Ice Breakers Explained: What, Why and How
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Icebreakers are heroes of the icy world! But if you are wondering what their exact role is, how they work, and why some nations have put so much focus on their icebreaking capabilities, sit back and enjoy this episode of #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #longs
Music:
Fly Baby Fly - Fabien Tell
Murmansk Underground - OTE
Challenges Ahead - From Now On
What an Offer - Jerry Lacey
Your Action - Craft Case
Neighbour Prank - Jon Bjork
Clearer Views - From Now On
Deepest Woods - Marc Torch
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“Why Russia is dominating the ice braking world” hmmm is it possible that half of Russians seas and ports are normally frozen for 10 months of the year
I had the same thoughts.
Such a mystery
Russia is a frozen wasteland defrosted by vodka and leaky nuclear reactors.
@@thePronto 🤨
@Dr Disconect
First: I was fishing for bot responses (bait = 'Russia'), so thanks for biting.
Second: Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union in 1986, so thanks for splitting that hair.
Third: Chernobyl isn't the only leaking nuclear reactor in Russia (or the former Soviet Union) e.g. there are plenty of decommissioned nuclear subs with reactors still in them, afloat in Russian Navy harbors.
Fourth: by 'the area around Georgia' (which is an independent country, but not for long, right Vlad?), I guess you included the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula?
Fifth: it was a throw-away comment/joke building on the theme started by the OP, not a PhD dissertation.
Dude those clips of the first ice breaker was insane. Those people are so close it’s insane
Yeah, kids casually walking by the icebreaker!
"Safety precautions" have meant different things over time!
Safety was optional back then
@@foxtailedcritter Safety was optional. 💀💀💀
something something Group B
@@ne9835 It's Russia. Safety is a non-existent thing in Russia even today....
The combination of interesting information and humor is brilliant.
Thanks Noah! 😃
That's edutainment... Great work 👍
Nord VPN... 😂
@@NotWhatYouThink and it has none of those time consuming overdramatic camera shots.
Just informations and a bit of humor. Thank you for that.
agreed upon
Fun fact, Many of Russia's Icebreaking ships have heating systems within the bow to help with breaking thick ice. Some use steam some use coils.
Some have vodka sprayers but that's classified
That must use an absurdly impractical amount of energy.
@@Bob_Lob_Law Used to warm the hull to melt a thin layer of ice for less drag. That’s my guess, because otherwise you are right and it would also take an absurdly long time to go anywhere.
@@Bob_Lob_Law When it comes to their nuclear ships, it doesn't take a lot of power. their nuclear powered ships have enough every output to power a second ship. Breaking through ice needs a lot of power.
That sounds improbable. Certainly they have the engine as an internal heating plant so the crew doesn't freeze, but to carry a tremendous load of extra fuel to heat the bow sufficently to melt polar ice? This is done primarily by a super thick bow hull to brute force ice breakinng,
Ice breakers have also been used to rescue trapped whales.
Speaking of whales, funny how Japan is still conducting ‘research’ on them. Like they have not already discovered which ones are tasty.
Tasty? *Wait they eat that?*
Apparently, they hunt them to get the plug of earwax out of their ears because the layers of earwax tells them how old the whale is (was) just like the rings of a tree. But once they have the earwax, what else you gonna do with the carcass? Right?
Pretty sure they kills whales because whales were responsible for the nukes dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki.
They also eat dolphins.
@@Dylan-xj8tb Bro dont you know that was a Deepfake in reality the Chicken nuked em
Penguins at 3:06
"Oh god run for your dear life!"
hi mr verified
@@GamingWithBlitzThunder
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“The US Navy, or should I say, the US Coast Guard,”
*You just fucking killed them, dude.*
We'll take any form of recognition at this point
Well they are cost guard ships.
Its true tho!
CG is part of the Navy when they're needed in full military service. Nobody "killed" anybody, "Bruh"
@@jb6712 “”bruh””
o k b o o m e r
3:22 poor penguin he must have felt bad for being dumped 😂🤣
lol ikr
Him after 3:32
What is the other word for that again?
