What's Hidden Under the Ice of Antarctica?

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Komentáře • 4,3K

  • @buttaman34
    @buttaman34 Před 24 dny +1901

    The fact that Antarctica was part of Australia means i dont want to discover whatever is living down there

  • @scorpx3790
    @scorpx3790 Před 24 dny +3757

    Remember captains, when crossing the Drake passage, keep your families away

  • @Didymus20X6
    @Didymus20X6 Před 19 dny +103

    1. A ruined city full of Shoggoths.
    2. A flying saucer with a shape-shifting alien.
    3. A land of full of living dinosaurs and cavemen.

    • @UselessKnowbody
      @UselessKnowbody Před 3 dny +12

      4. The ancient Zohar stargate known as Worlds Edge Temple connecting with 390 other planets. I wonder if the Empire of Light still exists.

    • @padraig-bobotia-maria5176
      @padraig-bobotia-maria5176 Před dnem +2

      @@UselessKnowbody is that not in hyrule under the north pole?

    • @fleetstreet11
      @fleetstreet11 Před dnem

      @@padraig-bobotia-maria5176 also known as Hyperborea

    • @BG1435q
      @BG1435q Před 19 hodinami +2

      you got it right, but we are not cavemen. we have internet here now! trump visited couple of months ago. he is a great leader. he strangled one of the dinosaurs that has been terrorizing our village for decades with his bare hands. thank you sir! come back any time!

  • @sleepymanager3190
    @sleepymanager3190 Před 12 dny +174

    This channel has single handedly made me 10x more interesting in conversations.

    • @user-oe6uq7pc8o
      @user-oe6uq7pc8o Před 4 dny +12

      Now, go listen CNN so you can balance yourself to -10x 😂

    • @wordzmyth
      @wordzmyth Před 3 dny +1

      That is a great compliment, also a nice conversational skill

  • @FNLNFNLN
    @FNLNFNLN Před 24 dny +826

    Oil? Sounds like Antarctica needs some freedom.

    • @haidara77
      @haidara77 Před 24 dny +15

      lol

    • @edlevani7424
      @edlevani7424 Před 24 dny +15

      I was looking for this

    • @Litron6
      @Litron6 Před 24 dny

      get ready for the great antartica oil war in 2048

    • @Tilvent
      @Tilvent Před 24 dny +76

      WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER

    • @masada2828
      @masada2828 Před 24 dny +19

      @@Tilvent- 1000 metres or 3281 ft.

  • @calliesummers1943
    @calliesummers1943 Před 24 dny +433

    So nice to get a RLL video that's not 99% scary/sad/frustrating lol. I hugely appreciate the modern conflicts videos, and they're a solid part of why I'm generally able to feel informed about what's driving world affairs. But I do also miss the days of the videos about quirky geography trivia.

    • @tanner6035
      @tanner6035 Před 22 dny +10

      Agreed

    • @lam7499
      @lam7499 Před 22 dny +10

      I honestly prefer the fun/quirky kind of content. Hope we see more!

    • @zeffmalchazeen3429
      @zeffmalchazeen3429 Před 22 dny +9

      @@lam7499 this was his content way back pre covid times and the reason I subbed

    • @scrappydoo7887
      @scrappydoo7887 Před 19 dny +1

      If only he could actually pronounce words

    • @Mofuwu
      @Mofuwu Před 7 dny +2

      Well not for you, I'm Argentinian I'm scared sh*tless of what's in store for in the next 20 years

  • @focalized
    @focalized Před 6 dny +38

    Under the ice are millions of single socks, car keys and guitar picks.

    • @CrystalM
      @CrystalM Před 12 hodinami +2

      And remotes and forks... I'm pretty sure Antartica is where all my home's silverware is going... smdh

    • @fwdsmatter1117
      @fwdsmatter1117 Před 3 hodinami +1

      and millions of 10 mm sockets and wrenches

    • @philtorrez4198
      @philtorrez4198 Před hodinou

      Lighters, lots and lots of lighters.

  • @MysteriousSpace88
    @MysteriousSpace88 Před 20 dny +100

    Antarctica is not only a reservoir of important resources but also a scientific research area with great discovery potential. What lurks beneath the ice could include unexplored ecosystems, valuable minerals, and even traces of ancient life.

  • @Meitary
    @Meitary Před 23 dny +558

    We weren't born too late to explore Earth after all.

    • @logic.and.reasoning
      @logic.and.reasoning Před 23 dny +37

      I feel like that would have been the best thing in human history.... not knowing, and going to find out. Awesome

    • @oahts5906
      @oahts5906 Před 21 dnem +5

      Turns out, I love you

    • @FireJach
      @FireJach Před 21 dnem +11

      i hate this. you can still visit many places on earth for the first time IN YOUR LIFE. that's why tourism exists and is a big market

    • @Settiis
      @Settiis Před 21 dnem +8

      There’s still so much to discover. The amazon, the ocean, antarctica and sahara, and probably many more things that don’t even come to mind.

    • @raymondtonns2521
      @raymondtonns2521 Před 21 dnem +8

      it is forbidden for individuals to go to Antartica

  • @redlady222
    @redlady222 Před 21 dnem +246

    Great. Unknown, Subaquatic, arctic spiders. Only a matter of time before that becomes an exotic pet.

    • @jfpOne23
      @jfpOne23 Před 4 dny +3

      I'll take 10 in assorted colors.

    • @UselessKnowbody
      @UselessKnowbody Před 3 dny +6

      Don't forget super GIANT underground Ants! It isn't called Ant-Arctica for nothing. One day the queen will emerge to take over the world!

  • @JoeBlowUK
    @JoeBlowUK Před 7 dny +68

    I'd like to live in Antarctica. The fact that it would be extremely difficult for people to get to visit me sounds like the perfect place for me to be.

