Great footage. The guy who filmed this had a flash of panic when he saw how big the wave was and how fast it was travelling. He looked around and was comforted by the sight of zombie tourists who were oblivious to the danger they were in and happily taking pictures.
@@adrianaslund8605 hey buddy, things happen. And they happen fast. Do you know how many fatalities have occurred on spectators that thought "they were safe"? Idk either but it's probably alot. Have a good day Adrian asslund
Id be absolutly terrified. I don't know what it is about boats and open water but it absolutely terrifies me. Specially if i saw a chance of going in that water.....
It's crazy how close this is to a fucking catastrophe. You can literally hear the tone in their voice change from excitement to fear in a split second.
@@EternalScary No global warming is real, we only have a very short time to do something before the earth will be gone forever. The government needs around 56,000,000,000,000 for us to completely stop global warming in its tracks, with no co2 emissions the earth will become saved and go back to normal just like that. I know I may sound like a doomsday preacher, but trust me, scientist who get their salary from government grants say we need high taxes for "The Green New Deal" or else the earth is doomed
Everyone thinks this is exciting and, while it is super cool to see, I can’t help but feel slightly sad. It took thousands of years for that ice to form
You are just assuming the captain was going "nope nope nope." For all we know the captain was cheering the loudest out of everybody whilst multitasking and driving the boat away from the wave.
@@whitestguyuknow I'm a bit late, but welcome to the shitty comments of RU-vid. We have a handful of terribly overused comment formats where all you have to do is fill in the blanks, and get tons of likes for no effort at all!
Actually really cool too see how glacial valleys are created. With all that ice calving through the landscape. One day there will just be a small river at the base of the valley. Like the ones here in Wales UK. Made thousands of years ago by ice.
Calving spectating is very dangerous, notice how beautiful and fascinating it was when that big chunk of ice dropped into the water, notice how the crowd was immediately overjoyed ... then notice how the joy was tempered when they started to realize that the resulting waves could capsize their vessel -- that was about the time people started to look at life vests, and "what can I hang on to" things just in case .
+TarikProductions Yeah, if That whole side came down it could create a HUGE wave (Tsunami) .. Its happened in some bay in Alaska similar to this one. Over 1000ft wave. They would've really been panicking then.
We saw the same type thing at the Columbia Glacier outside Valdez, AK, in about 1984. Huge piece calved off, about 8 foot waves, and the boat captain faced into them also. What a ride!
Except for those who've actually experienced real life and death situations, most who've only seen imminent danger played out in movies and tv shows, will remain in spectator mode until it's almost too late.
Ice calving wikipedia: Ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier. It is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption and is normally caused by the glacier expanding.
Do you people actually think they are clapping in support of global warming, or are you trying to get a few thumbs up? I am sure they are clapping at the phenomenal sight they traveled far to see.
***** They're turning the destruction of our climate into a tourist trap, whom are clapping from the rush it gave them to see giant chunks of ice causing waves. It also incentives operators to manufacture calving events when they realise how much excitement it generates and additional tourists it pulls in, and more energy wasted on transporting them there. If holidaymakers want an adrenaline rush they should go on a roller coaster instead of becoming part of the problem.
aidanjt Let's compare the net energy outputs from a roller coaster and their boats. I mean, just to avoid becoming part of the problem as you mentioned.
***** Isn't glacier calving a natural process? As ice forms on the insides, the outsides get pushed out? I don't know too much about the climate and stuff but I remember hearing that calving always happens.
The calving of glaciers are actually extremely common (relatively speaking) regardless of whether the globe is 'warm' or not. Glaciers are constantly moving- eventually, they tend to reach a point where it becomes too warm for them to keep going. More ice forms on the other end of the glacier- thus moving this front end forward in an endless cycle of addition and subtraction
I remember going to Alaska and witnessing glacial calving. It really dumbfounds one to observe this process in person, and if you haven't done so yet I would definetly recommend this for the true appreciation of the situation.
Everyone who's talking about how this is results of global warming is pretty uneducated. This is just natural calving of glaciers. What you need to be concerned with is the lack of sea-ice annually. I'm a geography major, so if you want me to explain more I can. but just saying people calm down. You would have reacted the same way if you on that boat.
