The Race to Build in Antarctica

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  • @TheB1M
    @TheB1M  29 днів тому +71

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    • @brendansully12
      @brendansully12 29 днів тому +47

      Boooooooooooo!

    • @askip9304
      @askip9304 29 днів тому +54

      You guys loooove promoting scams, which sucks because you guys have a great channel.

    • @MrNimblemouse
      @MrNimblemouse 28 днів тому +4

      I wouldn't want a spend a cent on those ugly artworks purely out of principal. People don't know what real art is anymore.

    • @brianrutherfield9233
      @brianrutherfield9233 28 днів тому +17

      Stop promoting scams 🤦‍♂️

    • @Tod_oMal
      @Tod_oMal 27 днів тому

      UK claiming a piece of Antartica territory based on what exactly? A small piece of land which is stolen territory (Malvinas Island)?

  • @jimhearsonwriter
    @jimhearsonwriter 29 днів тому +3736

    You'd think the people building things there would be called antarchitects.

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  29 днів тому +307

      Nice 😂

    • @Mr_JollyRoger
      @Mr_JollyRoger 29 днів тому +124

      Not to be confused with the anti-architects, who are very different people.

    • @jasperdoornbos8989
      @jasperdoornbos8989 29 днів тому +18

      Love it!

    • @Joostuh
      @Joostuh 29 днів тому +11

      Build by the Dutch 👌

    • @chelstoncontent
      @chelstoncontent 29 днів тому +10

      Trying to say that… I can see why not😂

  • @mauricio-wq5lu
    @mauricio-wq5lu 29 днів тому +2041

    Antarctica is supposed to be a world park as per UN agreement, but as always, the strong take what they want.

    • @lm_b5080
      @lm_b5080 29 днів тому +245

      i was just thinking this...please lets just leave one place on earth sacred

    • @JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke
      @JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke 29 днів тому +49

      @@lm_b5080 No

    • @viaxxl
      @viaxxl 29 днів тому +28

      @@JeffreyBue_imtxsmokePlease?

    • @heavenlynature7113
      @heavenlynature7113 29 днів тому +18

      You are right soo sad.

    • @seanhewitt603
      @seanhewitt603 29 днів тому +63

      " scientific research", as the Japanese define it, whaling done on an industrial scale, but for "scientific" porposes...oops purposes is perfectly legit and legal...😶

  • @segment932
    @segment932 29 днів тому +1578

    When is the first IKEA opening?

    • @donpayton737
      @donpayton737 29 днів тому +80

      As soon as they're done building the Costco

    • @kainpwnsu
      @kainpwnsu 29 днів тому +26

      Walmart comes right along with it. Ever notice there is always and adjacent Walmart as well?

    • @QuixEnd
      @QuixEnd 29 днів тому +5

      elites dont use ikea

    • @donpayton737
      @donpayton737 29 днів тому +4

      @@kainpwnsu it did cross my mind and I was going to say Walmart. But then I remembered there are no Walmarts in Hawaii

    • @alexisdespland4939
      @alexisdespland4939 29 днів тому +6

      @@donpayton737 walmart and mcdonalds first probably.

  • @kjss4345
    @kjss4345 17 днів тому +151

    With the discovery of oil America just realized Antarctica needs democracy

  • @J3scribe
    @J3scribe 29 днів тому +966

    An oil spill there would simply be catastrophic and heartbreaking.

    • @badbad-cat
      @badbad-cat 28 днів тому +65

      US is literally nuking there 💔

    • @animateddepression
      @animateddepression 28 днів тому +6

      It would just circle the continent.

    • @lorenk.775
      @lorenk.775 28 днів тому +20

      The place is huge and petroleum/oil it's a natural substance.

    • @plexoduss
      @plexoduss 28 днів тому +46

      @@lorenk.775 That's why nobody cared about the Exxon Valdez. It's just natural.

    • @Neutralino
      @Neutralino 28 днів тому +64

      @@lorenk.775What an asinine comment.

  • @kachowbltch3585
    @kachowbltch3585 29 днів тому +590

    Not many know that Antarctica is also where we learn about the moon and mars because meteors from those bodies land in the Antarctic ice and remain pristine more or less. I have a professor who goes on multi week asteroid hunting expeditions. So cool

    • @Julia-uh4li
      @Julia-uh4li 29 днів тому +6

      Well, I did not know that! 🤔
      Very, cool info. Thank you for sharing it.

    • @Jonny_The_Organism
      @Jonny_The_Organism 28 днів тому +4

      They wouldn't be able to land there if it weren't for that hole in the "oh... zone"..eh..@Roaming..😂

    • @1.4142
      @1.4142 26 днів тому

      And we are losing them because the ice is melting.

    • @panatypical
      @panatypical 24 дні тому +3

      There are no such things as meteors.

    • @danielbarnes6873
      @danielbarnes6873 24 дні тому +2

      ​@@panatypicalI've seen one with my own eyes in the sky clear as crystal burning up as it was entering earth.

  • @RH1812
    @RH1812 29 днів тому +1305

    Just what we need. Industrialisation of Antarctica. Well done us

    • @CrowArchLane
      @CrowArchLane 29 днів тому +93

      It's not B1M's fault, but yeah this channel is getting kinda depressing if you look at most of these projects through an environmental lense

    • @justrandom4304
      @justrandom4304 29 днів тому

      us = white people

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht 29 днів тому +8

      literal for scientific progress. "Industrialisation" has not happened

    • @nousername8162
      @nousername8162 29 днів тому +27

      @@AL-lh2ht oil

    • @jimidando
      @jimidando 29 днів тому +40

      Thinking we humans would not conquer the whole planet and eventually space, is kind of naive. History thought us differently.
      Clearly a lot of people need it and maybe it's not dumb to create livable spaces everywhere for when other places become uninhabitable.

