Massive Ice Calving at Aialik Glacier - Alaska May 2022
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2022
- The Aialik Glacier is a glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park. About 15 miles from Seward, it is the largest glacier in Aialik Bay and drains the Harding Icefield. The Harding Icefield, the largest icefield contained entirely within the United States, is over 1,100 square miles and spawns some 40 glaciers. Aialik glacier is generally very stable and such massive calving events are rare. Most calving of the Aialik glacier occurs in May and June.
Nature gives us some of the greatest shows on earth, and admission is free.
Couldn't agree more!
Well not really free, unless your part of the crew
Very well done! Holding camera steady? ✅ no frantic zooming in and out? ✅ no frantic panning side to side? ✅ and most importantly, NO screaming ohhh and ahhh? ✅✅✅
What a beautiful glacier and phenomenal calving. I really really want to go back, it’s been about 21 years.
THANK YOU for holding the camera still!
I was lucky enough to see this glacier almost daily for work! What’s also awesome is the sights you see just getting out there from Seward! No place like Alaska, simple!😉👍
Life is all about timing and this was perfect timing. Incredible video
Crystal clear picture quality.
wonderfully mesmerizing footage. Thank you for not zooming in/out like a rookie!!
You were so fortunate to be witness to this beautifully show of nature!
Oh wow, this is so beautiful. I have always wanted to visit Alaska, please share more. Thank you for letting us see Alaska through your eyes💗.
Yeah woo hoo so awesome at this rate we will never have to wear jackets again because when the worlds air conditioner is gone the next thing the sun will melt will be humans
@@Sigma_Sylum This is natural. Happens with or without humans.
@@Sigma_Sylum glaciers flow downhill because of the additional weight of new snow falling on top. When waterfront glaciers are pushed out over water, the calve. It's a totally normal process - actually the end result of climate change will be that eventually many of these glaciers will no longer have the weight to continue moving, stop calving, and at that point they will become "snowfields" instead of "glaciers"
Wow! Amazing! Thank you so much! Truly…🕊
Wow awesome, thank you so much for sharing.
Beautiful!
Can you hear the terrifying sounds of ice cracking at 0:56... This literally sends shivers down my spine
Surely it should sent shivers *UP* your spine.
cannot
would ya go so far ta say it "shivers yur timbars?!"
no
@@chrismc.4437 OOOOoooooo AARRRRRRRRRR!!!!
That is the most gorgeous shade of blue I've ever seen 💦💙🌎💙
Beautiful filming!
Thank you!
Yup. That's what icebergs do.
They melt and then rebuild themselves. A natural process of this planet.
Right On thanks
Fantastic camera man and a beautiful sight to see
Да, чёткое разрешение у камеры, может профессиональная?
Hi, you may thank gravity for this outstanding performance!!!
Great camera work.
Thank you! I appreciate it! ♡
💔This hurts my soul!
Global warming only happens in the summer, that's when ice melts. Climate change is in the winter it's cold ice don't melt. It's not any hotter in India then it is I America. You were made to believe Biden was going too fix America, high gas prices, Trump said before Biden became president... "if Biden becomes president gas will go $ 5,6,7 dollars a gallon, gasoline started going up biden's 1st day. Now inflation, going into a recession?
Has the democratic party done anything for the black community? Has blm done anything for the black community? Quit buying into the democratic lie
@@greggalvan1378 Oh honey not today 🤬I am to old to put up with your nonsense! Fly your Trump sign and leave me alone!
Glacial calving is a sign of a healthy glacier ! The ice flows downhill because of the weight of the snow and ice on the top of the glacier, a natural process that has been occuring for millions of years. As the face of the glacier is pushed over open water, calving occurs! So celebrate! This video is a sign that the Aialik glacier is still alive and well for the time being. If calving stops occuring, that is actually a very bad sign for the glacier, as it likely indicates it's stopped moving and has become a snowfield, at which point it will begin to melt back from the water's edge. That having been said, Aialak glacier IS retreating (which means more melts than it receives new snowfall each year on average) and climate change is certainly a likely factor. So my advice would be - enjoy this show of nature's might with joy and admiration, but don't forget the climate crisis melting the ice away in under-ice rivers underneath, hidden from our gaze.
go and cry in your safe space
Karen, there is no reason this should hurt your soul.
