Its incredible they almost all made it off the ice. The captain must have been a great leader to keep morale going for such a long difficult time.

@marhawkman303

Ай бұрын

This is one of those stories where early on I realize "this has exceptional detail.... someone wrote a book from first-hand experience, didn't they?" This of course leads me to suspect that a lot of time was spent writing diaries, possibly after the expedition was over.

@andp120

Ай бұрын

They had women on board 😂

@Reticulating-Splines

Ай бұрын

Considering there was a birth, technically he broke even

@marhawkman303

Ай бұрын

@@Reticulating-Splines And the baby LIVED! :D

@dylanspilak231

Ай бұрын

Bro said they broke even lol . But yeah good job by the captain for sure.

Seems like the expedition leader Otto had a good head on his shoulders. The influence of good leadership and planning has in such a desperate situation, should not be underestimated.

@fareastslav

Ай бұрын

Russians do wonders when governed by germans for whatever reason. Romanov royal family or mr. Schmidt here are good examples

@joyburton3967

Ай бұрын

I fully agree. That was an incredible feat! 🙏⚘️

@ScottMaday

21 күн бұрын

If you fail to plan you plan to fail

Only one casualty, and out of unfortunate circumstances. An amazing result for captain Otto.

@stanislavkostarnov2157

Ай бұрын

arguably, there were more casualties... not those of the ships crew, but those of civilians who would have survived had the pilots involved in the rescue been at their day jobs... you see, most of these aircrafts worked ferrying doctors to remote villages in "Siberia", and the time spent rescuing was a time in which there were people lacking medical help. of these, a number died.

@cccc285

29 күн бұрын

@@stanislavkostarnov2157was just thinking the same thing but we also can’t assume there was any medical events going on either. It’s only assumed but they also wouldn’t fly the doctors and supplies out if they didn’t need it. I don’t think there was significant casualties at all though.

@stanislavkostarnov2157

29 күн бұрын

@@cccc285 we have actual statistics, I believe it was something like 35 permanent injuries *(we are talking amputations due to infection where limbs could originally be saved) and I think it was 3 or 4 deaths... it was a while back I might be off with the numbers... (there was a paper on it presented by Diletant-Media a while back, if you read in Russian)

@DinnerForkTongue

21 күн бұрын

​@@stanislavkostarnov2157 Maybe, but I'm talking numbers, not speculations.

We so often hear of the British expedition of The Terror and The Erebus. Which ended in abject failure, not to mention misery. I had never heard of the Chelyuskin so this was a real treat. Not least because of the fact that women and children were on the ship but also the heroic rescue and fantastic leadership by Otto Schmidt. Thanks for this.

@donnydodo

Ай бұрын

It’s interesting how it can go either way. On Auckland island south of NZ there were 2 simultaneous shipwrecks. One went Lord of the fly’s the other held it together.

@Insomnizaks_Stories

23 күн бұрын

@@donnydodoI’d love to read about that do you know the names of the ships?

@fifthbeatle

23 күн бұрын

@@donnydodoI’d like to know the names of the ships too :) Thanks

@ryuunosuk3

20 күн бұрын

It doesn't make sense to me why they brough civilians in this trip, though, shouldn't it be just military personel?

@krashd

20 күн бұрын

@@ryuunosuk3 Why would a cargo ship be crewed by the military?

I’m amazed that it turned out so well for them. That’s rare in these stories

@yakacm

Ай бұрын

Definitely.

@satarou7286

Ай бұрын

For real

@aiden9142

Ай бұрын

was honestly expecting something awful.

@POLARTTYRTM

Ай бұрын

Nice black metal pfp. What band is it?

@tim.martin

Ай бұрын

What's up with spoilers appearing while I watch the start of the video. Fullscreen mode is mandatory I guess.

Just got off graveyard shift and now I have something to watch before bed. Thanks!

@ckksdiydesigns8808

Ай бұрын

Same😅

@TheNuckinFoob

Ай бұрын

I miss the graveyard shift. No people, easy commute, it was great.

@trj1442

Ай бұрын

Me too.

@tankace7605

Ай бұрын

You went from graveyard shift to graveyard ship. Now I feel bad for making that joke, damm

@MatthewCarter-oq8oo

Ай бұрын

Same here buddy.