    • @therealuncleowen2588
      @therealuncleowen2588 Před 5 dny +21

      You probably are too young to realize this, and I can tell you are joking, but the truth is, the only thing worse than getting visited often by annoying relatives, is not getting visited at all.

    • @FoolishPrince
      @FoolishPrince Před 16 hodinami +1

      The vast isolation wouldn't be to discourage visitors from seeing me, as I never had visitors; but rather to further dissuade myself from leaving.
      🃏

    • @WhiteHawk77
      @WhiteHawk77 Před 9 hodinami

      @@therealuncleowen2588and yet I’m nearly fifty and feel that way more than ever.

    • @BeanieDoggerson
      @BeanieDoggerson Před 6 hodinami

      @@therealuncleowen2588People are horrible, stop pushing you opinion like it fact

    • @MissesWitch
      @MissesWitch Před 13 minutami

      me too haha ^ ^

  • @joelhungerford8388
    @joelhungerford8388 Před 19 dny +52

    5:20 you forgot to take into consideration the amount of land that would rise due to the height of the ice sheets being removed. This lifted would also cause even more volcanic activity creating even more Antarctic landmass
    Edit: weight.

  • @Jermaine2099
    @Jermaine2099 Před 24 dny +2024

    Nobody:
    RealLifeLore:
    *V A S T*
    *M A S S I V E*

  • @bungalo50
    @bungalo50 Před 24 dny +1201

    8:30 You probably meant Arthropods instead. Anthropod has *disturbing* implications

  • @mangogo44
    @mangogo44 Před 19 dny +8

    "Most people alive today don't have a solid grasp". We drew Antarctica's map with heights and ice shelfs as a school homework when I was like 12. I'm grateful for that, I wish more people could access better quality education

  • @petartonkov469
    @petartonkov469 Před 16 dny +3

    very, very interesting video. Truly fascinating the scale of Antarctica and how much of it isn't yet discovered. Needed to pause the video from time to time to check the terms, however curious and entertaining content. Hard to find such on youtube nowadays already. Keep up the good work with nice topics !

  • @92Locutus
    @92Locutus Před 22 dny +627

    Dear RealLifeLore, you forgot about one of the most important factor called 'isostatic rebounding'. After the ice melts, the continent will rise around a few hundred meter, so it will be a continent again, not a bunch of islands. Rebounting also affect nearby continental crust, so australian and south american crust will shrink aswell. I would 100% add it to a video about antarctica. All the best from Hungary, great video nonetheless.

    • @dudleymills1427
      @dudleymills1427 Před 22 dny +17

      Sea level does not delineate continents. Continental crust does. Oceanic crust is not continental. Further, Oceania is not a continent. It is the name of a region used by those who don't know any better. For those who do know better, it is called the south west Pacific Ocean which is underlain by oceanic crust and the continent Zealandia. Australia is a separate continent to the west surrounded by oceanic crust.

    • @allanroser1070
      @allanroser1070 Před 22 dny

      Rubbish ​@@dudleymills1427

    • @vanstryke78
      @vanstryke78 Před 21 dnem +51

      Yes, Antarctica is a candidate to experience isostatic rebounding if it loses all its ice. Isostatic rebounding is a geological process where the Earth's crust rises due to the removal of a significant amount of weight, such as ice or glaciers. If Antarctica's ice were to melt completely, the landmass would gradually rise as the weight of the ice is removed, leading to isostatic rebounding. This process could result in significant changes to the landscape and potentially cause shifts in ocean levels.

    • @Incomudro1963
      @Incomudro1963 Před 21 dnem +8

      It's not going to lose all of its ice.
      Not for millions of years anyway.
      And just how far up do you think it could rebound?

    • @highfive7689
      @highfive7689 Před 21 dnem +6

      Does the traditional map take into account the land mass "without" the ice sheets?

  • @Keith_Ngcobo
    @Keith_Ngcobo Před 24 dny +266

    Wouldn’t be a real life lore video without a pinch of geopolitics

    • @DrBunhead95
      @DrBunhead95 Před 23 dny +16

      Yeah, in the end felt kinda like old Discovery Channel document-esque things which repeated themselves 10-15 times over the span of 15-45 minutes.

    • @JackBlack-py4en
      @JackBlack-py4en Před 22 dny +7

      And climate change.

  • @pauledwards3055
    @pauledwards3055 Před 15 dny +2

    Excellent, informative video, if only CZcams was full of quality like this!

  • @thomasfletcher1183
    @thomasfletcher1183 Před 6 dny +1

    I was already considering subscribing but then I saw the ad at THE END OF THE VIDEO... that's worth my sub alone

  • @caitymarie-o8s
    @caitymarie-o8s Před 21 dnem +562

    Colby Gura is my husband and he worked incredibly hard on this research. Makes me very happy to see his research shared❤️

  • @jonsayer
    @jonsayer Před 24 dny +287

    He kept saying "Anthropods" when he meant "Arthropods" and I am imaging either bug men or bugs with man feet.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Před 22 dny +26

      Tiny humans riding ants like cavalry

    • @EchoLog
      @EchoLog Před 22 dny +5

      There's literally photos of inside the caves.
      So there's human DNA in there, now for sure.

    • @lolz6449
      @lolz6449 Před 21 dnem +4

      I caught that too! Anthropod 😂

    • @pyrrhicvictory5844
      @pyrrhicvictory5844 Před 21 dnem +2

      Well either way, I think it's better for everyone if these creatures stay below the ice

    • @Pillarguri
      @Pillarguri Před 21 dnem

      😂

  • @prashr4075
    @prashr4075 Před 16 dny +31

    Nobody :
    RLL: Massive oil
    Usa: those Penguins are oppressed by Ice. They need FREEDOM

  • @petepumpkin8418
    @petepumpkin8418 Před 20 dny +3

    most informative video about Antarctica on youtube

  • @PettitFrontiers
    @PettitFrontiers Před 24 dny +845

    Antarctica is no joke. My father has been to Antarctica twice for meteorite-hunting expeditions, and he had to perform emergency snowmobile repairs, and emergency dental surgery on a colleague by punching out a tooth with an iceblade. Hardcore place.

