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  • A timelapse allows us to see glaciers move and understand how their movement works.
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  • @heenanaz953
    @heenanaz953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Okay I'm suffocating just by seeing her descending down through the crevices.

    • @monkeyman8393
      @monkeyman8393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don’t know if seeing glaciers myself makes me more terrified or less but I’m with you buddy

    • @AlisonBryen
      @AlisonBryen ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same. It's so interesting to see, but it is triggering my claustrophobia!

  • @emoboy9048
    @emoboy9048 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Hell no!! I'd feel like I was descending into my grave. Brave woman!

  • @sreenjaysen927
    @sreenjaysen927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is probably one of the most insane tasks done on TV.

    • @ProdFluxoxo
      @ProdFluxoxo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No kidding, and it didn't even seem to phase her.

  • @fahimsiddique5437
    @fahimsiddique5437 5 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    Curiosity has driven her to the state of fearlessness.
    Amazingly beautiful work!

    • @silvermica
      @silvermica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was thinking exactly the same thing.

    • @nathanielclaycamp9796
      @nathanielclaycamp9796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hehe 69 likes

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'd have thought she'd have some sort of rope on just to walk across the glacier, but she seemed to know what she's doing. As to dropping down inside, wow! Going to the bottom of a moving ice pile is NOT my idea of safe! I've gone cave diving, but this seems like tempting fate! "This cave wasn't here last year, and it probably won't be here next year." If it's that dynamic, I wouldn't want to be in the cave when it changes. When it toggles, occupants become pancake shaped.

    • @ismailhassan-tc4sg
      @ismailhassan-tc4sg ปีที่แล้ว

      .

  • @jason3tears
    @jason3tears 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    All the questions I had about my newfound, middle of the night and procrastination-inspired fascination with glaciers have now been answered. Great vid and shout out to r/TIL for sparking my caffeine-infused interest and letting me avoid studying a little longer

    • @geologuia
      @geologuia ปีที่แล้ว

      We protected them th-cam.com/video/jVCaPNXRVRo/w-d-xo.html

    • @martinreid2352
      @martinreid2352 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's ironic, because I'm here as a part of my studies - it was assigned by one of my professors!

  • @spamslurper7409
    @spamslurper7409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Anyone else seen videos of people stuck in those and she just goes straight in with a huge smile on her face?!

  • @JHA854
    @JHA854 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Earth is amazing.

  • @LocalRando_
    @LocalRando_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    Who's here because of online school?

  • @WonderfullyMade_Lex
    @WonderfullyMade_Lex ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This was so fascinating. The time lapse brought me to awe.

    • @annehalecott
      @annehalecott ปีที่แล้ว

      Why isn't she wearing a helmet??

  • @MusicEchos
    @MusicEchos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You can watch ice movements in ditches after a heavy snow then a slight warming. The packed snow turns more into ice as it slides down the sides. Then as it slides down the slanted property into the neighbors property it shrinks as it melts, refreezes, and serves as a slide for kids.

  • @tsuchan
    @tsuchan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Nice. That's the most interesting Earth Lab video I've seen so far.

  • @sandmanjono1239
    @sandmanjono1239 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Fascinating- Mother Nature as ever truly awesome!

  • @terrylap6132
    @terrylap6132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If I went into that crevice, I would’ve developed instant claustrophobia.

  • @fredMplanenut
    @fredMplanenut 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is amazing to be under a glacier and hear the creaking noises. Also, fascinating is the blue of the ice with the light refracting through it.

  • @evachen5939
    @evachen5939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You learn something new everyday

  • @massatube
    @massatube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    She's a braver man than me. I wouldn't go down on a glacier. lol

    • @nationalcitysycho
      @nationalcitysycho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      WELL ... cemetery is full of brave people

    • @jdd6447
      @jdd6447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's because she is married to a drunk.

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@nationalcitysycho Every body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person.

    • @ReaperCheGuevara
      @ReaperCheGuevara 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My cousin used to do glacier tours in Alaska. They would land helicopters on glaciers all the time.

    • @buttonz8646
      @buttonz8646 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nationalcitysycho fr bro, imma use that phrase

  • @Zantagiro
    @Zantagiro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    beautiful!

