Kayaking close to Chenega Glacier in Nassau Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska. While enjoying the Beautiful day and three harbor seals the glacier is calving and a number of huge waves are coming towards us.
@0101010101 000001 A tsunami (/(t)suːˈnɑːmi, (t)sʊˈ-/ (t)soo-NAH-mee, (t)suu-;[1][2][3][4] from Japanese: 津波, lit. 'harbour wave',[5] pronounced [tsɯnami]) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations, landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite impacts and other disturbances) hopefully you readit
@@kaze3766 the amount of energy released by an earthquake or a volcanic eruption is orders of magnitude more than an iceberg, even our biggest nukes can't come close to making a real tsunami
When that third wave was approaching, I was like "Don't break. Don't break..." I'd probably have been pissing myself in fright if it did. Hope you guys were prepared for the possibility of getting dunked in that icewater.
Who would have thought one seconded you are drifting in lovely calm water the next second you are fighting 3 massive waves that could take you out. They did extremely well to stay calm.
+Jonas Alexanderson- Although this video is crystal clear, and I'll concede it to be very interesting and fun to watch, this is NOT a tsunami!!! Just big glacial waves. You probably only have the number of views that you do because you falsely, (and probably not intentionally), lure people in, people like me just now, with your title! I was looking for REAL tsunami videos in this particular UA-cam search. I was expecting to see a REAL tsunami. And probably is true of most of your viewers. I don't mean to insult you, downplay your video, or cause any trouble. Just thought I'd point out that your title is misleading is all. As I said, the video is crystal clear, interesting and very enjoyable. Better even than many other Kayaking videos I've watched. I'm only suggesting that you should change the name of it as it is misleading. That said, thanks for sharing a very interesting and enjoyable video!
Really good video actually - unfortunate that so many people voted it down. I'm surprised how far apart the crests arrive, even though you seem to be fairly close to the source. Seems counterintuitive.
Thank you. We are about 3 km from the glacier when the waves hit us. The glacier is much bigger than you think (both on this video and in real life). A video with more ice is on the way, I'm just home from 8 days kayaking on Eastern Greenland and the movie will be out in a few weeks. Don't miss that! Amazing place with loads of icebergs.
Possibly because it is titled as such that people expect a disastrous wave, not one where both guys in video are laughing. Gutted I live in a world where a dislike counter is offensive but blatantly good is OK 👍
Thanks. Here is a small explanation of the video for all the questions I've got. ua-cam.com/video/nMdE1QQUgig/v-deo.html There is also a video on my channel from the whole two weeks of kayaking in Alaska.
Having seen glaciers in both Alaska, Norway, Sweden and Greenland and how fast they are melting I kind of despair for the future. What kind of earth are we leaving to the coming generations? It's first when you by your own eyes see how a glacier is melting you can understand how fast the change is upon us.
I was thinking oh this looks like prince william sound but probably isn’t… but then looked in the description and sure enough it is!!!! Is some of the most beautiful sights I’ve ever seen
I would one day love to put two people from every nation in Europe and North America in a room, get a bunch of beer and have a party. I absolutely love all the different accents from everywhere. This guy is hilarious!
I watched the beginning more than once, still cannot see anything like parts of the glacier breaking off. The waves look like fun. They were big enough but not too big.
Go to Whittier and ride the wake of the ferry when it comes in. I've paddled plenty of swells from glaciers calving but none were as hairy as the ferry's deep, sharp wake. It always made me glad I practiced self-rescue each spring when the ice was off the lakes.
The two times I’ve been to Alaska we have started from Whittier and been ferried out by Lazy Otter. We were not allowed to surf any waves on those trips but if you check it my channel I do have some surfing and rock hopping videos. In two weeks I will go to the Danish west coast for, hopefully, some real nice kayak surfing. There will no one or two videos from that as well.
That 3rd wave was the first time I felt in my stomach "alarmed" at a UA-cam Tsunami video since Japan 2011 I thought of you wanting to avoid the wave breaking ... Russell
Mother Nature scares the hell out of me sometimes just picturing a tsunami as big as that glacier creeping so silently through the oceans an then seeing it through your window next
Thanks. It was a lot bigger in real life than on the video. Exhilarating is the correct word for it. Luckily I have trained some in surf with my kayak. I was one month in Alaska this time and just this was the best and most exiting moment.
