The Largest Natural Laboratory: Investigating The Wonder Of Antarctica | The White Desert

A vast white wilderness stretches across the southern tip of our planet. For brief moments each year the landscape opens up, inviting scientists from around the world to investigate. This film introduces us to a team of experts, researchers and explorers who have braved the inhospitable continent in the quest to learn its secrets, and showcases groundbreaking research that could make the difference to our survival on this planet.
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[@SparkDocs]

If you enjoyed this documentary, you will love this! Antarctic explorer Dr. John Shears is talking LIVE on Thursday 4th November at 10am EST/3pm GMT to share an update on his next Antarctic expedition, Endurance 22, to discuss expedition planning during a pandemic, and answer student questions 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4WZpKp7qpZ_pLM

[@thelastaustralian7583]

its interesting how youtube breaks the first LAW in commerce . Truth is Sovereign in Commerce ! And as the Specie is being controlled by sub conscious Primal forces. Its conscious behavior is mostly destructive and delusional.....generational indoctrinated moronic Primates .

[@mattyfamilyfun8040]

THANKS FOR YOUR IMBITATION I DO LOVE THE DOCUMENTS ARE HAVE HISTORICALLY TO SHERING TO THE WORLD'S .

[@travelwithus750]

Wow. How majestic that part of our world is. Beautiful and deadly at the same time. Great video.

[@AngelGutierrez-hc7zh]

Ok

[@javierramirez4722]

I hope he can reach that ancient city found overthere by Chile explorers if they let them

[@jamesschott2870]

This was filmed in 2007.....so 15 or so years ago....I wonder where these scientist and researchers are now and how the climate crisis and ice shelf breakage has affected them and their base......a follow program would be a great catch up and companion to this great documentary.......

[@markgreiser464]

laughing.

[@EricJh21690]

@@markgreiser464 I'm sure your family's future generations will be laughing too as they deal with the effects of their ignorant forefathers lmao

[@markgreiser464]

@@EricJh21690 , your words are pointless and my Family will be fine.

[@EricJh21690]

@@markgreiser464 well you got the pointless part right, but that's regarding your words pal 😂👌🏼🥴

[@markgreiser464]

@@EricJh21690 , If you took the time to understand the Planet, you'd know where you are being lied to, and why it is important. You are a mushroom.

[@jiba6327]

Congratulations! You made a great video! It was very interesting from the beginning to the end! Thank you for sharing!

[@anthonypeters8714]

Breathtaking and stunning episode of one the most mysterious continent The Antarctica . The brave ventures of the scientists in all their numerous field's are constantly monitoring to see this environment. Hoping fervently that a solution for the monstrous Climate Change can be round. Thanks to Spark and its team for this great team effort.

[@jserkiz06]

So very well done, both expedition and documentary. Many Thanks!

[@francisdoss8642]

Absolutely interesting and intriguing...The vastness and desolation of the Great Antarctica Continent is overwhelming...Thank you for this episode Spark...🌍🌎🌏

[@rotaryhead4533]

Oh My! Thanks for producing this brief documentary. Watching it brought back unforgettable memories from the years 2007/8/9/10 when I had the good fortune of flying personnel around Queen Maud Land. The BT67 is even briefly shown. To see the familiar faces of Dr. Ross Hofmeyer, Rene Boehler and Ken Pederson was a delight. Such fine dedicated men and women.

[@user-se8ph4js8b]

Excellent. Thank you for nice expeditions.

[@petermiller9712]

what a fantastic documentary one of the best i have ever watched

[@TheEedjit]

Bravo. That was absolutely fascinating and tremendously well done. 🤙

[@cw_uk]

You'd think they'd make the sensors for the seals a bit more hydrodynamic. Seems a bit tight gluing a rectangle on the head of an animal that needs to glide through the water.

[@Lex-Hawthorn]

Calm down please, they fall of pretty damned quick, and even faster if the Elephant seal scrapes it against the ice.

[@shanevine73]

They do look a bit shit though.

