This is The World's Most Remote Infrastructure Project
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2024
- Fred Mills discovers the incredible infrastructure of the Faroe Islands.
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Lose the stupid, insipid, annoying and unnecessary camera click sound bytes.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and would love to see more about the Faroe Islands. This could've been 3 hours long and kept me interested.
They hunted whales i don't support that
Your work is very professional. Congrats and thanks.
booooooooooo masterworks
An 11 km tunnel for 200 million Euros?!!! That's just 18 million Euros per km. In the United States, we probably couldn't build a road on flat ground for that price.
Yes, remove greed from the equation and building things is quite cheaper.
@@didierpuzenat7280I suspect that a big part of the reason that these tunnels can be constructed so cheaply is that the same group of employees has been steadily working on a continuous series of tunnel projects using the same techniques for a couple of decades. In the United States, each project is basically a one-off. Even if the company with the contract has a long track record, they are forced to hire and fire workers for each project because there is no continuity from one project to the next.
You just reminded me of Boston's Big Dig. 7.6 miles (12.48 km) of infrastructure for a final-ish bill of $22 billion.
Few weeks back we covered a tunnel under the River Thames in London for $2.8BN. Let that sink in.
@@gregvassilakos I think another reason is that employees will use the tunnels when achieved, as will their family and friends and all the people they know. They know what they are working for and it is not only money. And it is not a 2 x 3 lanes highway, just a reasonable road. The only sad point is that it is not for a train or a tramway but I guess the population density is too low, so their future is more EVs than public transportation (or "just" electric buses).
It was 30 years ago that I took my bicycle on the ferry from Aberdeen to Tórshavn on the Smyril ferry. There was no tourist info to prepare for my trip, no internet, I could find no books in the library, basically, I had no idea what the islands would be like. Upon arrival, my passport was stamped 'KOMIN' and I was riding on the wrong side to the small campground. There was only one bar on the whole archipelago. I managed in my 2 weeks there to cycle all the islands using the ferries and cycling through the tunnels which were only dangerous because of stored carbon-monoxide in the middle of the single-lane tunnels. The wind was horrific with waterfalls being blown back upwards, and sheep being blown over. It was an amazing trip in July timed to enjoy the Olavsoka festival. There were no other cyclists and I felt that I was the only foreigner on the islands.Thanks for your video - it was great to see how the islands have changed in 30 years 🙂
UA-cam search The Grind, you missed it during your visit on the Faro Islands.
Oh man that sounds like quite the adventure! Awesome you did it, and thanks for the inspiration
Lovely story!
I'm sure you had the best adventure time
Seems like the ferries only run from Denmark nowadays.
A government who thinks long term, over decades, with the benefits of the people in mind, is a breath of fresh air. Amazing video, thanks B1M
Absolutely amazing....and the fact they came up with their own plan to finance it, rather than pushing Denmark to do do it, is simply bloody fantastic.
Well done Faroe Islands :)
Financed partially with Americans pension funds without the individuals knowledge?!!
@loriekodiak2957 yea but they used to be vikings 😊
@@loriekodiak2957 what are you on about?
@@loriekodiak2957 Could it be an investment, a loan? I dont think that they just gave away the money.
I was going to write that for an engineering channel this was a remarkably beautiful and poignant film. But scratch the qualifier of “for an engineering channel”, this was first rate for anyone. This could easily win an award. Well done!
Ah thank you so much! That means the world to us. We worked so hard on this. Hoping for a TV / streaming deal soon - if you're listening BBC, PBS, Nat Geo, Netflix, Disney+ etc!!
@@TheB1M I see Disney Plus or Netflix picking you guys up for sure.
@@TheB1M Have you tried to sell it to the Franco-German channel ARTE? They present a great deal of documentaries.
Poignant?
I found it so, yes.
TV documentaries aren't as high quality as this. Amazing work
Well all the fat perverted producers need a salary.
It is moments like this where there is no denying legacy media is being rendered redundant (fat and lazy). Thanks B1M.