  • @puffinjuice
    @puffinjuice 29 днів тому +1035

    Yay, lets ruin the last untouched environment on earth 🇦🇶🔥

    • @orishaeshu1084
      @orishaeshu1084 29 днів тому +21

      Humans came from Earth

    • @asnailking9980
      @asnailking9980 29 днів тому +31

      Would you rather we destroy our forests? Basically nothing lives in that ice desert

    • @viaxxl
      @viaxxl 29 днів тому +39

      @@asnailking9980cause we killed them all 😂

    • @Julia-uh4li
      @Julia-uh4li 29 днів тому +6

      What difference would it make, seriously?

    • @turbofanlover
      @turbofanlover 28 днів тому +17

      Drill baby, drill!!!

  • @jonbeecroft1102
    @jonbeecroft1102 28 днів тому +427

    I cannot be the only person to see the insane irony of drilling for oil in Antarctica! This is pure undiluted total screaming madness!

    • @MarinCipollina
      @MarinCipollina 28 днів тому +12

      The California beaches of Santa Monica were littered with oil derricks 120 years ago.

    • @Peterbrendanalbert
      @Peterbrendanalbert 27 днів тому +41

      What's ironic about it? I don't follow?
      We use oil, if there's oil there, we can use it? No?

    • @floplucena
      @floplucena 27 днів тому

      ​@@Peterbrendanalbert we could use it? Yes. Should we use it? No.
      There's already enough oil lubbing up all our asses in order for Mamanature™ to fck us all raw through severe climate changes and events, happening right now

    • @blahajenthusiast101
      @blahajenthusiast101 27 днів тому +15

      @@Peterbrendanalbert extracting the one thing that destroys it indirectly

    • @Peterbrendanalbert
      @Peterbrendanalbert 27 днів тому +4

      @blahajenthusiast101 Maybe then we could farm it. Win Win.

  • @gamerjay6624
    @gamerjay6624 28 днів тому +93

    Interesting video, I met a British army surveyor back in the late 80s in Nepal, we got to talking about the Falklands war and he said it had more to do with Argentina occupying the Falklands as an economic strategy as its the UKs only nearby staging area for any exploitation of Antarctic resources.

    • @edc1569
      @edc1569 17 днів тому

      Thatcher sure as well was planning ahead then. Of course the decision was really made by the Argentinians, they gave Britain a choice to react or not and I’m not sure oil revenues half a century away where really at the top of everyone’s minds at that moment.

    • @edc1569
      @edc1569 17 днів тому

      So the Brits made them invade?

  • @marsgal42
    @marsgal42 29 днів тому +282

    All bets are off as soon as somebody finds commercially viable resources.

    • @hammerkitsune
      @hammerkitsune 14 днів тому +3

      They already did.

    • @c4un544n5
      @c4un544n5 13 днів тому +5

      Antarctica has already known to be oil-rich for a very long time

    • @bizbe4465
      @bizbe4465 13 днів тому +3

      Antarctica is vastly rich in literally EVERY resource you can imagine. Yet no one touchs it because it's almost like we actually do care about somethings on earth.

    • @Hjernespreng
      @Hjernespreng 6 днів тому +3

      ​@@bizbe4465no, it's because antarctica'a resources aren't "commercially viable".

    • @bizbe4465
      @bizbe4465 6 днів тому +1

      @@Hjernespreng Thats not the case at all. We gather resources in equally as harsh areas around the world.

  • @alexn6060
    @alexn6060 28 днів тому +186

    The clip at 0:15 is NOT Antarctica. In fact, many aren't.

    • @tdrm
      @tdrm 27 днів тому +37

      Yeah the trees in that clip are a dead giveaway, as there are no trees or bushes in Antarctica.

    • @zapfanzapfan
      @zapfanzapfan 27 днів тому +44

      Guess that is what happens if you rely on stock footage.

    • @happylion1859
      @happylion1859 26 днів тому +3

      Gotta keep interesting b-roll footage somehow :P

    • @MrAM4D3U5
      @MrAM4D3U5 24 дні тому +12

      It’s so lazy, it’s amazing these grifting UA-camrs make so much money by doing so little

    • @bwfvc7770
      @bwfvc7770 24 дні тому +4

      All the ones that are upside-down are real.

  • @marklewis2428
    @marklewis2428 29 днів тому +111

    Thank you so much for making this video! I'm proud to say I was one of the Structural Engineers working on the Discovery Building (and wider district service system) in my previous job at Sweco. It really was the most fulfilling and interesting project i've been involved in in my career!

    • @Gringohuevon
      @Gringohuevon 28 днів тому

      who cares? You're contaminating an unspoilt wilderness..f**k your career

    • @toejarmn2762
      @toejarmn2762 25 днів тому +1

      Interesting, did you ever see the sun above the horizon for 24hrs? Like the tourist trips in the nort 🤷‍♂️

    • @cam8682
      @cam8682 24 дні тому +3

      im looking at the discovery building right now from my bedroom window after completing the winter construction season at rothera

    • @toejarmn2762
      @toejarmn2762 24 дні тому +1

      @ cool! Literally. HAVE YOU EVER WITNESSED A 24hr sun in the south?

