The Second Alaskan Special | MythBusters | Season 6 Episode 20 | Full Episode

[@draco84oz]

For those of you who are intrigued by the Pykrete idea, it was a WWII project that got some serious consideration early in the war. The problem was that, due to aircraft range and lack of aircraft carriers, there was a gap in air cover for the Atlantic convoys. The idea was to use Pykrete to create a floating airfield in the Arctic circle near Greenland that could be used to launch larger patrol aircraft to plug this gap. The project was called Habakkuk, and I'm not mistaken when I say airfield - the "ship" would have been more than twice as long as an Essex-Class Aircraft carrier, and mass over 2 million tons (Yamato only massed ~70,000 tons). The idea even got to a scale model test in Canada, taking over two years to melt enough to be unseaworthy. Ultimately, though, the project was cancelled as Escort carriers such as the Casablanca-class were being rapidly deployed, and the amount of steel needed for the Habakkuk was deemed better used elsewhere. If you want to know more, the Naval History Channel by Drachinifel did a vid on it a couple of years ago. But be warned, the story is very...British...

[@MrMarinus18]

Though another reason was that Iceland joined the allies. While Iceland didn't have an military of their own (and they still don't) being able to use airplanes from Iceland massively shortened the gap and made the value of Habakkuk a lot more questionable. Submarines couldn't go very far so just having Iceland to station planes at almost covered the whole thing. Without Iceland the escort carriers would have not been as useful as they would have need to go a lot further which meant you need more of them. With Iceland the carriers only needed to escort the convoy to Iceland's air cover and then they could turn back to escort the next one.

[@Orphioux]

Thank you for the warning at the end I almost looked into it and would have had immeasurable disappointment and a ruined day.

[@Johny40Se7en]

That's truly bonkers...

[@jbz4788]

@@MrMarinus18”Joined” isn’t technically correct seeing as they were invaded by Britain and taken over. Then the Americans took over said occupation (before Pearl harbour happened) Afaik it was a bloodless occupation and Iceland came out of it with much improved infrastructure

[@TheHutchy01]

There's also a brilliant pair of very apocryphal stories about shooting it and the ricochets of each almost hitting Admiral Ernest King in one case, and actually hitting Marshal Alan Brooke but how true they are is very much debatable.

[@matheusfiorelli8829]

7:21 Jamie's face right there, cant remember seing that face a lot during the show xD

[@ichiroutakashima4503]

7:25, rare moments of Jamie being surprised and confused af on the show, lol.

[@TheRismint]

Grant in that giant winter coat brings me so much joy

[@Wampa842]

"All I need to do is fill her up. (realization) With air." Just one of the many jokes I missed as a kid.

[@Theo-ul8qm]

Now, watching it as an adult, I realize my favorite myths are the ones that are more down-to-earth. Myths you could actually encounter in everyday life. This episode has a great example - the pykrete. Though we won't build aircraft carriers, we can basically all build pykrete at home and have fun standing on it. But the car splitting in half myth, I just find myself skipping through that one. I think they all knew enough about the physics of a car crash to figure out that no car could possibly split in half by hitting a snowplow. I mean, even if they'd confirmed it, what are the chances of that ever actually happening?

[@ileolai]

jamie being a former boat captain just makes so much sense

[@beanzerboy4013]

Jamie casually mentioning he was on many boats before is pretty cool

[@AlejandroDelgadoDoblaje]

15:20 would not be surprised if the actual conversation they had went exactly like that hahaha.

[@luismagarinos3012]

The ones that say Adam and Jamie had beef should watch this episode. They may not be best friends and have their problems but its obvious they enjoyed filming together.

[@TGPDrunknHick]

honestly I think it stems from misunderstanding Adam and people remembering the earlier seasons. It's pretty clear Jaime got more comfortable on camera over the years, than he started out. earlier seasons he did seem more irritable but, later on seems to embrace the lunacy more freely.

[@TheHutchy01]

"I don't want to get all misty on you, but it's a pleasure building strange crap with you" I think Adam summed up their entire relationship there while trying not to sink in the Alaskan sea.

[@rahat2345]

That ba dumm tss after Grant's banana split pun 34:53 had me laughing

[@canadiannaturalist6369]

When the narrator said "it's destination Alaska" all I could think of was Ozzy man reviews. 😂😂😂

[@ToTheGAMES]

My left ear thanks you.

[@andreeight5]

It wasn't the engine block on the "rear engine vehicle" that stopped the plow, it was the axle.

[@MrLesonfireforGod]

Pykrete is mentioned in a small article on page 195 of "The Reader's Digest Book of Strange Stories, Amazing Facts", published in 1975. The material was tested on one of the two lakes just up the mountain from the town of Jasper, in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. It's either Pyramid lake or Patricia lake, I don't remember which. But when I went there in the mid 80's, the park wardens did tell the story.

[@heuhen]

Pykrete idea carrier, would basically have a double hull, with a refrigerate system keeping the hull cold, and the hull would also be very thick, thick enough for it almost repair itself due to how cold the hull would be (sea water and rain would freeze) and repairs would be easy, just add a box over the area you want to freeze on new material

[@Fernando-ek8jp]

Might have worked, but having that amount of cooling going on all the time would have been a nightmare... Specially since you still would need to keep the crew warm

[@joemyers5302]

The pykrete carrier was conceived by a Brit and it was intended to stay in the Atlantic to protect ships crossing it that were being sunk by German U-boats.

