This Is Why You Can’t Go To Antarctica

Antarctica is the last truly untamed land on the planet. It’s a bizarre, otherworldly place buried under miles of ice, with a lot of mysteries and secrets that have come to the surface over the years. So today we’re going to talk about all the strange and unusual stories that swirl around the land of the south pole.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
4:12 - The Tragedies
9:26 - Desolate Landscape
13:16 - The Gravity Anomaly
16:26 - Monsters And Aliens
24:00 - Scientific Research
27:00 - Sponsor - Nebula

[A_Casual_NPC]

I actually have a 10 year plan im working on to go to antarctica. No joke: I'm a chef, saving up money and actively working towards moving to new zealand. Become a citizen there and then apply to become a chef at the antartica reseach base. Its been a dream I've had for quite some time now

[TheWeatherbuff]

"Antarctica... Come for the cold... stay because you're frozen solid." (Antarctica Chamber Of Commerce)

[fyrish]

Haven’t been to Antarctic, but I was on an oil rig 400 km inside the arctic circle, in July, it was 7 degrees C, and the sun never set overnight, massive icebergs of all shapes were amazing . 2 weeks, what a job

[darko]

A friend of my father's used to fly supply aircraft out of New Zealand to McMurdo Station and to the Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole. He said that they only flew in summer and it was a long, long flight to either place, with nowhere to land in case of emergency or bad weather. The aircraft used at first were the ever unreliable C-87, which was soon replaced by the much better C-124 Globemaster. He flew dozens of such missions, most in awful weather, and had a lot white-knuckle flights and some great stories.

[PeterMoxilin]

Man, I want to hear the account of the first guy to see a glacier bleeding.

"Uhh... Captain? I think we should go back. NOW."

[slofhand]

Shackleton and crew were stranded on the ice for over 16 months. The ship was trapped for nine(9) months before it was crushed by the pack ice. It was six months later that they landed a boat on Elephant Island, where the crew awaited rescue while Shackleton and his boat could reach South Georgia island and arrange to rescue the entire crew.The final rescue from Elephant Island was over two years after the expedition left England.

[MadnessInLivingColor]

The commitment to the falcon call was not only admirable but hilarious too 😂

[TheZapan]

What they never tell you about sailors thinking the Earth was flat is that someone indeed used to spread that rumor.
Three thousand years ago, the Phoenicians had exclusive control over the Straight of Gibraltar, giving them access to the tin and copper mines of the British Isles.
To make sure the Greeks would stay in the Mediterranean, they started to spread those rumors about the Earth being flat, ship sailing over the edge, boiling oceans near the Equator and the impenetrable wall of ice.

[thedirectorschair]

Re: Shackleton's endurance expedition.

Endurance was trapped by pack ice on January 18th 1915. The rest of the world forgot about Shackleton because it was busy with WW1. Shackleton himself was never rescued. He and five of his crew made the journey to South Georgia (800 miles across the Southern Sea in an open dinghy, navigating by glimpses of the stars to hit a pin prick of land) and Shackleton walked into the whaling station on his own two feet on May 20th. Shackleton immediately began looking for ships to rescue the rest of his party. He was thwarted several times by pack ice. So it wasn't until the 30th of August that Shackleton was able to bring rescue to the 20 men Shackleton had left sheltered on Elephant Island. They had survived not four months, but seven and a half months. One of them had suffered a heart attack. Their supplies had run out on 23rd August. Shackleton brought his entire crew home.

[kasumimori]

A Norwegian flag wasn't the only thing that Scott found at the South Pole. He also found a handwritten note from Amundsen, addressed to him, asking him to inform the Norwegian king of Amundsen's success at beating the British to the South Pole... apparently because Amundsen had other things to do before returning to Europe

[rebokfleetfoot]

the assumption that the ice will melt from the top down was wrong, it actually melts from the bottom up, which means when it happens it will happen rather quickly

[Trblmkr]

You can go there, I know of several friends that have been there multiple times on photography trips. It's expensive and takes some planning but you can go.

[rockyroad]

That's weird....my cousin went to Antarctica a few years ago....as a tourist. Metallica played a concert on Antarctica...the only band in the world to play on all 7 continents.

[jimmyzhao]

Shackleton: I'm recruiting some Dogs for another Antarctic expedition.
Dogs: 👀

[knowbody]

I already know this is gonna be a gate keeper video.

[rorysteele]

I dig this guy's style. Fun, informative and definitely DOES NOT have any clickbaity content or titles.

[HepCatJack]

Amundsen did what most British explorers failed to do. He read the log books of every failed Polar (North Pole) expedition and learned every possible lesson as to why they failed. He noticed that in many cases the Inuit and other Native people of the North were able to rescue sailors when that number was small so he went out and studied the harness type for dog sleigh from the Natives of Greenland and Canada using what he though were the best of each design and he learned how to live in the North as they did including how to build igloos. He learned to travel light as British explorers would lug around with them heavy dishes and cutlery which was exhausting work. He had a ship designed called the Fram which had a strong hull that would pop up above the ice if it formed around it instead of being crushed and on his way to the pole he left cashes of seal meat to feed the crew on its return trip. So while Shackleton had a ship called Nimrod, Scott acted like one with his poor planning.

[StevenEveral]

"For scientific discovery, give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel, give me Amundsen; but when you are in a hopeless situation, when you are seeing no way out, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton."
- Sir Raymond Priestley

[SatansSun]

This is my favorite video you've ever made. Covered so many interesting topics, the jokes sprinkled in were amazing, and the ominous music in the background had my nerves spiking throughout!

[TheRoidemortetfleur]

I'm 100% sure the idea of Antarica being a tropical continent would have been mocked back in the day.