Dropping a Camera Down a Glacier Mill | Earth: The Power of the Planet | BBC Earth Science

High up on the Greenland ice sheet, Arctic scientist Konnie Steffen and his team drop a waterproof camera down a glacier mill. They are trying to see if the speed at which the ice is moving here is linked to climate change.
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[@loneiidev]

Left us on a cliff-hanger.

[@AcidicMentality]

No cliff hanger, they spent tens of thousands(if not hundreds of thousands) of dollars and borrowed equipment from NASA. They likely checked several holes and got the same results from all of them, but they didn't get the story they were trying for so they posted about one. When a company gives you a lot of money you have to come back with something, even if it isn't what you wanted.

[@IAMTHEIC3MAN]

Konrad unfortunately passed away in 2020 due to falling into a crevasse and drowning. Rest in peace.

[@trapskilla]

Watching Konrad chill on the edge of that abyss is extremely eerie knowing he died in 2020 after falling into a crevasses and downing - I kinda feel like that should be mentioned somewhere in here...

[@Madosatoshist]

I thought you were kidding !
R.I.P.

[@RandomDeforge]

the moment they described what they were trying to do, my initial thought was "i wonder how they will address any bends or kinks in the shaft."
gets to that point and they don't have a solution.
between several of them, these intelligent researchers actually didn't anticipate such an obvious development and wasted all this time, money, and other resources on an attempt that was destined to fail?

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

Yeah, disappointing.

[@icykickflip]

I don’t think it was that simple I think they just rely on the path of least resistance that water likes to take it doesn’t usually bend or turn very quick. so I think they wage to their chances of that happening versus the extra money it would’ve cost to create some kind of remote controlled device that could withstand those kinds of environments

[@icykickflip]

like you always do the easiest and least cost intensive option first

[@themagpie_1]

they make up the results to suit the narrative their `funders` desire. this is how science is now. give us the results we want, or we`ll fund someone who will..Al Gore famously fired a climate scientist for questioning their goals as the data sets he had didn`t spell climate chaos..

[@georg2010cz]

Yeah and not to forget the image quality of this probably million worth camera system - you feel like few youtubers with few gopros would do a better job. 😂

[@Chris-rg6nm]

Lol, one little ledge and they have to return next summer?

[@TheWITE-FOX]

Yeah that sucked… you can see the deep

[@zachcrawford5]

Wow that was an over engineered, underachieving piece of junk. With That NASA logo on the side I bet it costed as much as a car too. Seriously a $200 GoPro tied to a piece of cheap paracord would have done a better job lol. Even if NASA gave them that camera for free, those poor researcher still got shafted.

[@pumpkinhead1977]

Amazing. Can’t wait until we have rovers on Europa doing this!

[@magnophysicaltherapy2524]

“This is pretty safe right?” “I think so”

[@robertmanella528]

Tough!! Things change!! Get used to it!!
I don't care if the entire east coast of the United states of America sinks!! Nothing good lives there anyway!!

[@freespirit1975]

Of course it goes to the bottom. How else would eskers form?

[@o1ecypher]

the camera needs a heating element on the outside to melt the ice that gets in its way, letting it melt strait down to the bottom

[@Francoberry]

That would surely be a bad idea as they're trying to figure out if the water flows to the bedrock. It needs to be non-destructive analysis.
If they start burrowing through the ice they'll potentially accelerate any of the current movements happening.

[@tonyatthebeach]

What happens when the ice refreezes behind it, trapping the camera and the cable?

[@o1ecypher]

@@tonyatthebeach it's in cased in a tube that is around the camera

[@SE4943]

@@o1ecypher My guy.
you know how much energy you need to actually melt ice, let alone dense glacier ice.
Thats such a dumb idea, you can let it sit there for weeks.

[@Super-Sal]

Love from Pakistan. Amazing videos

[@alexford6400]

What a waste of everyone's time

[@tunahanbetin]

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[@Bostonmoose243]

Talk about a cool video 😏

[@khurramkhurshed9427]

Interesting

[@kha0s616]

Cooool

[@tramsgar]

bummer

[@erl_1898]

Amazing,

[@SlickRickTPB]

The meltwater goes into Agartha

[@buffboy6197]

It goes back under the glacier.

[@yourmedia834]

AMEZING 💕