Me and two friends had paddled along Greenland's west coast and were there when this happened. We had tent on the other side of the cliff when the iceberg suddenly began to calve. And then everything happened quickly... In the middle of the movie you can see one of us coming up. All did well! An adventure to paddle with whales, but an adventure that ended in a rather unexpected way... Thanks to all the people who came to our rescue!

@Trouble-Clef

3 жыл бұрын

I was just going to post and ask what happened as you were there then instantly gone. I was hoping you were just in the ditch on the other side of the wave. That must have been freaky seeing that wave coming at you! I’m glad you’re both ok! Thanks for sharing.

@loonatic4529

2 жыл бұрын

I would’ve died of a heart attack seeing a wave that big coming towards me omg, this was terryfing to watch ;;;;

@cleopatra1633

5 ай бұрын

Dare devils always seem to expect to be saved and other people to risk their lives for them when they do their stupid actions.

This is, in fact, a tsunami. It's not covering the entire Pacific Ocean, but it is a real tsunami, caused by the sudden displacement of a large amount of water, as opposed to the normal waves created by wind.

@michaeldeierhoi4096

5 жыл бұрын

This tsunami occured in Greenland. The Pacific had nothing to do with this one.

@josephastier7421

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 The point being that a tsunami is created. Unlike a surface swell, a tsunami displaces the entire water column, all the way to the seabed.

@michaeldeierhoi4096

4 жыл бұрын

@@josephastier7421 Yes I take your point.

@robertcaron9181

3 жыл бұрын

Atlantic Ocean

@photoballa

3 жыл бұрын

This isn’t a tsunami just some displaced water tsunamis are more powerful

wow, such huge massive iceberg rolling. that was so impressive, must have been even scarier to watch first hand. Thanks for great vid

Gosh I'm a little worried about that tiny boat in the middle distance that seems to disappear into the trough of the wave. Hope no one was hurt by this. That berg is just immense. Hard to believe something that big is so unstable.

@derk486

3 жыл бұрын

You're safer to be on a boat far out than on short in most cases

Once I saw that wave cresting I would have turned and ran like a bat out of hell screaming like a child. I expected the tsunami to be far bigger and far more powerful when it reached the camera man. I'm very surprised it was not.

this video is one of the best glacier types, deserves far more views than 28k

@djmips

3 жыл бұрын

How about closing in on a million!

@Herbie11

7 ай бұрын

12 years later 1.2 million

Super video with a distinct lack of people wailing and screaming like banshees. So nice.

@larryslemp9698

5 жыл бұрын

Jonesey ..... Great comment my friend!!

@michaeldeierhoi4096

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody felt directly threatened. That does make a diffference. The man talking in this video has obviously seen this before and knew what to expect.

Wouldn't want to be anywhere near that thing! Thanks for showing.

Incredible, absolutely incredible!

Very cool vid. Thank you!

Lituya Bay, 1953 or 54, somewhere around there. If I remember correctly, the initial wave was over 1000 feet high! I think it may have almost been 1500 feet, or more, when the landslide happened. I can't believe the people who were in that boat at the mouth of the bay when it happened survived at all. They said that when they came to, they were up on the mountain in the trees. Insane.

@jasonharper2601

4 жыл бұрын

"The giant wave runup of 1,720 feet (524 m) at the head of the Bay and the subsequent huge wave along the main body of Lituya Bay which occurred on July 9, 1958, were caused primarily by an enormous subaerial rockfall into Gilbert Inlet at the head of Lituya Bay, triggered by dynamic earthquake ground motions along the ... 1

Gonna be in ilulissat in less than 3 weeks... Can't wait!

Wow!!! Amazing!!! My recent holiday...I love Greenland!!!

@floatingwaterlily6754

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/qHqIppKroa-bipM.html

That's not a "tsunami-like" wave. That is a tsunami. One of the largest tsunamis ever recorded occurred in a bay in Alaska in the fifties, by water displacement caused by a landslide, just like here. Anyway, amazing video!

@D3vlin

4 жыл бұрын

Lituya Bay! Been there. Fantastic reference.

@Robochop-vz3qm

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, 1700 feet incredible

FANTASTIC video.

Pretty impressive thanks for sharing!

Mexico has the same sewer system. I've seen it. Beautiful beach houses and a 4" pipe leading down the cliff and under the sand to the waves.

@donmartin9640

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I seen that too. Good thing the iceberg came in, they won't notice the pipe

That is, in fact, half a mountain range just having a stretch. Amazing video.

great to hear the iceberg and the seas and not bloody people howling and behaving like 2 year olds as in most of these videos

@stevenwillow2525

4 жыл бұрын

K yes!! Well put sir

I just spend some amazing days in Hotel Arctic, Ilulissat and I learnt to love the environment, people, but most the wild dogs. What a big contrast to Brisbane, Australian.