    • @cam8682
      @cam8682 24 дні тому +1

      @@toejarmn2762 summer season has just kicked off here now so yes for a few weeks it will not get dark . The sun sets just below the mountains but the light from it is still like daylight

  • @aaronjennings8385
    @aaronjennings8385 26 днів тому +38

    There were no nuclear weapons tests or donations conducted in Antarctica in 1958 or at any other time. The Antarctic Treaty, which came into effect in 1961, prohibits any nuclear explosions and the disposal of radioactive waste material in Antarctica.
    The nuclear tests you are likely referring to are those of Operation Argus, which took place in the South Atlantic Ocean, not Antarctica. From August 27 to September 6, 1958, the United States conducted three high-altitude nuclear tests as part of Operation Argus, using low-yield nuclear warheads launched from the USS Norton Sound124.
    Operation Argus, a series of high-altitude nuclear tests conducted by the United States, took place in the South Atlantic Ocean, far from Antarctica.
    Here are the specific locations and distances from Antarctica:
    The first test (Argus I) was conducted approximately 180 km SSE of Tristan da Cunha, which is at 38.5° South, 11.5° West. This location is about 3,500 to 4,000 km north of the Antarctic coast13.
    The second and third tests (Argus II and III) were conducted between Gough Island and Bouvet Island, with coordinates around 49.5° South, 8.2° West and 48.5° South, 9.7° West, respectively. These locations are also roughly 3,000 to 3,500 km north of the Antarctic coast13.
    Therefore, the Operation Argus tests were conducted at a distance of approximately 3,000 to 4,000 kilometers north of Antarctica.

  • @alphaomega5909
    @alphaomega5909 20 днів тому +5

    My oldest nephew was a Station Manager in the Antarctic, 1980s. He had to come home though early. As hed broken his leg. Now heres the funny part. Not because of a tough work project. BUT BECAUSE he Fell of a Bar Stool at their Bar!! Yes these Antarctic stations have functioning BARS. Probably sort of similar to your own small Corner Bars. We men in our large family laughed so hard at the family reunion in N.Michigan the following yr when he told us. Now my older very proper Conservative sister was Soooo embarrassed. But Bruce was,is an explorer n has explored the globe. His formal degree is Oil Engineering. Hes a Vietnam Veteran, former Airline pilot too. Bruce is a great "kid". (Hes in his 70s now.)

  • @MrTruehoustonian
    @MrTruehoustonian 29 днів тому +138

    Imagine the oil spills in the Antarctica wow all that prestige land and water ruined😢

    • @jonnies
      @jonnies 29 днів тому +4

      IF such a thing happened, it would be better off happening there in such a barren and isolated place than, say, where the BP spill happened.

    • @MrTruehoustonian
      @MrTruehoustonian 29 днів тому +21

      @@jonnies No it wouldn't and I can say that I live in Texas and lived through the BP spill in an Antarctica would be 20 times worse

    • @JasperKlijndijk
      @JasperKlijndijk 29 днів тому +3

      ​@@MrTruehoustonianno. Maybe only true uninhabited desert would be the only other less worse ace than Antarctica. All over the world would be damaging yet these places would be the least so. Compared to human centers, forests or rivers

    • @jonnies
      @jonnies 29 днів тому +2

      @@MrTruehoustonian 20 times worse in what sense? I effectively gave you a hypothetical scenario where the same spill of the same magnitude happens - one in antarctica and one in the gulf of mexico. How can it be 20 times worse?

    • @MrTruehoustonian
      @MrTruehoustonian 29 днів тому +6

      @@jonnies the fact you don't know how it would be worse answer my question

  • @markmeachen6927
    @markmeachen6927 29 днів тому +214

    Hoping renewables make drilling seem a lot less desirable. The price of renewables continues to drop. 2048 looks like a late enough date to stop all this oil stuff.

    • @Zman-000
      @Zman-000 29 днів тому +40

      Renewables can never replace fossil and nuclear for sheer energy output.

    • @thenotanclan
      @thenotanclan 29 днів тому +18

      Forget it - lithium is only available in tiny quantities and will likely have run out by 2048 - no lithium = no electric cars etc - then what? Oh yeah, oil

    • @MagnificentlyHighAlien
      @MagnificentlyHighAlien 29 днів тому +7

      Why stop the oil when there's more oil to get?

    • @wrc5557
      @wrc5557 29 днів тому +32

      @@thenotanclan oil is also finite resource like lithium - in larger quantities yes, but its gona run out - and Antarctica aint exactly accessible when it comes to the simple economics of extracting it. There are also lots of other technologies out there that don't depend on oil to power transport and support electricity production and simple economies of scale and energy security will push more countries towards renewables - why squabble over oil when you dont need it.
      At this point oil is antiquated tech when it comes to power generation or vehicle propulsion - ev, hydrogen and synthetic fuels are already out there - Yes Oil will continue to be needed as its used for many other things, but it wont be needed in the quantities the Russians claim to have found any time soon. Theres a reason the saudis are scrambling to build an economy less dependent on oil and thats not because they think its the future!

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht 29 днів тому +15

      @@thenotanclan The largest deposit of lithium ever found in history was recently discovered in the US.

  • @Perriax
    @Perriax 29 днів тому +325

    Norway? What are you doing mate, you're on the wrong pole!

    • @spiff1
      @spiff1 29 днів тому +15

      they already got oil

    • @MarcusHelius
      @MarcusHelius 29 днів тому +45

      They were the first people to reach the South Pole.

    • @More_Row
      @More_Row 29 днів тому +21

      You ever heard of the Antartic race mate.

    • @hzlh2254
      @hzlh2254 29 днів тому +26

      the UK too. gtfo from antartica

    • @tiddybearkush
      @tiddybearkush 29 днів тому

      Norwegian was the first human to set a foot on Antarctica

  • @21jlxi
    @21jlxi 28 днів тому +20

    I flew down to McMurdo in Jan, and its true that you get off the plane and are in awe of the place, simply amazing, and blindingly white!