These folks did so damn well. I never hear these types of stories where people make almost all of the correct decisions

@nobody-iw3ey

Ай бұрын

It’s evidence of slavs being white fr.

@Charely1925

5 күн бұрын

It's like a horror movie where they see one person mess up and everyone learns from it.

Despite the dire situation and the hardships the crew had to endure, it was really refreshing to hear a story about a stranded ship where the survivors didn’t immediately give in to savagery and violence…

Try to imagine the feeling you have hearing the sound of an approaching airplane engine sitting on a melting icesheet for 8 months without a ship. In the first place it is incredible they were able to locate the expedition so precisely after so many months on shifting ice in the middle of an ocean, without GPS.

@KuK137

Ай бұрын

Why incredible? Marking your position on a dry land (and ice is far more like dry land than moving ship) is easy with navigational instruments, and the ship surely had multiple officers who had to pass rigorous exams in their use and knew how to find out location well...

@E3ECO

Ай бұрын

It sounded more like they were on the ice sheet for about 3 months (Feb-Apr). The 8 months is the entire trip (Aug to Apr).

@KnightsWithoutATable

Ай бұрын

@@KuK137 The radio helps a lot as well. Using a second receiver, you can locate a radio transmitter very precisely just by using a map and the two directions to the transmitter. After that you can guide the plane to that location from the ground using the plane's radio and the same two ground stations just as easily. The advantage that GPS gives you is that you just need a receiver to know where you are, so you don't give away your presence or position, which is a huge deal in warfare and very economical for civilian use.

I lived in Kotzebue, Alaska (on the Chukchi Sea) for a few years. It was -55 degrees F the day that I landed there. Despite that I fell in love with the place. I miss it every day.

@mariawhite7337

Ай бұрын

I want to move north, right now I live in Utah and despite adoring the sand we don't always get much snow.

@loganstroganoff1284

Ай бұрын

​@@mariawhite7337I don't like sand. Its coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere.

@clintoruss153

Ай бұрын

Was it unbelievably cold, share some anecdotes pls

@mariawhite7337

Ай бұрын

@@clintoruss153 Dude I think MINUS FIFTY FIVE DEGRESS Farenheight counts as 'mother freaking cold'

@admwadenx

Ай бұрын

@@mariawhite7337 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is the first of these stories Ive heard where people are actually competent and didnt devolve into canibalism or somebody turning into a tiny dictator

Third trimester is a wonderful time for an arctic voyage

@elizabethcampbell9888

19 күн бұрын

Inuits,Lapplanders and Siberians give birth in or near the Arctic everyday!!

@MrGoesBoom

12 күн бұрын

Right? What was she thinking?

@helmaschine1885

2 күн бұрын

She was probably forced along with a husband. It was a trade route. Perhaps he had a new job somewhere new? After the first birth it also becomes less of an ordeal for many women, do perhaps a bit of hubris as well.

That Otto sounded like an outstanding leader. Epic beard on top of it.

okay ngl that ice cracking sound and effect at the end of the intro was awesome

@TYKZY.BRANX._TEEK.SEE.BRANCH.

Ай бұрын

i CONCUR [NOT YELLiNG, JUZT LiKE TYPiNG iN CAPZ]

First reaction: Oh boy, new video, nice! Second reaction: technically I just cheered about the fact that now I'll be able to hear another tale about human suffering

@Vicus_of_Utrecht

Ай бұрын

I have morbid curiosity. I have watched thousands of people die on camera. Two just yesterday, both inhaling air duster.

@davetremaine9688

Ай бұрын

@@Vicus_of_Utrecht I think you belong on 4chan if that's your bag, man.

@alexmartin3143

Ай бұрын

Maybe they all survive… 🤞🏼

@marhawkman303

Ай бұрын

@@alexmartin3143 yeah this is one of those where early into the story I guessed they'd have many survivors just from the intensely detailed story.