@WHDRWN

3 жыл бұрын

brisbane sucks

This is a Tsunami..not "Tsunami-like"... sudden displacement of water caused by landslide, undersea or any huge object..exactly as happened here caused by huge iceberg

That was amazing

Jesus that's not an iceberg, its freakin continent O_O

@stiimuli

9 жыл бұрын

Or, as Obi Wan would say it "That's no moon.....its a space station O_O"

@danelda47

5 жыл бұрын

STIMULI, Amen Brother!

@danelda47

5 жыл бұрын

@@stiimuli , Obi-wan Kenobi said that the Force "is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together."

@brandonvillatuya9539

4 жыл бұрын

Haha no kidding

@andreterrasalexandre9438

4 жыл бұрын

@@ghost500e you must be fun at parties.

The first secounds are incredible..

Fantastic!!!!!!!!

Wondering if he who was standing on the other side were filming at 2:28 ?

I know, completely mind-boggling. Could you imagine if they had video phones when it happened? What a sight that would be.

Wow, God. Pretty cool.

Good view of the rock bro thx

OK, THAT was impressive. Not often you see mountain sized things doing somersaults.

Epic!

Spectacular!!!

This is fricking terrifying :O

Nobody got hurt. But nature up there can be very dangerous. Some people from Western countries like France and Great Britain go diving underneath icebergs. No Greenlander would ever do that, and I think this illustrates exactly why!!

That's just ridiculously massive

Watching this in 2020 wondering if any of that ice still there now.

@poochie49

4 жыл бұрын

yes contrary to climate alarmists the ice is still there and will be there for many,many years to come.

@Herbie11

7 ай бұрын

Even more today. Seriously. Don't believe all that global warming nonsense.

Awesome!

They speak Greenlandic and the man speaks Danish..I love the old lady´s voice. She says something, that is close to :" Dear me!" :-)

@breadtacular No, the guy talking on the video says (in danish) that the boats which appear are the fishermen trying to save their lines.

Blue house: not even tickled.

Why do you leave us hanging with the small boat? I hate that. Awesome video nonetheless.

@BiancaSalvaje

8 жыл бұрын

The Small boats are out on the bay to save their fishing tools ,longlines ,hooks and tackles, - luckily no one drowned in first boat as seen in the start of the video , that's what he said in the comments in the video

@TehDubster

8 жыл бұрын

They actually died. The wave slammed them into the rocks, killing them instantly.

@barbmccafferty4533

8 жыл бұрын

Idiot!

@mathiasgabrielsen8061

7 жыл бұрын

TehDubster they not dead. they're fine

@mp292

5 жыл бұрын

@@BiancaSalvaje Is it safe to go out into the waves in such small boats?

damn thats crazy, its a huge wave.

Spettacolare !!!!! 😲

wow...never saw such an event...wow...

I don't understand how some cultures are so laid back that they don't put 2 and 2 together and RUN RUN RUN! THESE PEOPLE HAVE A VERY LOW UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MOTHER NATURE WORKS HER MAGIC! I'M NOT CALLING THEM STUPID OR ANYTHING CLOSE TO THAT, BUT MY LORDY, EVEN WHEN THE DIRTY WAVES ARE CRASHING AGAINST THE ROCKS AND GETTING CLOSE, CLOSER, CLOS..... OH DEAR! I WISH YOU WELL MY DEARS.

That is amazing

man this is some sort of mega tsunami incredible footage!!!

Good Work

Interesting to see what’s going on in other parts of our world. Things that don’t make the news but interesting nevertheless.

If that's what a tiny chunk of glacier can do, God knows what a meteor will mean for us all . . .

Frightening stuff!

Is this the wave that swept the campers out to sea? A tour guide mentioned this on a cruise in the fjord, I was curious if this is the footage...

P.s. Nice sewage system greenland! That ice berg touched a piece of poo and tried to shake it off

I was thinking i hope thats not a boat!

I like the sewer outfalls into the ocean.

The sewage from the blue house was running straight into the water?

I just can't belive that some people are at the sea in the same time!

@josephbrown5460

3 жыл бұрын

@ Daniela Kujundzic They might be looking to see if anybody got dragged out when the water receded. If people did, they won't last long in that cold water.

Looks like it, I was wondering that myself!

Those people in the boat😱

amazing

Don´t worry, nobody was hurt. The fishermen went out right away to save their catching equipment, but the tiny boat got away, before things went real bad..But still, SOME people die up there, every now and then because of these unstable, non-readable icebergs..and they ARE huge!! A size larger than a ten-story building isn´t uncommon.