@@sothathappened8236 Don't even think about it
@@KanekiKen-by8rb oh.... Yeah I better not
I was lucky to see the polar star in action around the mcmurdo sound, Ross Island. Pretty cool watching it work from a helicopter, too! Massive amount of ice broken!
That’s pretty cool!
@@NotWhatYouThink it really was; it ran a “racetrack” pattern with another ship, eventually making the tracks meet up to form a wide channel for the supply ship to reack the ice pier at McMurdo
@@cra83 oh thats sweet. I'd love to hear more stories of your Atlantic Experiences
Was it in 2020 by chance?
you might be in my video :P
czcams.com/video/VBGHQtuYl7U/video.html
@@fuflang yeah! I was there sept 2019-oct 2020!
3:09+ Rating 10/10 Comedic value. That is the most hilarious 20 seconds I've seen in many years! 😀
Of course Russia has more Ice Breakers. They’re literally people built for breaking ice and bears.
Russia isnt that cold russian siberia is but ¾ of the russian population doesnt live there...they are building them to take control of nort pole petrol in the futur
@@xxdenicarxx8018 “russia isn’t that cold” 🗿
Don't forget vodka & accordion.
L
@@slaire7799 - this mfer wears shorts in the winter
The penguin who lost his keys "funniest thing I ever heard"
I can't still stop laughing
“Let’s break the ice” or “fog bow as swear word” joined the iglo.
Bruv it was so unfunny that you thinking it’s actually funny has me cracking tf up rn
"Why Russia is dominating the icebreaking world"
**Proceeds to talk about the 2 US Icebreaker**
Not that I complain tho
What he meant was Russia has more of them but the u.s only has 2
I want moar(!!!!) info on Russian Ice Breakers. I still can't believe they use nukes on those things, I've seen what Ice does to smaller boats too crazy. Please @notwhatyouthink!
Maybe it's coz of the availability of info, Russia likes to keep stuff secret, or maybe it's gonna be a whole another video
@@cybersentient4758 These are civilian ships, and USSR is long gone. Barely anything is secret except some engineering features and of course the nuke tech. Some googling and youtubing is enough. There are plenty of videos onboard Russian ice breakers. Polar cruise is pretty common.
@@TomE74 The first nuclear icebreaker, Lenin, was put into operation at 1959. The first surface ship to reach north pole was Arktika (also nuclear) at 1977. So it's been a long time they exist.
"Why Russia Is Dominating The Icebreaking World"...
talks about US icebreaker.... wat the heck....
Well...you're watching a Not What You Think video after all
Why am I here? Same reason as you. The topic seemed interesting.
Only for him to drag the fucking topic longer than necessary going on tangents.
got pretty personal with the penguins lol
😅
This shows how Russian are seriously concerning finding the mate between the penguin.
The penguin bit was hilarious
Thank you. interesting. I took a ride yesterday on a diesel icebreaker in the north of Russia. look in 4k czcams.com/video/1C_myVnhbQU/video.html
Actually there were at one time four Ice Breakers in the U. S. Fleet, The Coast Guard Cutters: Polar Star (pictured when stated there are only two) Polar Sea, Healy, and Mackinaw. The Polar Star, Sea, and Healy are used primarily in the Arctic and Antarctic missions while the Mackinaw is used exclusively in the Great Lakes to maintain shipping lanes. The Polar Sea had lost four of it's six Main Diesel Engines and is scheduled for decommission due to the cost of repairs.
The US Coast Guard employs more than 2 Ice Breakers, though the rest of the ice breakers are used in the Great Lakes and are not capable to be used in the Arctic.
I see some pass by fairly often
Can't wait to see what Russia comes up with for the first Icebreaker Oilship, why bother having two separate ships once the infostructure is in place
Probably because it's cheaper to have one ice breaker open the way to dozens of dedicated tankers. Like a locomotive and it's wagons.
