Thanks to those who are leaving kind comments. To clarify a few things: breaking the ice doesn't make it melt faster! We are breaking mostly seasonal ice, it melts and reforms every year. After we break through, it quickly resolidifies again. And for those curious about the valuable science we were doing, please visit my National Geographic blog or our cruise website. See the video description for links to the blogs.
Magnificient editing and video production, topped only by what you folks were actually doing out there! BRAVO to all involved, thanks for bringing this to us Cassandra!
I think it would be so awesome to explore the world without feeling the frigid cold or the intense heat of the barren. To go to places no one could survive and just explore. Freediving the trenches and the deepest depths of the oceans, exploring the insides of an erupting volcano without being obliterated by lava, the coldest paces on earth and walk through it as if it were a warm sunny day.
Thanks for taking the time to narrate this video and share it. A part of our wonderful and varied natural world I would never have had a glimpse of otherwise. And to witness so many types of sea ice.
thank you for providing not only a beautiful video but an interesting and informative narrative to boot! I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering what kind of research you were doing though, care to fill us in?
Thanks for all the comments, especially the kind ones. To clarify about the boat and flag: The boat is a United States National Science Foundation Ice Breaker called the Nathaniel B. Palmer. The boat was made in Louisiana and has some cute quirks. One of them is a flag on the front with a picture of a raccoon pointing. The flag allows us to see which way the wind is coming from relative to the movement of the boat... Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing this! It's fascinating to see the variations in the ice as you traveled around. Time-lapse video can give a snapshot view of what might seem like imperceptible change in real-time. Great narration as well. And the penguin conversations were a great ending!
I love this. Thanks so much for making it and posting. I will be aboard the Palmer in late Jan through Feb. I'm really curious what you used to film this. I'm also curious about what Internet access is like on the ship as my job aboard will be Outreach, and I'm having a tough time getting that info.
The hull is strong enough to ride up on the ice, and heavy enough to break the ice under its weight, against the bouyancy of the ocean. And, the hull is shaped for that purpose. The powerplant is also sized accordingly.
Ice breakers may cause the ice caps to melt a little quicker. If you cut a path through ice it creates a weak line through the ice which will break before the surrounding ice. if there are mutiple lines it must have some effect.
The best thing to protect ross see and more, is to leave it alone. When the ice refreezes, it release its Latent Heat of Fusion, thus warming the water and slowing the refreezing. And the refreezing of the Arctic has been slowing over the last 5+ years.
When it breaks through the ice, water rushes in to fill in the gaps. And there isn't much "solid ice", most of it is just large plates of ice. Icebreaker ships break them up and water either carries the two pieces away or put them back together.
thanks for the awesome video with amazing narration, well thought, great compilation, enjoyed journey with ice and penguins.. any sign you saw a whale passing by.
she sounds lovely such a beautiful voice and well narrated
You have captured brilliant footage and provided an eloquent narration. Congratulations!
Great footage, informative narrative, thanks so much for taking time to put this together!
Thanks to those who are leaving kind comments. To clarify a few things: breaking the ice doesn't make it melt faster! We are breaking mostly seasonal ice, it melts and reforms every year. After we break through, it quickly resolidifies again. And for those curious about the valuable science we were doing, please visit my National Geographic blog or our cruise website. See the video description for links to the blogs.
Magnificient editing and video production, topped only by what you folks were actually doing out there! BRAVO to all involved, thanks for bringing this to us Cassandra!
I really enjoyed your narration, and it fits well with the video and music. Nice video!
Amazing video - thank you for educating me!
This is a great example of the potential of UA-cam and how beautiful montages of someone's life.
Cassandra this video is amazing. Thank you for putting this together. I may never get to do this in person but you allowed me to go along with you.
I was hypnotized the whole time to the video without being able to detach, I saw it to the end. It was mesmerizing! :)
Thanks for sharing this with us. Even the video runs fast but really I felt as if I joined you in this trip.
I think it would be so awesome to explore the world without feeling the frigid cold or the intense heat of the barren. To go to places no one could survive and just explore. Freediving the trenches and the deepest depths of the oceans, exploring the insides of an erupting volcano without being obliterated by lava, the coldest paces on earth and walk through it as if it were a warm sunny day.
Amazing video with thoughtful scripting and editing - thanks for sharing!
You have a fantastic voice for narration!!
Thanks for posting this. It's amazing.
fantastic. The only thing missing is the sound of the breaking, calving, shattering ice. would be nice to have a bit of that in there somewhere :)
Hard to think this was 6 years ago, but it's nice. Be nice to know what's changed since the six years you haven't uploaded.
Cassandra... congratulations. This is one of the most beautiful videos I have ever seen.
Thanks for taking the time to narrate this video and share it. A part of our wonderful and varied natural world I would never have had a glimpse of otherwise. And to witness so many types of sea ice.
I also want to become a scientist and travel around and explore. And I will! :) Very cool video, well edited and interesting to watch!
thank you for providing not only a beautiful video but an interesting and informative narrative to boot! I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering what kind of research you were doing though, care to fill us in?
Thanks for all the comments, especially the kind ones. To clarify about the boat and flag: The boat is a United States National Science Foundation Ice Breaker called the Nathaniel B. Palmer. The boat was made in Louisiana and has some cute quirks. One of them is a flag on the front with a picture of a raccoon pointing. The flag allows us to see which way the wind is coming from relative to the movement of the boat... Thanks for watching!
fantastic video, respect!
