The Wave!

Giant glacier calving followed by a huge sweeping wave! Hang On!!
Calving begins at the video's start. The wave begins at 0:33.
This video was generously donated by a visitor to Glacier Bay, Alaska. This is the raw video as it was seen in person. No editing or professional camera operators... And as such: Apologies for the camera work @28 and 50 seconds. Always practice boating safety!!!

[@Ccberry98]

It’s always so hard to see scale in these calving videos, what looks like a small cliff is really the size of a small city... hard to even imagine.

[@GlacierBayNPS]

Yes! My favorite part is at 1:02 when you can see a tiny white gull flying by, from left to right. Gives you a sense of the huge scale of this glacier face.

[@Ccberry98]

@@GlacierBayNPS I didn’t catch that the first time! Absolutely incredible.

[@artiew8718]

like a skyscraper

[@kensmilepachi3313]

Small city? Are you kidding me? This doesn't even look like the size of a football pitch to me

[@MintRobin]

@@kensmilepachi3313 "This doesn't even look like the size of a football pitch to me" That's the point, you don't see the scale in the video.

[@warrenwilson4818]

I've seen scads of these shows on KZbin, but this is by far the most exciting in terms of the wave created.

[@rustysanchez8416]

No it’s not

[@QWolfie]

Search for fleeing from iceberg tsunami

[@rocknroller77]

What about "WOWWW," guy?

[@Toolmybass]

Not even close. Wave is tiny to whats compared on here.

[@tybogit]

Lol naw bro keep looking

[@mrisor892]

That wave though! woooooah there! The weight displacement transmitted into those huge undulating waves is mind boggling.

[@fallinginthed33p]

Displacement waves are essentially tsunamis triggered by landslides.

[@jeffreylindsey1757]

Surfs up bro's! Naaaaa to cold for this guy.

[@troyottosen8722]

Jeff, you tube or google surf, “guy rides wave at child’s glacier Alaska “! I was there, the guy is a famous surfer from Hawaii, he got toed out into the copper river outside of Cordova by jet ski with a tow rope, waited for a big calving and rode the wave from it. First time ever done, of course he had a dry suit on. Check it out!😉👍

[@ThatGuyCanmanNC]

Those lines of like rock kinds in the ice are really cool, those are millions of years old, and the angle which they inclind/decline show what the surface of the ice use to look like. It shows that that part was more inland than where it is now

[@S2daUZ]

Yeah it's gorgeous so rare to see, right?

[@brunaotube]

Bullshit

[@matthewwilson5019]

lol whatever, the earth is not millions of years old

[@ThatGuyCanmanNC]

@@matthewwilson5019 I cant tell if your christan and think the earth is like 50 years old, or you just misinturpreted my question. If you did misinturpret it, i know the earth is billions of years old

[@pattidale7968]

Can’t believe they didn’t run from that wave! Too close for me!

[@bruno84]

I'd just add to what Simon already said about boats, that, there's also this thing about zoom in filming that makes one look closer than reality.

[@SpookyStorkRunningWild]

@Simon Read smartass

[@pahtar7189]

If they had been near the shore they'd have been in danger, but they were in deep water where a tsunami like that is just a wide big swell. They were in no danger and apparently knew it.

[@pattidale7968]

How is it then that large waves can swamp and sometimes sink even big boats? Sarcasm not necessary nor thoughtful.

[@pattidale7968]

@Simon Read There’s this thing called teaching something without being a smart-Alec or obtuse. I don’t know anything about calving, but I know of a rogue wave that injured many people, some seriously, on a huge cruise ship. And interestingly, 14 others had the same concerns as I did about this wave.

[@VinceScaglione]

Finally! Someone with the perspective on the wave part of the equation!

[@rogeranderson8763]

Glacier Bay is one of the wonders of the world. Back in the 70's I spent a couple months there, my schooner anchored in front of the lodge while I worked as a fishing guide (Blind leading the blind, so to speak) I got to spend a LOT of time up bay, got a sight of the foundation of John Muir's cabin....that used to be at the face of Muir Glacier....(which is not now seen from that location) I have great respect for the NPS.....BUT they allow the cruise ships to pollute in a way that should be criminal. This video does not say, but it looks like it might be the face of Marjorie Glacier. -Veteran '66-68

[@americannobody27]

Me watching-"Oh, these are nothing. They're just lit...😲 HOLY S**T!"