@MrShanester117

Ай бұрын

You cheer about KZread videos

While it makes total sense it's still wild seeing on the map what looks like blue ocean but there was an entire camp there, cos it was mostly just vast expanses of frozen ice. The maps showing the different locations just made those thoughts even more jarring, it's insane to think how much of the northern waters and the Arctic Sea in general are just covered by such thick layers of ice that it's safe to set up camp on it. Wild. Great video as always!

@KuK137

Ай бұрын

Are? We're quickly moving the word to 'were' with CO2. You don't even need reinforced ships now in summer, soon you will be able to travel the passage 8-9 months a year...

@marhawkman303

Ай бұрын

@@KuK137 yeah, but what was it like in 1700?> :D

@Visiopod

Ай бұрын

@@KuK137 Not so fast, rising CO2 levels won't just mean thin ice and happy sailing days. Yeah, the ice will be thinner, but the weather will also be way more unpredictable, violent and dangerous. I can take my own nation of Denmark as an example of this, despite Denmark lying quite a bit further south than these seas. Denmark is almost entirely surrounded by water, with the only exception being the southern end of Jutland, which is connected to mainland Europe. Jutland is, however, the only peninsula of Denmark. Everything else is islands upon islands and all of Denmarks weather, including Jutland, is entirely governed by the ocean currents and the location of the jet stream. Last year we had the wettest year ever recorded, since recording the weather began in 1874, including a storm surge that flooded large parts of Denmark, left entire vacation home areas under so much water that it reached the roofs of the buildings and even flooded cities and turned them into temporary versions of a Scandinavian Venice. This year we got the wettest april ever, after getting a whole months rain in just 4 days and next week we can expect cold days and nights with frost and ice, despite entering the latter half of April, which normally means warmer weather. We've also had quite a few spring storms, which neither normally occurs and as I'm writing this it's raining once again and it's quite likely that we'll smash last years record as the wettest year ever recorded. And Denmark still lies hundreds of kilometers below the Barents Sea. It will be much, much worse up there and it doesn't matter that the ice gets thinner, when it won't get so thin that ships can't be crushed in unexpected storms. The more the arctic ice melts, the more unpredictable, violent and dangerous the weather becomes.

@mattmatt6572

15 күн бұрын

Global warming lol... it's not happening!

Stories of human victories over strife will always be appreciated more than others.

@premiumaccount4166

22 күн бұрын

No

Oh nice my suggestion worked, glad you decided to do it, thanks! Was my favourite story from encyclopedia when I was small.

@horrourstories

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion! I love researching this. Such an amazing story.

@mamulju

Ай бұрын

@@horrourstoriesthe work you did on this episode is amazing! huge props to you (and the rest of the team of course!)

@depressedTrent

Ай бұрын

There's also book from one of expedition member, Aleksandr Mironov (but no clue if ever published in other languages but russian and czech).

Thank you for pronouncing Moscow correctly. Cossack is pronounce cos-sak rather than koh-sak for any future reference. You put a lot of work into pronouncing difficult languages well, which is definitely appreciated

@local_authority

Ай бұрын

Who cares we all have different tongues

@jetblackjoy

Ай бұрын

​​​​​​@@local_authority Russia, Moscow and Cossack are just English translations of Rossiya, Moskva and kazak, so yeah, we also don't call England Anglia when speaking English. However, many consider foreigners struggling with quite simple words a bit funny :)

@am1d

24 күн бұрын

Koh Sak is a small island off the coast of mainland Thailand😂

@10Axle01

5 күн бұрын

​@local_authority profound 🤯

Never give up. 8 months on the ship / ice, and they nearly all survived

A harrowing adventure well told. After watching several stories in which there are many fatalities, I felt relief when I learned that all but one person was successfully rescued.

I had never even considered that the ice could literally expand and crush a boat.. THIS RECOVERY IS SO COOL. Only 1 death???????? HOLY HECK.

Wow this story is incredible. I can't believe I've never heard of this before. I was so relieved to hear that even the newborn made it! Imagine being in that environment and giving birth on a ship in the Arctic Circle. Giving birth wouldn't even be the scariest part, then you have to keep a newborn alive while stranded in the frozen Arctic. The captain, Otto, must have been quite a formidable and level-headed commander.

