The Second Largest Freezer in Norway

The famous Lillehammer Bobsleigh Track! Massive, fast, and working in summer. Here's how. As well as being one of my regular videos, this is an ad for the Youth Winter Olympic Games! Subscribe to the Olympic KZbin channel: bit.ly/1MFol69 - and see the full description for more links.
Discover more about the science of Lillehammer 2016: bit.ly/1ORyQEE
Over on the Olympics channel:
The Art of Monobob: bit.ly/1KK4zUp
The Technology of the Biathlon Rifle: bit.ly/1JM6g8I
The World's Largest Underground Cavern: bit.ly/1SnTwX6
How To Make Snow: • How To Make Snow
BONUS LINKS! If you've come down this far, you can see also my video for Friday in advance:
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[@mohamedsaeideid2755]

This should be the third largest freezer in Norway 3- the Lillehammer Bobsleigh Track 2- The dooms day vault 1- Norway itself

[@nathanberrigan9839]

+saeid saeid I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@fugl_fugl]

+saeid saeid it isnt really that cold tbh... it's been v hot the last week. like 0-5 celcius

[@RetroGamerNO]

Haha!

[@epender]

0-5°C is more like a refrigerator.

[@alex0589]

Nor way!

[@George_Azeria]

These really don't feel like ads. They feel like normal content, content your getting more money for. I'm all for this.

[@jamesorlakin]

+George Jordan You're

[@theperpetual8348]

Are they ads? I didn't. Even know..

[@George_Azeria]

James Lakin My mistake.

[@George_Azeria]

Jacob Thomas Yup, Tom talked about it on the Park Bench, and it says #ad on his tweets and has AD in the thumbnail.

[@PotatoHandle]

+George Jordan Yeah, this is amazing sponsored content, I honestly hope there's more, so that I'll know that Tom will be able to buy all the Mystery Biscuits they'll ever need.

[@HaranYakir]

Wait, you didn't show us where the heat exits from and how it is dealt with.

[@Rosem_Blossom]

Where do you think the sun comes from?

[@omacmacca1510]

@@Rosem_Blossom sun sun sun, here it comes

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

It feels like that thread just drops off, as if it was cut.

[@vevan99]

Wait a second so where DOES the heat exit from?

[@wombatpandaa9774]

@@vevan99 I believe it would naturally dissipate when the ammonia evaporates

[@tuxino]

To anyone disappointed that Tom didn't take a ride, look through his older videos for one called "Gravity Doesn't Always Point Straight To The Earth's Core" and you may see one reason that he wouldn't want to.

[@sourcererseven3858]

and if you check his newer videos over on Tom Scott Plus, you'll see that he did it after all 😊

[@rickyt.george259]

I'm all for sponsored content if it means better production quality, and you not compromising on content. This is good stuff, you should try the ice luge!

[@Hannah_Em]

I have to say, when I first saw your videos talking about the sponsored-type videos, I was all for it; as a content creator, you don't strike me as the type to just sell out for a bit of money and create pointless videos. For one thing, the lengthy discussion on Park Bench about it was a pretty big clue. Now, having seen these videos... I think I was right, and so were you; this is exactly the kind of video that I've come to love you for making, as much or perhaps even slightly more so than TechDif (although that'd be a tough call to make) Keep on doing what you're doing, and you'll continue to be one of my all time favourite youtube creators!

[@ExaltedDuck]

I'm just a little disappointed that the joke wasn't made that the biggest freezer in Norway is "the outside". =D

[@ianism3]

because that's only true 4-5 months of the year

[@lutzjamesa]

From a viewer's perspective, these hardly even seem like ads to me. Not at all the full sell-out that a lot of people fear. It's the same interesting stuff in all your videos, and if you get payed for it, even better! The videos on the Olympics channel are a little different, but still really cool. (also, needs more cowbell)

[@loughkb]

The one thing I was wondering half way through, and you almost got to it when you said it's all about moving heat, where do they move the heat to? Was there a massive condenser on the other side of the hill? Or geothermal piping over a larger area than the coolant pipes would occupy? I was curious about that.

[@bunbott]

The recent videos you've been doing are remarkably professional-looking, keep up the great work!

[@simonjones6133]

feel so gutted for you Tom, having to go away on trips like this :) always enjoy your vids more power to your elbow :)

[@EamonBurke]

That cold open with the bobsled was awesome. Perfectly timed!

[@AltarenGalil]

So what do they do with the excess heat? Can it be used to warm a building or something or is it just lost on the spot?

[@EtoileLion]

+Jan Šinkovec Sauna down the bottom of the run would be a great idea....

[@andymion]

+Jan Šinkovec Yeah, he raised this huge interesting question.... and then didn't answer it. :P

[@eXe09]

+Jan Šinkovec I was hoping for that answer too :D :(

[@GTAartik]

+Jan Šinkovec Apparently it goes to local district heating. About 4.5 gigawatt hours per year of it.

[@Heimbasteln]

+Tobias Arntsson I thought that they have some giant fans and radiators but that is also a good explanation.