I feel you there. I have quite a few videos that involve some kind of heights or sizes, but whoever watches them can't see how big or tall the things really are. Even videos with slopes, if your getting ski/snowboard footage, you can never tell how steep it really is in real life.. Cuz its much steeper than it looks, and in your case much higher than they look.. the whole situation in this video is incredible! once in a life time super cool stuff:)
I must say I am sorry and I thank you for sharring your experince. it seems so scarry to me im happy ypu werent hurt and a tsunami doesnt have to be big but tbat seems like it sure qualifies as big to me. 10 ft in a kayak yikes but it was great to hear your laughter. Its ojbious you know what your talking about and im happy you sharred thank you
I'm scared asf of waves.. I'd probably freak out in this situation.. pretty sure the GoPro made the waves way smaller than they actually are.. really nice video tho! Thanks for sharing
Who else thought that the ice in the thumbnail was the tsunami
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Man, he really handled it well and had fun riding the waves instead of panicking
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Right?👍
@0101010101 000001 A tsunami (/(t)suːˈnɑːmi, (t)sʊˈ-/ (t)soo-NAH-mee, (t)suu-;[1][2][3][4] from Japanese: 津波, lit. 'harbour wave',[5] pronounced [tsɯnami]) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations, landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite impacts and other disturbances)
hopefully you readit
@@kaze3766 the amount of energy released by an earthquake or a volcanic eruption is orders of magnitude more than an iceberg, even our biggest nukes can't come close to making a real tsunami
@@Zreknarf "Real" tsunami , boy you must be high .
How to survive: Be the camera man. The camera man always survives.
😂😂💯💯
well you don’t get to see the video of the camera man that doesn’t live
@@tommymercer7696 u must be fun at parties
except of one in The Natural born killers
At the very least, we know the camera survives
They handled this so well. I would’ve been freaking out so much
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They handled this so well. I World`ve been freaking out so much
Why?
They handled this so well. I would’ve been freaking out so much
😵😵😵😨😨
1:47 mario needs to chill in the background lol. Crazy vid
wuhu global warming
Sebastian Westhoff hahahaha
hahahahaa
Underrated comment
Lmao
Tsunami: *sees your holding a camera*
Also tsunami: *Understandable have a great life*
“make sure you get my good side”
Camera and registration please 😂
Tornado 🌪️: Hold my beer 🍺
Tsunami: sees your holding a camera
Aldo tsunami: Understandable have a great life
You're*
I don't think 20,000 people understand how intimidating 10 foot high waves are when you are:
- In a kayak
- In icy waters
- Not the cameraman
10 foot waves are intimidating when you dont know what u are doing
I went kayaking yesterday and even small waves feel crazy when you’re that low to the ocean level
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I went kayaking yesterday and even small waves feel crazy when you`re that low to the ocean level
I went kayaking yesterday and even small waves feel crazy when you're that know to the ocean level
Lol
When that third wave was approaching, I was like "Don't break. Don't break..."
I'd probably have been pissing myself in fright if it did. Hope you guys were
prepared for the possibility of getting dunked in that icewater.
Carmen Bernardo it actually broke just behind us. Both of us are good at rolling and I practice a lot of surfing with my kayak even now in winter.
@@JonasAlexanderson me I thought the glacier was the tsunami in the thumbnail
@@kurt2869 yea you know so much more than him
1:00 i thought the ice was sinking
Same, I got so confused
Same, until the wave came closer
Same because the wave was so smooth and had no crest so it looked like
luvdancingpotato wtf
That was part of the tsunami I think...
Who would have thought one seconded you are drifting in lovely calm water the next second you are fighting 3 massive waves that could take you out. They did extremely well to stay calm.
I practice a lot in high seas with kayak surf and rock hopping. ua-cam.com/video/kjbweq9se5Y/v-deo.html
Part of the fun
I was expecting a chunk to fall off and that was the “Tsunami”
Furry
Calling the furry hunting service
That’s what happened...
This won't have been uploaded if that was the case
@@pranav288 why's that
in the thumbnail I thought the glacier was the tsunami XD
Good way to get viewers 😉
deadboy600 And how should I do it then? The waves are a lot higher than shown trough the lens of a wide angle GoPro lens.
deadboy600 Thank you. That was nice. This is the only video I've put on UA-cam with any real number of viewers.
