Using Math to Skate On Thin Ice

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  • čas přidán 10. 07. 2019
  • People get nervous when they see Märten Ajne ice skating. He intentionally skates on extremely thin ice. Ajne has pursued this dangerous hobby for 40 years and has skated on more than 1,800 bodies of water from Norway to North America. He uses his knowledge as a mathematician and a highly-trained ear to stay safe. Ajne can actually calculate how thick the ice is by listening to the sound it makes when he glides across it. Join us for one of the coolest math lessons ever taught.
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Komentáře • 906

  • @ThySirBlue
    @ThySirBlue Před 4 lety +2168

    “You’re on thin ice buddy”
    “Good thing I’m good at math”

  • @butteredbananas1394
    @butteredbananas1394 Před 4 lety +7550

    Funny! In math class my grades are the one skating on thin ice.

  • @lennybusker8144
    @lennybusker8144 Před 4 lety +4261

    This guy should be in math textbooks instead of people who have 30 pineapples and 50 melons

    • @mrmudmigsgaming7668
      @mrmudmigsgaming7668 Před 4 lety +154

      Johnny with 20 bottles of dish soap

    • @IIzachBuilds
      @IIzachBuilds Před 4 lety +55

      @NutellaNugget MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS DAVID. WHY YOU WORRY ABOUT IT?
      IT'S my LiFe! Damn

    • @TheSheiban
      @TheSheiban Před 4 lety +14

      The guy with 30 pineapples and 50 melons probably fell through thin ice because of the extra weight and should be memorialized...

    • @AmBatuKamMZ
      @AmBatuKamMZ Před 4 lety +7

      @NutellaNugget johnny johnny
      Are you eating soap

    • @vivares765
      @vivares765 Před 4 lety +4

      Lil Ho has 50 Jamaican leaves.
      How many does Ho need to get high

  • @-4subscriberswithahammerad521
    @-4subscriberswithahammerad521 Před 4 lety +2677

    I’m bad at math, so I’m assuming the chances of me falling are exponentially higher

    • @acardboardbox9386
      @acardboardbox9386 Před 4 lety +2

      I’m Bad at math so my chances of falling are lower I believe

    • @tic9563
      @tic9563 Před 4 lety

      I just don't walk on the ice tbh

    • @joblessalex
      @joblessalex Před 4 lety

      Order of magnitude

    • @nocent6134
      @nocent6134 Před 4 lety +1

      I’m Asian, so I can’t be bad at school or math

    • @madbull04
      @madbull04 Před 4 lety +1

      I am also bad at math so the chances of me falling in are lower

  • @ItsTheCookingBooth
    @ItsTheCookingBooth Před 4 lety +930

    "I've been skating on thin ice for 40 years." Same, but figuratively.

  • @GameKraken
    @GameKraken Před 4 lety +810

    "He skates in places like Norway"
    *Shows a picture of Sweden*

  • @bp_cherryblossomtree723
    @bp_cherryblossomtree723 Před 4 lety +1771

    student: we will never use algebra in real life
    teacher: let me show you a video
    *shows this*
    students: +10 brain cells

    • @dvorak826
      @dvorak826 Před 4 lety +46

      BeautifulPink PrettyTreeYT2.0 Congrats! Your students has gained +10 Brain Cells! Your student’s level is now -12!

    • @Michelle-ns7vp
      @Michelle-ns7vp Před 4 lety +1

      Lol

    • @gugulethumhlungu9533
      @gugulethumhlungu9533 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes I love fucking skating on thin ice and doing math in my head the entire time

    • @JulianSki
      @JulianSki Před 4 lety +7

      Awe yes I will totally need algebra to measure ice so it's possible for me to skate on it

    • @apacheattackhelicopter5823
      @apacheattackhelicopter5823 Před 4 lety +1

      Woah you just gained 10 more brain cells then I have

  • @surajsuresh1225
    @surajsuresh1225 Před 4 lety +472

    Hope he has done the math to get out of water in case he falls

    • @MrZarewna
      @MrZarewna Před 4 lety +57

      I know this is a joke, but it is most certain that he has had his ice baths to learn from mistakes. I'm no mathematician, but every year I go to weak ice and it's always very exciting adventure. You'll learn from it. I've had my share of ice baths as well from falling through ice, but last time that happened.... 15 years ago or so?