    • @EmpressMermaid
      @EmpressMermaid Před 24 dny +75

      I'd imagine you'd need a very broad skill set to get on there.

    • @PettitFrontiers
      @PettitFrontiers Před 24 dny +61

      @@EmpressMermaid My father is a literal polymath, so he's a good choice.

    • @EmpressMermaid
      @EmpressMermaid Před 24 dny +25

      @@PettitFrontiers I bet he's got lots more fascinating stories.

    • @--36--
      @--36-- Před 24 dny +42

      @@PettitFrontiers Your father is a little liar

    • @balinthehater8205
      @balinthehater8205 Před 24 dny +86

      ​@@--36-- im guessing yours went out to grab cigarettes and never came back?

  • @awabaziz7029
    @awabaziz7029 Před 24 dny +1261

    "Whats hidden underneath the ice of Antarctica?"
    *More ice and penguin bunkers*

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Před 24 dny +66

      I wonder what the penguins are plotting in those bunkers

    • @BIGMark-wx6gn
      @BIGMark-wx6gn Před 24 dny

      ​@@bababababababa6124 To visit Madagascar.

    • @m.otransformers4855
      @m.otransformers4855 Před 24 dny +14

      Well I think there's more then that, cuz China wouldn't be inviting in research and building boats that can handle the rough terrain of sailing there

    • @NickyBlue99
      @NickyBlue99 Před 24 dny

      Yo mama is

    • @angamaitesangahyando685
      @angamaitesangahyando685 Před 24 dny

      And those penguins sell sex (yes, really).
      - Adûnâi

  • @JLAvey
    @JLAvey Před 12 dny +2

    Something many people don't realize is that the Antarctic Peninsula is home to rivers as well as native fauna and flora. It's not much more than fields of moss and some grasses with insects grazing and hunting.

  • @Lovely_Spirit
    @Lovely_Spirit Před 11 dny +2

    Go below the ice in Antarctica where there is a hole in the ice that melts and freezes again. Drill through the ice go through the water and then there should be a break through another ice sheet or it will just break through the water and into a misty atmosphere then it should clear up and you'll see land. This entrance is in a location under the ice that is bigger than a continent

  • @GenericInternetter
    @GenericInternetter Před 24 dny +1009

    Fun fact: Antarctica is the world's largest desert. The small amounts of rainfall there fall within the classification of a desert.

    • @mikiqex
      @mikiqex Před 24 dny +29

      But with the twist the rainfall is actually snow which in the interior never melt.

    • @lewis7315
      @lewis7315 Před 24 dny +69

      The funnier fact is that all that is left of Admiral Perry's 100 foot tall radio antenna erected around 1903ish? is the top five feet !!! So, 100 feet of ice accumulated during the global warming of the last century!! :)>

    • @sjg2024
      @sjg2024 Před 24 dny

      ANTARCTICA FOREVER 🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🗣️🗣️🗣️💯💯💯❄️❄️❄️☃️☃️☃️🥶🥶🥶🧊🧊🧊⛄⛄⛄🏔️🏔️🏔️🌨️🌨️🌨️

    • @hadiisaboss5307
      @hadiisaboss5307 Před 24 dny +72

      ​@lewis7315 wow who couldve guessed, snow is still falling on Antarctica, you sure did expose them "global warmers"

    • @qwertyuiopaaaaaaa7
      @qwertyuiopaaaaaaa7 Před 24 dny

      @@lewis7315
      Most of the warming has occurred recently, it has not been 100 years of evenly distributed warming.
      Global warming is also, as the name suggests, a global average. It doesn’t mean every inch of land and water are getting warmer at the same rate or warmer at all, only that the average temperature is increasing globally.
      Go learn to tie your shoes before pretending to know anything about climate science.

  • @martinlutz5446
    @martinlutz5446 Před 24 dny +153

    I REALLY don't want to be the scientist that gets eaten by a Skyrim Frost Spider in the Antarctic tunnels!

    • @sterlingnerdling
      @sterlingnerdling Před 24 dny +13

      Don't be selfish. Do it for science!

    • @bosh6604
      @bosh6604 Před 23 dny +4

      I did independent research on the internet and they are quite easilly seducted gifting you their loyalty and love

    • @Skyforger23
      @Skyforger23 Před 22 dny +2

      Giant alien spiders are no joke.

    • @samjohns662
      @samjohns662 Před 22 dny

      ​@@Skyforger23they throw snow balls

    • @umopapisdnpuaq
      @umopapisdnpuaq Před 22 dny

      @@Skyforger23 WTF FTL in RLL

  • @clivewynnciel9530
    @clivewynnciel9530 Před 20 dny +38

    Antarctica is even bigger than that. There are habitable places in Antarctica, warm lakes and underground caverns. You'd be surprised to find people living there, but then people seem to manage to live anywhere.

  • @jamesdobrovnik
    @jamesdobrovnik Před 7 dny

    That was very good work. I hope in the future you can release an equally captivating presentation on the Vostok lake ice core samples CO2 data. This was great. I loved it.

  • @sideshowbilly3755
    @sideshowbilly3755 Před 24 dny +479

    Everyone who was old enough to watch the 1982 Antarctica documentary narrated by helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady at U.S. outpost 31 knows what's under that ice.

    • @Subreon
      @Subreon Před 24 dny

      what's under it is obvious. incentive for the biggest winners of capitalism to encourage global warming to reveal the contents below. it's pretty realistic to imagine one day they'll achieve their goal and the archipelago will feel the sun

    • @Frostbytedigital
      @Frostbytedigital Před 24 dny +70

      Did the documentary get destroyed? You speak of it like you had to encounter it at the time lol.

