH A LEAKY SUIT.

[@bananaslamma35]

There are professional divers who are extremely cautious, double, triple and quadruple check everything, who die in caving accidents that are no fault of their own. And then someone does something as insanely careless and stupid as what the trio of idiots in this story did, and somehow survives not one not two but THREE attempts at self termination. It really is fucked how unfair life is sometimes.

[@bahhhhumbug9804]

ok guys we almost died every time we dived the last 4 times lets go one more time surely nothing will go wrong 5 times in a row.

[@Lord_Poyo]

She must have improved immensely over the years. I would heavily question the standards of those giving out awards and titles if they gave her all of her accolades if she is still just as reckless now as she was back then.

[@silentbliss7666]

All divers are reckless in nature. They can continue to do this despite each dive is like brushing shoulders with Death

[@Zapp__Brannigan]

@@silentbliss7666 Going down once into a completely unknown environment where it's impossible to prepare and then almost getting killed is risky. Going down a _second time_ and almost getting killed again is reckless. Going down a THIRD F***ING TIME is hubris. I suspect that somewhere buried deep in Jill's psyche is a petulant little girl whose feelings were hurt by much more experienced men who probably perceived a boundless ambition and tried to warn her off pursuing the hobby. This drive to prove herself to be just as good as the men is what makes her dangerous in my opinion.

[@KuK137]

Hey, brainless clown, the fact she dived not once, not twice, but THREE times in the most dangerous place possible and lived pretty much proves she was insanely good even then...

[@DraconisMarchVII]

​@silentbliss7666 Uh... all divers see danger signs and repeat the same mistakes over and over?

[@zacklande5159]

I can't stop bingeing all your videos. HELP!!!

[@joycec8]

I kept screaming "No WHY????" as the decisions kept escalating.

[@pakde8002]

The level of reckless behavior is off the charts. In a situation where you have very competitive people involved you need someone over them who gets to call the shots. To imagine that they almost died on each dive and were still trying to push the envelope is frankly suicidal and would never be sanctioned by anyone not high on adrenaline.

[@StuermischeTage]

Might also be related to them spending a decent amount of work on securing funding for the mission. To then cancel the video shoot and return empty-handed would lower their future employment situation.

[@Wamsuo58u]

​@@StuermischeTage once again cataputilism is to blame

[@Tyleranthonyrobey]

i just came across your channel and im am absolutly obessed now i have to watch all your videos!

[@reversalmushroom]

Those people were idiots because they kept going back after almost dying each time. "I know the last 2 times we went, we escaped death by the grace of God, but yeah, let's immediately go right back in."

[@highscores8593]

I haven't finished the video yet but they just barely made it out and then they go back the next day. So ridiculous.

[@przybyla420]

Hey now, this is for science! (or whatever)

[@sgvincent100]

Thanks for the spoilers. 😡

[@appleid3151]

@@sgvincent100 that's on you to be fair

[@TheRealestEric]

5:41 tfw you're out diving, and you hear this music kick in... 😮😢💀

[@garrettrye6951]

At about 11:10 when she realizes she is far from the line of sight with the boat after exiting the cave I just screamed “RADIOS! WHY WOULDN’T YOU HAVE WATERPROOF RADIOS TO COMMUNICATE IN THIS DANGEROUS DIVE IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY?”

[@manuxx3543]

Was there waterproof pocket radios in the 80's ?

[@poldi2233]

I'm not sure it would work through so much ice

[@thisisitthisiswhat]

@@manuxx3543 this happened in 2001, that's not the 80s

[@6torthor]

Let alone getting close to a melting iceberg is dangerous. Going under?? Naive trying to go multiple times, so damn lucky they survived multiple times

[@AdventCloudStrife]

"Following that close call, the team decided to make one final dive." Lunatics. You already laughed at God twice, and you go for three?! At least you somehow managed to avoid trage- "Incredibly, two hours later, the team had their equipment laid out once again to make one final dive." no

[@shawnburke3427]

I appreciate you doing one of these where no one died a horrible death.

[@rattoota]

Theres a difference between looking for adventure and looking for trouble. These people are insanely lucky that despite several red flags and failed dives that they didnt end up making the final trip of their lives.

[@adamr8628]

I kept waiting for the "gone wrong" part of the story!! No disaster. And thats a good thing. The first time I've ever watched a positive ending on this channel!

[@captainmcface9393]

First dive, almost died. "let's go again!". Second dive, almost died. "let's go again!". Third dive, almost died. "let's go ag.... oop, there goes the whole iceberg that no doubt would have killed us if we'd have gone again. Oh well, let's go home then".

[@DJMarcO138]

Respect to the Dive Talk namedrop. Great channel! Gus and Woody are fun guys.

[@cjjackson2475]

Love that you tell scary stories where sometimes the folks live & sometimes they don't 🤔

[@sixx6849]

Right!! It’s cool to see how things play out

[@BadMann3rs]

Its the fact that she got mad at them in the middle of the third trip on some "That sort of decision could get everyone killed!" . Like girl, come on, its one thing to be stupid, its another to be delusional 😂.

[@szwolinski4587]

I cannot believe that three experienced divers took so many risks without proper planning. You even mentioned that they would have to use lines attached to the ice by special retainers which wasn't done. One diver stayed in the water with his 'DRY' (not WET) suit leaking and filled with freezing seawater. They then entered the cave without fixed lines not once but three times. She also continued a dive with part of HER dry suit leaking which almost cost her a hand. They survived to make the documentary by sheer dumb luck and not skill! She was the titular leader so SHAME ON HER.

[@Val-mi3nx]

Honestly it’s hard to feel bad for them when 3 times they took risks and played with their lives