  • @Barzins1
    @Barzins1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I wouldn’t be caught dead in there.

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, contrare! If you were caught in there, you WOULD be dead!
      What you mean is you wouldn't go in there. (Me neither!)

  • @meng-chichang3097
    @meng-chichang3097 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is an amazing video!!! Thank you!

  • @saileekasbe7207
    @saileekasbe7207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Appreciate your work 🙏

  • @ericamcqueen5607
    @ericamcqueen5607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    2:33 *I thought there was a corpse in the corner, scared the hell out of me*

  • @quaidcarlobulloch9300
    @quaidcarlobulloch9300 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She seemed so stoked to be there. Really cool to see.

  • @tusharthakar5417
    @tusharthakar5417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you bbc BBC

  • @toniturnwald9890
    @toniturnwald9890 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It's very good explained. Thank you. cheerio Toni

    • @Skullking489
      @Skullking489 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not really, she only talked about how a glacier slides if it's in a warm summer environment. But what she doesn't mention is how glaciers move in their natural sub zero environments, because they move all year round.
      In addiction to melt-water sliding, glaciers will travel at temps below zero degrees Celsius due to pressure melting at the bottom of the glacier because the melting point of ice lowers under extreme pressure. Also if the glacier is greater than 120 ft thick and has no water for lubrication, then the upper mass of the glacier will move by a mechanism called deformation, which is where the bottom portion of the glacier stays stationary due to friction, but the upper portion deforms and continues to travel down elevation. Vast regions of Antarctic Ice never melts, but the glaciers will still travel great distances because of pressure melting and deformation.

    • @toniturnwald9890
      @toniturnwald9890 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello to you, thank you for your additional information. I looked at the film again and yes, you were right. She only talks about his moving during summer time. I already know the fact, that glacier slides also in winter or at the other times, because I live in the mountains here in Bavaria. But during the summertime, they move quite faster than when it's winter. It has also to do with the weight of the glaciers, if it's a light one, it would be moving quite slower than a big one, also it has something to do with the inclinationangle of the mountain and a few other parameters. But anyway, for peoples who want to know the basics, the film is still OK, I think. But you can correct me if I'm wrong. cheerio Toni

  • @ofantasticlou
    @ofantasticlou 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    wow.... it’s amazing

  • @Simp_Zone
    @Simp_Zone 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This made me thirsty! The melt water looks refreshing!

  • @theoldleafybeard
    @theoldleafybeard 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Amazing! And please remember, folks: Always carry a piolet when using crampons. They go together as essentials one to the other.

  • @abdullahhussain8292
    @abdullahhussain8292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great, always good to know a bit of geography especially as I am studying it for GCSEs

  • @deshmukhg9
    @deshmukhg9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great work

  • @donaldthompson6934
    @donaldthompson6934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2:16 👀how was that amazing.more like an ice grave to me.whewwwww she is very brave.

    • @tonil.476
      @tonil.476 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      brave or stupid...

  • @danielcostilla7254
    @danielcostilla7254 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a brave woman !!!

  • @DaveDott
    @DaveDott 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So friggin cool

  • @reseviladik
    @reseviladik 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    GIRL! you are so brave

  • @vibhorgupta4966
    @vibhorgupta4966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice and knowledgeable video

  • @atrivm3949
    @atrivm3949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    crazy women waking past all those barely visible cracks in the ice as if its nothing special.. xD respect

    • @relytlirpa
      @relytlirpa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ATRIVM I couldn’t hear a word she said over the clanging of those massive balls.

    • @user-vx8qt9cd8o
      @user-vx8qt9cd8o 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ATRIVM it looks loke a dry glacier, so there should not be any hidden crevases

  • @gunturjeans2695
    @gunturjeans2695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Look at what the captions say at 1:03 😂

    • @samnorthall3394
      @samnorthall3394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      oh my

    • @RossAllaire
      @RossAllaire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL I knew it!