    • @erik7271
      @erik7271 Před 24 dny +44

      what was it? was it aliens? I bet aliens are there

    • @user-jv9wx3wz7i
      @user-jv9wx3wz7i Před 24 dny +10

      😂

    • @michaelgaloppa6669
      @michaelgaloppa6669 Před 24 dny +41

      Big trouble in greater Antarctica

  • @himbourbanist
    @himbourbanist Před 24 dny +112

    The implications of the Mt. Erebus volcanic cave system are immense for xenobiology. These are conditions that are replicated frequently on icy bodies in the Solar System, like Enceladus, Europa, and Titan. If there's life in these tunnel systems here on Earth, the chances are pretty good that there's life on these worlds in our own backyard. Really fascinating stuff

    • @RenegadeMaster137
      @RenegadeMaster137 Před 24 dny +7

      Incredible implications if we can discover life forms in other parts of our own solar system, the extrapolation of that across an entire galaxy is so mind blowing that it’s tough to comprehend, let alone express!

    • @jordanrussell345
      @jordanrussell345 Před 24 dny +8

      ​​​@@RenegadeMaster137It's all but certain there is life all over the galaxy/universe; the problem will lie in one of Fermi's Paradoxes. Likely the Great Filter if talking about intelligent life.
      If you've never heard of it, check out The Drake Equation.
      My personal belief is that space is too vast and we can only violate the laws of physics in our sci-fi books.

    • @matthewm7867
      @matthewm7867 Před 24 dny

      Not unless God created it - evolution is a myth and unprovable

    • @RetroTinkerer
      @RetroTinkerer Před 23 dny +1

      Don't we need first for very simple life forms evolve in suitable places with adequate conditions before they can evolve into something as complex as extremophiles?

    • @maxthibodeau3627
      @maxthibodeau3627 Před 5 dny

      ​@@jordanrussell345 or the Dark Forest theory.

  • @stepanzpevak
    @stepanzpevak Před 8 dny

    this is much more interesting than 1000th geopolitical/conflict video, i dont even watch those anymore, more videos like this please

  • @thr33swords16
    @thr33swords16 Před 10 dny +4

    As the club captain of the local aero club, I am responsible for planning and running events. A popular event is one we call “pilot nights” where we invite someone to do a talk to club members.
    This week we had a member of our club talk about how they did radar glaciology in Antarctica and Greenland. They fitted US C-130 aircraft with various radar equipment to scan beneath the ice to determine what was underneath.
    And now I’m watching this video, fantastic!

  • @Qwuebz
    @Qwuebz Před 24 dny +201

    As soon as I saw that thumbnail it reminded me of your older videos.

    • @JMG0305
      @JMG0305 Před 24 dny +3

      Same haha😊

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 Před 24 dny +12

      Except they're now triple the length.

    • @ksonestudios8963
      @ksonestudios8963 Před 24 dny +7

      Facts my guy been real political lately

    • @Qwuebz
      @Qwuebz Před 24 dny +6

      @@ksonestudios8963 I am talking about the green in the middle of Antarctica.He use to do like videos on Russia about melting ice caps will make it a superpower or something.And it looked green to show it melted.

    • @Qwuebz
      @Qwuebz Před 24 dny +2

      @@soundscape26 Yeah true I like that though.Too short might feel rushed and the way he keeps producing them for me it good length.

  • @TDMHeyzeus
    @TDMHeyzeus Před 24 dny +138

    Its not true we don't have a precise explanation for the Permian Extinction. The Siberian Traps are widely accepted to be the cause and are pretty well understood by the standards of something that happened 250 million years ago. Even the people pushing impact hypothesis directly tied their theory in with the Siberian Traps and argued that the impact drove the volcanism.

    • @larry9243
      @larry9243 Před 24 dny +6

      Funny seeing you here

    • @balinthehater8205
      @balinthehater8205 Před 24 dny +16

      I think the word "know" might be doing a lot of heavy lifting there, as knowing implies certainty and, as it is an event that happened hundreds of millions of years ago, certainty is rare.

    • @iiiiii7680
      @iiiiii7680 Před 23 dny +10

      Why are you here and not opening cases? Unacceptable

    • @kopsi.
      @kopsi. Před 22 dny +2

      Heyzeus it was 100% an act of god what are you on about. Anyways start editing times ticking!

    • @SpazzyMcGee1337
      @SpazzyMcGee1337 Před 22 dny +5

      Would the Siberian Traps happen to have formed directly opposite of this potential Antarctic crater?

  • @raghusomani11
    @raghusomani11 Před 8 dny

    Hey! Returning to RLL after a long time! Nice to see you!!

  • @silentcal275
    @silentcal275 Před 20 dny +1

    I watch your videos and feel like a young boy filled with wonder 😊

  • @disamis6873
    @disamis6873 Před 24 dny +85

    I miss these old videos that werent about wars and doom, keep bringing these back!

    • @Subreon
      @Subreon Před 24 dny +16

      the oil field, and possibly the crater, will be the biggest incentive for the world to go into war and doom

    • @disamis6873
      @disamis6873 Před 24 dny +4

      @@Subreon No kidding

    • @poetryflynn3712
      @poetryflynn3712 Před 24 dny +3

      There are two ways to win in this world - either become so negative about the world you become a prophet or become so positive about the world you become a salesmen.

    • @itsvmmc
      @itsvmmc Před 23 dny

      Also when there weren't any shitty sponsorships in every single video

  • @jimmyliendo8249
    @jimmyliendo8249 Před 24 dny +46

    So, At the Mountains of Madness is looking more plausible now, i guess

  • @lus-an-tsalainn
    @lus-an-tsalainn Před 2 dny +1

    That crater actually wouldn't be the largest impact site found on earth. The Denilliquin structure in Australia, which likewise requires further testing, measures at 520km wide

  • @GreatBambinoGaming
    @GreatBambinoGaming Před 3 dny

    I love your videos man. Thank you.