Please make a video of the 20th century Arctic expedition ship Karluk, commandeered by Icelandic anthropologist Vihljarmur Stefansson, wherein the ship got stuck in Arctic ice off the coast of northern Alaska, and the sole survivors included an Inuit seamstress called Ada Blackjack who led the rescue of the remaining survivors and nursed em all back to health.

Whenever I hear of Russian ice breakers I think of that story about the whales trapped in Alaska. It was a Russian ice breaker that was able to finish the job of breaking the ice from the sea to where the volunteers had to stop due to the thick ice.

This incident highlighted the harsh realities of Arctic navigation, where even well-planned voyages could end dramatically, underlining the importance of improved icebreaking technology and more accurate ice forecasting for future endeavors in such extreme environments.

"Oh yeah, let's take some babies on a dangerous trip through arctic ice. Whatever might go wrong?"

@premiumaccount4166

22 күн бұрын

Breeders don’t think

@rudrakshsharma2832

20 күн бұрын

What does that even mean?​@@premiumaccount4166

@juliajs1752

17 күн бұрын

@@premiumaccount4166 People who use hateful terms don't think, either.

@wesldf

7 күн бұрын

It's hard to understand, but sometimes people don't have a choice, it's real life.

@ladimira2363

4 күн бұрын

Well nothing went wrong with or because of the baby.

I love Chuck Cheese! Their pizza is really underrated.

Спасибо!! Great job on this one, and well done with pronunciation of russian names and titles.

I love this one. A harrowing tale with all but one surviving is incredible.

I've never said it before, but I'm a special fan of how you tell these stories. You have great pitch inflection, which keeps these stories from sounding flat, but your voice is also relaxing.

All things considered, this was one of the happier endings of the stories told in this channel (r.i.p to the quartermaster)

The map made it look like there was a random canal through that island between the Barents Sea and the Kara Sea. But when I looked it up, nope, it's a natural waterway zigzagging all the way through and it has several neighbors that go deep into the island but not all the way.

I'm not real thrilled with events going on in and around Russia these days, but I do have admit I find their language and some of their history fascinating.

@jetblackjoy

Ай бұрын

Many of us aren't thrilled either, believe me

A lady went on the expedition pregnant. Jesus…

I used to live in Adak. The southern part of this video by far. The Bering strait has some of the worse weather in the fucking world. This story is crazy. In FALL? Into WINTER? WOW.

Nome is same town where Balto and Togo led the famous dog-sled mission to deliver Diphtheria medication

This seems to be the story where it looked to be it could be another "and they all died" but turns out one with least deaths over all and per person.

this feels like a frostpunk campaign

@LD-Orbs

29 күн бұрын

Good thinking!

Really enjoyed this one. This one was a lot more inspiring and less sad than a lot of the others. Also I know it was such a small part but damn, the women aboard were badass. "Don't send me, send someone weaker and less useful!!!" I'm sure every single person there wanted to get out of there and for them to be told "Hey, you can get out of here, no questions asked and in relative comfort" and they're like "nah, we want to do what's best for the group!" Also nice that it seems like morale was generally really good, so everyone stayed civilized and didnt devolve into wild beasts like some of the other stories

@danidavis7912

Ай бұрын

Right? That was pretty cool.

Wow. It's amazing how much preparation and professionalism (and a little luck) kept almost everyone alive.

I want to give a shout out to the true unsung heroes: The sled dogs.

Makes me want to cheer - what stories! Thank you so much for sharing these!

This was an awesome story. Out of all the stories from history that I’ve read, the ones where sailors get trapped in Arctic ice are some of the most insane. I imagine that being trapped out in the middle of the ocean with nothing but white as far as you can see would be one of the most horrible fates you could go through.

Along a similar theme, the story of the ww2 plane "glacier girl", might be an interesting story to cover. It was a p38 lighting doing reconnaissance in cold weather, crashed, buried in 100ft of ice and recovered years later. I got to see it fly for the first time in the early 2000s

@thurayya8905

Ай бұрын

Someone actually renovated it to the point it would fly again? Amazing!

@Playername_Blue

Ай бұрын

@thurayya8905 yeah to the best I can remember it took quite a while, between locating, excavation, and fixing all the deteriorated parts. Pretty neat stuff

Wait, why were there so many people on the ship? Especially a pregnant woman?!

