This Is Why You Can’t Go To Antarctica

"Antarctica... Come for the cold... stay because you're frozen solid." (Antarctica Chamber Of Commerce)

Man, I want to hear the account of the first guy to see a glacier bleeding. "Uhh... Captain? I think we should go back. NOW."

I always thought I couldn't go to Antarctica because I don't own a North Face jacket.

Reasons why you can't go Antarctica: A) you will freeze your balls off and die B) You will disturb the penguins that are hunting for neutrinos.

I actually have a 10 year plan im working on to go to antarctica. No joke: I'm a chef, saving up money and actively working towards moving to new zealand. Become a citizen there and then apply to become a chef at the antartica reseach base. Its been a dream I've had for quite some time now

Amundsen did what most British explorers failed to do. He read the log books of every failed Polar (North Pole) expedition and learned every possible lesson as to why they failed. He noticed that in many cases the Inuit and other Native people of the North were able to rescue sailors when that number was small so he went out and studied the harness type for dog sleigh from the Natives of Greenland and Canada using what he though were the best of each design and he learned how to live in the North as they did including how to build igloos. He learned to travel light as British explorers would lug around with them heavy dishes and cutlery which was exhausting work. He had a ship designed called the Fram which had a strong hull that would pop up above the ice if it formed around it instead of being crushed and on his way to the pole he left cashes of seal meat to feed the crew on its return trip. So while Shackleton had a ship called Nimrod, Scott acted like one with his poor planning.

Richard E. Byrd went there several times between 1928 - 1956. Yet, not a single word about his expeditions.

If Antarctica has been covered in ice for 15 million years, then how did the Piri reis map that depicts the shoreline so accurately come to be?

Shackleton and crew were stranded on the ice for over 16 months. The ship was trapped for nine(9) months before it was crushed by the pack ice. It was six months later that they landed a boat on Elephant Island, where the crew awaited rescue while Shackleton and his boat could reach South Georgia island and arrange to rescue the entire crew.The final rescue from Elephant Island was over two years after the expedition left England.

Shackleton: I'm recruiting some Dogs for another Antarctic expedition. Dogs: 👀

Just a fun fact:Today is Sunday, June 23rd 2024 and on this day in 1961, the Antarctic Treaty was enacted.

Antarctica lore is so tasty High jump, blood falls, ancient pyramids, hollow earth it’s all way better than most lore people make nowadays

"For scientific discovery, give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel, give me Amundsen; but when you are in a hopeless situation, when you are seeing no way out, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton." - Sir Raymond Priestley

A Norwegian flag wasn't the only thing that Scott found at the South Pole. He also found a handwritten note from Amundsen, addressed to him, asking him to inform the Norwegian king of Amundsen's success at beating the British to the South Pole... apparently because Amundsen had other things to do before returning to Europe

I went to Antarctica on the MS Roald Amundsen! One of my favorite fun facts is that ice core samples from Antarctica were used to help prove that leaded gas was poisoning the entire planet. Jonathan, a glaciologist on board, was part of the British Antarctic Survey team that drilled some of those core samples in the 1970s. If you want to know more, look up Clair Patterson.

An Aphex Twin and a black metal joke in the same video? Highly approve.

"Deep Lake" - named by the same linguistic equilibrists that gave us The Rocky Mountains, The Big Blue River and The Great Sandy Desert.

I thought the reason I couldn't go was because I was broke as fudge, but thank you for bringing even more reasons to my attention.

A moment of silence for Robert Falcon Scott………/falcon scream.

The hawk sound every time you said "Falcon" killed me😂