  • @michaelscott5653
    @michaelscott5653 Před 24 dny +170

    For those curious, PBS Eons did a whole episode on this about when Antarctica was green and supported a lot of animals. It was an extremely informative video and worth a watch.

    • @chrimony
      @chrimony Před 24 dny +27

      Make Antarctica Green Again.

    • @utxex97
      @utxex97 Před 24 dny +17

      That would be catastrophic.

    • @tonymurray814
      @tonymurray814 Před 24 dny

      Make America Greenlands Auntie!

    • @aur98423
      @aur98423 Před 24 dny

      ​@@chrimonyIs it a Dune/MAGA reference ?

    • @chrimony
      @chrimony Před 24 dny +1

      @@aur98423 MAGA, of course.

  • @ellec7188
    @ellec7188 Před 24 dny +120

    Imagine if RLL went off the deep end and went on a Ice wall tangent or something lol

    • @kungpaochicken89
      @kungpaochicken89 Před 24 dny +4

      He's not that far off tbf

    • @johnbroadfoot5148
      @johnbroadfoot5148 Před 24 dny +15

      Operation highjump. if you know you know.

    • @isaiahebert1475
      @isaiahebert1475 Před 24 dny +11

      If RLL started mentioning the ice wall, I think I'd believe him. That would be so funny 😂

    • @GabibboReall
      @GabibboReall Před 24 dny

      What the fuck are these nicknames people make and then cant spell

    • @DuranmanX
      @DuranmanX Před 24 dny

      A future war in 2048 between Argentina and UK over 44 trillion of oil in Antartica sounds just as crazy

  • @midgeman90
    @midgeman90 Před 18 dny

    Great video. I’d love to know the secrets that are hidden under all that ice.

  • @edwardfletcher7790
    @edwardfletcher7790 Před 9 dny

    This video is absolutely outstanding for a CZcams channel 👍

  • @Mark-uh3un
    @Mark-uh3un Před 24 dny +116

    The scramble for Antarctica will be a monumental event in human history

    • @EJH783
      @EJH783 Před 24 dny +19

      Only thing I’m scrambling is some eggs 😈

    • @jacktheripper2537
      @jacktheripper2537 Před 24 dny +5

      Only if we are still there when the ice is gone..

    • @sjg2024
      @sjg2024 Před 24 dny

      ANTARCTICA FOREVER 🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🗣️🗣️🗣️💯💯💯❄️❄️❄️☃️☃️☃️🥶🥶🥶🧊🧊🧊⛄⛄⛄🏔️🏔️🏔️🌨️🌨️🌨️

    • @payrysdoscs4903
      @payrysdoscs4903 Před 24 dny +5

      @@jacktheripper2537 I guarantee no human currently alive will see the Antarctic ice thaw.

    • @payrysdoscs4903
      @payrysdoscs4903 Před 24 dny +1

      @@jacktheripper2537 I guarantee no human currently alive will see the Antarctic ice thaw.

  • @nono6167
    @nono6167 Před 24 dny +68

    A 40-50km asteroid is way more than 4-5 times bigger than a 10kn asteroid.
    A ball with a diameter of 40km is 64x the size of one with a diameter of 10km.
    Asteroids aren't perfect spheres but not accounting for the fact that volume is 3 dimensional and just scaling asteroid size linearly with width is an egregious oversight.

    • @Quickshot0
      @Quickshot0 Před 23 dny +11

      It is surprising how many people overlook or forget that volume increases far quicker then you think.

    • @caffetiel
      @caffetiel Před 22 dny +3

      Maybe it was just 4-5x lemgthier. Lomg rock.

    • @stoda01
      @stoda01 Před 21 dnem

      Chixulub asteroid hit the Earth with more power than all of our nuclear bombs combined. It would make sense that an even worse extinction than the one that ended the dinosaurs was caused by an even larger asteroid impact.

    • @craigbaker6382
      @craigbaker6382 Před 21 dnem +1

      ...yes but the physics of making a crater with triple the diameter itself negates some of your complaint about volume as the area also is more than triple and also craters are 3 dimensional in that they are a negative volume of sorts resulting from a mathematically more significant energy of impact than a quadruple sized asteroid would produce.
      It takes more than a triple sized asteroid to make a triple sized crater.

  • @shaminhossain1548
    @shaminhossain1548 Před 19 dny

    Glad that finally, I got to watch the original video

  • @bjornvestberg
    @bjornvestberg Před 19 dny +22

    It holds the record for the coldest temperature ever. Perfect for anyone who thinks winter should last all year.

  • @stellacollector
    @stellacollector Před 24 dny +32

    I love how this video spends enough time on Antarctica's unique geology, geography, and biology. I assumed that the video would dive straight into the discussion of rich natural resources and that we should...... you know, "liberate" Antarctica.

  • @OneEyedJackNLD
    @OneEyedJackNLD Před 24 dny +3118

    2030 anyone?

    • @awabaziz7029
      @awabaziz7029 Před 24 dny +131

      Underrated as hell 💀💀

    • @NateTheOhioan
      @NateTheOhioan Před 24 dny +111

      Nah 2040

    • @Owlinaicecube
      @Owlinaicecube Před 24 dny +160

      200 BC here!

    • @dipeshchand9109
      @dipeshchand9109 Před 24 dny +81

      Yes I am a citizen of Antartica from 2030

    • @GizzyDillespee
      @GizzyDillespee Před 24 dny +170

      2024: It's the brutal weather of Antarctica that keeps people away.
      2044: It's the temperate climate of antarctica that serves as a beacon to refugees.