I'd much rather watch Fred for 20 minutes a week, than watch an hour long documentary everyday!!
What’s TV?
@@chrispnw2547 i mean, it's wrong but you sound like the ones that don't watch TV but still things he's in the know
I love the happiness of the young man for NCC, who smiles and exclaims after the big blast in the tunnel
Your videos have now reached and often surpassed the quality and impact of the glory days of Nova, National Geographic and Scientific American. Truly impressed with your work here. What a beautiful and informative video, truly some of the best documentary journalism out there.
Not only is this an incredible feat of engineering, but an incredibly next level video to go along with it…
It’s honestly amazing how you guys just casually drop borderline feature film quality content on UA-cam, for free.
Please, don’t ever stop making these.
People like the BBC in Britain must be embarrassed, for all their experts and budgets and boffins, they dont have it in them to bring the world infectious enthusiasm for a subject. Its a crying shame that new media creators are actually doing the job these people are supposed to do. Construction as an industry needs promoting and shouting about, and it wipes the floor with the meaningless drivel put on primetime TV. They call these big corporations To Big To Fail - when theyre Failing :)
Holy carp. An Enlightened Brit...
Didn't think that was possible... Russell ain't there yet. He just woke up...
Total bolloxxx@@Tgspartnership
100% agreed with "never stop".
I’m from Norway and we always brag about how beautiful the scenery is, especially on the west coast and in Lofoten, but the Faroe Islands looks insane! Definitely a destination to visit.
And a great place to make Middle Earth movies!
As a Canadian who has been all over Canada that's accessible by road, the Lofoten islands are the most beautiful place I've been. I hope to visit again someday
@@jameswilson5165 and James Bond...and Peter Pan, and... ;) Look it up :)
Another Norwegian here (proud of the tunneling know-how used). I have visited there and can confirm that it is scenic on a top global level. And he didn't even exaggerate the loveliness of the people and architecture. Now, when it comes to food, you may have rougher challenges than home-baked cake. 😁
Scandinavians just always brag period lol
I've always loved massive scale infrastructure projects, ever since I was a kid. But this video, ugh, it was so incredibly inspiring I struggle to articulate it. This is an example of the best of humanity and what we can do and I so wish we did things like this the world over simply to benefit one another as people and communities rather than simply companies
I was struck with the same feelings, when people live in harmony with the environment and each other, anything is possible.
I thought I wanted to move from the South East of England to the Scottish Highlands when I retire, now I'm considering the Faroe Islands! They've placed their civilisation within a natural beautiful wilderness without making it lonely.
then hope you rejoin the EU and get freedom of movement back, if I guess correctly and you are British.
@@gawkthimm6030 I am British, correct.
@@gawkthimm6030 There isn’t freedom of movement to the Faroe Islands, since they aren’t in the EU, unlike Denmark.
Brexit has no effect on the rights of British travelers to the Faroe Islands. :)
It's amazing that there are UA-cam channels doing PBS special coverage on things like this. The Faroes will be one of those places that when things go wrong, they're gonna last a long, long time because they built their country out well. They care for their islands and their people.
If you have ever seen a biblical painting of all the desperate people banging on the door of Noah's Ark, that's what it would be like.
Exactly right!!!
I get the sense that here and in other small places, IE Vermont, they is us. Less of class division, people are part of the whole.
@@shopshop144 Me too. If we had only 33 people deciding on things and 50k people voting everything would be a lot easier and there might even be normal people instead of mostly psychopaths and narcissists.