+Jonas Alexanderson- Although this video is crystal clear, and I'll concede it to be very interesting and fun to watch, this is NOT a tsunami!!! Just big glacial waves. You probably only have the number of views that you do because you falsely, (and probably not intentionally), lure people in, people like me just now, with your title! I was looking for REAL tsunami videos in this particular UA-cam search. I was expecting to see a REAL tsunami. And probably is true of most of your viewers. I don't mean to insult you, downplay your video, or cause any trouble. Just thought I'd point out that your title is misleading is all. As I said, the video is crystal clear, interesting and very enjoyable. Better even than many other Kayaking videos I've watched. I'm only suggesting that you should change the name of it as it is misleading. That said, thanks for sharing a very interesting and enjoyable video!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami
Rule #1 of facing huge ass waves, go towards them, you want to be at the point when you just float right over it.
Wish I could do stuff like this! Nice video! Happy you made it out without any injuries! Take care!
Great footage man! Such a cool experience you got to have.
Awesome nature. Talk about being in the right place at the right time with a camera. Thnx for sharing
Thanks!
Really good video actually - unfortunate that so many people voted it down. I'm surprised how far apart the crests arrive, even though you seem to be fairly close to the source. Seems counterintuitive.
Thank you. We are about 3 km from the glacier when the waves hit us. The glacier is much bigger than you think (both on this video and in real life).
A video with more ice is on the way, I'm just home from 8 days kayaking on Eastern Greenland and the movie will be out in a few weeks. Don't miss that! Amazing place with loads of icebergs.
Possibly because it is titled as such that people expect a disastrous wave, not one where both guys in video are laughing. Gutted I live in a world where a dislike counter is offensive but blatantly good is OK 👍
well they build up
First thought snow was tsunami. That was an impressive wave, also awesome view while kayaking. Thx for sharing
Thanks. Here is a small explanation of the video for all the questions I've got. ua-cam.com/video/nMdE1QQUgig/v-deo.html
There is also a video on my channel from the whole two weeks of kayaking in Alaska.
If I saw a glacier start causing big waves I’d be turning my kayak around and paddling the heck outta there!
Safe to say this video blew up because people thought the ice was the tsunami 😂
@3D Modeller lol I watched that
Same I thought that was tsunami because it looks like a tsunami xD
It amazes me how dangerous and how much of an impact glaciers have and will have on our world
Having seen glaciers in both Alaska, Norway, Sweden and Greenland and how fast they are melting I kind of despair for the future. What kind of earth are we leaving to the coming generations? It's first when you by your own eyes see how a glacier is melting you can understand how fast the change is upon us.
@@JonasAlexanderson ratio
Lol I will swim In it 😂
those look like the cleanest waves ive ever seen. I wish this was somewhere warmer lol
I want this in VR. That looks so dang fun.
Well National Geographic vr has kayaking in it
That was a near death experience. I’m glad they could laugh after.
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Well they wouldn't be laughing if it was a full death experience
@@shannonohara4688 LMFAOO
ignorance is bliss, these guy never realised how close they were to death
@@vincenthammons6705 Claro que não, em momento nenhum ele quase morreu
*People at the shore panicking*
Me and my friend having fun:
Ah yes *panicing*
8man,You have friends? xD
A Brazilian there: God I don't want to die
An Alaskan: Wooo hooooo
I was thinking oh this looks like prince william sound but probably isn’t… but then looked in the description and sure enough it is!!!! Is some of the most beautiful sights I’ve ever seen
I would one day love to put two people from every nation in Europe and North America in a room, get a bunch of beer and have a party. I absolutely love all the different accents from everywhere. This guy is hilarious!
Right
Don't forget the ganja and at least two Jamaicans
I respect your elderly thinking
How about we just build a wall?
don’t forget us kiwis and aussies
this shouldn't be so downvoted. so cool! and effectively similar to what causes real tsunamis.
Sil A it is a real tsunami but very small. Calving glaciers can cause a tsunami.
you mean disliked
Tsunami’s look small when they are first made
"Woohoo!" Well, that probably wouldn't have been the first thing out of my mouth as the third one was barreling towards me, lol. How kool, though.
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I watched the beginning more than once, still cannot see anything like parts of the glacier breaking off. The waves look like fun. They were big enough but not too big.