[@Lex-Hawthorn]

@@shanevine73 agreed, but i don't think the elephant seals are going to be walking the catwalks? Fa fa fa fashion... ;)

[@kuzadupa185]

@@Lex-Hawthorn you really think the complaint is about the way the seals LOOK?! The poster is clearly concerned about them not being able to swim as well and thus possibly be easier food for the killer whales

[@christip20]

They don’t know it’s there & therefore probably won’t fit into area’s they did before so when they “hit” anything solid, it most likely will take a chunk of their skin or worse when it comes off because you know they plan on it “staying” on as long as possible & like everything else done in the name of Science, humans and animals seem to be only collateral damage any longer.

[@sdmnsdb]

Beautiful. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@kelvingrover4043]

Thank you for this

[@timmotel5804]

Wonderful very educational. Thank You.

[@lavhen4778]

Brilliant, just Brilliant!!

[@dorothymarquis7529]

Awesome. Thank you.

[@jimkreiling9166]

So very interesting and educational. Thank you for sharing with those of us who are less able to experience it in person.

[@jacoburban5736]

Less able? No offense but im sure most of the world cannot and will not ever go to southpole. you hear me?

[@lamppost9502]

@@jacoburban5736 were you able to go? why do you seem angry

[@letsgo4k]

Beautiful and interesting, thanks for sharing it, Love from Nepal❤

[@ladymercury1041]

Shoutout to the doctor geeking out like a tourist on spotting the first chunk of ice! ROFL

[@markduncan6690]

I am quite happy to watch this video while in a warm house, far away from these Oceans!

[@dannyfitzpatrick9783]

I'm similarly comfortable but I remain in a terrified state!!!

[@flalingbashers2957]

Awesome video thanks a lot.

[@chefgabiel3939]

Learn so much because of this

[@tuathadenan]

Gosh it must be extremely dangerous going into those crevasses which could close or move at any moment. Wow.

[@galileemalinao6391]

Bravo to the expedition team

[@Alex-B-Media]

Man it's always been a dream of mine to photograph the antartic with a team

[@nickmerrick18]

Great production. I have done 3 winters in Antartica. Many contracts over 10 years. Brought me back. Thanks

[@blaineedwards8078]

Brother Nicky, how the heck did Aristotle know about Antarctica when he was in Greece? Nobody even went south of Africa back then.

[@nickmerrick18]

@@blaineedwards8078 What's Onassis got to do with this?

[@housemana]

@@nickmerrick18 homie ur talking to a crackhead, don't mind that man lmao

[@lovethyneighbourasthyself]

outstanding....thank you

[@tomdarco2223]

Right on great video

[@jacobgill4808]

Good luck keeping power flowing from Antarctica..

[@brrrrpp5178]

Awesome💯👍

[@HoldOffHunger]

40:11 The blue in the light is actually from the light in the oxygen molecules in the frozen ice. This is your chemistry moment here in science youtube land.

[@matthewwithum8372]

What a wild profession.

[@jalangkote4358]

amazinng your dokumentary antartika

[@yunassaxer7119]

great!

[@michiganporter]

I could be a helper for sure or aka support staff... This would be amazing and would love the opportunity to experience the vastness of the unknown land.

[@writerconsidered]

They won't just let any joe shmoo out there, they screen candidates very carefully. You have to be the best in your field. They do a lot of psychological testing and you have to be in peak physical conditioning.

[@Simp_Zone]

@@writerconsidered Wait I thought this comment section was the sign up page!

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Interesting👍 💥💥💥

[@christinasornbutnark1208]

Wow what a boss Khomotjo is!

[@danielr5637]

Prior to 1959 Antarctica was referred to as the ice barrier. .....

[@jonoedwards4195]

The,, "Wall."

[@karinpretorius7890]

Wow, for once so proud to be a South African. In our broken and pillaged country, I didn't realise we were still capable of this. Beautiful video, thank you.

[@cdechirume2979]

Colonisers Yes

[@JRHartley.]