    • @ooogabooga9216
      @ooogabooga9216 Před 4 lety +6

      We learn what to do when we fall under ice in sweden

    • @r3ki474
      @r3ki474 Před 4 lety

      MrZarewna r/woooosh?

    • @MrZarewna
      @MrZarewna Před 4 lety +9

      @@r3ki474 As I said in the beginning, I know it is a joke. No woosh for me. Just wanted to clarify it's natural to learn these things. You don't need to be a mathematician to do so.

    • @anon2916
      @anon2916 Před 4 lety +5

      AviationGeek-14 r/wooosh

  • @danielcordero4070
    @danielcordero4070 Před 4 lety +117

    I though he was going to write math problems with his skates.

  • @tic9563
    @tic9563 Před 4 lety +173

    I personally stay on dry ground... I mean you could too if you want, it's fun

    • @rice.jpg2
      @rice.jpg2 Před 4 lety +1

      Isaac Taylor-Cummings when you’re walking and a sink hole appears

    • @tic9563
      @tic9563 Před 4 lety +7

      @@rice.jpg2 I personally walk in the other direction

  • @ooberbear8138
    @ooberbear8138 Před 4 lety +90

    He’s skated in Norway
    Proceeds to show a map containing like 2 in Norway and 17600 in Sweden

    • @jonasthemovie
      @jonasthemovie Před 4 lety +1

      oober bear He skated in North America, also shows a map of North America. See how that works?

    • @jonasthemovie
      @jonasthemovie Před 4 lety +1

      kakikori He is swedish........

    • @Pebphiz
      @Pebphiz Před 4 lety +4

      @@jonasthemovie I feel like you must have misunderstood both comments. OP was pointing out that Norway was mentioned by name, despite the guy having only skated on a couple of lakes there, while he has skated on hundreds in Sweden. Additionally, the map is centered on Sweden, so why was Norway the country mentioned by name in the narration? Shouldn't it have been Sweden that was mentioned?
      Hope that clears things up.

    • @roaldsomers127
      @roaldsomers127 Před 4 lety +3

      The real question is why did he mention Central and Eastern Europe whilst showing Sweden and Finland on the map?

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. Před 4 lety +692

    It's all fun and games until you slip and fall into freezing cold water

  • @MitchWins
    @MitchWins Před 4 lety +13

    Amazing!! Id love to try it, but with this guy as my instructor. Math and nature coming together 🔢✖➕➖➗💚

  • @andyb2417
    @andyb2417 Před 4 lety +12

    Dude i read the title as "using meth to skate on thin ice"

  • @guidobahlman1891
    @guidobahlman1891 Před 4 lety +1

    nice video man a always learn a lot of you guys thank you

  • @snowy2619
    @snowy2619 Před 4 lety

    Love these types of videos!

  • @slimegamingyt8356
    @slimegamingyt8356 Před 4 lety +6

    ‘He has studied ice for ten years’
    This man spends 1/4 of his life looking at ice. Respect.

  • @eugchung2047
    @eugchung2047 Před 4 lety +53

    Bruh imagine if you died beacause
    You miscalculated a single number

  • @dennisg.8618
    @dennisg.8618 Před 4 lety +2

    When I lived in Maine I use to do this on rivers. The middle would be flowing water and frozen along the edges of the river , stream. Ice would freeze over the rocks made natural ramps. On the stream I would jump over the unfrozen part. One time I jumped the middle and when I landed on the other side one leg went through the ice up to my knee. My momentum nearly snapped my knee over like a chicken leg. It hurt for a long time.

  • @BitsEUismynamelilbish
    @BitsEUismynamelilbish Před 4 lety +5

    When the math teacher says “you’re laying on thin ice”
    *modern problems require modern solutions*

  • @userrcanada9771
    @userrcanada9771 Před 4 lety +4

    I love how you can see the flexibility of the ice as he skates!

  • @channyt8818
    @channyt8818 Před 4 lety +46

    *When you have the highest grade in math*

  • @ochsblogger
    @ochsblogger Před 4 lety +2

    Interesting. He is using clack skates which are fairly rare. They are attached just at the toe, usually using a cross-country ski boot.