  • @stephanieh160
    @stephanieh160 Před 15 dny

    Very interesting video. Thank you!

  • @johnbugosi171
    @johnbugosi171 Před 17 dny +1

    I like how the oil icon looks like the civ 6 oil icon. 😂

  • @FerociousPancake888
    @FerociousPancake888 Před 23 dny +92

    Why in the world isn’t NASA building prototypes of probes and testing them on lake Vostok?? It’s literally the perfect Europa practice run!

    • @ROVA00
      @ROVA00 Před 21 dnem +13

      How do you know they’re not?

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 Před 21 dnem +14

      I recall a documentary that touched on exactly that: that NASA was using Antarctica as a potential test area.

    • @EinMann123
      @EinMann123 Před 21 dnem

      because theyre fraud and dont want to do even more fake projects than they have already

    • @DoomFinger511
      @DoomFinger511 Před 20 dny +14

      They have to be careful not to contaminate the lake. If they introduce any outside life then it could taint the entire ecosystem of life inside the lake ruining any new discoveries.

    • @BKF0
      @BKF0 Před 20 dny +2

      Because turning Lake Vostok into an industrial lab testbed would completely ruin our chances of ever learning much from it

  • @romeufrancisco7041
    @romeufrancisco7041 Před 23 dny +32

    18:50 microbiologist here. I have participated in sampling missions by drilling methods and also at abyssal plains using ROVs. I am shocked by seeing the absolute absence of any precaution concerning contamination in that video. I certainly hope none of that was replicated when drilling to study biodiversity. I know the video is not of the microbial sampling drills, but if it is anything of the sort.. my gosh....That core of ice that was collected can only be used by geologists. (look at how they clean it and smooth it out using their gloves.... that they were using with the equipment. All is biologically compromised.)

    • @Michallote
      @Michallote Před 19 dny +5

      My concern is that maybe they introduced bacteria to the site that maulled the existing ecosystem

    • @bigmacstack3468
      @bigmacstack3468 Před 18 dny

      @@Michalloteyes I had that thought too

  • @evildog7756
    @evildog7756 Před 18 dny +1

    I know what's hidden under the ice in Antarctica, ice ice babies😂😂😂

  • @markhorton4884
    @markhorton4884 Před 10 dny

    I loved this , really got an idea of the mystery stacked at the bottom of our earth! 😅❤

  • @squidward5110
    @squidward5110 Před 24 dny +201

    Lol Antarctica has one of those cartoon volcanos where its a mountain with a hole top full of lava lmao i didnt even think those were real tbh

    • @davideverling753
      @davideverling753 Před 24 dny +27

      there's actually several of them around the world! i've seen some pretty neat videos of folks throwing bags of organic material into them, with explosive results

    • @KurtisC93
      @KurtisC93 Před 24 dny +31

      Well, they're quite rare. Mt. Erebus is one of only a handful of active volcanoes in the world that currently have above-ground lava lakes in their calderas. The other ones are mainly found across the Pacific rim + islands: Yasur and Ambrym in Vanuatu, Kīlauea and Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō in Hawaii, Masaya in Nicaragua, etc. However, a handful are also found on the African continent, including the world's largest extant lava lake, which is situated within the crater of Mount Nyiragongo in DR Congo.

    • @SkunkApe407
      @SkunkApe407 Před 24 dny +4

      I take it you've never seen a picture of Hawaii, then? Kilauea is one of the most iconic volcanoes on the planet.

    • @SkunkApe407
      @SkunkApe407 Před 24 dny +1

      ​@@KurtisC93you say "rare", but rattled off seven, just off the top of your head. Not that rare, really.

    • @zilvercederbom
      @zilvercederbom Před 24 dny +9

      @@SkunkApe407 I mean, there's 1350 known potentially active volcanoes in the world, so a handful would sound pretty rare in that context.

  • @julianlongoria6227
    @julianlongoria6227 Před 24 dny +17

    Please RLL... more of this! Been a fan for years and even though the geopolitical videos the channel has produced over recent years are great this is what made the channel so unique in the beginning... Back to the roots!

  • @dirgewordsmithe
    @dirgewordsmithe Před 12 dny

    That supervillainy-aah exposition at the end! 🤣🤣🤣 Why did he set up the intercontinental rivalries like a college ball tournament?!?

  • @TheHairlessGibbon
    @TheHairlessGibbon Před 4 dny

    Thank you. To find more facts then the ussual fluffy hype was like a breath of fresh air sir. Oh and excellent maps to.

  • @AaronGeo
    @AaronGeo Před 24 dny +61

    18:53 "which might not really sound all that exciting or 𝓼𝓮𝔁𝔂"

    • @fandroid6491
      @fandroid6491 Před 24 dny +6

      RRL almost said 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 there

    • @DraconiaProductions
      @DraconiaProductions Před 24 dny +2

      This turned into a Huggbees video for a second

    • @EpicHylje
      @EpicHylje Před 23 dny

      lol I came to the comments right after hearing him say that

    • @The360MlgNoscoper
      @The360MlgNoscoper Před 23 dny

      💀

    • @_JavaLava
      @_JavaLava Před 9 dny

      Yeah ok I didn't know that's what we were looking for lmfao 😅😂

  • @Klyis
    @Klyis Před 24 dny +29

    It is debatable as to how lucrative those oil and gas deposits in Antarctica will be by 2048. The world is slowly starting to transition away from fossil fuels, more countries are prioritizing energy independence, and oil producers like Saudi Arabia are already scrambling to diversify their economies. Of course oil still has other uses besides a source of energy, but in two decades it's questionable if demand will be high enough to incentivize anyone to develop new oil fields in such a remote part of the world.

