SAWYER GLACIER CALVING TURNS DANGEROUS [HD]
Sawyer Glacier in Tracy Arm, Alaska calving nearly ends up deadly from flying ice and debris striking the boat. A few of the spectators sustained injuries from being hit with the flying ice. The incredible video. August, 2011
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glacier: i'm gonna do something interesting cameraman: lemme point the camera at everything except the glacier
@craigpennington1251
2 жыл бұрын
Too busy crapping his pants.
@abc369
2 жыл бұрын
He is thinking about you.
@richardberger5482
2 жыл бұрын
LOL. good one.
Put some ice on it.
@dbcopper10
6 жыл бұрын
That is literally the funniest comment I've seen on youtube in 5 years
@JordoGarcia
6 жыл бұрын
Robert Bacjand I agree, this comment is under appreciated.
@notinterested3618
5 жыл бұрын
You're The Man
@mandatethis8024
5 жыл бұрын
Sometimes you say something so funny you cant believe it came out of your own mouth......... for me ... it would have kinda been like that.....
@Big.G5137
5 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Never use zoom when you are filming a glacier!
@Talk2WandaVision
2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU
@nooki1102
2 жыл бұрын
Never use it period
@User0000000000000004
2 жыл бұрын
@@nooki1102 Exactly
@skylario
2 жыл бұрын
This man gets a D- just for being there.
@MrChappy39
Жыл бұрын
Should stick to audio only...now that would be sensational.
Breathtaking camerawork! The shot of those sneakers, especially, nearly knocked me out of my chair.
@phapnui
3 жыл бұрын
Too much for me, I had to avert my eyes.
@hortondlfn1994
3 жыл бұрын
@@phapnui ROFL!
@chriss619
2 жыл бұрын
wish they had put an age limit on the video because i had kids in the room and i really dident want them to see those sneakers
@hortondlfn1994
2 жыл бұрын
@@chriss619 LOL!
@strezz23
2 жыл бұрын
The zooming in on the winter coats was a nice touch also.😏
Humans: We want to see something 8( Glacier: hold my Ice woman
Always that one lady screaming like it's the end of the world, then afterwords keeps repeating "we're ok, we're ok, it's ok-we're ok"
@libidooverdrive
10 жыл бұрын
Glad you were there to witness that exact lady screaming then saying OK. And also if her half- second scream is an reaction to the End of the world, then she's about the bravest soul to have ever lived. putz.
@CmpMean
10 жыл бұрын
michael romine Lol, she was the only one freaking out, couldn't you hear it? Are you deaf? She screamed all she could, doesn't matter how long it lasted.
@tape131
10 жыл бұрын
CmpMean the reason the lady was screaming is because one of the flying pieces of ice hit her, it completely shattered her right femur, you'd be screaming too big guy
@thehipinmyear
10 жыл бұрын
CmpMean Yeah, but have you ever had one of your femurs digging into your femoral artery and saphenous nerve? ...Not to mention the rest of the muscles in your thigh that could potentially be receiving one helluva jab from the many shattered fragments of your hypothetically destroyed femur.. like the vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, sartorius and adductor longus.
@CmpMean
10 жыл бұрын
***** All I know is that this situation was nothing at all lol. No injuries from that.
I was looking forward to the massive wave. A true videographer would have taken an ice shard to the eye, an arrow to the knee and kept the cam on the action.
@123TauruZ321
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, an arrow to the knee. From a glacier. Probably ice indians.
@random_eskimo_in_the_rockies
5 жыл бұрын
Alaska. Ice Eskimo.
@CoolDaddy777
5 жыл бұрын
Yup,, when I shoot lightening photography,, the storm may be approaching but as long as I get those lightening shots I keep shooting. My famous last words.. I like to shoot the storms but they still scare me... I now have remote control so I can shoot from my car.. but you still have to get out every once in a while to check focus..
@axelgs11
5 жыл бұрын
lmbo👍
@phapnui
4 жыл бұрын
Damn straight.
It's all fun & games until someone has projectile ice shards sticking outta their head & chest from a calving glacier 🤷🏾♂️🙆🏽♂️😂🤣
@ronaldshank7589
3 жыл бұрын
Well...they shouldn't have gotten so close! Remember the old saying:"Stupid is as stupid does"? That saying applies here!
@sitka49
2 жыл бұрын
But what souvenir.
does anyone on youtube know how to hold a camera?