[@Dribbleondo]

I feel like part of a club because i actually read the description....

[@JoaDrath]

+TehTenMinuteMan Congratulations for reading 10 lines of text.

[@Betacak3]

How many tries did it take to get the timing at the beginning of the video right?

[@ebrbrbrbrbr]

You should do summer olympics in Rio as well! I watched all of these and they're awesome!

[@Lucas_van_Hout]

0:05 so satisfying

[@RoulinBrooks]

Interesting. I always try to visit the Olympic spots when I'm in an Olympic city. I've seen Olympic sites in Barcelona, Mexico City, Seoul, Lillehammer, Amsterdam, Munich, Lake Placid, a few others.

[@nakenmil]

Where does the heat go, though? Do they use it to heat buildings, for example? (Also, as a Norwegian, it's fun to see you over here. :) )

[@frollard]

I would love to see the 'heatsink' on the hot side and how massive it needs to be.

[@videocritic2463]

I've been there! I work at the family amusement park across the street from where this is! Amazing!

[@sk8rdman]

That looks both incredibly fun, and incredibly terrifying.

[@mrtommygunwhite]

hi the description sent me here love the vids as some said they don't feel like ads

[@farshnuke]

You are amazing and what you talk about is amazing. It pleases me to know that you are doing such awesome things

[@NickCybert]

I always appreciate the creativity you guys put into making neat opening shots. How many takes did you have to do to get the bobsledder at the right moment?

[@willgoogletakethisname3963]

if the cleaning crew slips while working aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-- weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@Thiefree]

wait, so where / how does the heat get vented? Did I miss that bit?

[@arthurhu1587]

In the description, you say "videos for Friday," but there is only one link. Can you change that before you make the video public?

[@TomScottGo]

+Arthur Hu Good eye, that'll teach me to copy and paste. Fixed, thanks!

[@coweatsman]

That old 2nd law of thermodynamics. The ultimate debt collector. Keeps getting in the way of miracles.

[@FireFox133]

Hey Tom, do you have any idea of what the energy consumption of this freezer might be?

[@proefslak]

That is truly amazing.

[@bartz0rt928]

You don't mention what they're using as a heat sink. So, what are they using as a heat sink?

[@Je8Hrjy7gd9]

that cue on 0:05 was so on point.

[@Freakschwimmer]

After writing and checking Subtitles for two of Tom's relativly short videos, YT asked me to write subtitles for one of John Green's CrashCourses.... Oh boy, I spent 1h on that and got only half-way done ^^ He is talking sooo fast :D

[@swedishhousemfia]

this is fuckin crazy. the "fridge" and the bobsleigh sport. holy shit

[@Saber_Lover]

Years later only just realizing that this is an ad.

[@JamesCoyle95]

I could probably handle the bobsled but going down it head first on a tea tray is mental.

[@Eylrid]

Giovanni Henriksen sends his regards

[@cameodamaneo]

"Dwight Schrute from The Office explains ammonia."

[@YellowBunny]

I wonder why this video showed up in my recommendations right now?

[@Was2626]

that was some good timing

[@ZipIsLove]

how do you even time that opening statement?!

[@Tom_-]

I work for a refrigeration company so I kinda half understood some of that, although we don't use ammonia for any of our plants.

[@tresvecesno7071]

Thanks!

[@huntsbychainsaw5986]

There used to be an ammonia cooled hockey rink in a facility just outside my home town.

[@Olympics]

See the Bobsleigh track in action and learn about the science of Monobob here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXaWl2NpapV1mac

[@purplegill10]

+Olympics I never thought I'd say this exact phrase, but thanks for the link Olympics!

[@MarkBackles]

Wow, can't believe i'd see Olympic comment on one of the less popular videos of Tom Scott!

[@jp46614]

No

[@KishoreShenoy1994]

Cool video, 'ice one.

[@antivanti]

Where is the heat dumped? Preferably it goes into some form of District heating or something?

[@tncorgi92]

Gotta wonder what the carbon footprint of that facility is, between the ammonia manufacture and the electricity used to keep the track frozen. I bet it's the same as a small village.

[@RKH1502]

I love your pronunciation of "Lillehammer". Most foreigners would say "Lily hammer".

[@Flubberg464]

He looks and sounds like Dwight's illegitimate Norwegian brother

[@DarshUK1]

Out of curiosity do they move the heat anywhere for it to be used? It would seem more efficient to do so but also harder to harness excess energy.

[@shaunhouse8634]

I'm surprised that they can run Luge on it before skeleton - it's not a surprise that you need more ice for Bobsled as they're nearly small cars but skeleton bobs, I would have guessed, would be lighter and have less impact on the track than Luges.

[@naominekomimi]

I feel like the topic of where all that heat goes was kind of glossed over, I would've loved to see that area of the facility! Or is it not as interesting as one would imagine?