+SkateDelMar You understand that the glaciers are melting more in summer than they grow in wintertime..? Sea ice is melting in summer more than it used to do. Sea life is dealing with it.. Ice bears are losing the fight with brown bears. What is the big deal? Why are those people aboard the vessel? I think to sea the ultimate beauty of the glacier, the different colours of blue. But natural calving you can't prove. #cop21. 2 months after your comment to go back to sleep because nothing really happened 195 States made an agreement to stop global warming to less than 2 degrees C.
John Dutchman Honestly you kind lost me at that last paragraph but yeah I do know all that. Without a doubt the average global temperatures have skyrocketed in the last 50 years, and has increased from the historical trends of the global climate. But people are talking about this event shown on the video as a result of "global warming" and I'm here to say this would happen to a glacier even if there wasn't global warming. The best option prevent global warming increasing is we can get renewable sources of energy to become more plausible and abundant around the world (difficult to do btw): wind, wave, hydro, solar, geothermic, etc. And stray away from fossil fuels: gasoline, oil, coal, natural gas, even biofuels.
John Dutchman Obviously i'm not critisizing the people on the boat for ohhing and awwing over this. Why do you think I watched the video in the first place? Mother nature is a powerful, beautiful, and mysterious forced to beheld. Who wouldn't be fascinated by this?
***** Yes sort of. Not saying that global warming is entirely anthropogenic but historical trends for atmospheric GHG (green house gases) and average global temperatures have for sure increased due to human activity in with in the last century. Since the industrial revolution (when the use of combustion engines and burning of fossil fuels became more abundant in the world) the amounts of atmospheric CO2 has gone up dramatically compared to centuries before then. I wouldn't go so far as to say humans are the only thing effecting the average global temperature but without a doubt we have made an impact. Did you know that if there is no more sea ice then the climate would change globally? we would lose a process called Thermohaline Circulation which transfers ultra cold sea water around the planet affecting climate. Sea ice is affected by an increase in the average global temperature, that is a big issue.
***** Sea ice in arctic regions and antarctic regions, so more towards the poles i guess. Yeah you know those layers of thin ice that float on the top of the water? That little bit of coverage is super important. And the north pole is more at risk than the south pole. because if you think about the geography of both: North arctic region is like a body of water surrounded by land, and south antarctic region is land surrounded by a body of water. it'd take me awhile to explain why but the north's geography is more susceptible to sea ice loss than the souths geography. You can monitor the annual index if you go to National Sea Ice Data Center (NSIDC).
And this is how a series of tsunami waves can travel smoothly and quietly across the entire Pacific Ocean, making no obvious signs...until they get to shallow water, and then onto a shore. Seen here, the falling ice displaces a lot of water, and initially there's a rough, turbulent face to the wave that's created. Over a short distance, this turbulence disappears and the wave just passes without any damage.
Glacier flow moves newly formed ice through the entire length of a typical Alaskan valley glacier in 100 years or less. Based on flow rates, it takes less than 400 years for ice to transit the entire 140 + mile length of Bering Glacier, Alaska’s largest and longest glacier.
Hey@@MauriatOttolink, Intelligence can tell you some things but wisdom and common sense can reveal much more. It appears your problem lies with your deficiency in all three.
Good effort,@@MauriatOttolink. I tried to be nice and give you a chance, to show you the Truth without taking a stance, your continued replies got weaker and weaker, my only choice now is to give you my sneaker.
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You don't think the Earth has been doing this since long before we had anything to do with it? Glaciers have been calving for as long as there have been glaciers.
Unfortunately this is not so great. We are losing our glaciers at an alarming rate and they are not coming back ...any time soon. Sure it's impressive and sure it's a normal occurrence but the collapses are happening far to frequently to be good news.. Thanks for sharing this video... it happened and we got to see it.
I hope people realize this is normal, yes glaciers break and not always a good thing but there are also intense storms that bring back a lot of ice and snow. We will be fine. Earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes are normal.
Still a tsunami. What else do you think is gonna happen if something that big falls into water? By the current definition of "tsunami", cannonballing into a swimming pool can create a tsunami.
