Frozen North: Sir Hubert's Forgotten Submarine Expedition

[@wayahedia9989]

rare treat to have actual footage instead of stock footage.

[@burtlangoustine1]

Or worse, cartoons in place of actual footage or photography.

[@captaintoyota3171]

​@burtlangoustine1 hey sometimes animations are helpful actually

[@angelsflight1837]

What a lovely story and testament to the great explorer's dreams. Thank you for telling it.

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

i Dont think his crew thought that or their bereaved loved ones back either for that matter

[@angelsflight1837]

@oldschoolfoil2365 I am sorry, I was under the impression that the crew all made it home. I watched the entire program.. what did I miss?

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

@@angelsflight1837 All good naval disasters kind of pull on heart strings sometimes

[@davorpirsic3234]

I love calm documentarys like this one, can't stand those hectic music which is in most of today's docs.

[@gfbprojects1071]

What a beautifully crafted documentary. I read about Sir Hubert years ago and this documentary reveals so much more.

[@carmencollor1224]

Fascinating stuff. I had never heard of this expedition. Thanks!

[@jt66radioguy4]

Wow! Sir Hubert Wilkins, the coolest dude I’d never heard of before!! This is a terrific documentary! Well done, very well done!

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

yeah right. How so?

[@joeybobbie1]

I’m really happy that in the end, Sir Hubert reached the North Pole by Submarine. It was quite the Honor to have his Ashes Spread at the North Pole. That was a fitting end to a Great Man and Explorer. Thank You to the U.S. Navy for doing that.😁👍👍❤️

[@HandyMan657]

Well done, thank you for telling that story. Wonderful ending.

[@philipreiffel5077]

What a contrast from where hubert grew up, you can visit his home "netfield homestead' near hallet, south australia, it a dry stinking hot place in summer, he must of got sick of the heat and headed for the artic! On another note the submarine "nautalis" looks in great condition, now that would make one great museum piece at bergan!

[@andrzejturkiewicz8624]

great job, thank you very much to all the creators for this film, respect...

[@shaunmcclory8117]

"Some of the crew want to carry on to the arctic" wow how mad were they!!?..i'd definetly be in the "some want to disembark at the next port" group!!

[@odonaldcoaker6892]

They were hardy tough souls ...not afraid of death

[@Langevloei-NL]

22:48 "The boat has no heating" What were they thinking?

[@richardh8082]

20 men may generate some heat

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

You got a hubris nut case at the helm is why.

[@jamesraymond1158]

Fascinating. Expertly produced and narrated. Despite having decades of experience in polar research, I had never heard of Wilkins until now. Today, the expedition appears foolhardy, but as one of the people interviewed said, you have to judge it by what was known at the time. Wilkins, like other early polar explorers, was driven by hopes of fame and glory but unable to say that, he and the others had to pretend the goal was science.

[@burtlangoustine1]

It's amazing. I had to salute the poor freezing crew. 'Held hostage' by brute ambition must be quite frightening.

[@malcolmalexander5615]

I am glad i learned of these legends.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

gotta respect the man for not being the typical "damn the torpedoes" type willing to sacrifice the crew and himself to prove he is right, I mean he wasnt perfect but he did call off the extended stay under the Ice, cant say the same about Scott or Franklin....Heroes are the ones willing to change plans to save lives, not the one that completes the Masters silly objective$$$,

[@nicholaskearney678]

Well said.

[@noapologizes2018]

The guts these men had to take on this adventure in what was considered a rickety sub even for the standards of their time, is amazing. Who would do such a thing these days. If he were alive, maybe Stockton Rush would do so. But not many others.

[@mariemelansongundy-vx4ox]

Oh, this one is going to have me do a deep dive study. Amazing.

[@carolmurray187]

Excellent documentary

[@garryrawlinson2266]

Fine Story Thanks

[@christybyrne5195]

Great documentary, Lovely ending!😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@williamjames9515]

This man risked the lives of his crew to satisfy his ego! He deserves to be forgotten.