The Faroes could not last long without extensive trade with mainland Europe via large ships. Probably only people and fresh produce comes in on jets powered by kerosene-based fossil fuel. Modern infrastructure cannot exist without a ready access to a modern technological-industrial base capability. All of the big machines that built those tunnels and hydropower projects that keeps everything running to down to the big pump motors that keep the tunnels from being flooded comes from across the ocean/seas on big ocean-going ships and all were made in heavy industry factories with mined materials from Africa to China, using capabilities, skills, energy resources (using coking coal, steel, aluminum, concrete) and populations that doesn't exist on the Faroes. The fossil fuel energy that runs that heavy equipment, ferries, and fishing trawlers and fish-farm tenders comes from across the sea on tanker ships. The ferries, fishing boats, and cargo ships that still have to operate on marine diesel. It is only through free trade on the fisheries export income that the Faroes can generate the foreign currencies that have to pay for it all. Without that foreign currency and steady, reliable ocean access to the rest of the world, the the tunnels would soon flood from broken pumps unrepaired/replaced, the ferries and fishing boats would stop for lack of fuel and all the infrastructure of the Faroes would grind to halt within a few years and most people would have to leave or starve in the dark.
Forget New York skyscrapers. This is the best work you have ever done Fred. Good job
agreed
Easy to have the money for infrastructure when you don't have a defense budget ⚔️🤭
Or crooked money hungry politicians that can be bought by the highest bidder.
M1 Abrams >> under water tunnels
@@nikolaipeters5682 bravo
Not when you don't have the income profit from manufacturing weapons.
someone’s salty
Amazing engineering. As someone who regularly works on construction projects over $100M, I'm struck by how cheap these tunnels were to construct. California's high speed train is now tracking $100B and growing and most of this uses above ground rails.
Same here in UK. I work at London Euston project/ Londons HS2 (High Speed 2). It's estimated to exceed £130B Mostly all overground project.
@jazbasic that daft project (HS2) is burning through millions renting tracts of lands across England that haven't even seen a spade break soil and possibly won't for years...(I imagine that the Faroes have far less issue with factors like that). Nonetheless I'm in awe of the tunnels and the seemingly flawless efficiency on display (not to mention the social aspect mentioned)
I visited the Faroe Islands on July 16, 2023, as a port of call on an Icelandic cruise. Our tour guide proudly drove us around the Esturoy “Jellyfish” Roundabout (twice)! I feel privileged to have visited the Faroes and appreciate this well produced documentary.
Ah nice! Yeah we drove round it several times too to get those takes haha!
Does anyone know why there are no trees? Were the trees logged off and the land is unable to recover and generate forests? Do the sheep munch on saplings?
@@gregpendrey6711 According to Encyclopaedia Brittanica, “Natural vegetation is moss, grass, and mountain bog. The islands are naturally treeless because of the cool summers, strong westerly winds, and frequent gales, but some hardy trees have been planted in sheltered plantations.”
We don't have trees because of the harsh climate but it's also because of the soil. At any rate, the soil is like peat and the grass is very lush 😊
I was there like a week later
What amazed me were the people of the Faroes. Working together with great vision and co-operation they have built and are still building a better nation for its citizens. It is that which provides a blueprint for other nations to follow. Bravo!
Funny how small non diverse nations are like that, op
Gee I wonder what continents' peoples are not messing it up for the rest of society here
@@robotorch dey good bois…
@@johnanon658 it isn’t the lack of diversity , it’s the circumstances that have established and maintained ethical standards in society. Yes, these islands might have had a start with Christian values etc., but deeper are maybe the severe climate making cooperation essential to survival. If they became wealthy criminals would move in. When the Hells Angels moved into Sweden they found soft and gentle people easily exploited and only after they murdered some judges did the Swedes begin to harden. They continue to firm up, Google “Swedish grenade attacks”.
They are part of Denmark
Um WOW Fred and the team have outdone themselves yet again. Best video ever!! I also genuinely checked the date it was posted in the first minute because it thought it might be an April Fools joke, such an incredible project in such a tiny remote spot. Brilliantly done!
Me and my parents took Norröna there in 2020. It was just us and our Dacia Duster driving on their incredible road network for a week while we waited for the next trip we could take. What took me by surprise most was the quality of their roads, absolutely brand new with NO dents or cracks. Can't wait for my next visit :)
It is really amazing that The idea was first proposed by a young student, Tóki Højgaard, in a local newspaper in 1999.