    • @MarinCipollina
      @MarinCipollina 28 днів тому +1

      Better bring your Ray Ban Predators

    • @lanxy2398
      @lanxy2398 11 днів тому

      vision would probably start going bad in a week without sun glasses

  • @xissoxdb
    @xissoxdb 28 днів тому +7

    You are becoming my favorite channel and I don't have anything to do with construction far from it. The content is always high quality and just super interesting

  • @captainamerica3814
    @captainamerica3814 28 днів тому +59

    My dad helped build some of the buildings at McMurdo. 😊👍🏽

    • @nomadtv6009
      @nomadtv6009 13 днів тому

      When? I was 191 materials support at Mac 98/99. Might know him.

    • @captainamerica3814
      @captainamerica3814 12 днів тому +1

      @ he was there in 1968-69 😊

    • @GRMNCVS
      @GRMNCVS 8 днів тому

      @@captainamerica3814I guess he might not know him then

  • @Mr.Nabil.Belhaj
    @Mr.Nabil.Belhaj 29 днів тому +45

    All that studying penguins and polar bears was actually scientists looking for oil

    • @nelsonbergman7706
      @nelsonbergman7706 26 днів тому +8

      I am fairly certain there are no polar bears in Antarctica.🐻‍❄

    • @Mr.Nabil.Belhaj
      @Mr.Nabil.Belhaj 26 днів тому

      @nelsonbergman7706 soon north and south poles

  • @TheJttv
    @TheJttv 29 днів тому +23

    11:34 mcmurdo is being revamped into large buildings and will be eventually removing a lot of those smaller buildings.

    • @19valleydan
      @19valleydan 25 днів тому +6

      Easier to house the alien spacecraft in the larger buildings I suppose.

  • @thewaywardgrape3838
    @thewaywardgrape3838 27 днів тому +3

    In case anyone's wondering why the plant machinery is quite old, it's due to the emmissions regulations on different generations. Older equipment has less stuff that goes wrong, simpler to work on and likely can have multiple machine models as backups for the same price as a new model.

  • @ThompterSHunson
    @ThompterSHunson 13 днів тому +7

    We are so locked to our doom. Nothing can stop us. We push on into oblivion in full force.

    • @real_smilegamez
      @real_smilegamez 9 днів тому +1

      This is what happens when you allow everybody to have a say, the dumb people get a say, hence this shit happens

    • @ThompterSHunson
      @ThompterSHunson 9 днів тому +2

      @@real_smilegamez it's straight-up greed, bro. No one ever has enough. They all want more.

    • @diegoflores9237
      @diegoflores9237 4 дні тому

      The reason is because of several competing states . The logic is that if one state doesn't do it then another state will. This drives a never ending spiral of natural resource extraction and militarization.

  • @dontlookatmep2895
    @dontlookatmep2895 29 днів тому +475

    We are speedrunning extinction

    • @spiff1
      @spiff1 29 днів тому +24

      by getting more oil? What lol

    • @orishaeshu1084
      @orishaeshu1084 29 днів тому +13

      @@spiff1by getting more oil to transition to better technology. Yeah dude makes no sense

    • @c0ltz450
      @c0ltz450 29 днів тому

      ​@@orishaeshu1084i mean, before we even run out of the oil reserves we found now. Climate change will have destroyed almost everything.
      We already have enough oil reserves to end the world. We don't need more.

    • @matthieumenard8149
      @matthieumenard8149 29 днів тому +41

      ​@@orishaeshu1084 Don't worry. Dudes like this have been getting high on doom talk for hundreds of years...

    • @orishaeshu1084
      @orishaeshu1084 29 днів тому +2

      @@matthieumenard8149 you knew it all along if you were right once after being wrong 1 million times. #trust 😂

  • @nesseihtgnay9419
    @nesseihtgnay9419 29 днів тому +145

    Sooner or later china is going to also say that china is also a "near Antarctic state" too 😂

    • @DailyLifeSolution
      @DailyLifeSolution 29 днів тому +38

      Or China will say they have a map with maekings made by Mao. Thus, it has ancient claim on Antartica.

    • @2eezyy
      @2eezyy 29 днів тому +10

      They’ve already have.

    • @spiff1
      @spiff1 29 днів тому +21

      Like the UK

    • @m-erko
      @m-erko 29 днів тому +3

      The Chinese outnumber Australians in the Australian sector by a considerable margin. The Australians aren't armed though.

    • @slumericanfeller7441
      @slumericanfeller7441 29 днів тому

      Either that or China will admit that the earth is flat and show Antarctica as the high ice walled continental shelf container of the oceans-the edge-and they’ll say “see….china has borders/shores that have direct line of sight, straight shot to the ice wall. This is why China have claim to Antarctica.”
      Look at a “Gleason Map”

  • @mattclunes
    @mattclunes 26 днів тому +12

    The world must get this treaty extended indefinitely

  • @Stikkelsbær
    @Stikkelsbær 28 днів тому +10

    This reminds me of Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi novel, 'Antarctica', which is about this very phenomenon.

    • @jennijenjenjen
      @jennijenjenjen 27 днів тому +2

      The first one hundred train on Antarctica before they settle Mars in his Mars trilogy as well.

    • @Stikkelsbær
      @Stikkelsbær 27 днів тому +1

      @@jennijenjenjen Oh yeah. Man, I read that trilogy in the 90s. That takes me back.

    • @manyhammers5944
      @manyhammers5944 8 днів тому +1

      I am reading Antarctica now,picked it up after 5 years!