  • @ReinierRuneScape
    @ReinierRuneScape Před 4 lety

    Once you know how to work the formula it all comes down to experience. Everyone can do the math that prepares you to ice skate like this but not everyone can make that formula. Good video, must be fun to measure and then live the testing phase of the formula: this man is X.

  • @itsayeet8987
    @itsayeet8987 Před 4 lety +6

    That’s a pretty cool mathmation

  • @jwolf4204
    @jwolf4204 Před 4 lety +26

    Graphic showed an A when narrator said it was a high C. Up another line!

    • @Sean35267
      @Sean35267 Před 4 lety +4

      Glad I'm not the only one it triggered. They must've been thinking in the bass, or else just didn't do any research.

    • @aceman199
      @aceman199 Před 4 lety

      The illustrator nailed this one. Smh

    • @MaRa-ob2ql
      @MaRa-ob2ql Před 3 lety

      It actually is a high C, not an A.

    • @MaRa-ob2ql
      @MaRa-ob2ql Před 3 lety

      they show the G at 00:46 under the first added line and when they show the C at 00:47 you can see that the graphic goes up for another line.

  • @ThatGuyRaging
    @ThatGuyRaging Před 4 lety

    This is like the coolest thing youtube recommended in a while

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 Před 4 lety +10

    *Albert Einstein:* Ah that's cold! That's cold!

    • @tic9563
      @tic9563 Před 4 lety +1

      Gahh. It's Winter time!

  • @Feezy999
    @Feezy999 Před 4 lety +28

    At first I thought the title was “using meth skate on thin ice”!

    • @Darthsabi
      @Darthsabi Před 4 lety +6

      I mean you could.... it wouldn't be as effective though

    • @aporia9135
      @aporia9135 Před 4 lety +1

      lol no XD

  • @MATTW3R
    @MATTW3R Před 4 lety +3

    Mathematician: "I've been skating on thin ice for 40 years."
    Me: Lol, same here buddy.

  • @rhythmictiger
    @rhythmictiger Před 4 lety

    @2:15 is a gorgeous shot. I can only imagine how good it would feel to skate with the glowing sun going down(?) in front of you.

  • @R3DLiFE
    @R3DLiFE Před 4 lety

    Wow fascinating !!!

  • @jeliomir
    @jeliomir Před 4 lety +3

    It is amazing that mathematics can help sc8ting on ice

  • @MsMrapplepie
    @MsMrapplepie Před 4 lety +101

    The views are breathtaking but too dangerous for my blood.

    • @MsMrapplepie
      @MsMrapplepie Před 4 lety

      Rammiii I appreciate it bro, it help my skin

    • @kaurvirunurm
      @kaurvirunurm Před rokem

      Most free skating is done on ice 10+ cm thick. It's mostly safe :) This quy is on the extreme edge of this hobby, but there are many many skaters in the Nordic countries, most of them alive from year to year :)

    • @MsMrapplepie
      @MsMrapplepie Před rokem

      @@kaurvirunurm I have the grace and balance of a sloth. It’s not happening 🙈

  • @whitejester
    @whitejester Před 4 lety +1

    You can see the ice bending when he skates, amazing.

  • @riley2500
    @riley2500 Před 4 lety

    Why is everyone else’s math teacher so cool

  • @hkui5166
    @hkui5166 Před 4 lety +78

    “Highest C”
    *shows A”
    🤔🤔🤔

    • @hectorojeda8525
      @hectorojeda8525 Před 4 lety +8

      They confused the clefs.

    • @alicetian8849
      @alicetian8849 Před 4 lety +1

      I was looking for this comment lmao

    • @TheNinetySecond
      @TheNinetySecond Před 4 lety +2

      "He has skated in Norway"
      \*shows Sweden*

    • @nayon4291
      @nayon4291 Před 4 lety +3

      It's actually a C, they just didn't show the line below it, if you watch closely how the picture differs from the one shown several seconds before you see that they show 2 different lines on top and in the second picutre they just dont show the one below

    • @nayon4291
      @nayon4291 Před 4 lety

      Like compare picture 0.42 to the one at 0.47 , the line on the top is at another height

  • @itftl1353
    @itftl1353 Před 4 lety +3

    so this is the only time when math comes in handy..

