What's it like in the coldest place on Earth; Vostok station in Antarctica;

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I had an opportunity to spend a full year at the Vostok a Russian research base on the high Antarctic plateau. That video was shot some short time before my departure from that awesome place. I have in plans to make some more videos from the short ones that I used to film there. Hope you like it!)
Filmed on January 4th 2020 at Vostok.
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@Laukal100 2 года назад

Pretty good content. It is sad knowing that RU-vid plataform doesn't put those educational videos in the trends.

@meloney 2 года назад

Sad indeed, but mostly because it's not what most ppl watch :x

@andblom88 2 года назад

You tired of cat videos? :D

@Avesh_Khatri 2 года назад

it's not youtube who decide this, it is decided through which videos is most viewed by viewers.

@MS-pk8zo 7 месяцев назад

4200m elevation is insane, on top of being extremely cold it's also hard to breathe

@Space_and_Polar 7 месяцев назад

That was quite an experience. The exact altitude was 3488m amsl, but the fact that in polar regions the atmosphere is relatively thin made the altitude equivalent there about 4200m

@christophmessner6450 4 месяца назад

You could really see and hear how the brain is working a bit slower with less oxygen!

@MindTheHeart Год назад

Thank you for sharing about your work on the coldest place on earth. Me and my son (10 y.o.) are always fascinated by the work and the discoveries that you all are making there.

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Thank you for such kind words!)

@user-bi3cn2oo9d 3 года назад

Thank you very much for all the videos you've published, I really enjoyed watching them!))

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

I'm glad you liked the content) Thanks!)

@muchacho19886 2 года назад

Great video, thank you :) I've just received a limited wristwatch from Vostok commemorating Vostok Antarctic station and I decided to learn more about the station itself. So here I am.

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Great)

@christophmessner6450 3 года назад

Thank for this nice, informative presentation! Gives a very authentic impression!

@Space_and_Polar 3 года назад

Thank you!))

@bobcosb21 3 года назад

Your so lucky to get to work there! It must be so beautiful and peaceful.

@Space_and_Polar 3 года назад

Yeah, it was great there!

@hankjwimbleton342 2 года назад

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@freeman7079 2 года назад

@@hankjwimbleton342 sad that something like a grammatical error in a pointless internet comment annoys you so bad…..

@hankjwimbleton342 2 года назад

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@emmat8591 3 года назад

Интересное видео, спасибо! Keep going :)

@slickstersf 2 года назад

What an awesome job you have.

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Thanks)

@Tabascoth 3 года назад

Thanks for this video, I am looking forward to your updates. It is difficult to find out information about this fascinating place.

@Space_and_Polar 3 года назад

I have more stuff on my instagram account. Just browse for nikolay_osetskiy)

@Tabascoth 3 года назад

@@Space_and_Polar Thanks for your reply! I will check it out.

@MrTkamine1 Год назад

Amazing video thanks for posting ¡

@Space_and_Polar 11 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@alanlight7740 2 года назад

Love to see some footage from Восток. Thanks! It's doesn't surprise me that the outside looks a lot like Pole....

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Thank you!))

@D413373R 16 часов назад

I have had the Vostok station temperature on the homepage of my phone (on a wiget) for years now and it allways amazes me how cold it can get. I also have Death valley (one of the hottest places on earth) on the same wiget. Allways fun to see the extreeme temps the planet can reach

@Space_and_Polar 5 часов назад

Sounds nice!) Our planet is quite diverse)

@weatherboi 2 года назад

Thank you comrad.

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Anytime comrad)

@rolandcanacolo6870 2 года назад

good stuff Nico I was there January 2019 a flight from Novo I was the flight Engineer With Kenn Borek Air resupply and crew change I almost passed out just trying to help refuel I think it was -46 C the pressure altitude is way high like you said 4200 meters

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Have you been to Progress or your way to Vostok was straight from Novo? Btw Kenn Borek Air are great guys!))