  • @jacekicksass
    @jacekicksass 12 днів тому +8

    Oil rigs on Antarctica would be a real low point for humanity. 😢

    • @IndustrialParrot2816
      @IndustrialParrot2816 6 днів тому +2

      Weve had them up in Alaska for decades, this has unfortunately only been a matter of time

  • @Doug-c9i
    @Doug-c9i 17 днів тому +3

    ONLY THE CREATOR OWNS EVERYTHING IN THIS REALM . LOVE N LIGHT

  • @gardenlifelove9815
    @gardenlifelove9815 28 днів тому +4

    YES, Build on shifting ice, in hot and warming weather, in a place that relies solely on cold weather to exist.... great idea

    • @IndustrialParrot2816
      @IndustrialParrot2816 6 днів тому

      If you look at the Video you will see Sand and Rock beneath the Machines

    • @TamamFlop
      @TamamFlop 2 години тому

      Im sure you know better than the companies investing hundreds of millions into this project

  • @krashd
    @krashd 28 днів тому +5

    Seeing as you mentioned that the antarctic doesn't have any hardware shops incase parts are needed I imagine there must be some fabrication tech used down there, like metal 3D printers to produce things such as brackets and tools. With the exception of the ISS Antarctica is the one place where the ability to manufacture what you need on location would be incredibly useful.

  • @Hiddensecret9
    @Hiddensecret9 26 днів тому +2

    Ants might not have blueprints, but their instinct-driven “antitecture” is a marvel. They work together seamlessly, creating underground cities that adapt to the environment and provide everything they need.

  • @thesaltyspacecowboy8531
    @thesaltyspacecowboy8531 24 дні тому +1

    My Uncle was a Chef for the American Mission to Antarctica for few years, off Season He was a Pilot on A Barge Tug pushing miles long Barge trains from the USA to South American Ports across the Gulf of Mexico

  • @inconsistentuserdata
    @inconsistentuserdata 28 днів тому +19

    "-89 Celsius"
    "200 mph"
    Choose. A. Damn. UNIT.

  • @FUJIIDEW
    @FUJIIDEW 29 днів тому +17

    Hopefully in 2048 they see the importance of protecting this majestic continent. Though I feel in the future, Antarctica will become a foundation for war, especially as we grow as a species and resources become more scarce.

    • @michaellane1316
      @michaellane1316 27 днів тому

      We will not grow as a species. Growth is pragmatic to the human existence via that of survivalism. We will never as a species leave well enough alone so long as there is the infection of suicide within our makeup genes.

    • @alexwilliamrussell
      @alexwilliamrussell 24 дні тому

      Antactica is best place for industry and mining, better than my backyard in Pennyslvania. Sorry but million of people come before thousand penguins. Till we move beyond mining and factories they have to be somewhere unlesss you're an idiot and just thinks products appear out of thin air.

    • @bizbe4465
      @bizbe4465 13 днів тому

      ​@@alexwilliamrussellwell considering what industrialization could do to the frozen ice caps on antarctica no it isn't worth it. Floods would happen around the globe destroying entire cities and potentially killing tens of millions of people and displacing hundreds of millions.

    • @J-vv6bh
      @J-vv6bh 12 днів тому

      ​@@alexwilliamrusselltbm pareces um.bocado idiota se não compreendes o conceito de serviços dos ecossistemas e a necessidade de os manter em bom estado para que esses milhões de humanos possam sobreviver e viver

  • @MarkMclaughlin-qm8kq
    @MarkMclaughlin-qm8kq 28 днів тому +8

    we need to preserve Antarctica and protect her no mining or oil drilling. The animals need to be protected. God save the penguins and seals. Humans need to respect that place and keep it wild free and pristine.

  • @hazard7732
    @hazard7732 16 днів тому +8

    I don't understand why they gave the temperature measurement only in Celsius, but then gave the wind speed measurement in miles per hour, and then gave a building cost measurement in American dollars..

    • @real_smilegamez
      @real_smilegamez 9 днів тому +5

      American dollars is the most widely recognized currency in the world, wouldn't make much sense to give the cost in Swedish crowns or Lira now would it. As for celsius, it's just better than fahrenheit and it's scientific. As for the wind speed, no idea honestly

    • @GRMNCVS
      @GRMNCVS 8 днів тому

      @@real_smilegamezI guess they should've used knots, but since pretty much no one outside shipping and flying uses it, mph is the closest, and it's still used in nautic and aeronautic environments

    • @TheeChaste
      @TheeChaste 3 дні тому

      UK still uses MPH B1M from UK bam answer

  • @Pablo-l6z3j
    @Pablo-l6z3j 22 дні тому +2

    Very interesting. Love this informative videos on what's going on in the different parts of the world.

  • @cParman9
    @cParman9 29 днів тому +40

    Did someone say Oil? LOL

  • @bill9540
    @bill9540 29 днів тому +4

    I would love to see a design piece on the roofing system of the new building. Particularly, how the snowfall is directed off the building and towards the “dock” areas where they would seem to fall victim to the same slides and accumulations that are shown at 13:24 - 13:27. The seasonal snowfall is measured in Meters☺️

    • @marklewis2428
      @marklewis2428 29 днів тому +1

      Hi there, I was lucky enough to work on the Discovery Building! If you look at 6:28, you'll see what look like vents on the upper corner of the roof- this structure is a 'wind deflector', which we designed to funnel the prevailing wind down the face of the Leeward side of the building, reducing snow buildup which will usually build up on this side (away from the wind).

    • @bill9540
      @bill9540 29 днів тому +1

      @@marklewis2428 Many thanks for that, I was in roofing & sheet metal for 30 years and the system design work was often fascinating.

    • @pinkskud1
      @pinkskud1 28 днів тому +1

      @@bill9540 worth noting that the animation has the wind direction backwards. the wind comes from the lower side, up the roof then is fired down by the wind deflector. if they ever get round to fitting it...