[@anniehaydon4646]

Breathtaking power

[@Dfish2229]

Ice/water, the most destructive thing on earth. Amazing footage !! If that’s me in your boat, throttle down and see you later 👋

[@adventurecoalition3690]

Very cool to watch, thx for sharing

[@coltshooter5603]

A great experience for sure, people living their best life. However I'll just stay in TN and watch from a distance

[@wallyman292]

That was pretty cool! It's amazing how wave dynamics work like that in confined areas.

[@wallyman292]

@Michael N Oh, I'm sorry! I guess things would be so much better if I lived my life in constant fear of stuff the gov'mint keeps telling me will happen in a few years time, but never does. Have fun with that!

[@100100freak]

@@wallyman292 mate, not the government but scientists who studied this topic their whole life. I study energy economics in germany and I can tell you that climate change is real. By saying it is a lie you kind of are saying that all colleges around the world teach their students bullshit and you are indirectly disrespecting scientists and professors around the world who work passionate in this field. Please look at this graph. You can see the impact of human CO2 output clearly. (yes the CO2 levels were much higher million of years ago but that is not the point) : www.google.com/search?q=kohlendioxidgehalt+luft+industrielle+revolution&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjLwrnK-o_xAhUNWxoKHdq0D_MQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=kohlendioxidgehalt+luft+industrielle+revolution&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1CAIVjGMGDeMWgAcAB4AIABQogBtgWSAQIxMpgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=h4nDYIvjOI22adrpvpgP&bih=1007&biw=1920&rlz=1C1CHBD_deDE944DE944#imgrc=Zdy6zl-7hpsHMM

[@100100freak]

@@wallyman292 "will happen in a few years time, but never does." But man dont expect suddenly living in a desert or whatever drastic change you expected. It is a subtle process which takes many decades to really have a big impact on our daily lives. BUT you already can cleary see the consequences of warmer weather when you compare ice sheets at the north or south pole to images 50 years ago. Is that not enough evidence for you? Or what did you mean with "will happen in a few years time, but never does." ?

[@100100freak]

@@wallyman292 but I have to agree the video really was amazing!

[@wallyman292]

@@100100freak I don't deny the climate is getting warmer, or even that man has something to do with it. What gets me is the doom-sayer politicians that have been screaming we've only got "10 years" before all hell breaks loose. They've been saying that now for almost 50 years, and yet our coastal cities are still on dry land, we haven't been inundated with cat 5 hurricanes every summer, the wildfires aren't any worse on average than normal (even though you'd think so to hear the news every summer). hell, even the polar bears are still around! It gets old, is all. And who, by the way, made the decision that our temp today (or 50 years ago for that matter) is somehow the "correct" temp for earth??? Who's to say it's not supposed to be 2 or 3 degrees higher on average??? It has been in the past!

[@warphonesS22]

Insane best calving yet.

[@S2daUZ]

Damn the Striation in that glacier is gorgeous.

[@robingilmore1444]

Excellent!!

[@updownstate]

Ice calves every day. It is nothing to be alarmed about. Nice bit of film, thank you.

[@KamOn98]

cuz of us, we speed this up 1000 times. so there IS SOMETHING TO BE ALARMED OF

[@updownstate]

@@KamOn98 LOL!

[@laserduck4238]

@@johnperic6860 yeah, but when that happened the sea level rose a lot. Sea levels ended up rising almost 250 metres the last time all of the ice melted. So if you care about places like New York, the Netherlands, and the Ganges delta, and anywhere else near sea level, then this is something to worry about.