@hp8121 3 года назад

Coldest Place on Earth

@samusaran13372 Год назад

Thank you so much. Very informative. I chuckled when you said the weather was amazing haha. Everything is relative I guess.

@Space_and_Polar 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!

@samusaran13372 11 месяцев назад

@@Space_and_Polar Keep us posted on things! I subscribed. By the way. don't worry about your English/accent, I understood every word perfectly

@pawanambercreationssingrau6551 2 года назад

Hello I am from INDIA ... Your video and information is really useful

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Thank you!))

@golfgrabu 2 года назад

Just by the sound of the snow heard when he's walking, everyone who's used to cold climates (I live north of Montréal in the province of Québec, Canada so yeah I know what I'm talking about) will tell you that the temperature of this day is anywhere between -30 Celsius and -40 Celsius.

@Space_and_Polar 2 года назад

The temperature at that day was -31C) You are quite correct)

@StickyKeys187 Год назад

Quebecois ehh?

@golfgrabu Год назад

@@StickyKeys187 oui tabarnak!

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

I'd love it to be))

@yunassaxer7119 2 года назад

great!

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Thanks)

@Lea_Kaderova 2 года назад

Currently there is mass construction activity on Vostok station. Corpus of new station is under construction. New Vostok will have dimensions 200 x 120 meters.

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

I was there when the construction site for the new station module was being prepared)

@retkvi 4 месяца назад

Priviet, just found out about this fantastic channel of yours :) Defenitelly add some more content if you have some left. It must have been really tough medical wise and mentally, beeing so far away from the near hospital and everything that comes with it. Its the coldes place on eart, at least they say, but I heard that this place is not the coldest, coldest inhabited for sure but places northeast from your location or on antarctic could be even colder, from satelite measurements it shows temperatures on the surface around -100 celsius.

@Space_and_Polar 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the comment! You can consider this whole region of Central Antarctic Plateau as the coldest on Earth and that would not be incorrect) Also keep in mind that there's a difference between meteorological site temperature and windchill)

@christianb9565 2 года назад

I’d really like to know how old the ice is and what the atmospheric composition of our planet was at the very bottom layer of the ice

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Well I think I'll make a new video specifically about that. Ancient Ice and features of atmosphere of ages long passed.

@Orcallo. 2 года назад

Wonderful video. Can you post one from the station, or around the station? Thank you!

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Sure! I got some more stuff)

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Hm... I have to think...😁

@strangert1718 2 года назад

I really wish to go there. Wow. What a beauty!!

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Antarctica is awesome!)

@aadilshaikh3157 3 года назад

You are dare devil keep it up 😘

@Space_and_Polar 2 года назад

Thanks)) Great to hear such words!))

@russoksk 5 месяцев назад

Oh my god, the true coldest on earth ❤

@Space_and_Polar 5 месяцев назад

That's a great location)

@chandansarker9765 Год назад

nice!!!

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Thanks) I got some more content that I would post from time to time)

@lexistenceestailleurs 2 года назад

Wow

@Space_and_Polar 8 месяцев назад

🇦🇶

@MaizaGatti Год назад

Muito interessante!

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Estou muito feliz que você gostou!

@aadilshaikh3157 3 года назад

What was the temperature there in vostok station when you visit

@Space_and_Polar 2 года назад

I've spent a full year there, our warmest tempeature was -30C and the coldest was -82,1C, at the day of my arrival there, on February 7th 2019 the temperature was like -45C)

@ariariman9420 3 года назад

Good job 👍🙏

@Space_and_Polar 3 года назад

Thank you!

@zambotv8150 2 года назад

@@Space_and_Polar Absolutely fascinating stuff, are you still there?

@Space_and_Polar 2 года назад

@@zambotv8150, my shift ended a year ago) I'm home now)

@zambotv8150 2 года назад

@@Space_and_Polar Wow man I wish I had found you last year, those uploads are fascinating, what is it you did down there?