@MrAndrewCardwell
9 жыл бұрын
Apparently not
@stefaniedeveci455
6 жыл бұрын
billfromwi yes, indeed!!!😬
@johanvanlamoen3312
5 жыл бұрын
fresky74 .
@Brenda0312F
5 жыл бұрын
billfromwi I’m just glad people share their awesome, amazing and sometimes horrifying and scary life experiences. I enjoy watching a lot of it.
@senorhace4746
5 жыл бұрын
@@fresky74 dumbass
In every video, everyone films the floor once the action gets good.
@PianoMan-hx3ev
2 жыл бұрын
Doesn’t that just floor you when they do that? Lol!
Damn, I wanted to see the wave!
I was waiting for the tsunami to hit
I was just watching another glacier calving clip and I was imagining how amazing it would be to experience something like that firsthand. The feel of the brisk, cold air. Staring in wonderment at nature's might and majesty. Then I started thinking about how large some of those calvings could be and that the water is basically death if you have to go in it. "Nahhh, I'll just watch youtube videos of other people going there instead." *clicks on this clip* "Good idea."
@warlocklivesmatter609
8 жыл бұрын
lol same
I love how they went from "Ahh, Ohhhh!" to "Ouch, ohhh..." in only a few seconds and a damn lot of ice.
amazing video of shoes, backs of heads and the deck of the boat.
I have to say I can't think of any thing more interesting in KZread videos during an exciting event than the camera on peoples feet, so exhilarating.
They retaliated by blasting the glacier with a massive plume of black smoke. TAKE THAT NATURE!!
@phaelin
9 жыл бұрын
***** Don't blame poor DullardGuy. He's probably one of those Americans that still think the word 'gay' is an insult.
@phaelin
9 жыл бұрын
***** You're totally right. Not seeing the word 'gay' as an insult is a very big issue. I'll have to work on that. I fail to understand how it makes me racist though.
@iSkyShotz
9 жыл бұрын
phaelin Well just look closer "He's probably one of those Americans..."
@phaelin
9 жыл бұрын
iSkyShotz True, but unfortunately that's true. So far almost everyone I've seen scream 'gay' when they disagree with someone is from the US. I have no clue why. But you do have a point. I should've said 'people'.
@deletedwaffles
8 жыл бұрын
+phaelin Flinging insult with insult. Great.
Don't you love it when you get 5 seconds of action and 1 minute and 20 seconds of dizziness.
@Puschit1
2 жыл бұрын
Like most modern western action movies with too much shaky cam
Yah hoho, wooot, wow, omgosh, oooooh, SCREAMS of terror.
Woulda been awesome if someone had caught this on camera.
@majorwedgie8166
Жыл бұрын
That was cold.
Lol, that shriek at 0:49 is so stereotypical horror movies.
@sebastianvalenpala6117
5 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahaha😂
I just love when mother nature takes her revenge on the masses.
@jamesmcgrath1467
8 жыл бұрын
mhmm
@mrPauljacob
8 жыл бұрын
fuck yes
@bigbeasley23able
8 жыл бұрын
mrPauljacob hahaha! I just watched it again. That blood curdling scream of sheer terror was awesome as shit! Oh so happy and within mere seconds it becomes a question of survival. Cheers homie!
@mrPauljacob
8 жыл бұрын
+Brad Beasley lol hell yeah bud.. cheers indeed I'm about to get drunk
@Regularone77
8 жыл бұрын
+Brad Beasley you're a freak
Awesome video. Thanks for uploading.
Great camera work. You should win an Oscar for Cinematography...
Great video of the backs of parkas and everyone's feet.
@thomaswiman3804
3 жыл бұрын
🤣😂
You like to have some ice in your drinks? ... One moment please!
Thank you uploader.
All these videos of glaciers calving frustrates me so much. Its always laughter even though its pretty obvious that a huge collapse can create a large wave and debris of ice can come flying.
Its an art form to recording nature like this. You HAVE to keep focus on the event in front of you when you're freaking out. Not your feet. Once the ice fell, we saw nothing. It was over at that point.
Here's a bunch of people paying for a trip into an environment they only know from Disney Channel or maybe Discovery Channel. When they see the massive ice-chunk fall into the water they still think it's TV, "We're good" :))...until they realize it's no longer TV.
Man, totally made me want some hot coffee... at 2 in the morning! Who need The Day After Tomorrow when we've got videos like THESE???