    • @umbro12
      @umbro12 7 днів тому

      Heated roofs,

  • @tal0ndarktalon637
    @tal0ndarktalon637 29 днів тому +29

    America… “Sounds like Antarctica needs some freedom…..”

  • @nerdwatch1017
    @nerdwatch1017 6 днів тому +1

    Just imagine when we can build a couple large mirrors or a number of smaller ones in orbit to reflect much more sunlight even a little more potent even down onto the inhabited areas down there. Giving it more of a comfortable temperature to live in during the summer months. We could build large dome cities down there then use the light for greenhouses to

  • @kye3k1
    @kye3k1 27 днів тому +13

    Argentina and UK at it again. Look at that overlap on the map. What they playing at.

    • @ciaranReal
      @ciaranReal 9 днів тому

      🇬🇧 it's free real estate

  • @faolitaruna
    @faolitaruna 29 днів тому +7

    2:25 This is the worst sensationalism. It was a test of tiny warheads at the same distance from Antarctica as London to Moscow.

    • @user295295
      @user295295 24 дні тому

      Tiny warheads?
      What was the yield?

    • @faolitaruna
      @faolitaruna 24 дні тому

      @@user295295 1kT of TNT

    • @bizbe4465
      @bizbe4465 13 днів тому

      ​@@user295295it was called operation fishbowl apart of the broader operation Dominic. It's highest yield was 1.4 megatonnes.

  • @jameswilson5165
    @jameswilson5165 29 днів тому +8

    Excellent photography and video. Well done.

  • @bizling
    @bizling 28 днів тому +21

    It's really just dawned on me the British importance of the Fawkland Islands.

    • @ciaranReal
      @ciaranReal 9 днів тому

      Long live the empire 🇬🇧

  • @somaghosh2960
    @somaghosh2960 11 днів тому

    Quite nice documentary.
    Thank you B1M.

  • @abeelvago
    @abeelvago 27 днів тому +2

    0:33 mate that's Portillo, it's about an hour by car from Santigo, Chile. You can go there just about any day of the year. It's a awesome ski center, defintitely would recomend

    • @jkitchentube
      @jkitchentube 24 дні тому

      Ok I was wondering as that hotel looking building is probably larger than any other building in Antarctica so I had a doubt that it was actually Antarctica :P

  • @strobelightbrian
    @strobelightbrian 28 днів тому +4

    I did not realize there was that much infrastructure down there!

  • @InfoRanker
    @InfoRanker 24 дні тому +5

    and if anyone finds an alien buried in the ice, do NOT dig it up!

  • @philtucker1224
    @philtucker1224 26 днів тому +5

    Also very popular for building giant IT mainframes as cooling them to below (approximately 27 degrees c.) in warmer climates is always prohibitively expensive.

  • @drewwilson8756
    @drewwilson8756 10 днів тому

    constructing in antarctica, this and many other reasons why digital twins is cool man.

  • @LeesSolidstory
    @LeesSolidstory 15 днів тому +1

    Communities, pollution, chemical altercations, emissions that weren’t there before, in one of the major poles of the planet that kept it the way it has always been. What can possibly go wrong? Whoever said speedrunning our extinction literally couldn’t have said it better. Our greed to occupy everything is going to be the end of us.

  • @brmolnar
    @brmolnar 26 днів тому +4

    7:18 - is that the boat that was originally named Boaty McBoatface by the internet before the contest holders picked something else?

  • @michaeldowson6988
    @michaeldowson6988 29 днів тому +4

    The rush to Antarctica will take the heat off of the Northwest Passage. Besides that, penguins won't savage you like polar bears will.

  • @culture-jamming-rhizome
    @culture-jamming-rhizome 29 днів тому +8

    Enter Shikari's song "Arguing with thermometers" is not supposed to be an instruction manual.

  • @urbanstrencan
    @urbanstrencan 26 днів тому +1

    Engineering at its finest ❤❤
    Great video

  • @WHATABOUTPIZZA
    @WHATABOUTPIZZA 15 днів тому

    Lovely place for a summer vacation. They know something you don't. 😊

  • @emanthegman9511
    @emanthegman9511 29 днів тому +56

    Oohh the flat earthers won't like that 😂

    • @chriskeentechnician
      @chriskeentechnician 29 днів тому +7

      I can hear their tiny little brains exploding as we speak 🧠 💥 😂

    • @magical_catgirl
      @magical_catgirl 29 днів тому +6

      @@chriskeentechnician They don't have anything left to explode. What little they had to start with started melting when The Final Experiment was reviled.

    • @_SurferGeek_
      @_SurferGeek_ 29 днів тому +3

      Flerfers be like... how they gonna get over the ice wall? 🤔

    • @shannonjaensch3705
      @shannonjaensch3705 24 дні тому

      If anything, this is just a controlled opposition tactic to further create division amongst the masses and to create backlash against any further things happening in Antartica.
      It actually furthers/strengthens the argument for Flat Earth as it reinforces the current NO GO ZONE mass signed treaty because the masses will kick up a stink (which according to the comments about this vid are already doing).
      This is a furthereing of the program for the masses to stay away from Antarctica and the Flat Earth community will point this out and use it to their advantage....And so they should because their take on "Antartica" makes far more logical sense then the mass held "narrative belief".

  • @JJ-er1ng
    @JJ-er1ng 27 днів тому +3

    Next up: Pack up your shorts and sandals for Antarctica Disney

  • @AH-wr1qm
    @AH-wr1qm 29 днів тому +11

    That’s me driving that Pisten Bully at 2:57

  • @jonathanrichter4256
    @jonathanrichter4256 29 днів тому +2

    In one part of the video you say the water surrounding Antarctica is called the Southern Ocean and it circulates around the continent. But in the part with the pie chart showing which countries claim which parts of the continent, it says South Atlantic, South Pacific and Indian oceans.