What a catch!
Awesome video.
Surfs up!
A la gente le párese divertido ver ese desprendimiento del hielo pero a raíz de eso están subiendo los niveles en los mares además que se descubre elnpemafros que contiene metano y es más contaminante del planeta.
La gente se ríe pero no se da cuenta que está viendo los resultados d su propia destrucción ..
There is so much history in there.
I know ! Incredible to think about.
How about dragging these glaciers to hot regions like the coast of California/USA?
So that's where crushed ice comes from.
Very cool footage! 👍👍
Patience pays dividends. Spectacular and entertaining video of glacier calving. Thank you willplay1a.
Wahouououou merci pour le partage 👍👍👍
I cann't think anything
How i can life there
So beautiful place,but...
🙋🐈⬛❣️
Beautiful
Couldn't agree more
This is an awesome video wow 👌
Thanks!
Гениально❤
Golly Bob Howdy! Gee willickers!
Heat Wave in UK today!
Very cool...yet so scary too
Sesuatu pemdangan yang bagus.tapi menyedihkan karena es berjatuhan karena efek suhu bumi yang makin panas
What a beautiful video, thank you for that
Nothing beautiful bout global warming
Thank you! ♡
@@calvinjackson5306 Calving is caused primarily by the weight of new snow on the glacier pushing it downhill - when this happens to a waterfront glacier, it will calve as it is pushed over open water which cannot support the weight of the ice. So actually, the result of global warming will be that calving will stop as the glacier melts to the point that it no longer flows downhill. When that happens it becomes a "snowfield" instead of a "glacier". Calving is a natural process that has been occuring millions of years before humans, and is actually a sign the glacier is still moving and healthy :) This glacier is retreating however due to climate change - but that just means that more is melting from the glacier then new snow is falling. Most melting is not due to calving at the waterfront.
@@calvinjackson5306 inform yourself instead of repeating everything you hear
@@calvinjackson5306 This is what people call 'misinformation' these days.
Excellent video. But the title was a bit clickbait-ish!
Bonito e triste ao mesmo tempo. ( Aqui Brasil )
Por que triste? Why is it sad?
Triste? Que?
Wow!
massive is something else!
Do you have a longer clip ?
I have a slightly longer (10 minute) version, but that's it ^^' And there isn't nearly as much calving in the rest of the clip
En el 134 más que crujir .parece .sonido de un arma alto calibre.👽
É uno spettacolo drammatico :-(
Man would have been so much more amazing if the boat captain would have been closer. Which I have seen them do.
Agreed - the boat that was there before us was probably twice as close. I think she was concerned because of the reports of the glacier calving a lot that day so she decided to keep us a bit farther back. There are videos of people being injured by ice thrown from calving glaciers or vessels nearly sunk from the resulting waves!
Maailma tuhotuu jää markkinoilla paljon 30 vuofessa
That was like waiting at the coin push machine for the big one.
Quelle tristesse 😓😥
Parabéns muito bom mesmo Deus abecoi asu vida amei todos escritos amei 🤔😲😃🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👍👍👍
Doesn't start falling til 2:40 🤣
It's actually falling the whole length of the video, but if you read my pinned comment, I already provided the timestamp (2:35) for the big part ;)
glaciers calve because they are growing
glaciers grow until they hit the sea, then they break off and become icebergs
this is a sign of global cooling, not global warming
Not necessarily. They will also increase calving when melting water reaches the bedrock under the glacier, lubricating the sliding surface and accelerating the advance of the glacier.
@@billbryce2538
still a sign of glaciers growing, not shrinking
Yes .
Three day of darkness Prophecy that is coming
Вот почему везде в мире наводнения!
lol
The fools who don't know when to be quiet ruin it for the others. It's a whole different experience with out the noise and swearing.