The local paper in Faroe being the national paper. :)
Next visit Norway for the under mountain roundabout that emerges straight out of the mountainside into the stunning Hardanger Fjord Suspension Bridge :) Edit: and straight back into a second tunnel with a *second* underground roundabout.. :)
Which is in fact the longest tunnel to tunnel suspension bridge in the World..!
That one is quite spectacular yeah. They will probably take a trip to Norway once the Stadt ship tunnel is done or the Rogfast
He should also drop by The Lærdal Tunnel, the worlds longest road tunnel (until Rogfast beats it), before it close for renovation in 2025
I would also suggest they take a trip to Vaterlandstunellen before it’s closed. 😁
…and to this tunnel with a roundabout that we have had here in Norway since 2013 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karm%C3%B8y_Tunnel?wprov=sfti1
That was an incredibly well-done documentary- since it's as good or better than a TV documentary, I think the future lies in the internet. Your engineering series should win awards.
You've made justice to the stunning Faroe islands with your stunning production quality. I loved every second of it! Greetings from Croatia 😊
Forget skyscrapers and densely populated urban centers, this is the real banger masterpiece 🔥
The tidal energy kite looks like a really cool technology.
It looks like a terrible technology for sealife, especially whales who rely heavily on echolocation for navigation. And Baleen whales who use low frequency sounds for communication. Have they thought about that? But hey! Climate goals!!!11!
@@mrbgnlebaleen whales dont come here at all, the only whales that consistently come by is the pilot whales and I'm sure they have taken into consideration sea life.
Also it seems like the locations for them are set more along bays and not very far out.
@B1M, that was just amazing. It was informative not just from an engineering perspective (which is what i came for), but also took away learning more about the Faroe's with experts, important people and every day people. the scenery is breathtaking and makes me want to visit. I would love to see your team have a show on TV presenting this kind of show.
5 years ago I went to Skellig island off Ireland. It was incredible and got me thinking about a trip from the Hebrides, Shetland island, Faroe island and Iceland.
It’s such a beautiful part of the world!
I visited Iceland in 2008 and was stunned, I managed to finagle some extra time off work last minute and visited the Faroe Islands before going back home, the only regrets I have about the whole trip was how depressing Birmingham seemed after visiting Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
Birmingham UK is pretty depressing at the best of times to be fair.
UA-cam search The Grind, Birmingham is a paradise compared.
@@JamesS-lx9nx I know of it without Googling.
@@JamesS-lx9nx😂😂 enraged nutcase??
Guess you're obsessed with cultural enrichment and it's deadly consequences... 💤
Maybe people all around should get inspired to make their communities better.
This is one of the best bits of documentary reporting I've ever seen on UA-cam.
An absolutely beautiful bit of film about a tunnel
Saw these islands for the 1st time on a food channel. Now on a construction channel. The Faroe Islands continue to amaze. Nice vid!
What an excellent video! Our race team went to the Faroe's in 2021 and filmed a video showcasing a high performance electric car we built along with the incredible beauty of these islands. The greatest takeaway is the amazing people! Friendly, helpful and very resourceful. I have traveled back a couple of times and will go next month to visit Sandoy using the new tunnel.
the medieval style map is a nice touch. pure eye bliss
Exactly!! Loved the map SO Much!!
My goodness I can't get over how great these docs are. Absolute legends, Fred and the B1M crew are. Truely amazing work on this.
This heartfelt story of the land of the Faroes reminds me -- just a bit -- of spots on the Northern California coast. Cold, remote, unpopulated...with its own kind of majesty and beauty.
That shot of you on the boat...
The water and surrounding land was stunning!!!
Besides that, I'd love to live out my life where the government does its job, it's surrounded by beauty and the ocean, no crime and small communities...
A fabulous place to retire.
Why does this remind me of a top gear film piece 😊
Because it's that good??
@@TheB1MIt’s perfect ❤
If it was Top Gear they would have dropped a car or rolled one over.
TG did a lot of car tests on empty Welsh mountain roads, with helicopter/drone shots. The green Faroese roads do look kind of similar. The voice over is completely different though!
