Antarctica - Footprints on a Frozen Continent

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  • Опубліковано 26 гру 2024

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  • @itseperkele181
    @itseperkele181 2 роки тому +25

    I'm nursing some sort of flu right now, the relaxing nature and the calm and clear sound of the narrator of this film is perfect for grabbing a cup of tea and going under blankets and watching this.
    Greetings from another icy hell hole, Finland!

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому

      Thanks for the compliments. Hope the flu has gone and if not then more tea and other round of the video. 😂

    • @Montyturnbow
      @Montyturnbow 2 роки тому

      Get well soon

    • @BigDaddy-hn7oh
      @BigDaddy-hn7oh 2 роки тому +3

      I was trying to imagine you with your tea and your blanket,your reply for some reason is on spot the music, I'm in a cold hell hole known for being it's own hell,so California and I'm getting out,I lived here when it was still paradise. I want to go some place less crowded, anyway merry Christmas all the best to you 👍

  • @hyperwolf63
    @hyperwolf63 2 роки тому +26

    I worked around McMurdo station for 4.5 months. It was a one in a lifetime adventure for me.

  • @pchabanowich
    @pchabanowich 2 роки тому +21

    Formidable terrain, deeply chilled, searingly arid... my youth was spent on the prairie, and there were days of nothing but an eternity of snow, and these scenes from Antarctica haunt and intrigue this old soul, admitting that distance lends enchantment for me. This was well presented and beautifully narrated.💐

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому +3

      Many thanks, much appreciated.

    • @loisraymcinnis6006
      @loisraymcinnis6006 2 роки тому

      and always they show the water instead of going inland and showing the mountains and what is behind them or in them.

    • @darksu6947
      @darksu6947 2 роки тому

      @@loisraymcinnis6006 They can't show what's in the mountains, that's where the aliens live.

  • @sbgroen
    @sbgroen 2 роки тому +14

    Wonderful content. Thank you.

  • @gshanmugam544
    @gshanmugam544 2 роки тому

    Excellent images.
    Fantastic geology.
    Informative commentary.
    Great music.
    A photographic masterpiece.
    G. Shanmugam

  • @EvaLyford
    @EvaLyford 2 роки тому +5

    I didn’t know the ice was so heavy it could depress the rock. Interesting video!

    • @WhirledPublishing
      @WhirledPublishing 2 роки тому +1

      If you look at the Antarctic "bed maps", you'll see that most of the Antarctic regions are underwater - not because of the weight of the ice but because Antarctica is not a continent - it's volcanic islands that became mountains with glaciers that extend into and across the seas, connecting with other ice shelves that extend from other glaciers that are on top of other mountains - all of this is clearly documented - going back over 100 years so the nonsense that is conjured up is conspicuous.

    • @SanFranDan
      @SanFranDan 2 роки тому +2

      Hey, there, Eva. The ice is miles / kilometers thick, and ice is *roughly* 1/3th as dense as rock. The crust plates float over denser mantle rock, so if you 3 miles of ice on a surface, it'll push the underlying rock down *roughly* one mile.

    • @WhirledPublishing
      @WhirledPublishing 2 роки тому

      The Antarctic ice and snow has been about two miles high / over 3 km high - extending from the mountain tops across the slopes and Antarctic seas - but most of the Antarctic lands are islands, clusters of islands and island chains - if you study the Antarctic bed maps, you'll see the elevations clearly depicted which tell us that Antarctica is not a continent.

    • @Skognisse
      @Skognisse 2 роки тому

      A lot of land is still rising after the ice that pressed it down melted away .Norway rises like 2 to 5 millimeters every year because of all the ice during the last ice age

    • @WhirledPublishing
      @WhirledPublishing 2 роки тому +2

      Many regions are rising in elevation - because of magma - Yellowstone, Krakatoa, and thousands of other regions - if you think there's no magma beneath the ice sheets, do some research so you realize what's really going on.

  • @ejb2865
    @ejb2865 2 роки тому +3

    I studied geology in undergrad for a minor. Great information! Really captures what I love about the topic.