How did they know exactly where it's going to happen Ö.ö
I didn't ! Spent a lot more time filming than the video reflects haha
@@willplay1a i meant the exact location
@@yesthisisme Just a guess from observing the ice! Looking where tiny pieces had been breaking off
Hello willplay1a, is it possible to contact you regarding this video (i.e. via email)? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible to discuss? :) Cheers, Felix
ВЫ СМОТРИТЕ ПОСЛЕДНИЕ ГОДЫ ЖИЗНИ ЗЕМЛИ....ИДЕТ ЕЕ РАСПАД....
Amazing? Don't you think that is terrible?
YAWN!!!!!!
Thank you for not screaming like a little girl.
Call it what you need, it's melting
Probably due to the vibration of the boats engine/s.
A nice theory, but probably not, we were quite far from the glacier (more than half a mile), and there had been reports that the glacier was quite actively calving all day that day, which was why we stayed longer to hopefully see something.
What’s the likelihood of a big enough piece to fall and sink that boat?
@@prahfetts825 pretty low I think!
Menschen sind merkwürdig.
🦕 Dinosaur 💧 water.
Cheering on the end of humanity.
Well, you could look at it two ways. Glacial calving has been occuring since the earth had ice - a healthy glacier "flows" downhill, pushed by the weight of new snowfall. This is a waterfront glacier - so irregardless of global temperature, as long as the glacier has not melted so much that it stops moving downhill and becomes a snowfield instead of a glacier (which would be grim indeed), then it will always calve as it is pushed over open water that, unlike land, cannot support the weight of all that ice. Calving is a sign that the glacier is still healthy and flowing downhill, so it's kind of a good thing and an incredible sight at that! On the other hand - this glacier is "retreating" which means that it is not getting as much new snowfall each year as it is calving off, which is obviously bad (and likely due to climate change). Either way, nature is awe inspiring in its glory and I think it would be follish to be so lost in thought over what is being lost so as to not enjoy the magnificent, millions of years old show is occuring before you, that you may never see again. These people are simply enjoying the outdoors and a spectacular display of mother nature's might, no need to be offended at the enjoyment or expense of others :) Please come up to Alaska and appreciate all the magnicence of the natural world that Alaska has to offer you! - perhaps you will find yourself silent in awe, or perhaps - you'll even catch yourself cheering in excitement a time or two!
that was not Calving....that was simply a collapse
I don't mean this with any disrespect - but the correct term for the collapse of ice from the edge of a glacier is "calving" - this is glacial calving :)
@@willplay1a i could be wrong, but I believe Calving is when the bottom become more buoyant than the top, and the ice turns over
@@mattsez2879 nope! An easy misunderstanding, but calving is when pieces break off from a glacier! A glacier actually can't flip because most of it is on land (the part breaking off is where it's pushed over open water). Icebergs "calve" off of glaciers, and then those icebergs can and do flip as you described (as they melt!)
go in that ice cave lol
Someone needs to learn the definition of "massive".
Massive, adjective - "exceptionally large"
Given this is the biggest calving of the aialik glacier the boat captain had seen in 5 years and an entire 300ft face of ice weighing thousands of tons sloughed off (making it both exceptional and large) I think the person needing to learn that definition might be you ;)
😥
Americans acting as if they’re watching football
Actually, people from all over the world watching something much rarer and MUCH cooler than football :)
Its ice breaking...
You might be on to something = maybe the boats cause them
Sait shin
Skip to 2:36
Nice camera work. It just didn't seem that massive.
AAAAHHHHHhhhhhh! The Earth is dying.... Man is DESTROOooying ittttt.
You KARENs are a sad lot. Glaciers are NEVER static... they either AE growing or ARE retreating. Calving IS FOREVER a part of that cycle.
This seems to happen a lot when tourist boats are near by. I think these people might be the problem
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There's no problem! Calving occurs year round (even when tourist boats aren't able to run) and on glaciers like this one, almost daily - it's caused by the weight of all that snow and ice pushing the glacier downhill, causing it to "flow" until it's over water. Since water cannot support the weight of all that snow and ice, calving occurs! Ailiak is a relatively fast moving glacier, so it's pretty active calving-wise despite being relatively stable.