@timastrom9449

13 күн бұрын

Soviet ideas of equality I suppose. Not so different from USA today…

Everybody:"We are Fucked, we will die"**mourn. Russia: "So, how can we enjoy this?"

@MonTube2006

29 күн бұрын

Schmidt

@briantarigan7685

12 күн бұрын

@@MonTube2006 he still a soviet citizen and the rest of the crew is soviet

what a crazy story. glad everyone survived this one. except the quartermaster...rip

Saw this and was like, is this a rammstein video, then read the caption. Very similar picture but different ships. This was a fascinating video. Arctice exploration is always fascinating to me.

@Sisterwifi

Ай бұрын

Lol, I can see it now

You've made such a unique intro that I only have to hear the very first TONE to recognize who I'm watching. That's impressive

@MonTube2006

29 күн бұрын

Are you a genuine woman

@meatmeatmeatmeatmeatmeatmeatme

4 күн бұрын

@@MonTube2006 why are you asking?

I’m from Zimbabwe I listen to your videos when I’m scaring lions away from my village 🫡

@yochanan770

Ай бұрын

😮

@fareastslav

Ай бұрын

No you don’t.

@darksu6947

Ай бұрын

​@@fareastslavYes he does. I was the lion and he scared the crap out of me.

"He asked for help but they told him they had their own problems". Sounds like my country.

@ElSenorAbe

Ай бұрын

Sounds like my job

@darksu6947

Ай бұрын

Sounds like my life

Congrats on the one million, really deserve it with all the effort you've put in since day one!

A rare episode where just about everyone survived. The same can't be said for those poor souls on the Franklin expedition. Even now, no one knows the fate of the men who left their ships and attempted to find help heading south.

I can't get over how they were able to survive for 8 months 😮 sure made tough people back then 👍

Should do a video about the Great Lakes Ship wrecks. They have lost hundreds of ships and thousands of people have died in the lakes. There are some definite good stories out of those wrecks too. Good and bad

I literally have to play these scary interesting videos to fall asleep now. Something about the creepy but calmness of it just puts me down, i usually make it thru 2 whole ones but by the third im for sure out. Love learning thru this guys videos 😊

Now that's what I call a successful coordinated rescue. Probably the last time America and Russia would ever work in coordination... sigh

Imagine being one of the kids born on that ship; must be crazy to tell people.

This is so amazing! Thank you for covering this!

This really exemplified what a difference good leadership makes. Otto seemed to be very intelligent and as well prepared as possible for this situation, Im pretty sure that with other/worse leaders the loss of lives would’ve been a lot higher

@Cier433

2 күн бұрын

Not only the leadership but the capacity of the staff, it is clear that it was a well-prepared expedition with people trained in several areas who managed to keep the situation under control.

The sun had set for the final time is a ridiculously terrifying thing to hear

There's been about 15 people, if my research is correct, that have died in space. I'd love to hear you cover their stories. Or similar one's

Never realized that there is a Barents Sea close to the Arctic just like a Bering Sea. Of course there's no chance of any miscommunication having ever happened because of that...

8 months stuck in satans freezer and only 1 person died not gonna lie thats impressive

Thanks for the Sunday episode. Take care, keep safe.

despite the very terrifying topic of being stranded in the artic/crushed by a glacier, this story has kinda a feel good tone. its nice to see when humanity works together

i was today years old when i learned that SS stands for Steam Ship xD

You need to research and do a video of the USS Jeannette wreck. Such a fascinating story that even includes the last islands that had a wolly mammoth population. Seriously look it up. Do it. Your viewers will love it

I'll be honest. When a new "scary interesting" video drops, I kick everyone out of my house for 30 minutes. 😂

Every time I learn how much countries and people were willing to search for the NW passage, I wonder why they even kept trying. If the only way you find to get there is routinely covered in ice that it’s easy to get stuck in, it’s hard to imagine that it would ever be that much faster to be worth the risk

Imagine waving off a rescue that's 31 miles away in favor of trying to wait out the polar winter in a "semi-icebreaker" ship not suited to anything it's about to be subjected to. A lot of these disasters are reached by baffling ill-logic ;D

@user-ys7bv6ug6k

Ай бұрын

Hubris

@Werevampiwolf

Ай бұрын

Honestly, although some tragedies are just complete freak accidents, most of them are caused (or got as bad as they did) for a reason that can be summed up as "someone made a horrible decision"

@stonefox2546

Ай бұрын

31 miles of shifting pack ice, when the rescue ship is itself having trouble with the ice. I can understand the expedition leader telling them to stop trying and risking their own lives. There's no sense in making more rescuees.