  • @richardgottschalk317
    @richardgottschalk317 2 роки тому +8

    Greetings, John! This is a fantastic piece of work, with some spectacular images! Thanks for posting! Hope all is well with you.

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому

      Many thanks Rick. All well, as I hope with you also. Do keep in touch. Best, John

  • @jamesschuh8568
    @jamesschuh8568 2 роки тому +4

    Wow😳very interesting & the landscape there is so beautiful.

  • @edwardpincus
    @edwardpincus 2 роки тому +3

    Brilliant - Exciting - Informative - Beautiful. Thank you

  • @katharinajohn5619
    @katharinajohn5619 Рік тому

    FANTASTIC FILM, THANK YOU

  • @wernerdanler2742
    @wernerdanler2742 2 роки тому +15

    I had never heard before that there was an ice-free zone on the continent.
    Great video! 👍

    • @ErikVisser94
      @ErikVisser94 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah insane :) what else We don't know. Or what do we know

    • @jlm3303
      @jlm3303 2 роки тому +4

      They are called the dry valleys.... actually it is not hard to understand when you realize that the wind never stops in that region and it is the driest place on earth.

    • @ErikVisser94
      @ErikVisser94 2 роки тому

      @@jlm3303 why does the wind never stop there? How is that possible?

    • @wernerdanler2742
      @wernerdanler2742 2 роки тому

      @dennis mclaughlin I saw a video a long time ago showing a guy holding a measuring vile, and he showed the different amounts of rain in different places. When he got to the atacamba, he emptied the vile completely!

    • @chrisanderson5317
      @chrisanderson5317 2 роки тому

      @@jlm3303 even ice will sublimate in the driest parts of Antarctica.

  • @paultorbert6929
    @paultorbert6929 2 роки тому

    LOVED this video/documentary !!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Beautiful photography and well written script that helps us understand the beauty and importance of this continent that most humans will never experience.....
    oh, and BEAUTIFUL, IMMERSIVE MUSIC !!!!!!! i am a "synth guy", and there is a synth named Erebus......
    Happy Christmas !!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @alphaomega9819
    @alphaomega9819 2 роки тому +1

    Nice music. Nice images. Good all around product.

  • @cdagwyo
    @cdagwyo 2 роки тому +2

    Great video. Thanks for all your work making it and sharing with the world

  • @linsayspence7070
    @linsayspence7070 2 роки тому

    Such a wonderful landscape, this is a great documentary. Thankyou.

  • @Αντουαν264
    @Αντουαν264 2 роки тому +2

    God bless you John for this effort Antarctica is the last free place on earth Only nature roules apply. Spirit and soul down there is free Stay safe, strong, and keep up the way you love brother big like from greece ✌😃

  • @smizmar8
    @smizmar8 Рік тому

    loved this so much! Beautiful work!

  • @sl9993
    @sl9993 2 роки тому +1

    I enjoyed this documentary and am grateful that it exists. Comment sections are weird. Thank you for your wonderful contribution to my Monday night

  • @RobbyMcZ
    @RobbyMcZ 2 роки тому +1

    Fantastic video! Thank you for sharing your work with the world!

  • @karisak3018
    @karisak3018 2 роки тому

    beautiful images & awesome video, lots of great information

  • @mediaamerica
    @mediaamerica 2 роки тому +5

    Wow! I did not know about those dry valleys!
    Is the interior really below sea level in places?