@@JeffDeWittTop Gear actually were in the Faroe Islands a couple of years back..
High quality documentaries, without the unnecessary drama added to the National Geographic but especially the Discovery programs. Just proper facts with a bit of emotion brought in a very pleasant way.
Learned a lot not just of those tunnels but of the Faeröer islands as a whole in this video, stunningly beautiful country on par with Iceland.
Agreed, I seriously hate this other type of documentary. They try to be exciting for no reason
@@ThomasTwenhoven Yeah, with the ghastly melodramatic music they score them with. Unwatchable for me.
So cool to see all of these tunnels coming to life. First visited these islands in 2017 and the new sub-sea tunnels were all just in the planning stages. I've made several return trips and this has made me more excited to get back over and head to Sandoy by car!
Wow this is an extraordinary travelog. By simply reducing it to one couple and a casual ambassador brilliance was achieved. One is left hanging , starved dor more . The seemingly leisurely pace was calming. What an amazing introduction to this otherworldly place !
thank you for making such a good high quality video about my home country!
You're welcome! Thanks for making us feel so welcome 🇫🇴
Does dolphin taste anything like fish?
@@StubbyPhillips Was going to mention, the mass murder of all the Dolphins every year that they do.
who wouldn't want to live in this place its relaxingly beautiful..this is my dream place
@@StubbyPhillipsno
It's incredible what a country can do when people are all motivated to achieve the same goal and help each other out.
Its like wakanga, but in real life!
They don't import people who don't belong for one thing. You know who.
and when they don't you have England🤐
(and everyone is the same race & religion)
And diversity of race and religion doesn't exist. All one race, all one religion, and all one people.
What an amazing documentary. You didn't get only the infrastructure but also the nice people and the wonderful nature. Brilliant videography and editing!
This really gave me some new information about the Faroes, and your production values are through the roof!
Not just a video essay but an actual in person interview with the locals. Amazing video.
I'm impressed at how little they did it for. That's what we needed more information on.
Faroe Islands emerged from volcanic activity in the seabottom millions of years ago. That means it is mostly basalt layers they are drilling through and not har rock material like granit etc. That does bring the costs significantly down
They don't have to pay some greedy billionaires who give the project to twenty sub-entrepreneurs.
Just talk to the drilling company and pay for the drilling company.
@@doroparker1702this
@@doroparker1702 I still remember a call i got from a colleague when starting up a 2x boom face drill at a tunnel project under NY...
Colleague: "guess how many people are on this machine"....
Me: "1 driller"
Colleague: "No... there are 8!!! 1x driller for each boom, 1x spotter for each boom, 1x mechanic, 1x driver, 1x union/safety rep and 1x supervisor"
I just about fell over... In the Nordics, 1x operator for 1x face drill... and that operator will swap to other equipment when not drilling.
@@doroparker1702 its a welfare territory. The economy supported on a fishing gdp can not afford such infostructure construction with out crazy loans. good thing they are supported by the mainland.
The SIC, Shetland Islands Council, need to see this,they've been talking of tunnels between our Islands for 20 years but keep faffing about and waiting for the cost to rise even further. Our tunnels would only connect Yell and Unst but would only run for a few miles. It would benefit our communities immensely.
My older brothers were born in The Faroe Islands, and I've had the pleasure of studying with and being colleagues to some amazing people from there!
My mother was from Greenland and my father is Danish - they were married and had their first to children right in between, so this place has a very special place in my heart!
Faroe weren't even on my radar before, but after this video? Top tier bucket list destination. What a magnificent place. And what and incredible work with this documentary, Fred and B1M team!
You people are delusional!
@@fuqupal ?
Agreed
@@fuqupalthat name 😅
being top tier destination is a bit much it got nothing a rock whit grass and sheep the put tunnels to connect it got to be super boring
What a beautiful documentary,
Fred speech and attention to simple details give you such a peace while describing this incredible place.
This is the content quality we need, I am in all for it.