  • @weedi2447
    @weedi2447 Před 4 lety

    In my town in Finland every year at autumn there is always couple cases who have drowned when they tried to skate too early on too thin ice

  • @jeffro7856
    @jeffro7856 Před 4 lety

    Man, this is an old story...feel like I watched it on CZcams a year or so ago...still neat video!

  • @ResaV
    @ResaV Před 4 lety +3

    Meet MARTEN AJNE
    MARTEN AJNE:Hi im Marten Ajne

  • @wasdsam1239
    @wasdsam1239 Před 4 lety +6

    everybody gangsta until the thin ice breaks

  • @jimflys2
    @jimflys2 Před 3 lety +1

    I went on ice as thin as 1.5" or 38mm when I was a kid and about 120 lbs. I was cracking, but still supported well. It was a river, so I stayed rather close to shore where I had shoveled an area. Not the smartest thing to do, but I remember it well.

    • @OmmerSyssel
      @OmmerSyssel Před 2 lety

      Except for the danger of missing essential rescue equipment, your wasn't that much off in your assessment.
      He stated that 30 mm was the thinnest ice he would trust skating.

  • @poppetrurazvan3900
    @poppetrurazvan3900 Před 3 lety

    Please use the ice friction energy to navigate. At very low voltages you can use airfriction or skatte vibration ultrasound that is store somewher in the iron. Thank you.

  • @Lotdol
    @Lotdol Před 4 lety +6

    "Norway" *shows map of sweden*

    • @jonasthemovie
      @jonasthemovie Před 4 lety

      Fred Map of where he has skated, including Norway and easter Europe. But guess what, most dots are in Sweden.

  • @chikapunk4340
    @chikapunk4340 Před 4 lety +8

    It’s Big BRaiN TimE

  • @thebegottenwarrior3956

    Thats one passionate mathematician

  • @sharvahalde1264
    @sharvahalde1264 Před 4 lety

    Never thought that a math Teacher would be soooo *Cool*

  • @wintersummer3003
    @wintersummer3003 Před 4 lety +6

    That’s cool....I hate maths .-.

  • @stuehl8607
    @stuehl8607 Před 4 lety +8

    When he says norway it looks like ge has skated more in sweden. XD

    • @jonasthemovie
      @jonasthemovie Před 4 lety +1

      Ville Lindskog He is swedish so it is kinda obvious...

    • @stuehl8607
      @stuehl8607 Před 4 lety

      @@jonasthemovie yes but they said norway

    • @jonasthemovie
      @jonasthemovie Před 4 lety

      Ville Lindskog and also eastern Europe.....

    • @stuehl8607
      @stuehl8607 Před 4 lety

      @@jonasthemovie sweden is in northwestern europe

    • @jonasthemovie
      @jonasthemovie Před 4 lety

      Ville Lindskog Yes? They show a map of all the places he has skated and mentions Norway and eastern Europe. What is the problem?

  • @hskg
    @hskg Před 4 lety

    ive played pond hockey but this guy is nuts.

  • @anni_ie3096
    @anni_ie3096 Před 4 lety +1

    You need to enchant your skies with frostwalker

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. Před 4 lety +5

    Some people like to game. Some people like to read. This man however, blows everyone else out of the water.

  • @matthewwelch8839
    @matthewwelch8839 Před 4 lety +3

    Better watch out bud your skating on thin ice

  • @Alvin-eq5rc
    @Alvin-eq5rc Před 4 lety

    That sound is a music to my ears

  • @poppetrurazvan3900
    @poppetrurazvan3900 Před 3 lety

    You con also use of ultrasounds geneated by the skates to probe the ice,:by a symple iron tablets mounted in the skatte blade to navigate or to probe the ice thickness or inertialy or even thermally at very low voltages. Anyhow thank you for my SFI courses. Take care.