@natrixnatrix

Ай бұрын

That was not ill-logic. Since they could not make that walk in a day there is no way for them to know how long it would take or if they could even make it. It's entirely possible that they would have walked for a whole day only to wake up the next morning further from the rescue ship than when they started. And all this time the rescue ship would risk getting completely stuck too.

@Cier433

2 күн бұрын

I don't think you have the knowledge to question Otto decision more so with the evidence that despite everything there was only one more death due to bad luck than as a result of a bad decision.

Most stories of this type don't end as well... I'm amazed the crew found a way to thrive in those conditions.

That was one of your best episodes yet man. And that is saying something. Blow away that it turned out so well.

Another shipwreck story in the artic did not go in the way i expected. Even if it was the 1930s and technology was better by that time standard, i was surprised that practically everyone survived. Thats impressive resilience in such weather conditions

@billpetersen298

Ай бұрын

Meanwhile, the native people swung by, to check on them.

@grigoryalexandrovitchpecho6934

Ай бұрын

😊 k😊

congrats on 1 million!!! i love your videos and i’m so glad you’re getting the recognition you deserve!

Big fan, here!! I like to listen to these while doing my mundane house chores. The creepy ambient audio tracks and sound effects always add so much ("Blood Kiss", I think it's called?? is my favorite)! (I did notice the new animation during the intro sequence though; that was a cool touch!) Keep 'em comin'!! ❤👍

The 10 people that put thumbs down on this video are jealous youtube creators 😂

Sunday Scary Interesting is like Saturday Morning Cartoons for me. I know someday I'll look back and be nostalgic for this feeling. Thanks ❤

I really enjoy these videos that you do in the early modern period 16th to 19th century

People were tough back then!

I’m probably late, but happy 1Million dude!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 You deserve it and I can’t wait to see you grow even more!❤

Wow i thought for sure they were doomed! Great work rescue!

What an amazing story. Those pilots flying rudimentary planes and using basic navigational aids and knowing the risk to their own safety, but they still pulled it off. True heroes, one and all.

Imagine flying an open canopy plane across Siberia. F that!

Alone and well equipped- that sounds like heaven !!! As long as the ship doesn’t leak or run out of … anything

Another great video from "Scary Interesting". Absolutely love this site.

Finally a story where everyone doesn't die lol. Awesome channel!!

Weirdly enough, I listen to these videos while going to sleep

Great historic rescue. Good information. Thank you.

Dope vids! Production quality just goes up up up!

I was looking for a video to listen to while I start cleaning, absolutely perfect timing and I got so excited!!! You're one of my favorites here on KZread, thank you so much for working hard!💕

@Aloysius-ow3tk

Ай бұрын

Same

I'm happy for the (99%) good ending. Everyone involved really was a hero for the ability to survive in such a painstaking situation. Also cool that the US helped as well. I hope we can reach that level of cooperation again

the team is doing amazing - editing looks sick! great works and thank you guys

Globe was the warmest in recent history during the 1930's, that's why they were able to use the northern passage for trade then, but not now while the globe is significantly cooler.

I have watched every single video you have posted and the video quality just keeps getting better and better. Keep up the great work!

you always have amazing stories and photos

You can check out the lost Brusilov expedition. It was a Russian hunting expedition that got stuck in pack ice in 1913 and drifted north. Half of the crew decided to leave the vessel and walk to land, of those (and everyone else left on the ship) only two have returned. Their journey is well documented in a diary of mr. Albanov and was published as a book.

Your the man !!!! Love seeing that i missed one of ur newer videos 😊❤

I just gotta say this year your are in Rareform. Great topics I've never heard of and the information is shown in such a cool and exciting way w/ great editing.