Thanks man
I did a race in the Faroes last summer and cycled through many of the tunnels between and through the islands (the new tunnel wasn’t open then, and the main one with the roundabout was out of bounds). Those dark single files ones were interesting, especially with on coming traffic !!! A magical country to visit, and incredible feats of engineering all over the place.
Amazing - I travelled to St Wolfgang, Austria which installed a tunnel to remove traffic from the historic centre - but this is on a different scale. The concept of building for wellbeing instead of a pure business model is key
Thank you for your excellent coverage of the construction achievements of a small, hardworking nation. I have been to the Faroe Islands twice and admired their hard work and fearlessness in the face of challenges. We Icelanders can learn a lot from our little brother nation.
Absolutely loved the seamless Segway from the roundabout sculpture to the Masterworks sponsor plug - beautiful! Really cracking video all in all - thanks so much. 🙏👏👏👏
The lack of large scale infrastructure is what makes it such a beautiful place in the first place.
I bet even the fish were amazed and confused😄
Unfortunately the Faroese refuse to stop killing whales by the hundreds. It's a terrible stain on their image as an environmental destination.
Why confused?
@@Karvelas_they were confused because they were amazed?
@@denniscrane9753 no fish could see this. Apart from the sound of the construction, they'll never notice.
I bet you 20 pound they would not
Absolutely wonderful video! As an American retiree, it is particularly heartening that our retirement funds have invested in this delightful project. Makes me grateful for the connections of our modern world.
Yeah its nice for once see them used properly and not wasted on some ESG funding that does not profit anyone, but push the agenda. More people specially retirees should look where their retirement funds and investments are going.
Uh oh, hellsong, you might be disappointed to learn that the Faroese government works actively towards promoting and improving human rights on the islands, cooperating with the European Council, European Union, and the United Nations
This is a truly beautiful video from you - again. It made me cry. Again.
17:22 a small but important detail: the water is coming out quite calmly, which is actually a good sign. All its potential energy from high above has already been converted to kinetic energy first, which is then converted to electricity in the turbines/generators.
Love that you are also showing the effects of the constructions on the local community. In such an intimate way! Great video
Mind boggling initiative shown by the Faroese people and their government. Without a very dependable on-schedule means of travel for getting to work, it's a complete disruption of life and work whenever the weather turns bad. Now, there is more incentive for people to come and live there and there is certainly a better, less stressful life for everyone. Magnificent landscapes captured expertly by The BIM, and a thoroughly engaging documentary as always. Well done! Cheers.
Paid for by Denmark
@@AL-lh2ht No.
@@AL-lh2htThe video discussed the financing.
Did you not pay attention?
@@AL-lh2ht Wrong.
Fantastic video about a subject I know nothing about, well done Faroes and the B1M team
Very well done. You did a great job covering these feats of engineering and what is so surprising (yet not) is that the costs are "relatively" low for the building of these tunnels.
It really is kind of amazing how cost effective something like this can be when you not just remove greed (good luck there), but also actually have the best interests of the residents in mind.
The Faroe Islands are absolutely spectacular and your documentary showcased them beautifully. Your Faroe Islands Doco would have to be one of your best, films I've watched from your massive catalog of films...In fact, you could say this is the most 'Definitive' film you have produced. Thank you B1M & Fred for this wonderful reel.
Thank you for an awesome video, second to none from any media outlet. This video is just brilliant.
This is all around an amazing achievement. Not just the incredible engineering (and long term investment planning from the government!) for an amazing price (just $200 million!) but also the work in this video from the B1M team. Absolutely stellar production y’all, I’ve watched the channel for years, and to see where you have arrived with the quality of this documentary (and it’s genuinely what it is) is right from the start of it literally at the highest level. Well done all. I’d love to see some deep-dive bits with more on just some of the things covered here! ❤
One of THE most fantastic things I've ever seen! Makes me inspired to get healthier and wealthier so that I can GO there to experience it myself! Thank you so much, Eric and video production team!!! 🎉😊❤
Very interesting story about their use of tidal energy, including one brilliant engineering trick:
1) Tide schedules at different locations overlap, so no gaps in the power.