    • @Quickshot0
      @Quickshot0 Před 23 dny +3

      I was thinking the same, especially as it would be 24 years before the treaty expires . If countries are even remotely close to their stated plans in reducing CO2 emissions, then oil usage would be dropping so quickly already that there would be no point developing an expensive new field. Because at that point they'd already be struggling to keep their far cheaper fields still in production, meaning a new field would only be a ton of expenses to sideline an already usable current field.
      So yeah, I also don't think oil would be a real problem here. But civilizations our size always need lots of materials in large quantities, and Antarctica certainly will have large deposits of other materials. Though if we ignore the ones under kilometers of ice for now, the only realistic option would be deep sea mining and the few places with exposed rock. Which may for now limit how usable they are.

    • @a2falcone
      @a2falcone Před 23 dny

      @@Quickshot0 It's not a date for expiration of the treaty. My other reply explains it.

    • @a2falcone
      @a2falcone Před 23 dny +2

      Furthermore, the importance of the 2048 date is heavily overblown. From that year on, any member state of the Antarctic Treaty will have the right to call a review conference where amendments to the Environmental Protocol of the Antarctic Treaty (not the Antarctic Treaty itself) can be adopted by a 3/4 majority of member states (a very high quorum). Currently it can only be modified by a unanimous decision.
      The Antarctic Treaty itself has a similar rule that has allowed any member to call a review conference since 1991, and yet no such conference has been called to date, even though conferences to review the Antarctic Treaty only require a simple majority (50%+1) to adopt amendments. Members states are satisfied with the way the Antarctic Treaty System works, so no one has much interest in changing it.
      There's a high probability that nothing will happen in 2048, especially considering you can't get nowhere close to 3/4 votes even if all the countries with territorial claims voted together.

    • @Quickshot0
      @Quickshot0 Před 23 dny +2

      @@a2falcone So basically the oil thing is even more overblown yet. Making no sense from any angle of looking at it.

    • @Fido-vm9zi
      @Fido-vm9zi Před 21 dnem

      People can't just take whatever they want.

  • @matthewolsen4298
    @matthewolsen4298 Před 18 dny

    5:21 This is awesome! I had no idea. Imagine if it was hot there with all the islands exposed.

  • @stormdoesgaming8919
    @stormdoesgaming8919 Před 3 dny

    Yes!! While I respect RLL's current content, I definitely miss their old science-y videos. Excited to watch this one.

  • @limericklad2000
    @limericklad2000 Před 24 dny +32

    Another great video. One minor correction - I'm not sure if you're aware but the simulated footage you used when describing the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event/Great Dying, was footage depicting the Chicxulub Asteroid/Cretaceous-Tertiary event that lead to the extinction of the dinosaurs. There aren't very many serious scientists who ascribe to the idea that the Great Dying was caused by a different impact event, the Siberian Traps hypothesis is backed up by so much evidence it's highly unlikely there's a different explanation.
    Again, great work.

    • @Quickshot0
      @Quickshot0 Před 23 dny +1

      Some people occasionally speculate that extremely large impacts could cause the materials in the Earth to start flowing more to the roughly opposite side of the planet. It's hard to know how realistic that idea is, but it would create an interesting dynamic between some impact events and massive volcanic traps.

  • @grahamgregory8363
    @grahamgregory8363 Před 24 dny +142

    Just having resources doesnt mean you will become rich. There are many resource rich countries that are broke. Angola, Venezuela etc

    • @andrasszabo1570
      @andrasszabo1570 Před 24 dny +46

      They call it the "resource curse".
      Many countries that are blessed with natural resources have lower economic development, lower HDI, more conflict, etc. precisely because of those resources.
      Still, it won't stop countries from competing for unclaimed resources.

    • @smalltime0
      @smalltime0 Před 24 dny +21

      @@andrasszabo1570 Angola was/is mostly devastated after the USA (with apartheid South Africa) and Cuba fought a proxy/civil war there. A war the USA lost btw. It lasted almost 27 years (until 2002), the US thought they were fighting the USSR for a large chunk of it.
      The country is still covered in landmines, so no. Its a little ridiculous to say that Angola is poor because it has mineral wealth.

    • @gigachad6885
      @gigachad6885 Před 24 dny +3

      The main factor for a country's success is its average IQ. Low and high ressources doesn't matter as much as the ability of a population to improve. Most neighboring countries have huge gaps in ressources, and yet they have the lame level of development (because they have similar average IQ)

    • @kaladore6798
      @kaladore6798 Před 24 dny

      Russia can’t sell oil

    • @andrasszabo1570
      @andrasszabo1570 Před 24 dny +3

      @@smalltime0 Its (sic!) a little ridiculous to fixate on Angola when I didn't even mention it and even OP only did it in passing, as an example, no?

  • @tobygoodguy4032
    @tobygoodguy4032 Před 16 dny +1

    (sic) ... "stretches from Central Park to Connecticut."
    Mr. Blandings builds his dream meteor.

    • @stevendaniell7419
      @stevendaniell7419 Před 14 dny

      The first Cary Grant themed comment I’ve seen in awhile

  • @NhlamuloSithole-q1o

    Im fascinated about this love you

  • @Friskydingle
    @Friskydingle Před 24 dny +21

    I bet that ice water under Antarctica would be so refreshing at 2 am when I’m parched.

  • @sjwhitney
    @sjwhitney Před 23 dny +19

    I have a nice piece of Mt. Erebus lava right on my bookshelf. It was brough back by my father who was on the US Navy's Operation Deepfreeze II.

    • @usernameunknown1910
      @usernameunknown1910 Před 18 dny

      I guarantee you, that if u put that sample of rock on sale ,the prices will be insane !😂😂

  • @Rynlox
    @Rynlox Před 20 dny

    Whoa, very informative.

  • @RaydenSavage
    @RaydenSavage Před 15 dny +3

    This script feels like it was written by AI.