[@laserduck4238]

@@johnperic6860 sorry if it wasn't clear and now I sound like an idiot. I was talking about the last time ALL the ice on earth melted. This was about 11,000,000 years ago. You are very right in saying that the sea levels did not rise by 250 metres in 1930. Also, you are correct about how fast sea levels are rising, but if the earth warms too much (3C or 4C for example, then the rates of melting will increase. Disastrous sea level rise will not happen in our lifetime, but we can help stop it. We are fairly certain that increasing co2 levels are accelerating global warming.

[@TheLittlered1961]

@@laserduck4238 You are correct that CO2 has some affect on warming. The question is how much. I bet less than 20%.. Another question is how much have we warmed. I don't buy NASA s numbers. Most states record highs have happened prior to 1950. Sat data indicates that there's no warning in the last 10 years. And very little warming in the last 20 years. Sun spots have been decreasing. This means we maybe cooling very soon. If CO2 is warming us,.it may save us from a very cold time like the little ice age.

[@w0by]

When we were in Alaska on a cruise the glaciers were collapsing into the water a lot. We were far away but you could see the huge mounds falling into the ocean.

[@miketexas4549]

I too watch huge mounds when I go on cruises but in an entirely different way.

[@jessross6008]

The 54 year old engineer in me is amazed at the power and the beauty of the wave, the 16 year old surfer in me wants to ride it.

[@phinexblit9029]

Nice footage

[@JamesGarbutt33]

Thats a class left shoulder that yeeeeeeehawwwwww

[@WycliffFilms]

Thanks for Shaking the camera at the right moments

[@beans4402]

Man, nature works in amazing, terrifying ways.

[@peteragnes6284]

Tsunami! Ugh that takes balls of steal!

[@domlemon176]

Bruh thank you for the experience I won't ever get to see but fam stay safe

[@Coach_Vedo]

Camera rolls up in the best moment!!!!

[@deviantartist8640]

Water so powerful!

[@henryyee2363]

I always get mesmerized by such large calving of ice and also always wander how tall are does icy cliffs. Can someone please help with an answer?

[@knarftrakiul3881]

I use to think climate change was because of humans. Once I saw the voltesk ice core sample chart I realized climate change is normal weather cycles the earth gos through. The chart shows 5 different ice ages in last 500K years. In between each ice age there are periods of time 10K-20K years where the earth slowly starts warming back up and ice melts back until next ice starts all over again. On this chart we currently are 15K years since the last ice age in a warming period. So if past trends hold true the next ice age could start at any time.

[@MaritsView]

This a great example of how tsunami's start. Imagine if half of that fell down. That wave would be insane

[@deepfriedmackerel2263]

That exactly what happened in Sunda strait tsunami in 2018. A chunk of krakatoa’s mountain fell off into the ocean in a landslide resulting in a huge wave that killed hundreds of people, the worst thing is that there was no warning, no sign, the huge wave just came and took people by suprised.

[@MaritsView]

@@deepfriedmackerel2263 Yeah l heard about that, it broke my heart. They had two tsunamis that year. One by the krakatoa's baby volcano eruption. (This volcano rebuild itself) And another by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake very heartbreaking.

[@dr.julianbashir9193]

Lituya Bay 1958, a landslide generated a 1720 foot (500+meter) wave.

[@SW-jw6il]

😎 OUTSTANDING VIDEO

[@beldendemecilio2747]

YEAH!!! Dat is Surf's Up.

[@squeekymoon]

Wow. Just wow.

[@edwardbishop9567]

Grab the surf 🏄‍♂️

[@alijaanali9242]

Wow brilliant

[@caseyalan5398]

It’s amazing the thing that we need more than anything else can also be so terrifying….

[@Kaidhicksii]

Now imagine if that thing hit you head on. :o That said this was awesome. :D

[@leefithian3704]

Kaidhicksii I wonder how many aquatic mammals have died from being struck from an ice cavitation lol

[@troyottosen8722]

@@leefithian3704 , there is a you tube video taken a couple years ago from south sawyer glacier at Tracy arm in southeast Alaska where a sightseeing boat at the front of the glacier got to close, a big slab broke off and pancaked “out” when it hit the water and shattered ice out towards the boat and pieces hit a few passengers on the deck injuring them!