[@bikersoncall]

Great Hero or dangerous fool, that is the question. I appreciate that the writer of this documentary was honest and didn't white-wash this story.

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

Yep... it's called Hubris my friend. This is why mutiny was invented to keep the crew alive. Ego is no excuse for the life of any man.

[@bikersoncall]

@@oldschoolfoil2365 It's a shame that this isn't taught to govts. Wars are not fought buy those that arrange them.

[@knutarneaakra6013]

Laying on the seabed outside my homeplace in bergen.😊

[@machinesandthings9641]

Stay safe and warm lol

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

wow you must have a set of lungs on you to hold your breath that long and a water proof internet service as well? wow. crazy guy Heheh

[@annemacpherson916]

That was outstanding thanks 🫶🏽🇦🇺🙏

[@georgeweisbrod1876]

Nothing is said about navigational magnetism at the pole

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

it's all gatekept from us plebs anyway what really is going on up there and the truth about the pole. one thing is evident there is a huge magnetic force there as all compasses point north to it. not the south there is no pole

[@bazza945]

Superb documentary and recreation sequences.

[@thosoz3431]

George Hubert Wilkins. When knighted by King George Wilkins asked to be knighted, 'Hubert', when asked why he said," I wouldn't presume to use your name". At he end of the first world war, Sir John Monash, commander of the Australian Corps, stated in the Sydney Morning Herald, 'George Hubert Wilkins is the bravest man in my army'. The plane used by Kingsford Smith to cross the Pacific for the first time, The Southern Cross, was supplied by Hubert Wilkins. Both the Inuit and the Aboriginals of Australia's north regarded him as a superior human being. In his time he was as famous as Charlie Chaplin. These are only a few of his many accomplishments Perhaps the greatest life story I have read in my 70 years.

[@billie-jeanuk5576]

Brilliant thank you

[@TastyBusiness]

Well made, excellent documentary.

[@marqsee7948]

this submarine lived on in the stories of Doc Savage

[@Eric-qo8vv]

No heating in the boat. Ain’t no effin way I’d of gone. Insanity

[@arthuroldale-ki2ev]

To make a futuristic journey in an antique submarine, the man had been reading to much Victorian SCI FI .

wonderful story.

[@dariuszkowalski-k5r]

Beautiful film, great Men.

[@martijnjongepoerink3459]

WOW First time watching, subbing now

[@charletonzimmerman4205]

I worked on the "Skate". @ Norfolk Naval base, 1978, @ D&S Pier 22, she had a reactor leak.

[@gerryhouska2859]

In Australia we learn nought of this.

[@jeremygaynor2410]

Well in SA we have the story of Sir Hubert - Mt Bryan East is the restored family homestead with his remarkable story- a humble beginning in South Australia’s mid north wheat belt .

[@harbourdogNL]

What a bloody shambles of an expedition. Absolutely fascinating though!! Like Scott's expedition, this was poorly planned, very little forethought or testing or '"dry" runs' and very poorly executed. Pure luck that no one died. I spent time in the Arctic as a deckhand on an oceanographic research vessel in the early 1980s, and even with all mod cons we found it a pretty taxing environment to work in, and completely unforgiving.

[@حسنینضامنعلیچنگیزی]

دنیا کی خوبصورت ترین جگہوں پرانی کام کرتے ہوئے

[@cosmiccowboy3063]

If they had no heat how did they cook food or thaw it out??

[@davidchase9424]

Liked and "subbed"

[@jessejames7757]

There's Gold in them there Hills💪

[@skdinterceptor2828]

Sad and poiniat ending

[@toothlessseer3153]

This video has been ripped off from channel *Timeline - World History Documentaries*

[@shaunmcclory8117]

Jeez whoever thought the arctic was a good place to go in a metal tube with no heating!?? Ooh it's bloody freezing....no shit Sherlock!