@@willplay1a I was only joking anyway
@@christopher_ecclestone 😅
@@christopher_ecclestone No you weren’t.🤦♂️
Omg it increased the sea level
If that's the best language he can use to describe that event, it's wasted on them.
We weren't narrating it for you :) I got to witness something special while enjoying time with friends and loved ones (and some strangers) and decided it was worth sharing. Please go be negative somewhere else
@@willplay1a *The VIDEO was cool!* Too bad you couldn't consider those who find foul language an abuse of the gift of speech. And how hard could it have been to edit out the oral defecation for the sake of young ones as well? And don't try to remind us that worse language is learned at school. Not a useful argument to excuse it in a public arena like TH-cam. Oh, by the way, I used every form of rotten language in my first 25 years. In fact I read material in an anthropology book that gave me even more 'colorful' expressions. I could have taught sailors how to swear. Been there, and came to an end after I grew up.
Consequences are not written about here. Tragic loss of thinking.
Don't worry folks the experts at CNN say that climate change will be back next summer.
The only ice cold glacier I ever climbed was my ex-wife
😁🤣🤣
We bore, with dynamite into our mountains we distroy our habitat, land, rivers and streams, we train, ship, rock to Japan, they train, ship it back a car to rust on top of our mountains.
Time Stamps -
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There is glacial calving occuring the entire length of the video, however the really massive calving event begins at about 2:35 and lasts the rest of the video.
also notable at 2:00 a chunk of ice suddenly rises from beneath the water - kind of cool
For size reference, the face of this glacier is more than 300 feet high.
This is an excellent video 👍 thank you very much for capturing a sight I will probably never see in person 🙂
@@scrappydoo7887 if you can find the money and time, coming up to Alaska is absolutely worth it - take a boat tour out of Whittier or Seward and chances are very good you'll see some glacial calving up close! :)
@@willplay1a I will be sure to do so if (the magic if lol) I can find the money. I'm in England so it's no small journey unfortunately 😌
Dude you should learn the meaning of massive that wasn't massive at all have seen better
We must be united to save us from the many many kind of Natural and sky disaster because it can eliminate human existence and there are no any police , court or jail for it 😭😭😭😭
drama queen 🤣🤣🤣
@@cleopatra1633 u r very good person I'm not
Страшно😢
Why are some folks saying yeeees! Not a good to see calving.
Calving occurs in all water front glaciers (irregardless of whether they are retreating or advancing) and has for millions of years. As snow accumilates at the top of the glacier, the weight causes the glacier to "flow" downwards. On a waterfront glacier, the glacier flows onto open water, which is not able to support the weight of all that snow and ice, causing calving. As for why people are excited to see it - witnessing powerful forces of nature is something I consider an important part of the human experience. We knew the glacier might calve while we were there, and we stayed extra time to hopefully not miss it. Everyone was excited that we were there to see the show :)
It can't take that much luck to see calving like this when on a ship with a large fossile engine producing vibrations.
This cannot be a good thing. Isn't this part of what will make coastal areas uninhabitable due to sea level rise?
Well, it's a bit complex. Glacial calving it could be argued is a good thing, because it's a sign that the glacier still has enough weight and new snowfall to continue flowing downhill (being pushed over open water causes the calving). When a glacier stops flowing it becomes a snowfield, and calving will eventually stop entirely as it starts to melt back from the waterfront. That having been said, increased calving can be a sign of climate change, as increased snowmelt destabilizes the ice and water flowing below the glacier can lubricate it, speeding its downhill flow.
JFC... this IS normal... been happening... ebbing and flowing for MILLIONs of years.
The United Nations recently celebrated the International Mother Earth Day as a reminder to protect the environment. Heat waves, droughts, fires and heavy rains that cause severe flooding have become more frequent in many parts of the world due to climate change, which affects the entire worldwide population.
The Earth is facing a “triple planetary crisis,” warn UN officials. Climate disruption, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste are the main areas of concern regarding the current state of the environment. This year, the Earth Day’s theme is “Invest In Our Planet,” so what would humanity's best investment for the planet be?
We need to start by cleaning up the planet. There is no place on Earth where the air and water are clean, and that's a real problem. In theory, tackling this issue should be our priority when it comes to taking action to improve the dismal state of our planet. But let’s not fool ourselves. Such a plan alone will solve nothing.