​@@cdechirume2979 and civilisers.

[@kingofrelax1113]

Спасибо Господу за это благословение для нас!

[@Mjs_1990]

Scientists are the best ☺️. They have the greatest stories 👍

[@zerosugar8026]

Fish stories

[@Chenrelaxingmusic1]

To everyone who reads this: Everything is good in this very moment. Think about that. In this second, there is nothing to worry or think about. It's the perfect time to relax and enjoy how comfortable your bed is. 😊

[@cobrat5717]

Ty I really need to see this at this time ❤️

[@rishabhgoel6992]

thank you

[@bgmckeown]

Absolutely stunning film!!

[@Tastewithnewdrinks]

Awesome

[@janethayes5941]

Such strange and mysterious things going on down there. Wish I could go.

[@dickfitswell3437]

Same stuffs been going on there for millions of years. Climate isn't changing cause of us. It's changing cause of the malenkovitch cycle and the solar min / max and clouds.

[@janethayes5941]

@@dickfitswell3437 yes but that's not exactly what I meant.

[@SpaceRanger187]

Nice that if u go with permission they will kill you

[@janethayes5941]

@@SpaceRanger187 what do you mean? The only way to go is with permission. Or on a tour but they don't let you go "in country". I checked.😑

[@sunsetlights100]

Antarctica holds the keys that's why u can't go inland ...flat earth X🌎X

[@ckalnicki]

Brilliant people.

[@OG_Wakanobi]

Makes me want to watch "The Thing" again

[@JimBarry-nr2pj]

Listening to people with a South African accent makes a poetic even the most technical things they are chatting about

[@Leyvico4753]

Muy interesante y hermoso, muchas gracias por compartirlo.

[@iandavies6575]

Antarctica has just had it's coldest 6 months on record.

[@chapter4travels]

This is why they rebranded global warming as "climate change". This way they can never be wrong with their predictions.

[@babylov3r]

I wish I could come to here to see it myself. But so sad I can’t.. don’t have those qualifications like those explorers got.

[@chronicawareness9986]

you can pay and take a tour to antarctica from chile im sure theres other tours

[@NeonsStyleHD]

Kite based wind generator would work. Not light fabric of course. The benefit is a conical kite would have a venturi effect accelerating the wind and increasing the energy produced. You'd just have to set up a suspension system to support it. When it's not windy, it just hangs vertically. You could run lines and lines of them all producing more power than a conventional wind farm. Would work. :)

[@berryreading4809]

Sadly to produce enough heat via electricity that wind sail would have to be absolutely massive (and it wouldn't survive icing or snow buildup in winter) I'm assuming the turbines must have some sort of de-icing capabilities built in, but producing hydrogen may be a more realistic form of heat, and that's pretty outlandish and energy intensive, but could theoretically be done year round... Geothermal heat would only be a theoretical option in a couple of very limited Antarctic regions as far as I know, so realistically Antarctica I'd probably the last place on earth that will stop using Fossil Fuels (especially when considering dependability/reliability) Well maybe besides China... They'll still be burning coal unfiltered when the Antarctic is diesel free 🤦‍♂️ (I think nuclear is banned per updated on the treaty if I remember, although not until after the US had a couple of early incidents in Antarctica at the start of the atomic age 🙄 They were mostly concerned with saving diesel expenditures for longer expedition times, but the early compact reactor design was not the safest or most environmentally redundant... A story worth checking out if you like Antarctic history 👍

[@user-em7di7xe5s]

I love documentaries, I don’t know why?

[@writerconsidered]

Because you learn something and your brain is a natural sponge for knowledge.

[@yunassaxer7119]

I wish. I was living their!💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@lulekangwenya]

Wow I didnt know that my country is involved in such breath taking projects.