[@Aztesticals]

I mean getting hit by a soda can someone dropped off Niagara falls observation post onto the tour boat nearly killed a passenger. You would insta die from that

[@simonmultiverse6349]

@@Aztesticals If it was a soda can full of water or juice, that would kill someone. If it was an EMPTY can, air resistance would slow it down so it would not remotely hurt anyone.

[@Aztesticals]

@@simonmultiverse6349 well yes it was full. J don't think an empty can fired out of a air cannon could kill you

[@marcoaureliolima4315]

Imagens Incríveis

[@tranlap4153]

It’s pretty similar to when you sit on a cayak and a big boat comes across

[@majortom1950]

You playing with fire and ice.

[@MrScrewp]

I would be absolutely terrified if i had to be in that boat

[@hankbridges5055]

Set off dynamite at the bottoms and cause a MAJOR collapse! Then later, shores are flooded.

[@larryslemp9698]

So what is the estimated height of that wave?

[@davidgdmz4551]

I love swimming in lakes rivers etc, that said I don't think Glacier Bay is the place for me to swim any time soon

[@Hardhik_kid]

Where it is

[@wrdennig]

Where's your surfboard when you need it!

[@sandysizemore501]

Oh WOW!

[@CHUCKBALLER2024]

My Calculations : All ice in Poles melt & 300 ft of water Across North America North to south

[@warphonesS22]

Camera goes astray. When it returns to focus. I'm like RUN MOTHER DUCKER!

[@katagirl0925]

You couldn't offer me enough money to get on a boat to go out there.. Lol whoever does is braver than me for sure.

[@loveboatcruising]

Wow!

[@paulmenifee1716]

Ben Gravy would ride it..for the dream..!!!

[@Minimumholloway]

Ben gravy should surf thus novelty

[@kiwifan6002]

Now imagine the size of the landslide at Lituya bay to cause a 1,720 foot wave

[@Mahalo_83]

Twisting facts there, it washed out trees at an elevation of 1720ft, doesn’t mean the wave was that high just a lot of force.

[@ptisherniUk]

wow nice

[@tejaskeshwara3070]

Theory of Dispalcement at it best

[@corigliano53]

Hold the camera steady!

[@Masden-]

This gotta be a joke.

[@milliken86gaming32]

Now imagine if that big arse rock in the canary Islands falls into the ocean...

[@rakibmahmudjimmy2134]

Do I have to believe it?

[@jarimikkola2426]

wow!

[@mikeb1039]

wow it's going to be really sad when all the ice is gone. (because we'll be dead)

[@pauldolan9077]

Thats a good 30 foot high

[@AntiCommunist]

damn close call

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Beautiful 😍 😘

[@JamesLydon1]

Run

[@murrayf2890]

Surfs up!!

[@Whowhatwherewhy]

Well, ya fucgked up that shot.

[@russellsheridan3957]

Surf's up

[@billywong1611]

Interstellar: Those aren't mountains - those are waves!

[@flaux8661]

Is it just only me that i see the wave so dirty?

[@GlacierBayNPS]

That's because the ocean water at the glacier's edge is filled with glacial runoff, which is made of dirt and silt scraped from mountainsides by the glacier itself.

[@gsouljah9097]

RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@troyottosen8722]

Notice when the camera showed the outboard motor, it was off and out of the water? How stupid! By the way I live in Alaska and have been a guide on sightseeing trips up to our tidewater glaciers in southeast Alaska and Kenai Fjords, plus that small skiff was way to close to the face! Even larger ships normally keep at least a 1/4 mile away. Anyone used to beysround these huge glaciers realize it’s hard to judge just how big the glaciers are, plus it that’d to judge distances in Alaska, due to the vastness and scale up here!

[@double_scatpack4829]

That was the prop...

[@hebneh]

That's a tsunami - very localized, but a real tsunami.

[@chrispile3878]

No.

[@rprince418]

@Simon Read A tsunami is a large wave caused by extreme displacement of water. So yes, it was a tsunami.

[@taffythegreat1986]

What’s the black line running across the ice sheet?