It will only help the international organizations to justify their own existence. They tick off "done" to raise as much money as they want, and that's it. If we do not improve relations between us, we will not be able to achieve the great and ambitious improvement in nature that we want and need to attain globally. We will never achieve a good result through bureaucratic, mechanical measures.
There are a lot of people sitting in their comfortable offices profiting from the environmental crisis and demanding money and respect. They keep flying from one end of the world to the other on all kinds of missions to make a lot of noise with what they are "doing" and which everyone "needs to hear" as if that alone means something is happening, but in practice we see no real progress. The Earth must also be cleansed of them, of these people who engage in useless campaigns that only cause harm because they mislead the world, leading it away from the real solution.
The cleaning of the planet should start inside out. If we do not clean the planet from within, and continue with our reckless behavior and the selfish nature of our hearts as before, nothing will change for the better. The immense sums invested in environmental initiatives should be directed to spreading an educational process aimed at improving the way we relate to each other.
Humans are the most developed and influential factors of all of nature's levels: still, vegetative, animate and human. Since we occupy the highest level in nature, positively affecting the environment, the climate, and nature in general can be achieved by reaching positive relations among us. On the contrary, by letting our divisive drives tear apart human relations, we also destroy our surrounding environment, the very nature that our lives depend on.
The more we humans are able to correct ourselves by changing our divisive attitudes toward each other into positive attitudes of mutual support, encouragement, mutual responsibility, and reciprocal concern, the more we will receive positive feedback from nature. And the more we develop without making this necessary correction, the more negative feedback we will receive from nature, as we have experienced in the form of natural disasters, pandemics.
It is of utmost importance for us to organize our thoughts, desires and qualities so that we understand that saving the environment and a shift to a better future depend solely on changing our attitudes to each other: from antagonistic egoism to positive, compassionate and cooperative relationships.
Glaciers melt in May. Winter will be back in 4 months ! Winter cancels heat ! "Global warming "/ Climate Change " are insanely stupid notions ! DONT BE STUPID!
Show me one prediction made by the climate alarmists that has come true. Just one.
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Good Grief.... KAREN.
This is nothing new
“The ice is breaking”
Holling Vincouer
Northern Exposure
cheering for something being lost that will never be rebuilt. its sad that this has become the tourism destination that it is. we as humans need to do better.
Hello Chuck! Glacial calving has been occuring for millions of years! (long before humans were around) It is natural and healthy (in my opinion) to cheer at Nature's might :)
You know that Chuck has to be a liberal and blaming this on global warming
It’s impressive at the same time being sad. We can feel both ways. I do.
GLACIERS CONTINUE TO GROW LIKE FINGER NAILS ! Don't be dramatic
Ya'll are funny. The earth 🌎 has been changing constantly for millions of years. The climate changed even before man was walking the earth 🌎 it will continue to change. We adapt with changes. Stop blaming this on humanity
Remember everyone if we didn’t have global warming, we would be in the Ice Age from 14,000 years ago. However luckily it got warmer and the ice melted.
🤷♂️now we are going to start a continuous stream of our coal to China until we run out! We will probably wash it here first to be polite.
@@caesarg4711 once gone it's gone, it doesn't rebirth and once the ice is gone, we are gone. please prove me wrong
Given our current climate circumstances, why would anyone cheer this on? Clueless? Probably.
I bet you can go there at any given time and see this happen to one part or another. Our Glaciers are vanishing so subtly, yet consistently, to regular Joe's like myself, but not to scientists.They watch every second of whats happening to them. While they sure do look beautiful to see when they come apart, its horrifying to think of what the cost will be to humanity when they're gone. 😟
Keep drinking the liberal Kool-Aid.
@click this link Canada
stop your nonsens 🤣🤣🤣
@@cleopatra1633 Are you really THAT daft?
Gettagarip KAREN. CO2 hypocrite YOU and every one like YOU.
That's global warming in action 😔
Please. 🤦🏻♂️
Really....it happens all the time....as long as theyve been around they fall apart