[@pred7949]

bro and even now with the endurance22 and SA Agulhas II captained and crewed by majority black south africans, so flippen proud and happy man! What a fantastic image being put out to the world, The exploration crew put up a sign board on the spot where shackletons ship 'endurance' sank, with a message from all the crew and all the respective countries flags at the top, and the SA flag is first in line. Considering all the kak going on all over the world, we are truly the most privileged people on earth to be born in the motherland

[@veo16]

this narrator is good.

[@robingupta23]

Anyone knows where does that bog baloon fall? Somewhere in the ocean or do they have a way to land in at a desired location? Sucks if they puttting all thay crap in the water.

[@secondchancesurvival]

I'm a blue nose for the northern arctic circle! Fun times

[@russellwilliams4317]

All people hear is negativity and propaganda--everyday. This is now the norm for Americans and we have become numb/comfortable with chaos. It is nice to know, that there is plenty of good in the world. This video is proof. Keep up the great work of tending to our marble and those who inhabit it. You are appreciated by MANY!

[@kelvinbritz9051]

I just wish they would show docs that were made within the last 2 years as opposed to Docs made over 10 years ago!

[@adventuressurvivalinthailand]

Flat earthers: "there's an ice wall" Literally everybody: "that's crazy, there's no ice wall, that a conspiracy theory" This documentary: literally shows an ice wall

[@ricohernandez7941]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ MORE!!!

[@adampadum12345]

awesome i want a job there plus it would be a great break from the kids lol

[@congolietz8512]

Ohh no stay where you at your good.i was on EXPEDITION SHIP SAILING TO ANTARTICA AND VISIT THE DIFFERENT BASES,FIRST IT WAS EXCITING BYE 3YRS I FIND IT BORING,LONELY AND DRAKE PASSAGES IT WORST OCEAN TO CROSS.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

Or bring the kids and leave them there for at least one entire season lol. You could even make a contest out of it by not leaving any food. You would see who becomes a cannibal and who becomes a snack lol. My sons motto is “If it doesn’t talk it’s food”. Pretty straight forward lol. Whenever he’s around I make certain to say something every few minutes just in case he’s hungry lol

[@wisdomleader85]

Well, I hope you know that the staff in Antarctica frequently run out of condoms, which is one of the dark facts these documentaries don't usually tell you, so "a break from the kids" might just be you moving from one hell to another.

[@Inertia888]

@@wisdomleader85 Concentrating some of the world's most brave, adventurous spirits, and making a new generation of such people?

[@Luigi110067]

@@congolietz8512 how do i get a job like you had?

[@natethenub6595]

If you've never read the story of Shackleton and crew, it's a must read/ listen. 💯 true and more thrilling than a 007 movie. Really really good

[@danielmusyoka1721]

Nice one

[@vibra1mycin]

Beset in an endless landscape of ice in the southern ocean, reminds me of Sir Ernest Shackleton's exploit in the Endurance in 1914.

[@rossmrmojorisin9579]

Great human, and he was so close, pity really

[@andrewnorgrove6487]

38:20 The same little creatures are found in the central highlands of Tasmania

[@zoewalker9987]

I remember watching the film a year in Antarctica on prime very informational

[@dickfitswell3437]

I believe I watched this with a different narration. Less climate change since it's all backfired since filming and currently Antarctica has more ice than it's ever had

[@BlueHopi144]

@@dickfitswell3437 Global warming is increasing du to the Sun cycles of change + many other Cosmic rays . Nothing has backfired at all as u mentioned . You probably watched too much Disney movies .

[@alexisbelcher3967]

WOW!

[@mightymoyan4788]

I would love to work there

[@BubbleGumzKorner]

How did they get the equipment on top of the shelf in the first place?!!?

[@traderryan713]

Way cool.

[@sophierichards2197]

Gorgeous! 😀🤘🏼

[@lespoole8527]

Sophie ? Yes it surely is ? Our planet is Miraculously beautiful .

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

And so are you lol

[@nztrucker1542]

Why did it say area51 on the door👀👀👀

[@wakeup5998]

Yeah..

[@Simp_Zone]

Because of aliens and shoggoths

[@raidersofexploration6907]

Beats the days of manhaulin!