    • @snowkittten
      @snowkittten 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Picked the wrong week to comment this 😅

    • @michaelselz3389
      @michaelselz3389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Niggas brain surface ice?! Wtf

  • @Mizamook
    @Mizamook ปีที่แล้ว

    Superb video! Beautiful!

  • @sandysandy967
    @sandysandy967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi, is there any studies done on movement of water in glaciers in different mountains types??

  • @muhammadnasim8248
    @muhammadnasim8248 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best and bravest video I have ever watched

  • @caseystu123
    @caseystu123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I stood below a glacier in Chamonix. It was a beautiful experience but I quickly became nervous that it could swallow me whole.

  • @JWCreations
    @JWCreations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Surprised to see her abseiling without a helmet!

  • @zafarali-vx6me
    @zafarali-vx6me 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing....

  • @sooryanarayanan4273
    @sooryanarayanan4273 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful video

  • @renh921
    @renh921 ปีที่แล้ว

    breathtaking reporting 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @HawthorneHillNaturePreserve
    @HawthorneHillNaturePreserve ปีที่แล้ว

    She is VERY brave!

  • @christylake2960
    @christylake2960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yep...she fearless!!

  • @sweetskeetz
    @sweetskeetz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    maxxing my anxiety out

  • @alicesacco9329
    @alicesacco9329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's just like water, they even have little river of snow that enter in the main river.

  • @ritensherpa2238
    @ritensherpa2238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The information was appreciable but safely always comes first!
    Why she’s not wearing helmet?
    & she was walking on the glacier without rope up?
    I was wondering who was the technical team behind the scene?

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      She's under a glacier, soaked with melt water. That says there's at least a team near by with dry clothes and warm towels.

  • @cher8005
    @cher8005 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Do you think they told this woman about how glacial crevasses frequently break and cave in and how many Sherpas lose their lives every year to these catastrophes on Mount Everest? I'm pretty sure she'd have been asking for an increase in pay if she knew how frequently this kind of thing happens and how fatal it can be.

    • @garrenshot
      @garrenshot 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No kidding my god

  • @DereC519
    @DereC519 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    that's so cool

  • @s4leeha
    @s4leeha 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the ice at the lower end of the glacier has a lower melting point

  • @pierre-marielefeuvre830
    @pierre-marielefeuvre830 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please credits the people who took the time lapse pictures, meaning the university of Oslo and partners.
    contact me please.

  • @mounirab96
    @mounirab96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I bet one cup of that crispy water will rejuvenate every sell of my body!

  • @bucketlisttrek3863
    @bucketlisttrek3863 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favourite.

  • @alkalinelifestyle638
    @alkalinelifestyle638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I highly doubt I could go down those glaciers for a million pounds 😵

  • @vertical.poetry
    @vertical.poetry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This woman has my dream job.

  • @2jojojojojojo
    @2jojojojojojo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Looks a lil' chilly Lol

  • @vaxy150701
    @vaxy150701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In the end looks like she heard something. Started running for her life.

  • @YourGirlPratiksha
    @YourGirlPratiksha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    FUN FACT : 2:30 i see a face in that rock😵😵😵 anyone else?

  • @JadedChameleon
    @JadedChameleon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brave or crazy. Wow.

  • @phsal5182
    @phsal5182 ปีที่แล้ว

    very interesting

  • @wishgodgirl1903
    @wishgodgirl1903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes a mighty brave woman...

  • @Hwoman1123
    @Hwoman1123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've always dreamed to b someone like her

    • @carcinogenicthalidomide3057
      @carcinogenicthalidomide3057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I hope you achieve your goals. All the best!!

    • @Hwoman1123
      @Hwoman1123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@carcinogenicthalidomide3057 ur wish means a lot. thanks

  • @jogofi4592
    @jogofi4592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The way she says crevases or however you spell it

  • @AbdulMajid-vt8mj
    @AbdulMajid-vt8mj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow

  • @sameenashaukat4186
    @sameenashaukat4186 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It may be soooo cold...omg

  • @marek123454321
    @marek123454321 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The place points out like bottom of the glacier is definitely not the bottom !!!! It's just a bit of sediment deposed in small crevasse!!!

  • @nickyr7582
    @nickyr7582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A machine that produces ice can save the glaciers from melting.