2) Having the “kites” fly a figure-8 course like that, they’re turning very slow tidal currents into much faster & thus more efficient water flow over the turbine blades. A brilliant solution, I wonder why we haven’t heard about this approach elsewhere?
All the tidal energy projects I have heard about fail due to the harsh conditions of the sea. Mechanical systems get battered and the cost of replacement (both in $ cost and climate cost) is higher than using gas or coal. I am interested to see if they meet their goals. I would be nice to see if these goals can be reached on a smaller scale like the Faroes before committing a large mainland to bad ideas. It is also nice to see them expand their hydro power for people instead of removing dams like they are doing on the US west coast to save fish.
@@mitchellfolbe8729 Yeah, the sea is a really tough environment, I’ll be as interested as you to see if their approach is ultimately successful. The fact that they’re fling for smaller, generally ship-like structures seems encouraging to me, instead of massive fixed structures; I’d think that the tech for rotating seals on propeller shafts is well-developed and capable of withstanding the elements for long periods. Since they’d always be submerged, I’d think that the props (turbines) could be designed to avoid cavitation, which would also favor long life.
I do kind of wonder about the mooring and cabling though: With these things figuratively zooming around in endless figure-8 patterns, I’d think there could be lots of opportunities for fatigue failure, cracked insulation, etc. I’m sure they’ve thoroughly thought through that, but it’ll be interesting to see how it plays out over time.
(The other thing I wonder about, with these large objects with big spinning propellers flying around is the impact on marine life. Will there be some phenomena like the large-scale raptor kills we see with terrestrial windmills? Hopefully not, this is the most overall-encouraging approach I’ve seen yet to tidal power.)
@@mitchellfolbe8729right. I think the fact that those "drones" are just tethered, and can be dragged back to shore, is a huge factor in reducing the maintenance cost and repairability.
Excited to see where this technology will go
@@TheXshot Sure but you still need ether divers to go and attach and detach it, or mechanical pulley system. It all increases complexity hence price and potential to break downs. As mentioned sea is incredibly harsh environment, where only the most protected but mostly simplest systems work. For instance in Norway oilrigs buddy was a welder there back in a day. They got all new fancy welders from top brands but those started to fail and kept failing to point where after half a year more machines were in warranty repair than not. Only option was then that project manager went trough internet and bought all the available old analog welders, then took a van and drove around picking them up and visited random farms asking if they had one and willing to sell, paying sometimes double what the machine was worth in the open market. Same applies here and even more since its submerged. Just the salty sea air will cause issues to circuit boards required to run this complex machine and those are inside airtight compartments. How ever those need to be opened on maintenance and salty sea air will get in, or worse there is a leak. Its not like something like this can be run on the near surface, it needs to be deep enough so pressures are much more there.
@@TheXshotlook more efficient than the toy segmented snake type..
Many times one doesn't realize some things exist, but when you see them you cherish them.
This is incredible work. As someone who has done a few road running events, I think one way to increase the tourism would be to create a running event that goes up and down all the tunnels. I think there would be a lot of people that would be interested in doing that.
a truly great watch Fred. Well done, and certainly worth the wait from your earlier video where you were stuck in Copenhagen. Just think, if you did make it back then, you wouldn't have been able to do the same trip you did. Having been to Iceland a few times, I can't help but think I need to do the ferry across the north atlantic and have an extended pause in the Faroes.
I few years ago Darling Wife and I drove from Oslo to Bergen by way of Stahlheim. I was very impressed with the engineering that went into the spiral tunnel going into Bergen. All of this was after enjoying the engineering that went into tunnels in Switzerland. Magnificent engineering!
You should check out the spiral tunnel in Drammen just outside Oslo.360 degrees 7 times I think.
I choose to live where the weather is normally T-shirts and shorts, but now, I am really drawn to visit the Faroe Islands! Beautiful video and really well told, just like all your stories. Thank you.