    • @WhirledPublishing
      @WhirledPublishing 2 роки тому

      Maps of Antarctic elevations:
      www.google.com/search?rlz=1CAIGZW_enUS935US935&sxsrf=ALiCzsaIUxCmQBTaVruaIQA7r8-Q9c-0WA:1670778617451&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=antarctic+bed+maps&fir=_W46XECwxwRBhM%252CmTy3rd7XsfVAsM%252C_%253BaZjq5S4HbgHCeM%252C_LdalKj4j-uAMM%252C_%253BRXZH6S-Zvx2TGM%252CdXlE7yc7QCpXhM%252C_%253BNDs1DHHyL35euM%252CFqtDjRstQ2UMbM%252C_%253BfT7ZhtII0YSmNM%252CTMB7mEjM6EqW3M%252C_%253BKmBitmK4qd6CsM%252CdXlE7yc7QCpXhM%252C_%253BWQIOQkZGJo82iM%252CeNTS7uf5Y8gvCM%252C_%253B7UOUi3xLuXa99M%252C3a8VBEeNzjhAHM%252C_%253BcJo0mM3Z8l96hM%252C-ngolRY7-u8_OM%252C_%253Bf_-W3oQ6dNYYzM%252CCfTWTC5a1Ask6M%252C_&usg=AI4_-kTNKemOlwuFHGGcAsHn78ts7LO_6A&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwji7_avh_L7AhUPnOAKHTc6DW4QjJkEegQIChAC&biw=1242&bih=590&dpr=1.1#imgrc=NDs1DHHyL35euM

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому

      Yes, it is

  • @mattmatko13
    @mattmatko13 2 роки тому +1

    Just wonderful! Thank you very much for making this!

  • @jakeanderson8156
    @jakeanderson8156 2 роки тому

    This is an amazing video!! Love the music too!

  • @oddtoddodd
    @oddtoddodd 2 роки тому

    This was so good! Thanks for sharing!

  • @milescramer
    @milescramer 2 роки тому +6

    That was a beautiful video. The photography was excellent and never felt out-of-place or boring. The calm music and steady voice of the narrator were fitting for the serene backdrop.
    I never knew that there were active volcanoes on Antarctica. Do they have the classic subglacial volcano shape (flat top and steep sides) or have they not been under the ice for long enough?

  • @rpeterle87
    @rpeterle87 2 роки тому +1

    Loved this, super interesting. I learned a lot about the continent and enjoyed the stunning images.

  • @buuferdc5454
    @buuferdc5454 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent video and beautiful photography. I can tell a lot of hard work and passion went into this and am grateful you shared your work. Living vicariously through these documentary’s is the only chance I have to visit Antarctica for myself

  • @kevinpacker7805
    @kevinpacker7805 2 роки тому

    Really stunning images!!

  • @JohnwayneNOgacy
    @JohnwayneNOgacy 2 роки тому +3

    I bet if feels so fresh and calm out there

  • @tomberry8392
    @tomberry8392 2 роки тому +1

    Very nice video! I hope I'm able to go to Antarctica some day and see this beautiful landscape for myself! Great work!

  • @danielmeegan6259
    @danielmeegan6259 2 роки тому +2

    Great work beautiful scenery huskies what types of food besides snow cones

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому +3

      They ate a mix of seal meat and mutton. When used on field trips they were fed pemmican, a highly concentrated form of meat roll (dried beef).

    • @danielmeegan6259
      @danielmeegan6259 2 роки тому +1

      Sounds like one not so tasty diet 🤮

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому +1

      @@danielmeegan6259 I’ve eaten pemmican and it’s horrible!

  • @z2kk
    @z2kk 2 роки тому +1

    Loved the fossil section. Amazing

  • @MechaShiva1986
    @MechaShiva1986 2 роки тому

    Congratulations on completing your documentary!

  • @dE3Lov
    @dE3Lov 2 роки тому

    Beautiful photography.

  • @Karagoth444
    @Karagoth444 2 роки тому +2

    A great production. Stunning photography, great narration and wide gamut of knowledge. As a space nerd, I can only hope we can replicate the international treaties into space as another common heritage of mankind. From the copyright, the original production was from 1980? Have you been back to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station after the build of the new elevated building?

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому +1

      Unfortunately not 😢. Would love to but no opportunity. It’s easier to get to Mt Everest than to the South Pole! Thanks for your kind comments.

    • @666bruv
      @666bruv 2 роки тому

      @@johngmcpherson2 you cant land a plan or birth a ship on mt everest, you can on antarctica

  • @lightyagami4541
    @lightyagami4541 2 роки тому

    Love this documentary! Thank you for making it! :D

  • @lizstaley6482
    @lizstaley6482 2 роки тому

    This is fascinating! Thank you!