[@EtoileLion]

Great video Tom, but it brought a few questions to mind.... In your first couple of video you pronounced it Lil-eh-hammer... in this one you called it Lil-hammer... what's the correct pronunciation? (Help, Norwegian peoples?) What DO they do with the heat generated by pumping, condensing, and evaporating 90 tonnes of ammonia? How thick do they keep the ice frozen to during normal operating conditions? (and perhaps, how exacting do they have to be for parity?)

[@pH7oslo]

+Marc Hutley "Lil-eh-hammer" sounds about right, if you pronounce the 'a' in 'Lillehammer' as you'd do the 'a' in 'half' and not 'hammer'.

[@DanielSimen]

Lille - hammer

[@xfusee]

i've been there!! it's fast and kinda rough going down... really shakes you up. don't recommend wearing any sort of glasses or earrings if you do it

[@sereysothe.a]

how tf did they time the bobsled shooting down right on cue in the intro?

[@teenagedgaming]

Posted on the same day as 99% Invisible's Ice King episode? Interesting.

[@skylible]

Dat timing 0:03

[@MorRobots]

TOM!!! FOR SHAME!!! NO BELL! you cant be next to a bobsleigh track while sleighs are running without ringing a bell and cheering.

[@jobsagoodun]

Where do they put all the 'waste' heat from this thing? Hopefully it is used to heat some buildings somewhere and not actually wasted. Wish you'd covered that too.

[@DEADB33F]

+Jay Abbott Heh, just saw this video then replied to say pretty much the exact same thing. ...hopefully coming up in a future video.

[@Dthenn]

This is how to do sponsored content the right way. Good job.

[@bjornssondj]

The heat gets pumped off the track with ammonia and the heat pumping process itself generates heat.. I'm curious to know where all that heat goes. I'm guessing it's put to good use, right?

[@henrikwilson]

That’s the second biggest freezer I’ve ever seen!

[@GaviLazan]

I feel like I'm here a bit early...

[@paulmitchum8658]

All that talk of heat and I thought we were going to see the heat exchanger making a hot spring at the top of the mountain.

[@zevalon]

It sounded like you were going to talk about where the heat was going but then didn't.

[@itchylol742]

Is there anywhere people can use these for fun like an amusement park, or is this only for competitive sports?

[@INeedAttentionEXE]

Bob sledding seems really fun....

[@zapfanzapfan]

Some things were missing, like how much energy does it use and what do they do with the excess heat?

[@nitehawk86]

That opening was very James Burke. :)

[@Macieks300]

so where does the heat goes?

[@fantasybooker]

Holy shiiiiiiit, that's fast!

[@insu_na]

I would've loved to see the thermal exhaust..

[@RokKrznarr]

It'd be cool of the heat was being utilized and not wasted. Perhaps heating the nearby buildings?

[@ruckusbird8832]

nice work Tom! do you know how they keep the track from ruts? a little zamboni *? add water? nothing?

[@Chlorate299]

What do they do with all that heat?

[@xtremememestv1717]

god I love you

[@alcesmir]

Is the heat produced used for anything? It would be a huge waste not to use it, and the Scandinavians tend to engineer things with energy recycling in mind.

[@greg_loper]

so, what do they do with the heat that is pulled off the track?

[@TooShortPlancks]

So +Tom Scott where do they pump all that heat?

[@kilesengati]

I is interessting what people do for a sport.

[@safe-keeper1042]

I expected Tom to ride one of the sleighs and was disappointed :P

[@smokingspitfire1197]

He has done bobsleigh now!

[@MasterHigure]

2:20 Isn't bobsleigh and luge runs actually measured in thousandths of a second?

[@lightgiver428]

Can we use all that heat from the cooling unit to generate electricity?

[@biscuitsandbananas3433]

This is something rare for me, I'm early for something.

[@erictaylor5462]

I can understand how it's the 2nd biggest freezer. Norway ITSELF is the 1st biggest freezer.

[@Xotame]

This sure is a big freezer, but in comparison to the Seed Vault, it's only Lille... hammer.

[@samuellindberg2822]

are you coming to Sweden sometime soon?

[@kay486]

so where does the heat go? I feel like that part is missing, I hoped for some clever solution where they reuse the waste heat for something usefl

2:40 Why does the clock say "2.60.98"? Shouldn't that be "3.00.98"?

[@robin888official]

How many takes for the first shot? :-)

[@stevec00ps]

I was hoping to see where the heat escapes from!

[@scottcarothers837]

Heh “rides on”

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

Do they use the extracted/excess heat for something? Like, they could heat the buildings surrounding the track with it or so?

[@michaeltempsch5282]

+Seegal Galguntijak Goes into the district heating system, so yes, does heat buildings, water etc.

[@EoRdE6]

so where is all this heat released?

[@iancalandro8180]

EoRdE6 Sweden.

[@Jdm90]

So do they make good use of all the heat?

[@Pianoguy32]

how many takes was it to get that introduction :p

[@bulman07]

Top Gear 🚗❄

[@cringeycrisp4416]

RIP Top Gear

[@unvergebeneid]

So how long did it take to get that timing in the beginning just right?