@Space_and_Polar 2 года назад

@@zambotv8150, I was a staff anesthesiologist there. Besides medical role my goal there was carrying out a scientific program if biomedical field.

@fredpohl3283 Год назад

I worked in Antarctica for 28 months (two winters) which was great.

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Indeed! My emotions are the same!)

@FloridaMan786 Год назад

28 months is 2 winters?

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

The guy means two polar winters. Polar winter is about 14 months. That's because if you're there for a winter you can't get out any time you want because the logistics stops during winter months. When I've been at Vostok we were fully on our own from February to October as no plane or vehicle could come due to temperatures way lower than -50C (the minimum for our mission was -82,1C in June 2019). Things are slightly less extreme on the shoreline but stormy sea and continuous winds up to 40 m/s can deny any logistics.

@anul6801 4 месяца назад

Did you see the ice wall?

@Space_and_Polar 4 месяца назад

That's tip-top secret) 😅😬😆

@user-ns4tw8xj2z 9 месяцев назад

보기만해도 추운데 대단하다

@user-yn7sb1ej8v 2 года назад

❤

@Space_and_Polar 11 месяцев назад

Thanks)

@ilya0073 Год назад

Доброго времени суток! Не переношу высоту -1,5 километра вверх и у меня кровь сразу из носа от перепада давления, работать не мог на высоте, но со временем акклиматизировался, кровь стала идти меньше)

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Будьте осторожны))

@StarMaverick 2 года назад

Can you make a video explaining living in Antarctica?

@Space_and_Polar 2 года назад

I have lots of videos to upload) So if people would show interest I'd be glad to make some new videos with comments)

@GoodVideos4 Год назад

There's also a video please of a tour of Vostok station.

@aadilshaikh3157 3 года назад

Which month is this I want you to travel in December, January month

@Space_and_Polar 3 года назад

I've spent a full year at Vostok station; from February 2019 to February 2020)

@HOTSHOTGAMING-eb3ds Год назад

Reminds me of THE THING

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Quite the same setting)

@HOTSHOTGAMING-eb3ds Год назад

@@Space_and_Polar thank you for replying sir 🫣❣️

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

No problem)

@bishalbarman3525 8 месяцев назад

From India 😮

@Space_and_Polar 8 месяцев назад

From Antarctica)

@borey123xx9 2 года назад

whats the coldest its ever been and whats the highest wind speed ever?

@SuperiorNo1 2 года назад

The Legendary Vostok Antarctica 😁 Official -89c Unofficial -93c More Recently 😈

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

The lowest temperature was -89.2C and the highest wind speed was around 25m/s

@gabrielfestini 2 года назад

Dude, I am wondering, wouldn't liquids on your body freeze there? Like your eyelashes or when you breeze, inside your mouth? ❄

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

I had frost on my eyelashes after some time outside. Breating without mask or scarf could cause some discomfort)

@malcolmabram2957 5 месяцев назад

This place has more sunshine than Ibiza. Where are the holiday makers?

@Space_and_Polar 5 месяцев назад

Actually we needed holidays and some special days there to show time is still moving. Much like on a submarine.

@jellycoding 2 года назад

I would love to go there on vacation. Someone just have to turn off the machine that sounds ...please!

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Turning off the diesel engine on the power plant would result in freezing of the station... So that's not an option...)

@boxerdiesel 5 месяцев назад

Solo ghiaccio? Ci sarà un posto con vulcanesimo secondario che possa rendere possibile la vita alla stregua di una oasi nel deserto?

@Space_and_Polar 5 месяцев назад

At Vostok there only 3,5 km thick ice underneath the station. The closest rocks are on the shore 1403 km away.

@TheWorldWonderz Год назад

Hey can I use some of your footage in my video?

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Sure, just mention me as the author of the used video)

@TheWorldWonderz Год назад

@@Space_and_Polar okay! Thanks !

@roachtoasties 3 года назад

I would die at that altitude/cold/low humidity, etc.