@@moteroargentino7944 yeah I suppose once there are many rigs to load on a big roundabout created by one ship is the smarter solution
this sounds like a disaster in the makings.. Im not ignorant towards the safety procautions oil tankers have to take but I think the writing is on the wall concerning an oil tanker driving straight into a giant ice berg in a location inaccessible to ngos cleaning up the disaster
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_acting_ship
heard that some russian or other artic country's tankers with a reinforced stern could driving backward through ice (and go forward when it is thin ice & open water again)
actually it was the finns who came up with the first working ships of that kind
Canadian territory accounts for a major portion of the Arctic. They need to catch up with more ice breakers to maintain sovereignty over this territory.
Unfortunately our asshat of a PM just spent more on a pointless election than something useful like this...
Fr as a Canadian is embarrassing & disappointing
@@DanielSmith-uy3yg I'm surprised to see Canada re-elect such a person. Are you guys out of good leaders that y'all re-elected Trudeau ? :(
@@PujanPatel001 its gotta be a French-Canadian power play
@@PujanPatel001 a lot of it is owed to the way our electoral system works and the demographics of our country. The Conservative party actually got more votes but the Liberals ended up with more seats. As well much of the vote is controlled by eastern provinces and by densely populated city's. Basically rural people and the west in general get screwed... Though with him in power we are all screwed...
I'm amazed at how thin the hulls are. I figured a foot+ all around.
I was thinking 3 to 4 inch thick myself.
I would like to thank you for your videos.
Your channel is one of the most informative and humorous.
You honestly deserve more subscribers. I am recommending you to all my friends.
I would like if you could make a video about the new Greek Dassault Rafale aircrafts.
Keep up the good work!
Amazing vid, as always ! Happy to have found your channel
Russian ice breakers also have a different bow, bear the water line the bow curves inwards. This shape is supposed to break the ice on contact' and requires much less force then push the ship onto the ice and use the weight of it to break the ice.
no, it works like stopper, because most of russian icebreakers break ice on 15-20kmh, and ship basically can jump fully on ice without it
@@tsugumorihoney2288 oh. I watched a video a arctic cruise video and thats what the dude said. He must have been miss informed. Thanks for correcting me.
How has this channel reached 1 million subscribers, hint its not what you think
#shorts
Oh your channel will blow up one day, I believe in you, your videos are really entertaining and I just love them ❤️
I absolutely love the Penguin bit in this video and re-watch the bit twice usually before continuing with the video
I was literally one of the first subscriber of this channel because of his awesome and rare contents.
Seeing it excelling the number of CZcams subscribers is so heartwarming.
Kudos to the channel owners. Keep doing it 🙏🙏🥳🥳
Thanks Simon, for your support and for being with us from the early days 😊
I love this channel so much. The detail he goes into is so cool. Other channels are so short but this guy tells you all about it! Thank you mr. not what you think! thank you!
Ah man... showing pics of "Big Red 10" brings back alot of memories. Two north and two south trips on her. First time going thru the ice was weird. Never before feeling a ship shake like that riding on top of the ice. "Milling" was common. When ice would get stuck in front of the props, you'd feel a low grinding hum towards the stern of the ship.
This channel is gold.
Claim your "before an hour" award
Oh man, we'd need to buy a lot of trophies to give away!
Could we not just stick with medals for the first three comments? 😅
@@NotWhatYouThink bro i just tried this bot thing for the first time And it worked 😂😂
Thank you!
Were is my?
Wlo
3:32 Wheee!!!! oof.
Great video!!
Good information, but you did not discuss the ice breakers in the Great Lakes that are used to keep shipping commerce moving. The Coast Guard has more than two ice breakers just in the Great Lakes.
Of course Russia is dominating on ice breaker Russia is mostly ice and snow so that why russia is dominating on ice breaker they need it
Guy with a Russian accent obsessing over American nuclear aircraft carriers and how Russia wins with icebreakers.
@@thePronto dont think its Russian accent but ok
I was unaware of how thick the ice can get and the fact that they still break through 18 feet of ice is pretty crazy
This penguin bit was on point 😂
Fogbow LOL - Keep up the great videos!