[@vidcapper1]

It might have been feasible to protect the arctic convoys?

[@Schmorgus]

I mean, judging by the idea that they _(the military during ww2)_ were thinking of using freezers in the ship to keep it intact, realizing it wasn't going to work so they scrapped the whole idea, kind of proves that it wasn't going to work in the first place :P

[@Lavender_grass]

Tory is hilarious 😂 ❤

[@insertaverygenericnamehere]

my left and my right ears liked it a lot - not always at the same time

[@Orange_Tree_]

How the hell do Banijay manage to upload episodes normally on Science channel, yet on official (? Is it actually, not sure) Mythbusters channel the balance is more messed up than my life?

[@mutaherazhar]

I think he owns the rights

[@Orange_Tree_]

@@mutaherazhar Doesn't explain audio issues, but thanks for affirmation, I guess?

[@MAROWA_]

Lol banijay is the plug

[@Orphioux]

​@@MAROWA_Has this Myth been confirmed or busted yet?

[@zoe9190]

From what i remember , they bought beyond productions, so they own the rights for mythbusters now

[@gudjon_jonsson]

Im still sad about those two amc eagles that died🥺

[@abigailmcinnis623]

Here in Canada, we learned a frozen yellow pages phone book can break an industrial snowplow. It put one of my city snowplows out of commission for 2 months due to the damage.

[@kellisaanderson4898]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 adum is funy witt dals

[@Johny40Se7en]

That snow plough was absolutely crazy and I love the boat made from news paper and ice. I'm curious though, isn't Alaska'n waters below 0c... Just bizarre how it would melt if water's freezing point is 0c also, or was it just the constant bashing of the waves just chipping away at it?

[@amarok5486]

The salt in the ocean water melts the non salty ice of the boat

[@Johny40Se7en]

@@amarok5486 Ah right. Maybe they should have added salt to the water and news paper mix 🙃😝

[@mercyvector]

4:35 whos dog is that?

[@darthdangermouse1453]

That's Jamie's dog Zero, I think, she was a puppy at the start of Mythbusters.

[@kkloikok]

That's Jamie dude

[@paulpahl1607]

@14:00: Why not frozen steel? Might be even stronger... The idea was shavings, so stay with them.

[@chuckycheesesbday]

Turn on mono audio if you're using headphones 🤣

[@maxschon7709]

The Pykrite aircarrier should been used to be a Platform for bombers in the North Atlantic Not tropical ocean.

[@fddw3832]

why are all episodes labled wrong? this is ep7, not 6

[@MyViewsOfTheWorld]

Why is the voiceover always only on the left channel?

[@NoName-zz9ls]

what truck did they use for the snowplow?

[@triumvir_hunt]

so if its 14% by weight sawdust and 8 or 6% water whats the rest made of

[@canadiangamer5462]

The 8 or 6 is supposed to be 86

[@Lovethemusic385]

Fantastic lunatics

[@jeremymcadam7400]

An ice boat would work well on Titans oceans of methane

[@lastburning]

What plane do they keep talking about?

[@matt47110815]

The surface of the water. It is a plane to float on. That is why flying things are called Airplane - they float too, but in the air.

[@AsdAsd-ru7ko]

I guess I'm the only one who expected a third card with no engine .....

[@andrewwang7699]

well, it's hard to drive a car without an engine

[@abe-danger]

mono! nooo! D:

[@monoO733]

WHAAAT?!

[@sekaramochi]

Need to ask you'll a question... If antman in his time/space suit was sitting in a hot tub time/space machine with the time/space Travelers wife and the time/space bandits on the seat of H.G. Wells time/space machine within the glove box of a time/space delorean whilst Speeding around the T.a.r.d.i.s while she's materialised within the ear of the T-800 just before it enters the Cyberdyne time/space machine. Need to know, at what time do we order the Chinese

[@joshuaentwistle960]

Ten past

[@Orange_Tree_]

Right after bus drives in

[@cha0sniper]

"Half past three." "AM or PM?" "Yes."

[@МаксимБумбумбум]

hello audio my old friend

[@ForeverHobbit]

Did they forget that salt lowers the freezing point of water? Ofc it's gonna melt faster in seawater

[@Fernando-ek8jp]

Hey, that was the myth. To have a seaworthy vessel made out of the stuff.

[@suicidalbanananana]

Probably just me but it seems oddly disrespectful to paint a flag on something you're going to try split in half? Besides that thanks for another fun episode & keep 'em coming! 👍

[@gregistopal]

Stupid that they change the recipe for pykrete and then say how it melts too fast

[@Valfaun]

the original recipe melted even faster, though. they did test it

[@CanonTogger717]

To be honest I hated Adam’s childish behaviour

[@quantumrobingaming6667]

Hi Jamie.... 😂

[@ronch182]

To be honest...no one asked.

[@CanonTogger717]

@@ronch182 to be honest i couldn’t give two craps about what you think

[@2siQc]

Somebody’s dead inside….💀💩

[@CanonTogger717]

@@2siQc you aren’t wrong !