  • @tracyredwine8311
    @tracyredwine8311 2 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing I never seen so much of Antarctica 🥰 I loved it!!

  • @dharmacarlos
    @dharmacarlos 2 роки тому +1

    Loved this!

  • @markeaton2003
    @markeaton2003 2 роки тому

    What year are those snowmobiles and equipment from?

  • @SensorGuru
    @SensorGuru 2 роки тому +3

    Those dry valleys look like a great place to test the Mars colonies.

    • @philipc7099
      @philipc7099 2 роки тому +2

      My main interest in Antarctica is to build sim space outposts and colonies. Eventually I’d like to see a domed city. But I imagine a problem may arise where it paves the way for permanent settlement of Antarctica and all of the stupid nationalism that follows.

  • @Ljcoleslaw
    @Ljcoleslaw 2 роки тому

    Nice video. I enjoyed it. I saw this on the geology subreddit.

  • @aaron_craig
    @aaron_craig 2 роки тому

    In from Reddit, am scientist so this is in my general interest, but here because of them. Good work in not giving up.

  • @alastairwilliams9550
    @alastairwilliams9550 2 роки тому +7

    Both my parents lived in Antartica in the 70s and 80s. Around different bases like Mawson, Scott base, herd & macquarie island.
    I’m a geologist now I would so love to go to Antartica. I know we can’t mine there but as an exploration geologist it would be wild to see surface ore deposits since they are all mined out in the rest of the world.
    I also have the same geo hammer 😂

  • @JamesJacobson-ov4ps
    @JamesJacobson-ov4ps 2 роки тому +1

    There are “glass beaches” in Antarctica just as there are in California and all over this realm. In California, they will tell you that it’s a dump site, even though we have photos of “glass houses” or “baths” as they were incorrectly called. These glass window structures were and are all over the place, but they destroyed them along the coastlines, resulting in these piles of colored glass. These bath houses were part of a free atmospheric energy grid, and had to be destroyed in order to charge you for electricity.

  • @RandomName841
    @RandomName841 2 роки тому

    Very informative! Thank you for this!

  • @MiniLemmy
    @MiniLemmy 2 роки тому +7

    It’s amazing to know that there are some areas of the planet that have had fewer visitors than the moon!

    • @pinuuturner7777
      @pinuuturner7777 2 роки тому

      There are actually quite a few people down there.

  • @solaceyes7767
    @solaceyes7767 2 роки тому

    This so awesome! I love this!

  • @BigDaddy-hn7oh
    @BigDaddy-hn7oh 2 роки тому

    John absolutely stunning photography job well done buddy that short window of sailboat time from South America I do want to do that one day I got 20 good Summers left and why not over and out

  • @sgt.grinch3299
    @sgt.grinch3299 2 роки тому +1

    Is it true that there is a very high carbon content locked into the continent? Masterful presentation. This is the only continent I have not visited. I must change that.

  • @jlm3303
    @jlm3303 2 роки тому +95

    I've lived and worked at the South Pole research station for two summers... This is clearly an older video as much has changed. I helped remove the Dome at the Pole in 2008 and built a facility for launching weather balloons in 2016. The ice is a mysterious and magical place. I'm very grateful for my experience but honestly with all the woke culture that has overrun the ice, I would not choose to do it again.

    • @johnwayne3085
      @johnwayne3085 2 роки тому +26

      Please tell me more. I'm fascinated by and like studying SJWs in their natural environment. I don't feel the breed can sustain a healthy population for long enough to evolve into a functioning society and will eventually become extinct. Thanks for sharing your interesting experiences with woke craziness with us.

    • @MiniLemmy
      @MiniLemmy 2 роки тому

      Seriously? This woke cancer has spread to Antarctica too? I thought it was all scientists and other SENSIBLE people who were based there….