This was highly informative and extremely amusing congratulations guys🐧😁👍
Actually..... the us coast guard also operates the USCGC Mackinaw, based in Michigan for breaking ice in the great lakes during the winter season. So there is more then 2 icebreakers that the US Coast guard operates.
Thanks for Write the Meters in the Corner, helps alot
To help ships crossing the north naval route from east asia to europe it's shorter than the suez canal one. but without ice breakers
You can imagine :)
What do you suppose the towing bill is when an icebreaker has to rescue you. For the email ship shown 4:03, I would guess that it would be cheaper to build a new boat.
I don't think that ship at 8:38 is Russian enough 😂😂😂
Thank you. interesting. I took a ride yesterday on a diesel icebreaker in the north of Russia. look in 4k czcams.com/video/1C_myVnhbQU/video.html
The ads was so smooth👌🏼😂
Your videos are more interesting than my classes
Served on the USGC Polar Sea WAGB11 (no decommissioned) for 4 years. We to the North Pole with the Canadians and met the Russian nuclear ice breaker Yamal there.
And suddenly I want to be sailer in these icebreakers just to see a 🐧
No, u dont
"Sailor" 😁👍
Rumor has it, that penguin is still looking for his keys, three months later.
Omg its so cool i love it
That penguin part got me laughing so hard. My stomach hurts cuz i laughed way to much
I know how they work but every time I hear it I'm disappointed they don't have a giant saw or something
Legend has it that penguin is still looking fir his keys!
5:34 "Maybe fogbow should be a swear word." 8:50 "Since the early 2000s, the United States focus has been elsewhere, and what a fogbow that was."
That's incredible writing. Early simple joke that could be throwaway that ends with a later callback/payoff. That's extremely high grade comedic writing, like TV grade writing.
Russia has cities that have frozen harbors most of the year. They need icebreakers to keep them open. The US doesn't have frozen ports.
I'm in the USCG and was stationed on the Polar Star 2 years ago. Amazing experience (there are a couple videos on my channel if you're interested). Can't wait to see our new icebreakers later in the decade and hopefully get assigned to one.
What's the barrier to entry??
Is it on par with nuclear subs in the navy??
@@dr.pastrami5272 I'm not sure what the Navy requirements are.
As for getting on a CG Icebreaker all you need to do is be eligible to serve on any other cutter and pass an overseas health screening.
I was assigned to it straight out of boot camp. I was basically trained with a secret security clearance, which is what you need to serve on any cutter in the fleet.
Spasibo for an interesting look at ice breakers! I like how witty you are with words. Fogbow; luv it!
😅👍🏼
The “whatever this is” is the way birds have “seggs”
this guy never cracked this many jokes so far, must got an ice breaker from a new girl
This is a bit misleading because the US also has an icebreaker for the Great Lakes (and a 2nd currently being built).
That's still nothing though compared to Russia
It is misleading ur block head
As a new Radioman (RM3) I would have loved to gotten assigned to either the Polar Star or Polar Sea (that the Healey replaced).
If “A” school had worked out differently, I would have gone Marine Science Technician (MST3) and tried harder to get a breaker tour.
Thank you. interesting. I took a ride yesterday on a diesel icebreaker in the north of Russia. look in 4k czcams.com/video/1C_myVnhbQU/video.html
Very impressive fleet! Cheers from America!
Nice change of pace to have someone just talk about cool technology for what it is and not bring politics or wars or anything unnecessary into it. I see too many people arguing on other videos
Soviets were evil.....u just don't care
We don’t talk about replies though… they can make anything toxic lol
@@gen2mediainc.577 "anything can be toxic"🤔🤔🤔 comfirming my point...
would be nice to learn more about the Russian ones, quite sick of the constant US focus tbh
Fogbow! Subbed just for this.
😅👍🏼
The Finnish engineer Robert Runeberg was critical to the Russian icebreaker project in the 1890s as a technology carrier between U.S. Great Lakes innovator Frank E. Kirby, Grand Duchy of Finland, and the Russian capital Sankt Peterburg. Runeberg collected all information into a book and also worked for the Russian Navy board.