Keep watching 😀. ua-cam.com/video/nMdE1QQUgig/v-deo.html
That third wave scared me! I’m cold just thinking about a wave of frigid water breaking over that kayak!
1:27 thats where the Minecraft water sound came from
Such a cool video. Scary but epic. The excitement you guys showed was funny and infectious. Greetings from England, Will
Thanks! Here is a video from the whole trip ua-cam.com/video/bIuqJYrkYCw/v-deo.html
wow, die dritte Welle hätte mir aber ganz schön Angst gemacht! Tolles Video 😀 Dass da gleich so viele Wellen kommen...
"Those aren't mountains, those are waves!"
I got that reference.
GET BACK TO THE KANOE NOW!
yessssssssssss interstellar reference when they are in the Miller planet
"gET Back TO the raANGaer NOw!"
@@cobalt._.27 no shLt Sherlock
this little maneuver is gonna cost us 50 years
If you listen through headphones, I swear you can hear the dude's rapid heartbeat as the third wave approaches. XD
Looks like some sick waves!
Those are just some sick waves, my dude 🤙🏼
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1:31 THAT WAS HUGE
Edit : never expected to get 100+ likes but thank yall im famous
Yes, how he screams after the first wave: This was huge!! Not knowing that soon a wave comes that is as double as huge as the first one. :D
Shining Doggo that’s what she said 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
ian nash lmao I was gonna say that
@@ratsofatso9200 omg I was gonna say that too 😂
If that was at a beach it could have gotten 3x bigger easily
Nice to see a few of surfing's brightest in here correcting you on wave height.
IS ICE NOT TSUNAMI
Longboarding heaven out there!! 10ft bit OTT in surfing that 3rd wave was a solid 4ft set, looks beautiful
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You will be Orca food.
Damn, I was ready for one hell of a show, and it was an ice wall
Kayaking over a tsunami sounds and looks like a blast!
Everyone's comments now days start with "Who else."
Hunt for Red October Ik, it’s annoying as hell. People begging for likes are just stupid 8 year olds.
who else read this comment in 2021
who else thought the glacier was the tsunami
who else wishes they could do this too
who else who else who else
Nice
First like from Beastie Nature Expeditions UK
I would have been worried about the 3rd or 4th wave of the set. Glad they are ok.
i had an odd mixture of anxiety and satisfaction watching this
Literally all the comments:
“I thought the glacier was the tsunami”
Bro that's weird because honestly I thought the glacier was the tsunami tbh
@@qqqhost yeah bro i also thought that ice glacier was the tsunami
Yup the jerk who uploaded this did it on purpose to get clicks (you can chose thumbnails, obviously he chose that one...).
This was littirley 4 years ago
@@girlpandacindyx9335 oh, are you talking about the glacier that looks like an iceberg?
Go to Whittier and ride the wake of the ferry when it comes in. I've paddled plenty of swells from glaciers calving but none were as hairy as the ferry's deep, sharp wake. It always made me glad I practiced self-rescue each spring when the ice was off the lakes.
The two times I’ve been to Alaska we have started from Whittier and been ferried out by Lazy Otter.
We were not allowed to surf any waves on those trips but if you check it my channel I do have some surfing and rock hopping videos. In two weeks I will go to the Danish west coast for, hopefully, some real nice kayak surfing. There will no one or two videos from that as well.
Lol. "Paddle back, paddle back." "PADDLE FORWARD, PADDLE FORWARD!"
"those are not mountains. they're waves"
Interstellar 🤩
those aren't waves they're mountains.
That 3rd wave was the first time I felt in my stomach "alarmed" at a UA-cam Tsunami video since Japan 2011
I thought of you wanting to avoid the wave breaking ...
Russell
This is the best glacier tsunami video on UA-cam.
Wow that’s amazing! ☺️💕💕.
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That water looks so beautiful 🗻
The dead bodies inside it too.
Yeah, id be shitting bricks at the speed of how fast that wave approached him
I s a i c e. W a l l. N o t. A. T s u n a m i
The boys seems like they were having fun lol!
We were but it was also a bit scary as we couldn't judge the height of those waves before they were upon us.
This feels like a museum that showcase an actual tsunami
great video. love the clarity
I'm scared even when I watch. the man there says great
I am your 7.89th thousand subscriber. Congrats! 🎉 👏
Honestly, it looks scary and fun at the same time 😮
It really was. Here is a video from my whole trip in Alaska ua-cam.com/video/bIuqJYrkYCw/v-deo.html
I woulda turned around and started paddling for it
That must've been fun!