  • @rivenfenton2820
    @rivenfenton2820 26 днів тому +1

    One of the coolest experiences of my life was working at mcmurdo!

  • @RatluBoogerbag
    @RatluBoogerbag 28 днів тому +6

    There are lunatics in this world that will tell you people aren't allowed into Antarctica. They also happen to believe the world is flat.

  • @zbjz
    @zbjz 28 днів тому +5

    Australia misspelled at 2:45

  • @tdyerwestfield
    @tdyerwestfield 28 днів тому +6

    So much for that Antarctic Treaty. We should be leaving Antarctica alone.

    • @redfields5070
      @redfields5070 28 днів тому +3

      We should exploit it for all it's worth.

    • @NarasimhaDiyasena
      @NarasimhaDiyasena 27 днів тому +2

      The Antartica treaty was to end WWII with the German Reich which established the emergency continuity of Government there. The treaty process began in the 60’s but wasn’t officially signed until 1972.
      The Germans established New Swabia by carving out a fortress in the mountain ridge, capable of supporting a maximum of 300,000 but only holding 150,000 at any given time.
      New Swabia refers to the Antartica base.
      New Wewelsburg refers to the Lunar base.
      New Berlin refers to the Agartha base.

    • @bizbe4465
      @bizbe4465 13 днів тому

      ​@@NarasimhaDiyasenaare you high? There was never any evidence of any sort of nazi base in antarctica. Aside from a weather and research station. Which Germany needed to set up the station there because the allies were destroying every other station they built.

  • @jonkeau5155
    @jonkeau5155 26 днів тому +1

    The wild thing to remember is that oil is created by decayed plant life. If there’s that much oil down there then Antarctica was once in a more normal weather region…

  • @WinannePereira
    @WinannePereira 17 днів тому

    What a great video + edit.

  • @Car_toz
    @Car_toz 28 днів тому +2

    The Thing has also staked a claim to the land.

  • @Mike-1000
    @Mike-1000 29 днів тому +9

    *Aliens Talking To Each Other : "SMH ... they just can't leave anything alone can they"*

  • @porkpie2884
    @porkpie2884 28 днів тому +10

    0:13 and only 7 seconds later.... "in the world"

  • @vishalb84
    @vishalb84 27 днів тому

    Antarctica needs FREEDOM !! where my Defense contractors at?

  • @jeffspaulding9834
    @jeffspaulding9834 15 днів тому

    Strange there was no mention of the difficulties of building on permafrost. Unless that's not a problem in Antarctica?
    In northern Greenland, the buildings are either elevated to leave an air gap between the building and the ground or the building is built on gravel foundations with air vents on either side of the building. In the winter, the vents are open to cool the gravel as much as possible. In the spring, the vents are closed to preserve the cold through the summer.
    The officer's club at Pituffik Space Base is currently closed due to the foundation cracking in half. No idea when it'll be rebuilt (it's the major social hub for the base, so it's pretty important), but any project takes years of planning and everything has to be ordered a year ahead so it can be on the one container ship that visits each year. I'm hoping it will be open again before the project my company is working on kicks off a couple years from now.

  • @mio-chibana
    @mio-chibana 25 днів тому +4

    Temperature in Celsius and wind speed in miles... Great!

  • @Celis.C
    @Celis.C 28 днів тому +29

    1:51 The scramble for the accelerated extinction of current life on the planet*

    • @freeforester1717
      @freeforester1717 26 днів тому +1

      The scramble for the survival of the coming event which will all but devastate the planet.

    • @real_smilegamez
      @real_smilegamez 9 днів тому

      @@freeforester1717 Survival? We shouldn't need oil in 30 years. If your country can't switch to electric in 30 years it's a garbage country

    • @josecano326
      @josecano326 6 днів тому

      Sure thing

  • @randomfire5315
    @randomfire5315 29 днів тому +6

    Antarctica...Come for the warmth of humanity, stay for the cold war.

  • @dlorahp01
    @dlorahp01 11 днів тому

    4:40-4:45 cutest part of the videos.

  • @MrFredericandre
    @MrFredericandre 28 днів тому +1

    Although I agree we should preserve nature, please keep on presenting facts, and only facts.

  • @Tod_oMal
    @Tod_oMal 27 днів тому +6

    Territory wise, Argentina and Chile would have a little bit more right to that piece of Antartica than the UK, right?
    Imagine Argentina and Chile claiming a piece of territory on the Arctic...

    • @harrybouch7907
      @harrybouch7907 22 дні тому

      I think Argentina and Chile are gonna learn the hard way that life ain't always fair 😅

    • @ciaranReal
      @ciaranReal 9 днів тому

      Britian has a massive history in anartica, all the way back to 1770s

    • @Tod_oMal
      @Tod_oMal 9 днів тому

      @@ciaranReal History does not assign rights, it only tells a story. And, what about who went there before 1770?

    • @Agustin_R
      @Agustin_R 5 днів тому

      @@ciaranRealyou had a massive history invading all over the world. Not even penguins could save themselves

  • @mmsmits2868
    @mmsmits2868 29 днів тому +3

    Amazon will be opening a distribution center there next year...

    • @Elav8.5
      @Elav8.5 14 днів тому

      😂😂 Amazong 🎉

  • @maxplanck9055
    @maxplanck9055 29 днів тому +5

    No weapons and no mining makes Antarctica safe from the usual stupidity from governments, only scientists sharing knowledge and discoveries with sustainability ✌️❤️🇬🇧

    • @axle.student
      @axle.student 28 днів тому +3

      That won't last much longer :(

    • @MrFredericandre
      @MrFredericandre 28 днів тому

      Don't tell Putin there are people in Antartica who speak Russian that need to be "protected".