    • @StevoSwiss
      @StevoSwiss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now we just need 300 million of them to run 24/7, and make sure they don't run on fossil fuels.

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StevoSwiss I made a Planetary Air Conditioner with as much cooling as would save 300 tons of ice from melting per year. It uses no electricity, so that's nice. The down side is the cooling it provides is dumped into the atmosphere in general, and not at the site of the glacier.

  • @tusharthakar5417
    @tusharthakar5417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good beautiful greetings globe glaciers

  • @jonathonprestonemail
    @jonathonprestonemail 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    BBC...where is the helmet on that woman abseiling into a glacier.

  • @mr.elormphysicsandmaths7279
    @mr.elormphysicsandmaths7279 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The lady is brave. Wow

  • @jasonplayz6900
    @jasonplayz6900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:12 didnt know that you can find ravines in ice biomed

  • @BuzzCruise5743
    @BuzzCruise5743 ปีที่แล้ว

    Go to Khumbu Ice fall nd show it there

  • @fansofelias
    @fansofelias 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    cool

  • @nxzw
    @nxzw ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh wow man.😃

  • @Jv2332
    @Jv2332 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr cartlidge is a ledgend

  • @anwarfellahi3673
    @anwarfellahi3673 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    you didn't mention where the glacier is situated

  • @rcnewman51.
    @rcnewman51. ปีที่แล้ว

    1:02 *AYOOO!*

  • @tegnio1293
    @tegnio1293 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What is the name of the Glacier?

    • @ROGER2095
      @ROGER2095 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wally. But his friends call him Slick.

    • @--sql
      @--sql 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nigardsbreen in Norway
      2:52 in the video

    • @WG55
      @WG55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Poop Fingers
      Thank you. It sounded like she was saying "Niggard's Brain" and I was confused.

  • @matttownsend7119
    @matttownsend7119 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice explanations, but the TIMELAPSE was only 1/6 of the whole thing.

  • @user-xs5tp2lm2u
    @user-xs5tp2lm2u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

  • @mannanakhtar6488
    @mannanakhtar6488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:32 Am I the only one who can see a face on that rock?

    • @user-s3ts8my2x
      @user-s3ts8my2x 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can see it too, Ur on about the grey one with frost on it right?

  • @efikeffect4454
    @efikeffect4454 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why is it glitching?

  • @chadrotater2577
    @chadrotater2577 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    THE SOUND IS TOO LOW

  • @qwertyTRiG
    @qwertyTRiG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Tom Scott explained this: the front falls off.

    • @ArcticYachts
      @ArcticYachts 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We are a bunch of sailors who took some nice glaciers footages up in the Arctic!
      th-cam.com/video/pH9qCcU7Yl4/w-d-xo.html

  • @tusharthakar5417
    @tusharthakar5417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good greetings for all holy greatest glory glaciers naturally good views

  • @shinyarif2933
    @shinyarif2933 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh lady you are such a Daredevil

  • @matthewhickey8291
    @matthewhickey8291 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello

  • @samtheriverspirit2536
    @samtheriverspirit2536 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i’m tryna live down there no cap

  • @paulreckless
    @paulreckless 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    spooky

  • @NathanFletcher123
    @NathanFletcher123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ice age baby

  • @napdaw
    @napdaw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Go inside? Nope.

  • @tatit188
    @tatit188 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:30 does anyone else see a stone face with mustaches 😁

  • @stephanie7685
    @stephanie7685 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    yall saw the captions at 1:00 orr

  • @sashadsouza1373
    @sashadsouza1373 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don't you get scared like if it falls on you

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would be flat-out terrifying.

  • @bennieknape4857
    @bennieknape4857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think it's a 500 m tick not 500 m deep! Get a grip it's slippery it's ice!

  • @ignatiusjk
    @ignatiusjk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    OK number one ...put on a hat of some sort.

  • @HoryShiitMan
    @HoryShiitMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Full grown adults who were just interested in glaciers-gang?

  • @johnwiyrick2637
    @johnwiyrick2637 ปีที่แล้ว

    She has some brass.