@Space_and_Polar 2 года назад

Frankly that was quite challenging)

@Xwen-GX Месяц назад

If it makes you feel better I have Vostok station on my weather list

@Space_and_Polar Месяц назад

Nice

@birkisi-by8vs 7 месяцев назад

What kind of work do you do at Vostok Station?

@Space_and_Polar 7 месяцев назад

Mainly research in human physiology. Other guys also conducted meteorological and magnetic field monitoring.

@birkisi-by8vs 7 месяцев назад

@@Space_and_Polar Why are you doing it in Antarctica? you can do it elsewhere

@robertle3038 2 года назад

Are there pyramids in Antarctica? We all want to know.

@Space_and_Polar 2 года назад

I have not seen any. Neither on the shoreline nor on our way the the central part🇦🇶

@Vovkq 3 года назад

С починомъ!

@Space_and_Polar 3 года назад

Ооо, благодарствую!)

@Jay_Mac1775 2 года назад

I want to go to Vostok or mirny and see a kharkivkhanka

@sodinc 2 года назад

what is it?

@Space_and_Polar 2 года назад

I have a video of one of the types of Kharkovchanka on my channel)

@binuboruah3590 Год назад

Secured and concealed SAM here

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

😁

@ramnath6589 3 года назад

Temp?

@Space_and_Polar 3 года назад

It was around -30C)

@jfchadwick11 3 года назад

Lovely warm Antarctic summer's day.

@rufo3 2 года назад

-30 C or -32 is North Pole's temperature on Winter hahahahaha and without sunlight

@AveGuy1 5 месяцев назад

Does anyone ever work there during the really cold months?

@Space_and_Polar 5 месяцев назад

Yes, the station is habitable and fully operational throughout the whole year. I have spent there 363 days during the expedition of 2019-2020.

@ngc7006 22 дня назад

Bye😊🇮🇹

@thomask.3954 2 года назад

Russians find something under ice there in Vostok?

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Subglacial lake of the same name)

@Loadeh 2 года назад

ya lublu tebya.

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

Really?)

@PsRohrbaugh 2 года назад

I don't mind if you don't want to discuss politics, but I was curious of your thoughts regarding Russia and global warming. Some people have claimed that Russia is in a unique position with it's northern latitudes and will be hurt much less by climate change than other countries - and may even benefit due to the increasing trade on the Arctic Ocean. I am curious if this idea had any merit.

@Space_and_Polar 7 месяцев назад

I think that idea of yours makes sense.

@goodgame3374 2 года назад

Russians must be the only nationality present in Antartica that says, "this is not so cold, what's all the fuss? Come over to our station for a bbq"

@alanlight7740 2 года назад

It's really more about the individual than the nationality, though they tend to have ancestors from places in the far north. I knew a guy at South Pole who would walk around in just a t-shirt and an open jacket when it was around -30C to -40. He was from Louisiana. Some people just run hotter than others, and some of them are downright uncomfortable at temperatures warmer than 10C. Mitochondria play a role.

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

I guess that's more about individual features than nationality as the previous answer quite logically mentioned)

@SuperiorNo1 2 года назад

How is Atmospheric pressure 4200m at Vostok and yet 3400m above Sea? 😈

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

That's due to the fact that it's polar region and the atmosphere is slightly thinner there and the extreme cold that affects the gas composition of air. Combination of that gives the eqivalent of pressure at 4100-4200m at the actual altitude of 3488m)

@FayeClegg 8 месяцев назад

He had to climb an 800ft ice wall from sea level just to get on top of the Antarctic Plateau

@SuperiorNo1 2 года назад

The Legendary Vostok Antarctica 🇦🇶 😁 Official -89c Unofficial -93c More Recently 😈

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

And windchill over -100)

@valveroot8683 2 года назад

At first you said that the ice would never melt there, and then yoy said that global warming is real. Did you come to this conclusion by comparing temperatures or how?

@Space_and_Polar Год назад

That conclusion comes from analizing the gas composition of atmosphere during the freezing of the ice by investigating the ice cores.