    • @sunsetlights100
      @sunsetlights100 2 роки тому +4

      Antarctica ice wall circular earth

    • @ClannCholmain
      @ClannCholmain 2 роки тому +34

      Nice story, but what a weird thing to add.

    • @sunsetlights100
      @sunsetlights100 2 роки тому +3

      @@ClannCholmain JL M not going back apprently due to wokism!
      What I said is ice wall is circular on flat water.... Antartica is shrouded in mystery real situation

  • @johnm4581
    @johnm4581 2 роки тому +1

    I saw a video yesterday of a man traveling to Antarctica and they arrived on one side of it not sure where but it looked like a ancient mountain range like the Himalayas but only the tops of the mountains were exposed and I feel like if you explore the water around that area you would probably find evidence that it is in fact an ancient mountain range

  • @bomma2694
    @bomma2694 2 роки тому +1

    Why didn't the sea level go down in your graph when the ice formed over Antarctica? There's definitely alot of effort went into this video but I'm left with questions.

  • @MrStevenb26
    @MrStevenb26 2 роки тому

    Beautiful!

  • @TJSaw
    @TJSaw 2 роки тому +1

    Think of now many undiscovered animal and plant fossils are buried deep within the Antarctic ice sheet. We will likely never fully know the kind of ecosystem that existed on this continent and that’s sad.

  • @chesterfieldthe3rd929
    @chesterfieldthe3rd929 2 роки тому +1

    5:30 is that a man made wall on the bottom left?

  • @granodiorite9032
    @granodiorite9032 2 роки тому +1

    beautiful!

  • @wendymaybury6329
    @wendymaybury6329 2 роки тому

    Currently reading a book by Hazel Prior called Away with the Penguins, it's lovely

  • @douglasengle2704
    @douglasengle2704 2 роки тому

    What is it like underground or under rock as it appears in these photos? How far down does it remain below freezing? Unlike Arctic there doesn't appear to be permafrost soils because the surface is ether ice or rock. Fascinating place to do scientific research. It does look a bit like a lifeless desert except for the sea bound life. On Arctic lands there can be hoards of flying insect, typically not pleasant, but it is abundant life. The total absence of obvious plant or animal life most places looks unreal. I know there are microscopic signs of life, but the main vistas are of barren ice, snow, and rock everywhere.

  • @mamamia5668
    @mamamia5668 Рік тому

    so beautiful

  • @tiyanamotta255
    @tiyanamotta255 2 роки тому +2

    What foot print ?

  • @BladeHammer1
    @BladeHammer1 2 роки тому +5

    That was cool.

  • @ioanprodan7597
    @ioanprodan7597 2 роки тому

    Un tărâm de basm al zânelor al îngerilor al serafimilor și heruvimilor , magnific....

  • @porschedk
    @porschedk 2 роки тому

    Fairy tale begins at 6:00.

  • @janisbriedis4955
    @janisbriedis4955 2 роки тому +1

    interesting material

  • @suteners2111
    @suteners2111 2 роки тому +3

    amazing views

  • @sincerewyd2285
    @sincerewyd2285 2 роки тому +17

    Wow, I haven't seen Antarctica like this before. My dream would to explore that area ! My 1 huge question is why did all the world's highest ranking governments end up going there 2 years ago to have a meeting. Someone uncovered something world changing amd we the people aren't being told the truth..

    • @kevinfoster1138
      @kevinfoster1138 2 роки тому +3

      To answer your question it's sovereign ground nobody owns Antarctica and that was made a treaty many years ago that no one would own Antarctica either

    • @PastorBobby2023
      @PastorBobby2023 2 роки тому +1

      Search "International Geophysical Year" for those details...

    • @WhirledPublishing
      @WhirledPublishing 2 роки тому

      They took helicopter rides over the glaciers and ice shelves which have been rapidly melting - even the "Doomsday Glacier" has imploded and hurled icebergs all across the Amundsen Sea - the rapid meltdown is far more dramatic than the public is being told - the rapid meltdown is also far more dangerous than the public is being told.