  • @tanyahubbard7384
    @tanyahubbard7384 Před 4 lety +3

    How is this so mathy
    If that’s even a word

    • @virg0h
      @virg0h Před 4 lety +1

      he knows how thin the ice is by hearing the pitches whilst he skates, for an example hearing a highest pitch means the ice is 3cm which is as thin as it gets before it finally cracks

    • @virg0h
      @virg0h Před 4 lety +1

      he uses coincidence frequency (when a vibration is sufficiently achieved to the wavelength of the ice so it’s equivalent to the wavelength in the air)

    • @tanyahubbard7384
      @tanyahubbard7384 Před 4 lety

      Oh, thanks

  • @scpman2454
    @scpman2454 Před 4 lety +5

    Since he has a good maths brain..
    He has more than 10, 000 IQ

  • @Jobbazz
    @Jobbazz Před 4 lety +1

    Haven’t I seen this video somewhere else before?

  • @zecty2231
    @zecty2231 Před 4 lety

    What does he do in the summer study on how to walk on water

  • @saltybuns7910
    @saltybuns7910 Před 4 lety +4

    Me: *sees name* “Mortan Aj-knee”
    Him: “I’m Mortan Eye-ner”
    Me: 🤨

  • @thefunchannel7088
    @thefunchannel7088 Před 4 lety +12

    It will be more fun when you drop in the water 💧:)

    • @gameplaychannel1309
      @gameplaychannel1309 Před 4 lety +1

      You're a sick human being

    • @joelrehn6847
      @joelrehn6847 Před 4 lety

      Happend to me last year. Quite an experience

    • @hayleyzak1900
      @hayleyzak1900 Před 4 lety

      gameplay Channel well go try it my freind fell in ice once it is very dangerous so he is a good human to be honest

    • @marem3038
      @marem3038 Před 4 lety

      @@gameplaychannel1309 You are sicker

    • @thefunchannel7088
      @thefunchannel7088 Před 4 lety

      gameplay Channel ik I am sik in a good way and your in bad :)

  • @jill6165
    @jill6165 Před 4 lety +2

    Man: I’m good at math
    Thin ice: *am I a joke to you?*

  • @figgeholmberg6039
    @figgeholmberg6039 Před 4 lety

    I like that you say Norway and shows Sweden👍🏼

  • @b_to_the_b
    @b_to_the_b Před 4 lety +4

    There is nothing mathematical about what he does, a quick google search shows he falls through the ice often.

  • @abdirahman883
    @abdirahman883 Před 4 lety +4

    I am mathematician but I don't know how I can use my MATH to be a millionaire!? Anyone with idea !!!?

    • @Sportamrina
      @Sportamrina Před 4 lety

      There's actually a video on that too. A mathematician became a billionaire by using math in the stock market.

    • @Sportamrina
      @Sportamrina Před 4 lety

      James Harris Simons

    • @Sportamrina
      @Sportamrina Před 4 lety

      Video: Billionaire Mathematician - Numberphile

    • @AP-nn7lz
      @AP-nn7lz Před 4 lety

      Rob a bank and use math to plan lol

  • @jonathanng138
    @jonathanng138 Před 4 lety +1

    This caught my attention because I'm good at math while being a freestyle ice skater

  • @acs812
    @acs812 Před 4 lety

    So coool!!!

  • @sixmafia3934
    @sixmafia3934 Před 4 lety +3

    9+10=21

  • @subtopewdiepie2967
    @subtopewdiepie2967 Před 4 lety +11

    2:06 Thats not Norway, thats Sweden. Can you please waste literally one minute of your life to give us the right facts next time?

    • @TheDonkyGamePlay
      @TheDonkyGamePlay Před 4 lety +2

      Actually that's UK

    • @subtopewdiepie2967
      @subtopewdiepie2967 Před 4 lety

      @@TheDonkyGamePlay i mean the second picture, where he said Norway... 🙃🙃

    • @Violetenist
      @Violetenist Před 4 lety

      @@subtopewdiepie2967 did you know Norway conquered Sweden and Equatorial Guinea? And France has been exiled by Luxembourg to Brazil?