Thanks for sharing this! It's fascinating to see the variations in the ice as you traveled around. Time-lapse video can give a snapshot view of what might seem like imperceptible change in real-time. Great narration as well. And the penguin conversations were a great ending!
Amazing video, timelapse is a passion of mine and this was really inspiring.
Fantastic Job!!
I can't imagine the armor the hull of this ship must have. Incredible!
Thanks for uploading it in 1440p quality!
have broken ice off the east coast of canada ..its a cool job and the ocean is harsh and beautiful all at the same time .. nice job ..great video
That was gorgeous. Poetic, even.
Thanks for the wonderful work that you and your team are doing.
That shii was trash, you can’t handle me, hold up, ain’t you Nathaniel B?
Dude! This is the ultimate video to watch stoned.
theman4130 riiiight
Simply beautiful. Thank you for putting this up.
Amazing. Loved this.
Nice! You have a great narrative voice and writing skills!
Our hats off to you! We wouldn't have lasted a day under those conditions never mind 2 months. Great vid!
The rendering time on this must of taken well over a day or so and so much footage!! Great use of a time lapse :)
I rather enjoyed that, great narration too. Would be interested to learn more about the project.
Great to see! Thanks for uploading this :)
Fabulous - great captures and edit. What an adventure -- I envy you. Were you able to mount the camera permanently on the bridge?
S P E C T A C U L A R !
Penguins crossing is the best part :D
Excellent work. I wish you good health and success.
amazing vid..love the music and the narration...just amazing ..thank you
This video looks like it could have aired on Discovery channel or The Science channel. Really cool stuff!
Fantastic video, thanks. Love the penguins at the end.
That was mesmerizing. Like visiting another world.
Thanks for sharing this experience. Lovely.
Wow, amazing, thank you Cassandra :)
Breath taking film. Awesome.
That was amazing, thank you so much for sharing this with us. :)
If I was on that ship and had to hear your voice for 2 months I would have jumped overboard
This is quite awesome. I hope I can do this someday!
This video is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
She has a beautiful, soothing voice!
It was 115° here today thank you for this post.
I love this. Thanks so much for making it and posting. I will be aboard the Palmer in late Jan through Feb. I'm really curious what you used to film this. I'm also curious about what Internet access is like on the ship as my job aboard will be Outreach, and I'm having a tough time getting that info.
Not sure why you settled on this aspect ratio to display the grandeur of the continent.
Beautiful:)) Great narration!
The hull is strong enough to ride up on the ice, and heavy enough to break the ice under its weight, against the bouyancy of the ocean. And, the hull is shaped for that purpose. The powerplant is also sized accordingly.
+GnarlyBroMr said: "......now polar bears will die". Sorry dude polar bears have never existed in Antarctica, try the other pole...
Very interesting, thanks for posting
I love how it looked like the ship would turn around sometimes as if to say "NOPE, screw that way. I'm gonna go this way instead" lol
This is amazing.
Awesome video
Well narrated
I love how it looks like the boat is "sailling" on ground
This is a great angle. It looks weird at this speed, at some points it looks like the boat was actually a hovercraft :)
Is it possible you could get stuck? If you did what do you do?
you call the russians
Well done - showing this to a class of 5th graders!
awesome video!!!!!! thanks for sharing!!!
awesome video
Marvellous. Thank you!
Ice breakers may cause the ice caps to melt a little quicker. If you cut a path through ice it creates a weak line through the ice which will break before the surrounding ice. if there are mutiple lines it must have some effect.
Excellent work Cassy !!! The little sister from Goffstown ;)
Simply wonderful.
This is awesome !!!
Amazing journey!
The best thing to protect ross see and more, is to leave it alone.
When the ice refreezes, it release its Latent Heat of Fusion, thus warming the water and slowing the refreezing. And the refreezing of the Arctic has been slowing over the last 5+ years.
this is absolutely mind-blowing! how would i be able to get onto an icebreaker? what steps would i need to take?
THAT---WAS---AWESOME! Wow.
really interesting video, thanks
When it breaks through the ice, water rushes in to fill in the gaps. And there isn't much "solid ice", most of it is just large plates of ice. Icebreaker ships break them up and water either carries the two pieces away or put them back together.
thanks for the awesome video with amazing narration, well thought, great compilation, enjoyed journey with ice and penguins.. any sign you saw a whale passing by.
Super job. Thanks.
Well done!
That was beautiful Cassandra
If a boat went this fast we could see the world like never before :)
I think a time lapse of broken ice should be in order
Ahh when you put it like that it makes much more sense, i think the previous comment was miss phrased.
Wow that's amazing!!! Can you tell us about the ship itself?
Amazing - would love to do this one day
I once saw a similar video of trying to break through ice in Far Northeast Russia(Siberia) and it seemed tougher.
Awesome vid
in some parts of the video it looked like u werent moving at all, it looked like the ice was moving and u were stationary
GR8 video!
Damn that would be such an awesome job/hobby to do!!
Nice job!!
Is that a Canadian flag in the shot? The Nathaniel B. Palmer, according to Wikipedia, is a US ship.
A wonderful film and great narration! From which harbor did you ship out?
sometimes I couldn't even tell if it was the boat moving, the ice moving or the earth rotating