Forget the boats, watch in full screen and see a person standing on the oposite rocks from 2:24 to 2:30

@kevincanary - i think they roll cause the top side (above the surface) becomes heavier than the base (underwater), which erodes faster.. ?! (i think)

jeepers,when mother nature wants to make a statement,she don't do it by half,scary is an underestimation.

@dylanmacaya9166

4 жыл бұрын

It's actually an understatement.

just impressive...

Terrifyingly amazing

anyone notice the man that randomly emerges from the wave ontop of the rocks to the left of the screen at 1:54? from that boat, perhaps?

I am fascinated

Oh my gosh, you know about La Palma!! If you're a guy, I think I'm in love! lol

So building houses on that waters edge was a good idea?

wowwww.....the most powerful wave

What happens to the boat? You can see it up until the 1.00 mark then it just kind of fades away and vanishes.

Good one.

Did anyone else notice the huge bridge as the camera panned over to the blue house? At 2:47 the bridge is in the top left corner.

@Moti030283

6 жыл бұрын

Just saw it... wtf? That wasn't there before.

Whoa...

My brother and I deemed it the "Sleeping Giant."

Haha I know about La Palma too :P We recently learned about it in this Environmental Hazards course that I'm taking

This was so terrifying to watch ;;;;

It was time to go as soon as the iceberg began to roll over. This is not a spectator sport folks!

Wonder why all those boats went out there right after??? Does it make it easier to fish??

@FruPetersen2011

3 жыл бұрын

They were fishermen trying to save their fishing nets.

@bethroesch2156

3 жыл бұрын

@@FruPetersen2011 thank you 👍🏻 I didn't know if an event like that maybe raised the activity of the fish. I didn't think about fishing nets. The perspective of the camera almost makes it look like the fisherman aren't that far from shore but watching it again, they're farther out than I thought. Thank you for taking the time to answer me. I learned something ✌🏻♥️

That's bad ,very bad for everyone. ! The more ice melts ,the more sea level rises, then we are all under water .

holly shit well. uff det er godt nok vildt!

Jan 6, 2020. What about the boat that was in front of the iceberg?

Imagine living where you can see icebergs float on by.

Utrolig. Og hvilken garanti har man for at ikke bølgen ble 3 ganger større? Massivt isberg der.

The idiotic cameraman panned away from that tiny boat just before the wave reached it. ARGHHHHHHHH

@defiantbro4693

7 жыл бұрын

That Tiny boat wasn't effected by it. It just drifted right over the wave long before it crested, so you didn't miss much. Plus that boat disappeared behind the first column anyways.

@orangebetsy

5 жыл бұрын

people think "I'm looking over here so i'll put the camera over here" cameras don't see like humans see...should've kept the wide shot. That said, he was in the middle of a fckn tsunami lol

@Wag2112

4 жыл бұрын

ya, I would have set the camera down and RUN LIKE HELL! :)

BUILDING HOUSES AT SEA LEVEL IS A BAD IDEA, SPECIAL IF IT HAPPENS AT NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE SLEEP,......GAME OVER! HOUSES CLOSE TO SEA, ONLY IN HIGHER GROUND.

This is not a tsunami like wave! It is a tsunami!!!!

Good view of the Greenlander's sewage system. Dump it right into the ocean.

@Chuck59ish

8 жыл бұрын

In Canada we've close to 10 billion dollars cleaning up the cities sewage sysytems, even though Montreal had to dump 10 billion liters of sewerage into the St. Lawrence River so they could expand their waste system.

@TheGodParticle

8 жыл бұрын

+Charles Damery here in the UK we recycle our logouts and turn it into compost.

@Chuck59ish

8 жыл бұрын

In Canada, the governments has spend tens of billions of dollars over the last 20 years or so to treat all the waste, then Montreal dumped around 10 billion liters of sewerage into the St. Lawrence River, go figure.

@Jax8002

7 жыл бұрын

The wave could have pressurized system. Come home to your turds watching tv.

@larryslemp9698

5 жыл бұрын

@@Chuck59ish Fuck a bunch of Canada....or at the least, that idiot 'leading' your country!! What a douchebag that guy is!!

I don't like how you filmed it but cool

Nice to see the houses sewer pipes running straight to the sea !!

Nice place to swim

What is that in the top left corner at 2:47-2:48 ? At first it looks like part of the window blinds but...

What's that the pipe to the water from the house??? There is so huge iceberg turn it over again, to push the water out of it, It is crazy.

Honest we didn’t want to see what happened to the boat!!!!

@johnskovhus

4 жыл бұрын

The cameraman told that there were 3 people in the boat and that they all survived.

Que fuerte wey!

What are those pipes? Does everyone pipe their sewage into the ocean?

@littleness2761

4 жыл бұрын

eeew, I think they do, eeeeewwww

At 2.15 you see a massive water recession. Oooo

wow ! its so.... chocolaty

Aren’t these displacement waves, not a tsunami?