Of course, glaciers are river that is made of ice....*sings like elsa*
Mother Nature scares the hell out of me sometimes just picturing a tsunami as big as that glacier creeping so silently through the oceans an then seeing it through your window next
Ah damn I thought that big white glacier thing was the tsunami.
Still really good video.
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I’ve done this before with my kayak. Is scary for the dirt tile but man it feels fun
this is insane! Can't imagine how cool it would be to experience this
Thanks. It was a lot bigger in real life than on the video. Exhilarating is the correct word for it. Luckily I have trained some in surf with my kayak. I was one month in Alaska this time and just this was the best and most exiting moment.
I feel you there. I have quite a few videos that involve some kind of heights or sizes, but whoever watches them can't see how big or tall the things really are. Even videos with slopes, if your getting ski/snowboard footage, you can never tell how steep it really is in real life.. Cuz its much steeper than it looks, and in your case much higher than they look.. the whole situation in this video is incredible! once in a life time super cool stuff:)
ZeusRacerX, sorry this has nothing to do with this video, it's your name, my license plate on my 97 Miatareads Racr X......LOL
Dave no way!! thats awesome dude.
I wanted to do something with Speed Racer but I thought, no Racer X is way cooler.
I must say I am sorry and I thank you for sharring your experince. it seems so scarry to me im happy ypu werent hurt and a tsunami doesnt have to be big but tbat seems like it sure qualifies as big to me. 10 ft in a kayak yikes but it was great to hear your laughter. Its ojbious you know what your talking about and im happy you sharred thank you
I've clicked onto his exact video before and I still thought the glacier was the tsunami
That wave 🌊 was awesome, great Chalange 👌👍
Hery Frigan Thank you!
Me too - “I thought the glacier was the tsunami”
You know you're the cameraman when the *REAL* Tsunami was so scared that it froze between space and time.
This gave me so much calmness wrapped in anxiety.
Me every time a wave comes for some reason: ride it dude! Ride it!!!
They are lucky they were past the point of the swells breaking.
*Eu só imagino eu surfando bodysurf nessas ondas!!😃🏄🏽🏊🏼que dahora vários tubos*
Im pretty sure i saw that exact glacier on a cruise
Caraca! Muito maneiro! Incrível.
Um comentário Brasileiro
@@Vitin_do_grau01-w2y And an English reply! God UA-cam we’re genius for adding an auto-translate option to comments
Anyone who thought this wasn't a tsunami. Doesn't know anything about meteorology or geography. Cool video man
Brian Patterson Thanks
ye
Alaska seemsto have the most Tsunamis
Listening to the joy in the cameraman's voice made my day lol
*Any surfer feeling pain, cuz they didn't catched that wave*
jokubas vaitkevicius tidal waves aren’t always good to ride
You have got to be careful when huge vawes are comming toward you.
It's not waves
@@janetvisockis6515 Yes it is a wave.
“I have et on felm” 😂😂 LEGENDARY!
So lets hear your Swedish, funny guy!
I'm scared asf of waves.. I'd probably freak out in this situation.. pretty sure the GoPro made the waves way smaller than they actually are.. really nice video tho! Thanks for sharing
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I hope u guys were safe!!!!!❤️💜
0:08 ufo
o shit bro...
It's called a bird
o shit bro...
its a UFO bird😮
Xd
Ma gosh😂
1:30
This is the part everyone is waiting for.
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Nice scenic video.. thanks for sharing.
2:41 Last words in wheelhouse of the Titanic!
Dangerous waters. Cold if you fall off.
I thought every single wave going to capsize and I got scared lol
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Its just the moment when you realise that the upcomming wave is a little bit bigger then you expected it to be haha
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When you tell your mom you’re “going out to the lake”
729 dislikes...I can bet those are peoples that never paddle and came here to see “the tsunami 🌊 “. Keep going, don’t let them to discourage.
Ovidiu Kilingher thank you
The 729 dislikes are people who didn't bother to watch the video and downvoted due to the title and thumbnail. Idiots have no attention span. Lol
Imagine not expecting a wave like that damn
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The 3rd wave would’ve been scary, seeing a such a big wall of water approaching you and getting taller.