    • @wargreymon2024
      @wargreymon2024 Před 9 dny +1

      Anyone who makes a 37min long manuscript, would have used generative AI

    • @user-bf3pc2qd9s
      @user-bf3pc2qd9s Před 5 dny

      ​@@wargreymon2024and it shows

  • @Ar_sole_hair_fiddler
    @Ar_sole_hair_fiddler Před 24 dny +31

    You'll never find Agartha, we won't let you

  • @mecamine1391
    @mecamine1391 Před 24 dny +28

    Antarctica is the new map you unlock when buying Earth's DLC

    • @xoelcolon6259
      @xoelcolon6259 Před 20 dny +2

      The typical Snow area DLC where enemies one shot you 🫠

  • @SemperFortis22
    @SemperFortis22 Před 18 dny

    Excellent video.

  • @sakata3819
    @sakata3819 Před 3 dny +1

    Some unhinged marine animal: mmmm -3 degrees. I like it cozy and warm

  • @andreasviken2949
    @andreasviken2949 Před 24 dny +10

    The map in the beginning instantly made this video worth watching.

    • @1OAK_X
      @1OAK_X Před 24 dny

      Yeah good clickbait for sure 😂👍🏾

  • @scrappydoo7887
    @scrappydoo7887 Před 19 dny +3

    You get that there are "T's" in there right?

  • @clayhackney3514
    @clayhackney3514 Před 19 dny +3

    I doubt anyone is going to be doing antarctic oil drilling as long as there is so much more available without the hassle

    • @gordongarrett6229
      @gordongarrett6229 Před 16 dny

      Greed.

    • @clayhackney3514
      @clayhackney3514 Před 16 dny

      @gordongarrett6229 greed is exactly why they would use the thousands of years worth of more easily available oil before Antarctica, they wouldn't make as much money

  • @texasroccogaming
    @texasroccogaming Před 24 dny +32

    This is one of my favorite videos your team has put out on the channel in recent times.
    Thank you and great work!

  • @sswpp8908
    @sswpp8908 Před 22 dny +10

    The ice tunnels are straight out of At the Mountains of Madness.

  • @MourningCoffeeMusic
    @MourningCoffeeMusic Před 10 dny +4

    The fight for Antarctica’s oil is real.

    • @SiPravki
      @SiPravki Před 10 dny

      People will worry about more important things than some of the resources in the block, especially in the coming decades, when sea levels will rise and the earth's population will decrease

  • @Shroomy801
    @Shroomy801 Před 16 dny

    “Vaaaaaaast”……love it!

  • @sethhughes2163
    @sethhughes2163 Před 20 dny +13

    What an adventure! I thoroughly enjoyed learning so much more than I ever had dreamt concerning Antarctica! Thank you so much... KUDO'S for you sharing this with us all.
    Respectfully, Seth

  • @iKapJloc
    @iKapJloc Před 18 dny

    You should do more videos like that!

  • @abacuscdilla
    @abacuscdilla Před 13 dny +2

    Hello Fresh Available In Which Countries? 37:48
    Are They Available In UK, UAE & Pakistan?

  • @DreHayn
    @DreHayn Před 24 dny +39

    Whoever sent two meteors to earth definitely a madra or sephiroth fan

  • @derekelliott6098
    @derekelliott6098 Před 22 dny +4

    Before this video all I *really* knew about Antarctica is it's beyond cold, and there's a Stargate and weapons chair there :D

  • @abacuscdilla
    @abacuscdilla Před 13 dny +1

    One Of The Most Interesting Video I Have See In Some Time! 37:53

  • @futgamer811
    @futgamer811 Před 17 dny

    Where you put the sources of your research? I would really like to learn more with the information you based this video on

  • @larrybrinley8222
    @larrybrinley8222 Před 22 dny +6

    Why is it surprising to anyone Antarctica has land under the ice? That's weird.

  • @ABC-rb5uf
    @ABC-rb5uf Před 7 dny

    4kms thick ice is just mind blowing. I had no idea

  • @DavidTonner
    @DavidTonner Před 20 dny

    Thanks!

  • @ZayMadeITBeats
    @ZayMadeITBeats Před 24 dny +14

    Thank you for teaching me about Antarctica

  • @rickh5454
    @rickh5454 Před 24 dny +67

    Question. If around 10% of Antarctica has been radio echo sounded and 90% has not, how is it possible to draw a land map without the ice, which shows the entire continent? If the land map shown is mostly imagined, it's reminiscent of 15th-century world maps which are intriguing to look at, but were the cartographers' guess of what the topography might look like. I hope one day we'll radio sound all of it.

    • @anonymousaylin4609
      @anonymousaylin4609 Před 23 dny +22

      im guessing by satelites maybe?like how we have a rough ocean floor map because of satelites

    • @bengoodwin2141
      @bengoodwin2141 Před 23 dny +11

      I would guess that either the 10% represents the amount of precise detail rather than full area, or that we have enough patches of information to draw rough lines between the patches. You can imagine having a map with blobs missing and still see a rough shape despite the missing parts.

    • @a2falcone
      @a2falcone Před 23 dny +3

      I imagine they map lines and make a grid, and just average out the gaps in the grid.

    • @williamkern1839
      @williamkern1839 Před 23 dny +4

      It's possible larger areas have been mapped, but at low resolution.

    • @and__lam1152
      @and__lam1152 Před 22 dny

      If Antarctica was discovered in the 1800s ... how was it depicted, although inaccurately in those 15th century maps, which were copied from earlier maps that no longer exist.

  • @milleniumonion7223
    @milleniumonion7223 Před 10 dny

    I love the idea that theres creatures we've never seen in the places weve barely reached- the deep sea, under the antarctic ice- animals that are basically aliens to us despite them having existed on our world as long or longer as modern humans (the species itself not like- when we started making huge structures)