This was absolutely incredible, really good writing and amazing visuals
i have always been fascinated by the scandinavia and the northern parts of europe in general, beatiful scenery and such a diffrent life style,
You never cease to amaze with your videos. Stunning insights. Thanks
Thank you so much! We loved making this.
im 1/8th faroese, my grandma came from the Faroe Islands, moved to Iceland, so i have a lot of relatives in the Faroes
1/8? If I mentioned all my ancestry I'd never finish and it's not like it matters.
Just say you have a lot of relatives over there and don't be like the bloody Americans who call themselves Italians or else after 4 generations of inbreeding
What a wonderful place and people! Thanks for uploading this fascinating video!
Thank you for this excellent documentary . Keep up the good work . What the Faroese have done is amazing . A wonderful place and people . I hope to visit there . 🇺🇸 🇫🇴
Beautifully done, Fred & Co. The videography, the scripting, the music. I am reminded of my week in Iceland; driving from Reykjavik to Akureyri, we drove thru tunnels under fjords, cliffside side roads, one-lane tunnels, and experienced absolutely epic scenery. Thank you so very much.
do you know the name of the last music?
Real clean energy, admittedly in an exceptionally clean environment, beautiful
Feels like you brought the best equipment you have to catch the spectacular scenery..
This really shows how local autonomy helps communities. I'm from extremely rural USA and I wish we had this kind of infrastructure here! It can be tough to get projects approved when the decision-makers with power are located far, far away.
I want those Moomin mugs!
Also thank you for the respect and love you give to the local national culture, talked about in its own name. Much rarer on the Internet than one might think, so kudos! Glory to the Faroese Islands!
I am glad I was not the only one who noticed the Moomin mugs!
Me too. I got so excited 😀
haha What a legendary show. I also want some!
Only just found your channel, absolute quality production! ❤
All this information is perplexing and my mind is boggling. 😳 Thank you for sharing this video!
If I had a choice to live here in Florida or the Faroe Islands, well you guessed right. Just give me a cup of coffee with a little cream and an easy chair and a blanket. I bet that the Salmon is as fresh as when I was stationed on Kodiak. Great Video Thank You 🙏
It’s a shame is extreme expensive and the people are super racist.
No need to worry, sea level rises means Florida will soon be like Venice but with apt blocks
@@AL-lh2htThe people just don’t want to be invaded and erased like many of their European neighbors. They have a good thing going on. And that’s okay. It’s human to want to protect that. Ironically just makes me want to go there more. 😂😂
@@AL-lh2htRacist? How so?
UA-cam search The Grind. Still think you could enjoy that joe.
What an amazing video…on all levels! Financial brilliance, absolute model of sustainability and environmental excellence, captivating beauty, crime free peace and tranquility, engineering marvels, all in a seemingly simple society. Loved it!
The Faroe Islands have been on my bucket list for a while now, it looks like an incredible place to visit.
Absolutely outstanding video and I have learned so much about those lovely islands and people. Well done 👍
Wow! Faroe Islands people: greetings from Spain!!! Thank you Fred Mills, awesome work. The B1M: Yeah!
You've set new standards of video making on UA-cam. Thank you very much for this masterpiece! Greetings from Romania!
Are you KIDDING ? Come on
Thank you for this beautiful experience!
Discovered your channel today, and fully understand why you currently have over 3 million subscribers. This documentary is well thought out, information, entertaining and just brilliant! My compliments!
Wow, that yellow Minesto dragon looks amazing! It's going to be so interesting to see if the Faroe Islands can get to 100% renewable energy by 2030
The quality of videography and storytelling amidst the stunning landscape is just amazing. Close to being one of my favorite B1M documentaries.
Fantastic documentary, it shows what you can do when you live in peace and care for the society you live in.
This is an amazing piece of video production. The music really makes the entire thing so momentous! I look forward to each new video that comes out.
do you know the name of the last song?
What an amazing project! Looks like a beautiful place, and quite lovely people. Great video!