Honestly I don't think until I discovered that russia can do such things! Groundbreaking to be honest!
More icebreaking than groundbreaking
Groundbreaking? U mean Icebreaking or?
Eh, ground and ice near enough
@@epRivera da-dum tish goes the ice.
Doing since 1959
Glad to know the coast guard and the Russian oil tanker worked together the usa and Russians aren't fully enemies :)
US-Russia cooperates in more areas than people think. But it doesn't come into media or politicians don't talk about it coz it's bad for vote/clicks/business etc.
@@tousifzaman9392 that's what I thinking the us and Russia may be jerks politically but when in other fields like helping others they are more of a gentle giant
The penguin part though 😂
What a fog bow that is. Classic NWYT
The Russian ones are capable of getting the job done and work with a team, despite their otherwise icy behaviour.
Some would say the crews on board are pretty chill to.....
OK I'm done.
I see what you did there, nICE!
that's very cool
Nice
russia has so many icebreakers so its easyer to talk about the us icebreakers bc they only have 2.
Its more applicable bc his audience lives in the US
i loved the penguin parts xD
Good video
Because it's Russia ! 🇷🇺
And it’s filled by vodka
@@scarletassassin523 you are right comrade
Fuel: 99% vodka
@@Alexander24871 oh yeahh
@@uncommonsimon5775 and 1% russia
Something is strange here penguins live in Antarctic (South Pole) Not in Artic (North Pole) So these US Icebreakers are in Antarctic, not where are the Russians Artic. (:
I can guess that they go to antartic only once a year to deliver good to Ross station and conduct some researches by that way, but other time they are located in northern seas, probably near Alaska.
Russia currently has 11 operational aircraft carriers in its military. This includes five Kuznetsov-class carriers, three Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov-class carriers, two Gorshkov-class carriers, and one STOBAR carrier.
Thanks for the awesome video and information,Jesus Bless
Half your viewerbase can't point out Iraq on a map, so I can see why this question would seem to need an answer 🤔
Erm, more than half I'd say
Yeah that is true. These short videos seem to attract the zombies
Why on earth would anyone even need to know where Iraq is?
@@chiarosuburekeni9325 you're right... just drop those bombs wherever... who cares right?
Haha ice go boom
Nice
This makes me want to go rewatch Casual Navigation's video on ice breakers
First, remove the other guys comment hes lying
Well, Russia's largest icebreaker has been made in Finland. So when the US wants the best icebreaker, they know who to call ...
Russi just built a new massive nuclear icebreaker? And all the othrr nuclear ones are Russian as well? Which one is bigger?
@@the_retag Taimyr and Vaigach. They are good to use as a template. Well I understand Us is an offer of multifunctional breakers .... and if you want then put one of the largest in the world.
@@exactormortis7433 arent those two the small river mouth nuclear ones?
@@the_retag nope. one of them was used for a PR trick and was used to release whales from the middle of the ice when no other icebreaker could get into the scene ... even their propeller was only partially in the water. And it’s the kind of trick these new ones can’t do either.
Russia's largest icebreaker was built in Russia(Arktika) and even bigger is already in construction(Leader class) and Finland ruined it's relations with Russia by sanctions so don't even think about it.
More than just warming up conversations lol
the fact u just brought in a penguin romeo and juliet novel between ice and the ice breaker was incredible
So Russia have 50+ icebreaker's. Yet you talk about country that got 2. 2!!!! Okey. Pathetic.
Cope
I think ice breakers are so fascinating
There are also the ice breakers in mackinaw city/ Cheboygan Michigan
5:03 honda civic owners "i need that my man"
He makes learning fun
That section on the penguins was S Tier entertainment
I always wondered how they broke ice and how thick it could break that whole penguin it had me rolling so so sooofunny what you said and the clips you used lmfao0
Penguin joke was dear so funny 😁
Fun fact. Canada has 21 icebreakers.
Plus another 8 AOPS on the way.
Congrats on 1m sub
Thanks!!
I just admire how you got so much footage of the brand new Arktika. Kudos to you for that!
I love your comedy