[@Jive33]

Blue stripes are the most common. These appear when crevices are filled with water that freezes so quickly that bubbles in the ice don't have time to appear. The yellow, black and brown stripes are formed as the moving ice sheet picks up dirt and sediment on its way to the sea.

[@albertoosseslopez5871]

This smelting of iceberg ir glacier aré increasing the Water all. Over the Worlds AND hatbour AND beaches .Perhaps 1 me pero trae.

[@drrbrt]

I wanna surd one of em!

[@josephastier7421]

That right there is one of them tsunami waves.

[@josephastier7421]

@Simon Read A tsunami is simply a movement of the entire water column. They don't have to be large to qualify, and it doesn't matter what causes them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWK4iGqqZqiFeNk

[@onedge70moparsuperbee23]

👍👍

[@beans1240]

How wave pools felt as a kid

[@u4riahsc]

I saw a video of guys surfing waves from calving. Probably here on UTube.

[@troyottosen8722]

U4riah,I was at that place the day it was filmed, that was at child’s glacier outside of Cordova Alaska! First time that had ever been done. What’s also unique is look at the water and you see the water moving fast, that’s because that isn’t a tidewater glacier! That is the huge copper river. Only place on earth where a glaciers face extends out into a river! For your info that face of the glacier from top to the water level is approx 330 ft at its highest point! Think about that!😉🤪👍

[@orderlyhippo1569]

@@troyottosen8722 Wow that’s neat.

[@rogerb5615]

One day some lunatic surfers are going to discover these waves ....

[@umlax45]

This must be what happened in that one spot in Japan where the tsunami reached 40m height

[@umlax45]

....there was a landslide when the tsunami hit

[@neelnaik4722]

Was that peter from family guy??

[@rach1530]

That wave is TERRIFYING 😟

[@trisha3063]

How high are those waves?

[@GlacierBayNPS]

I would guess 30-40 feet tall. The glacier itself is over 250 ft tall, in this video we don't really seen the top of the glacier (aside from when the cameraman is moving the camera around wildly)

[@trisha3063]

@@GlacierBayNPS oh wow. That’s crazy. I’d love to see those glaciers.

[@jystme2437]

Can someone explain the colors in the ice please🦋

[@GlacierBayNPS]

Hi! When glaciers form, snow is piled up year after year to form the solid ice we see as glaciers, however, as glaciers travel through mountains they churn up rock and dirt, some of which ends up on top of the glacier. Then when snow falls on top of that rock and dirt, layers are formed. And then, since glaciers move verrrry slowly, these layers can fold and curve as the glacier moves through the mountains they occur in. This is why in the video above you can see dark brown lines and other streaks in the ice. I hope that answers your question! More info about glaciers on our website- www.nps.gov/glba/learn/nature/glaciers.htm

[@GlacierBayNPS]

​@Simon Read That's.... one interpretation I suppose. Good effort!

[@richragenj]

28.... I'm gonna walk around today randomly saying that

[@Reversed-yk7wn]

The best part about global warming

[@saundrahuff5870]

Man, water can be such a bitch at times.

[@Axlepup1]

Where's the rest of the video? LOL

[@JulieannsSerenity]

Beautiful, majestic and so sad to see.

[@purtlemoirrey1161]

Why is it sad it’s nature at work pure natural event that has been happening since time began! How else do you think icebergs are made by magic

[@habanerat]

@@purtlemoirrey1161 Probably a global warming kook!

[@miketexas4549]

Imagine the waves created by his balls dragging through the water when he moved so close to that ice wall.

[@jamessansone3455]

Its like a mini tsunami

[@dunruden9720]

Those of us who use boats with any regularity know that when a wave comes along, your boat goes up. This is followed by the boat going down. We don't normally scream, "ohmygodohmygodohmygod," during these events. It's considered to be a normal marine phenomenon.

[@mobeck]

WAVE!

[@cmcd3330]

dont mind surf dont mind surf dont mind surf

[@slothmarathonpromotions2470]

I thought this was gonna be a video of a bunch of drunk people throwing their hands up at a baseball game.

[@witnessprotection755]

speechless

[@Qui-9]

I wanted to surf this.