[@kelvinbritz9051]

I guess with zero CO2 emissions by 2050 they'll be going back to dogs sleds! Not only that Table Mountain will be like a slalom course trying to dodge all the solar panels and wind turbines!

[@haroldjones4309]

Friend of mine is heading out to Antarctica in November to cross the Pole

[@ramosrams7952]

May god bless him

[@fairwitness7473]

Tell your friend to take pics or it didn't happen! 😆

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Is he or she extremely wealthy

[@mechanismmalfunction3822]

I don’t believe you 😂

[@getmeouttatennessee4473]

That's a good friend to have. The stories will be golden.

[@englishmenintown8622]

Brilliant show

[@MamboCalvin]

I luv this

[@anthonytindle5758]

It's unreal that land made of water is the dryest place on earth

[@m.asquino7403]

I did an artic cruise on a research ship out of Massachusetts. It was interesting.

[@WhoBeSilly]

Wait....are you George Floyd? Holy Shit, you're still alive! I thought that meth overdose killed you

[@jakeoreilly9627]

i will work on that ship when hell freezes over

[@michiganporter]

Man them are some steaight edge "rocks" @ 38:30

[@fuunyboyasmr9892]

wow amazing video I m abadat Ali from Pakistan lahor ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@donstor1]

The climate has always been changing, and it always will. No matter what we do.

[@edgargonzalez1268]

4:45 damn yu guys see how quick the darkness disappeared the balloon??

[@offplanet6882]

Let bring them to 1 million subscribers Work that lazy finger

[@collenmdletshe8345]

im sooo proud of my beautiful country South Africa Mzansi 😁😛

[@EMERTHERofficial]

👌👽✌

[@hawkdog778]

Do the geoenginering chemtrail planes spray in the Antarctica ? Do they zap the atmosphere with microwave frequency like they do in the usa

[@EricJh21690]

🥴

[@Tom-S1981]

Admiral Byrds account is an interesting read to say the least

[@fairwitness7473]

Indeed. I enjoy science fiction. 🤣

[@LysergicNox]

He was a pioneer. Of course that's interesting.

[@gregorybelton5466]

Chicken and egg, how did the digger get onto the ice shelf?

[@kelvinbritz9051]

I think that would be by helicopter

[@rabindrapalai9672]

House beautiful for Cold.

[@veo16]

“Gruelling trip” that only takes 3 weeks. Has everyone forgotten about the age of sail?

[@HJBounell]

anything longer than 12 minutes is too much for the snowflakes

[@StephenMortimer]

Language has been DEBASED

[@amandathurston2720]

I agree, the Narrative isn’t being criticized at all in these comments. I don’t think I’m going to make it far past the credits.

[@SubvertTheState]

Well in the age of sail it was damn near suicide

[@pred7949]

@@HJBounell lol look at you being a snowflake about the snowflakes, how very ironic big bro

[@carl8790]

What year was this expedition? It doesn't look recent.

[@DonnaChassie]

What does the ice station use for generators? Wind? Solar? Nucular? Diesel?

[@lisacolbert5987]

There’s a possible 2nd outcome(?), to an ice-ramp with a bulldozer that weighed over 100,000kilos on it , collapsing with nothing but about 30’- 40’ of air then frigid saltwater below ,,, besides the operator being brutally dragged down with it? I’ve tried to imagine a scenario where he didn’t get wet. Even if there’d been a zodiac with rescue swimmers at the ready , would’ve been terrifying. But there wouldn’t have been. So…? Because 15 seconds in that water and he wouldn’t have been able to hold on to a line thrown to him. The look in his face, though …

[@terrykolanitch4180]

That doctor would have been wearing the red jersey... on an episode of Star Trek. 😶

[@javierramirez4722]

Visit the ancient city found overthere by Chile explorers if you can I think it is in the forbiden area

[@edwinknouse9395]

Were did the dozier come from?

[@juniorbramble7760]

💸Excellent Value......✍🏿🇻🇨