It’s funny when someone says don’t freak out knowing that’s their attempt at keeping themselves from freaking out 😂
The skipper of the vessel is totally irresponsible for taking people in so close, very lucky it wasn't worse for the passengers.
Death is not far and waiting anxiously,,on those trips. All laughing and cheering, till mother nature shows you who is in charge. Lucky boat.
@PeacefulPeteable
5 жыл бұрын
@TheLuigifan8881 I don't think that's what they meant. Just simply that we must always be aware of our surroundings while visiting and viewing the more dangerous events she has to offer. That's the beauty of it! Our little blue rock. Our home. It supports us as we hurtle through space at 67,000 mph around our very own star. We get everything we need from it. And in seconds it can turn from routine to life and death to take everything away. Never take nature for granted and never take life for granted. Always be prepared.
Everybody gangster until the glacier throw his snowballs
What I learned from calvin glacier videos on YT. 1. The algorithm wants to tell me something 2. Never approach too close to a glacier 3. If you see disintegrating ice - go the hell outa there!
I wonder if at some point someone doesn't say to themselves, "Maybe all these smaller slides are indicative of a larger event..." Not judging just saying.
@Ujuani68
3 жыл бұрын
They don't! They are just dumb tourists. 🤷♂️🤣🤦♂️
I just love flatlanders in the wild! And what happened to the tour boats captains thought process Um, let me see, did being there turn dangerous? Or, um, WAS IT ALLREADY DANGEROUS and you entered the danger zone.While we are on this subject, did you hear about the tourist at Yosemite, suggested that the park should train the (wild) bears to 'perform' for the tourists!!!
"I'm gonna film something who don't move instead of taking a picture of it." "OH NO IT'S MOVING LET'S FILM SOMETHING ELSE"
AGAIN!? Every fucking time I choose a glacier video you tube bring me here...this is the fourth time i see this video
I would love to have seen that wave! That is so immense that it's hard to put into perspective but it must have been a rush. Just think of the energy involved, a piece/pieces of that glacier hit the boat... and fast.
Well done captain! You went from hero to zero in a split second 🤙🏼 top job.
Awesome Video!!
Makes you appreciate professional photography
Как страшно и красиво одновременно . Дух захватывает . Жаль только что ледники тают и ето очень плохо для всей земли .
Thank you to the Caucasian race for making this video possible. Glad no one was hurt
here i am again, watching the same video, hoping its a new glacier calving vid. Damn you youtube loops !
Great video. Especially its latter part.
Go Mother Nature!
@Greenterror
7 жыл бұрын
🌬💨🌬💨🌬💨🌬💨🌬💨🌬💨
super sad... water levels gently rising,soon we'll see how many will be celebrating the results
@jaddy540
6 жыл бұрын
As the floating ice melts,air escapes and water levels FALL.
@elpaso--west7354
5 жыл бұрын
party pooper
@duanebollig5743
5 жыл бұрын
It’s called calving
Why did they stop laughing when ice hit the boat? It's when I started laughing...
@phapnui
4 жыл бұрын
Well, you didn't get a shard of ice jammed in your eyeball....
The woman’s scream was the best of the video!! Like she fell into to freezing cold water 😂
@phapnui
4 жыл бұрын
Frozen water fell on her.
This video had such huge potential but when the good stuff was happening he just got all over the place. Everything was ok, he should have kept filming.
Just put some ice.
I love how at the end they're like "everyone get in here". I'm like bruh, it's too late now, glacier ain't falling no more, you're fine outside
Calving events can easily get to be ten times that size. Meaning, the skipper of that boat could easily have lost the boat and all souls on board, getting that close. Meaning, there's one born every minute.
@zuzufitz
4 жыл бұрын
Which makes the skipper an idiot, not a sucker. The quote is, "There's a sucker born every minute".
I want to make a song about KZread comments. It has to capture the essence of the vile cesspool of scum and hatred that is the KZread comments. The blatant ignorance, the intentional aggravation, the naive assumptions and blind arrogance. Man would that be a song. I dont want you guys to change, I dont want you to get a life. I just want to bank off the utter idiocy that I get entertained by on a daily basis.
@aegeanblue2378
9 жыл бұрын
I agree my friend...it would be an epic song...start composing it
@PINGPONGROCKSBRAH
9 жыл бұрын
reddit.com/r/youtubecomments is the place you're looking for
@jamiegoodman2091
3 жыл бұрын
@Bear7 Bear7 Umm, I'm pretty sure OP was joking...