  • @ConstantChaos1
    @ConstantChaos1 Před 4 lety

    I inadvertently did this once , I was on a walk with my sister and it had just frozen over the day before and I was like imma be dumb and I went out into the lake by our place and we heard it and like we both knew what it was but it was awesome none the less

  • @NoBody-md5mb
    @NoBody-md5mb Před 4 lety

    This channel can put television shows to shame

  • @ethan82714
    @ethan82714 Před 4 lety

    wasn't this uploaded before?

  • @rail4077
    @rail4077 Před 4 lety

    That sound when he skates on ice sounds like when you pick up something from a game or lot’s of something

  • @RimuKora
    @RimuKora Před 4 lety

    What an absolute madlad

  • @praiboonsuntornproh9202
    @praiboonsuntornproh9202 Před 4 lety +2

    Maths Teacher : Maths will get you so far in life!
    Me : yeah right.
    This Man : *hold my skates*

  • @portlyncruise4260
    @portlyncruise4260 Před 4 lety

    You are such a brave and extraordinarily intelligent man. How beautiful this much be.

  • @datasaga648
    @datasaga648 Před 4 lety

    2:07 that’s Sweden and Finland, only 2 seems to be in Norway

  • @anais937
    @anais937 Před 4 lety

    He can do my homework literally any day

  • @tomrenman2666
    @tomrenman2666 Před 4 lety

    Love how he things sweden is norway

  • @chiracfrancois191
    @chiracfrancois191 Před 4 lety +1

    Student: Do I need all this knowledge in the future
    Maths teacher: Yeah, for ice-skating

  • @Leonarnon
    @Leonarnon Před 4 lety

    Norway! My home ❤🏞⛰🏔

  • @christinemeleg4535
    @christinemeleg4535 Před 2 lety

    Ohh Dr . Marten Ajne my Father taught me to "wild ice " skate decades ago on frozen bays along the lake where we live in California!!! He would tap the ice with a strong hiking pole to check how thick it was and off we would skate! Even though we live in California, we live over two thousand meters in altitude!

  • @perdykool
    @perdykool Před 4 lety

    Love it

  • @HowieFeltersnatch1
    @HowieFeltersnatch1 Před 4 lety

    This guy would be a great ice fisherman

  • @aldotorres1983
    @aldotorres1983 Před 4 lety

    "I couldn't do math to save my life."
    On thin ice, that expression becomes literal.

  • @WinningEmpire
    @WinningEmpire Před 4 lety +1

    Apparently there is a use for the stuff I learn in class

  • @polish_filipino
    @polish_filipino Před 4 lety +1

    My teacher: You'll lose math in the real world, I swear
    Math in the real world:

  • @jdjdkdkdjd7537
    @jdjdkdkdjd7537 Před 4 lety +1

    You already know I’m gonna play pondy with him

  • @concettovaccarella9081

    Up next on strange addictions

  • @thecreepman09
    @thecreepman09 Před 4 lety

    Aye, props to the camera man

  • @azizgaming1235
    @azizgaming1235 Před 4 lety +1

    What’s it like falling in thin ice

  • @takvacs
    @takvacs Před 4 lety +1

    That is METAL.

  • @sweqs6929
    @sweqs6929 Před 4 lety

    This is the guy you hear teachers talk about when teaching quadratic equations.

  • @lovingatlanta
    @lovingatlanta Před 4 lety +1

    🤔This is the one time IRL when you can actually use those math equations they taught you. 😆😂🤣

  • @bentcn8511
    @bentcn8511 Před 4 lety

    he deserves a prize.

  • @NjoyMoney
    @NjoyMoney Před 4 lety +1

    Yea right, this guy is trying to cover up the underwater space battle

  • @beeepboop6353
    @beeepboop6353 Před 4 lety

    NOW it makes sense why glass break when a too high pitched sound is produced

  • @incognito7605
    @incognito7605 Před 4 lety

    Finally a use for math

  • @jojjo8450
    @jojjo8450 Před 4 lety

    2:06 They got Sweden and Norway mixed up. He's been skating very much in Sweden but not at all in Norway according to the map, yet the voiceover said "Norway". He's from Sweden.
    Also, in the description, his name is spelt wrong. He's called Mårten, but it's written 'Märten' there. Mårten is a common Swedish name, Märten isn't a real name. Yes, there is a difference between Å and Ä.