    • @pinuuturner7777
      @pinuuturner7777 2 роки тому

      @@kevinfoster1138 Sincerwyd, really did not even ask That question.

  • @HumblyServingGod
    @HumblyServingGod 2 роки тому

    Gondwana?
    I’ve been paying attention for the last four decades, when did Gondwana show up?

  • @asibabdul8862
    @asibabdul8862 2 роки тому +8

    Why did the continents started to move only 160 million years ago? When our planet is 4.2 billion years old???

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому +10

      The continents have been moving for at least 2 billion years and maybe for a lot longer. It’s probable that the continents have been moving ever since their formation as a “floating” crust. Gondwana was a super-continent formed by the union of all the Southern Hemisphere continents. They came together about 600 million years ago and started to break up around 160-180 million years ago.

    • @tezzo55
      @tezzo55 2 роки тому

      Late risers.

    • @youcanhandlethetruth4695
      @youcanhandlethetruth4695 2 роки тому

      He has no Idea about the Truth or Science. This Video explains you how "continental drift" really works. ua-cam.com/video/ApPGh6wM99A/v-deo.html

    • @egnolanosnhoj9126
      @egnolanosnhoj9126 2 роки тому +2

      @@johngmcpherson2 what makes you so sure about something 2 billion years ago let alone 1 million years ago? Were you there? Better yet, do you really believe that foolishness that "scientists" tell you/us? If so it is time to re-educate yourself about reality. Good luck finding out the truth.

    • @mainstmechanical7932
      @mainstmechanical7932 2 роки тому +2

      No one knows when it happened they are hypotheses. It’s important to realize the difference in theory and law!

  • @BMenaaa
    @BMenaaa 2 роки тому

    Love it!!!

  • @-M0LE
    @-M0LE 2 роки тому

    I bet you could get some amazing shots of space from here

    • @FKTHESYSTEM063
      @FKTHESYSTEM063 2 роки тому +1

      Space? lol.

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому

      Yes you can. Take a look at this:
      ua-cam.com/video/t57DPnH06V0/v-deo.html

    • @FKTHESYSTEM063
      @FKTHESYSTEM063 2 роки тому +1

      @@johngmcpherson2 that’s the sky’s doing perfect rotations over us stationary plane

    • @mactallica9293
      @mactallica9293 2 роки тому

      @@FKTHESYSTEM063 how does a lunar eclipse work?

    • @ghost24824
      @ghost24824 2 роки тому

      @@mactallica9293 how does a Selenelion eclipse work where the Sun and Moon are both above the horizon?

  • @alphaomega9819
    @alphaomega9819 2 роки тому +2

    My main concern is that all of this intrusion into a pristine environment will eventually destroy it. For example, what do they do with all the trash they create. This should be extremely worrying for most people. I hope there is a protocol that will guarantee protection of this priceless place because scientists can be insensitive to the damage they do.

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому

      Scientists are generally very good at minimising their “footprints” in pristine environments. All trash is carefully removed from Antarctica and this even includes trash from field camps in remote regions.

  • @darrylbunch6929
    @darrylbunch6929 2 роки тому

    Are there any footprints of Bigfoot in Antarctica ?

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому

      Too cold for Bigfoot and besides, it’s dark for four months. 😳😳

  • @hines57a52
    @hines57a52 2 роки тому

    We have a lot of active volcanoes underwater and above creating new land every second of the day. Now I didn't go to college and follow science but aren't those water levels rising due to land mass growing being built by the volcanoes. If you had Mass to the water the level rises. So in theory volcanoes are the biggest threat

  • @mollyseltzer8921
    @mollyseltzer8921 2 роки тому

    great narrator voice!

  • @rufiog3933
    @rufiog3933 2 роки тому +1

    Agartha ?

  • @23.5
    @23.5 2 роки тому

    ❤😮 21:02

  • @sgt.grinch3299
    @sgt.grinch3299 2 роки тому

    I expect foot prints and animal remains on Antarctica. I don’t expect the same on Uranus.