Why the fuck are you recording them jackets worn by them people on the boat?!!
The ice caps are melting and these people are cheering. Glacier's way of saying fuck off.
Damn, that wall fell outward and didn't slide down, that's insane. Those smaller ice chunks were flying fast!!!
Poor lady probably screams everytime she sees a glass of ice water, now! Just damaged...
@zindi1138
9 жыл бұрын
Shad Jennings dont pop a paper bag behind her
Should be renamed "Ameriican Whales get hit by flying ice"
@ButtersTheGreat1
9 жыл бұрын
Says the guy named after an American made character
@tiamat2009yt
9 жыл бұрын
Dumb twat... tiamat is from Mesopotamian Religion... lmao... dumb yank
@ButtersTheGreat1
9 жыл бұрын
tiamat2009yt I'm sure that is what you are named after as well.
@ImDirtyDan73
5 жыл бұрын
@TheLuigifan8881 awesome. I love how idiots like him half a decade ago can make fun of americans but if we make fun of his people were racist
To the person who posted this cool footage, you cant say its deadly if no one died
@murdechoc
9 жыл бұрын
Patrick Dowling so you can't read a fuckin description correctly ? "nearly ends up deadly"
They went from happy to scared for there life in a split second lol
Thankfully, the glacier survived without injury
Its all fun and games until someone's chest is caved in by a large boulder of ice :D
1:01 the reason why we won't see this show again 30 or 40 years from now...
I wonder how fast those chunks of ice were moving. It’s like nature heaping a bunch of iced shrapnel at you.
Darwinism at its finest.
Love the huge cloud of engine smoke that's helps global warming to melt the icebergs even faster ....
The companies that run these little boat excursions should know better than to get too close.
It amazes me how many people continue to watch as chunks of ice are flying towards their faces !
@johnnie3Chords
2 жыл бұрын
5 months since I made this comment , and not a single LIKE for my comment , I'm assuming nobody can see my comment ?🤔🤣
Boooring.... Needs more vampires.
@ahriman935
10 жыл бұрын
And dragons
@mikebythesea45
6 жыл бұрын
or cowbell
wow that ice was really moving when it hit the boat
I don't think they expected the impact that they got
The only thing that hit the captain harder than the ice was the litigation.
GREAT FILMING!
What was the black smoke in the background after it calved?
I'm coming back next year to get photos from even closer... Something for my family to remember me by...
I love that girl laughing @ :40 ! Soo knowledgeable.
Im watching very much movie of these thing at the moment. But this one, ohoho, this one is deffinatly the biggest of all time!
So if you get smacked in the face with a big chunk of flying ice, what do you put on it to try and slow the swelling?
That water looks like it's another level of cold. Is a closer view of some ancient, beautiful ice really worth it?
i love how it goes from, "oh my god. oh ha ho WOW! that's incredib- " then you hear the lady screm AHHHHHHHH!
"don't freak out ". ,ha ha, classic as a piece of ice the size of a football field falls next to the boat
That exhaust from the boat is really helping the situation. Drop in the bucket I guess...
Nature in 3D you can feel it!
What time of year was this? What month is the best time to see calving?
It's all fun and games until a chunk of ice hits you on the fucking head!
I only wish this video wasn`t zoomed. so you could acually see distance from which ice cubes are flying
Getting too close to a calving glacier is like putting a penny in an electrical outlet. You only do it once, and hope you survive the first time doing it...
I was about to make a joke then realized this is a major oh shit moment.
What boat was this or what place where you going out of for the tour they where aweful close when I worked up there we never got that close to glaciers just for this reason they can be deadly.
"We are going to need a bigger boat", could be a good line.
"It slit the guy's calf, get a blanket"...! Holy shit, ICE MISSILS!
When did this happen? We were just there on August 3rd.
Wow I totally saw that coming the minute the first one fell.
The guy's creepy laugh cracks me up. "Huh, huh, huh, OH MY GOD!!!"
@whimsygrove9971
3 жыл бұрын
Oh shit, how did my Uncle Gary get there?
Look at that beautiful blue ice! Well, it's nice until it hits you in the face...
They laughed at first, not realizing the force and trajectory of that splash. Mother nature's got Perfect aim.