[@stevehuffman7453]

Any record of why he didn't postpone the voyage to the pole until the next spring or summer? He could have stayed the winter in England or Norway. The reliability of his sub was proven questionable during the voyage from NYC, USA, to Plymouth, England. (I also have to wander why they weathered that storm on the surface. Couldn't they have submerged 50 to 100 feet or so to avoid the rough weather and seas?) How much diesel did Nautilus carry? During her refits, did they add fuel capacity (and battery capacity for when running submerged)? 200 foot max dive depth??? My how times have changed. Some affordable (under $500 USD) dive wrist watches are rated to 600 meters (1968 feet) or even more today. Two of my under $70 "dive watches" are rated at 200 meters (656 feet). (Yes. I will likely never have them submerged more than 1 or 2 meters.🙄)

[@Vicmot]

I never understood how they could fit to thet 50 cm wide metal tube..

[@davidchase9424]

They already know. They just don't want YOU to "know."

[@thelastaustralian7583]

My People the Australians were an amazing Race .Short lived as a distinct culture .Destroyed and betrayed by our supposed Allies....

[@toothlessseer3153]

Ripped off from channel *Timeline - World History Documentaries*

[@robertjacob5dmk3]

such a shame the submarine was sunk and not kept for museum or historical purpose

[@emfraza7953]

Thanks to the Wyoming, now they have plenty of cigarettes aboard the submarine! This is only slightly less ludicrous than the smoking lounge on the Hindenburg, our ancestors knew mortality and laughed in its face.

[@justkidding9751]

Who designs a submarine to go to the poles with no heating, talk about short sightedness. That should've been a priority in my opinion.

[@thomasmacdonald8248]

There is no chance id get in that sub probably not even in dry dock lol

[@aguilacalva2625]

👍👏👏

[@williamjames9515]

How dumb can you be to go to the highest point in the arctic without heat!

[@richardh8082]

[@drips1030]

Imagine going under in that heep of junk 😂😂😂

[@magnetiktrax]

11:55 - judge it by its time. Would you be brave enough to do something this adventurous? I doubt it.

[@drips1030]

@@magnetiktrax No i most definitely would not like to go that far under the ice in it. No! Quite happy about that too. It's got nothing about not being that adventurous lol. Like a death trap that thing. I think they were very lucky to come out of it alive.

[@shaunmcclory8117]

"That's nothing!...check out what i built..." -Stockton Rush😊

[@taylorhh3940]

There is a fine line between bravery and recklessness.

[@drips1030]

@@shaunmcclory8117 Haha, lol. Quality 😂

[@jedahn]

No one thought of heating? Omg

[@jasonparker9367]

It's always a psychopath chasing fame and glory. Just like the Ocean Gate Submersible death trap.

[@wowabigun7631]

Я в шоці. Ніхто не пояснив, що тодішні субмарини не здатні вспливати з-під криги?! І ск миль можуть пройти під водою на електриці?! Потужна підготовка до самогубства.

[@nicholaslandolina]

Sunk?

[@canadapapers]

He bothered to install a shock absorber but not heating system while going to North Pole under ice? 😂😂😂 The modern Western Civilization was built on the backs of these crazy idealistic men. They gave everything for their passion. Today people take money in the name of event and never bother to honour their commitment.

[@sharioverend1618]

She soon realized her new husband was crazy...

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

Kangaroo hunter, what a hero.

[@keithtanner2806]

Who pays for all these investigations?

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

Isn't his name Sir "Hubris" wilkins? I would of jumped overboard the day he took command to risk all those mens lives for some snobbery with his inflated ego at some cocktail dinner party to brag about to his toff mates back home. This is why mutiny was invented people to keep these toff ego's in check.

[@Deshbhakt-hx9du]

❤😂🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😂😂❤❤😂🎉🎉🎉

[@dionnedunsmore9996]

@8:11- Eeewww!🤢 Smh i REALLY do not like hearing the french language, it literally gags me. Turns my stomach 😖🤢 so gross

[@burtlangoustine1]

When they hear a Brummy or a Scouse it must be like hearing Chopin, right?

[@dionnedunsmore9996]

@burtlangoustine1 oh idk. Ijk it gags me!🤢

[@dionnedunsmore9996]

@burtlangoustine1 I'm American...wdh brummies or sconces. Sorry lmao