  • @Del-bm
    @Del-bm 21 день тому +1

    That was quite interesting

  • @CTree_Creations
    @CTree_Creations 16 днів тому

    Yes!! Let us know when you come to Tucson!

  • @MarcusHelius
    @MarcusHelius 29 днів тому +4

    I honestly would love to live and work in Antarctica or The Arctic.

    • @Mosern1977
      @Mosern1977 29 днів тому +3

      Well, most people don't.

  • @michaelgarcia8541
    @michaelgarcia8541 29 днів тому +16

    The thought of waking up there is terrible

    • @lilbaz8073
      @lilbaz8073 29 днів тому +4

      Unless you are going to sleep there.

    • @GenaF
      @GenaF 29 днів тому

      The thought of being there so far away from my home comforts absolutely terrifies me.

    • @queeg6473
      @queeg6473 29 днів тому

      after a night on the razz

    • @samuelgarrod8327
      @samuelgarrod8327 29 днів тому +1

      ​@@GenaFDon't go then. It's not difficult.

  • @ThatsPrettyCool87
    @ThatsPrettyCool87 29 днів тому +4

    Heard they opened the sea resort at NEOM.. sooo.. when are you going??

  • @Vinlaell
    @Vinlaell 2 дні тому

    Well it is getting warmer around here

  • @AdamBorseti
    @AdamBorseti 3 дні тому

    One penguin sees the oil company moving in and turns to his friend, "there goes the neighborhood."

  • @OliverDavid-p3h
    @OliverDavid-p3h 21 день тому +21

    Always love seeing your videos , very educative, I'm really blessed only God knows how much I praise him, getting $100k bi weekly and I’m retired now. I’ve got a good cash and can also support my family

    • @MichelleGordon-d8o
      @MichelleGordon-d8o 21 день тому

      Hello!! how do you make such bi-weekly , sometimes I feel so down of myself because of low finance but I still believe God

    • @OliverDavid-p3h
      @OliverDavid-p3h 21 день тому

      This is what Daisy Clara does, she has changed my life.

    • @DanielleKelly-b9g
      @DanielleKelly-b9g 21 день тому

      Wow! I know Daisy Clara, and I have also had success...

    • @NathanielAndrea-g9u
      @NathanielAndrea-g9u 21 день тому

      Absolutely! I have heard stories of people who started with little or no knowledge but managed to emerge victorious thanks to Daisy Clara.

    • @MichelleGordon-d8o
      @MichelleGordon-d8o 21 день тому

      Please what’s her contact information?

  • @Tod_oMal
    @Tod_oMal 27 днів тому +8

    UK claiming a piece of Antartica territory based on what exactly? A small piece of land which is stolen territory (Malvinas Island)?

    • @blakespower
      @blakespower 27 днів тому +3

      its like the olden days you just plant a flag and its yours

    • @ciaranReal
      @ciaranReal 9 днів тому

      What about the other countries, oh I guess they did it fairly

  • @stuartrockin
    @stuartrockin 29 днів тому +6

    Oil in Antarctica?
    2048: 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

    • @mauricio-wq5lu
      @mauricio-wq5lu 29 днів тому

      2048? What makes you think there will still be a USA by then?

    • @HeWhoRemains616
      @HeWhoRemains616 9 днів тому

      ​@@mauricio-wq5lu What are the chances of humans being alive by 2050 😂

    • @mauricio-wq5lu
      @mauricio-wq5lu 9 днів тому

      @@HeWhoRemains616 Depends on what kind of clowns there are in power in nuclear power nations.🕛

    • @ciaranReal
      @ciaranReal 9 днів тому

      Free land? 🇬🇧

  • @JarodFarrant
    @JarodFarrant 20 годин тому

    The fact that flowers are growing on the continent there shows that it’s warming at an alarming rate!

  • @alistairmcdonald2382
    @alistairmcdonald2382 28 днів тому +1

    Thank you for accurately describing how dangerous the Southern Ocean can be, in just a couple of sentences 😱😂

  • @ed4373
    @ed4373 29 днів тому +3

    Hi would it be possible to put the conversions of numbers on the video?
    For example in the opening you say -89C and 200mph, it would be really helpful to have the conversion for temp in Farenheit, and wind speed in Knots and kmh. Later in the video you talk in metres per second which I have no basis for.
    Absolutely LOVE your videos, and I really appreciate this one, hopefully the treaty is extended and drilling/mining is continued to be prevented!
    Oh and is part of Antartica just not claimed at all?

  • @corcaightowner8881
    @corcaightowner8881 29 днів тому +5

    Greed knows no bounds!

    • @jantjarks7946
      @jantjarks7946 29 днів тому

      Simply call it empire. That's the word for unsatisfiable greed. Basically Antarctica joined the curse of resource rich countries.

  • @thatotherjohnc
    @thatotherjohnc 29 днів тому +6

    -35c is just a normal winter day in many parts of Canada, it's not exactly rocket science to build a livable habitat in that climate, it's just called a "house" here.

    • @Hopscotchlemonadespritz
      @Hopscotchlemonadespritz 28 днів тому +1

      Not really. I don't see many prefab buildings of that type in Edmonton 😂 Kinda wonder why, although it's significantly warmer for most of the year

    • @dru4670
      @dru4670 25 днів тому

      ​@@Hopscotchlemonadespritzgo frackerssss!

  • @modguy9894
    @modguy9894 23 дні тому

    When you mentioned oil early on, I already knew which county was gonna come in the spot light