  • @billbailey1620
    @billbailey1620 2 роки тому

    Why haven't they hollowed out the mtns and made a permanent base above the ice.

  • @-M0LE
    @-M0LE 2 роки тому

    Gondwana imagine the fossils underneath

  • @anthonymichaelkerr5761
    @anthonymichaelkerr5761 2 роки тому +4

    Ahhh the area of miss info.. hmmm rabbit holes are deep in this area.

  • @Beaverfoam
    @Beaverfoam 2 роки тому

    Why is Antarctica so much colder than the Arctic,,

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому +1

      Good question. There are many contributing factors but the biggest is the fact that Antarctica is a continent with high mountains and deep basins, whereas the Arctic is open ocean. Antarctica has accumulated ice and snow over tens of thousands of years, in places over 2 km thick. By contrast, the Arctic ice is only a few meters thick. So the fact that the Antarctic ice sheet is so large and so thick (high) means that the average temperature will be much lower than in the Arctic. Ocean currents also play a role in transferring heat to the Arctic, whereas the Southern Ocean minimises that happening to Antarctica.

  • @minnesotasomething
    @minnesotasomething 2 роки тому +1

    What about the ice wall and the Nazi bases

  • @lourdesmurilloquintana5123
    @lourdesmurilloquintana5123 2 роки тому

    I do not think that man should place footprints of any kind in Antartica. There are so few places on this fragil earth that man should leave untouched!

  • @secularsunshine9036
    @secularsunshine9036 2 роки тому +1

    *Let the Sunshine in*
    Burrrrr

  • @danielr5637
    @danielr5637 2 роки тому +2

    still trying to see whats beyond the firmament............

  • @1scottdees
    @1scottdees 2 роки тому

    Hmmm, that's odd. Admiral Byrd told a different story.

  • @ballistic350
    @ballistic350 2 роки тому

    People actually live there?

    • @johngmcpherson2
      @johngmcpherson2  2 роки тому

      People, mostly scientists, visit Antarctica and some visit often but nobody lives permanently in the country.

  • @loisraymcinnis6006
    @loisraymcinnis6006 2 роки тому

    What is behind Mount Everest that climbers die to get there??? A new world perhaps?

  • @BigDaddy-hn7oh
    @BigDaddy-hn7oh 2 роки тому

    Have you ever noticed these mountain ranges are very distinct comparatively to everywhere else around the world and when you see photographs of these Mountain Rangers you automatically know that it's Antarctica has anybody else ever noticed that

  • @jessicaoppegard6578
    @jessicaoppegard6578 2 роки тому

    There’s seals and penguins!

  • @floydcrase625
    @floydcrase625 2 роки тому

    Land hundreds of meters below sea lvl is actually sea floor not land

  • @rayannehorne3468
    @rayannehorne3468 2 роки тому

    Hey i guess i will go. You want this.
    Lucia

  • @r0wel195
    @r0wel195 2 роки тому +2

    Looks nice however you failed to present the 1912 photos contained within
    "1912 beyond the ice wall" expedition .
    Or are you unaware ? Either way like other videos on Antarctica your display was also lacking. Do better !

  • @mrobles1983
    @mrobles1983 2 роки тому +1

    The earth needs to recycle. Its inevitable.

  • @bennywest5981
    @bennywest5981 2 роки тому +9

    The ring of ice
    God border
    Firmament
    Fishbowl of the lord

    • @666bruv
      @666bruv 2 роки тому +2

      Sounds like some crazy ramblings

    • @tapewerm6716
      @tapewerm6716 2 роки тому

      @@666bruv A haiku of ignorance.

  • @doctauglyd9861
    @doctauglyd9861 2 роки тому

    Shits beautiful tho

  • @valormoredeplume4281
    @valormoredeplume4281 2 роки тому

    Continents are adrift.
    Magnetic poles are about to flip.

  • @Mulberrysmile
    @Mulberrysmile 2 роки тому

    40 meters = 131.23 feet for my fellow Americans
    Metric units are basically meaningless to my brain…no frame of reference except in the US customary units.