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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Race across lakes, glacial lagoons, and ice caves in this backcountry skating adventure. Like a frozen fantasy, the skaters glide through the untouched wilderness of Alaska’s most stunning landscapes: Kenai Lake, the Portage Lagoons, Turnagain Arm, Wasilla Lake, Sheridan Glacier, Byron Glacier, and Portage Glacier.
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Joined by Nordic bladers, hockey players, and figure skaters, Paxson Woelber and Cale Green filmed this piece over the course of two Alaskan winters. Learn more about the film and the safety precautions that were taken here: winterbear.com/...
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And we thought ice skating in the park was exciting. This backcountry ice skating through Alaska takes this winter activity to a whole new level!
National Geographic amazing
Thanks ,that was nice .I grew up in Quebec ,most of us are born with skates on.
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This is magical... it’s so beautiful!!!
This video made me happy...
Santiago Cardozo me too
Motivated too 😘😂😂
It seems like there’s nowhere else on earth that your can really move that freely for so long other than on backcountry ice. It looks like the skaters could move on their own two feet forever, or at least until the ice runs out. It seems absolutely magical and free.
Very talented skaters ....even the editor did a commendable job. The music and scene....give a boost to just jump and be in the wild with mother nature !!!!
Wow, what a way to see such beautiful scenery. Sadly, I tried skating once, didn't end well. Broken bones. 😮
First you learn how to stop.
GG2K7AU05 that happens when I hit the floor! 🤕
Kelly White 🤕😢
I feel you LOL, I tried to skate in a skating rink ... not too bad tho, but I ended up just waddling like an overweight penguin ...
Arkhadi Pustaka yes, some of us should stick to walking!
Sorry for late reply, only just got notification?! 🤔
Love the background music.
Бесконечное безмолвие и много
снега и льда! Супер.
Great soundtrack too⛸️⛸️🧤🧣
I have never seen anything as beautiful as this 😌❤️💯 watching this gave me peace of mind..... and on Wednesday I’m going ice skating ❄️
Beautiful ice for skesting, very interesting to watch, experience the natural scenery, nice viedo photography, thank you
I love winter so much!
Oh my...Very beautiful 😍😍
That's neat! It is also a really pretty scenery.
Stunningly brillant.
I have never seen such a wonderful video in my life. I am mesmerised and I will go the place definately once.
Excellent, if the ice is a solid 4 inches or more. Looks like a great way to cover some distance. Can really make time, too.
Its just fantastic!!! Wish I could go iceskating to a place this wonderful
Ice scating is superb..
This video is unbelievable.
So beautiful.😘😘
Backcountry ice skating across Alaska looks incredible, doesn't it Rohit?
Yes, NatGeo it's so magnificent and marvelous.
👍👍😎🎿⛷🏂
Imagine playing hockey on this it would be lit
Very cool and beautiful
Vavoooooookooooooooo...........i from India ....love you
I'd probably break a hip, fall through the ice, and then get eaten by an obese seal
a crusty krab 😂😂😂😂 me too!
Lmaooooo 😂😂😂😂
It sounds like you're massive enough to break the ice but I'll bet you're also massive enough to get stuck and not fall through the ice.
a crusty krab agree
You will..if you truly are a patrick
Soundtrack is lit AF
Beautiful
Imagine Tonya Harding doing this, it would be majestic 💫
awww now I want to be there
Freaking parkour on ice....LOVE IT
amazing visuals
OMG the dog and the knife of the boots...
very powerful images!
Too bad there's no more snow or ice in few decades. We haven't seen snow in southern Finland for the whole winter. It's just raining.. it's January soon.. ive never seen anything like it
Yeah most of Finland is I assume, but nothing in South in the capital, it feels pretty apocalyptic. Just endless rain every day. Its kind of tropical actually.
im a dude on the internet oh wow, four years. Yeah over here it's been getting less every year. And now it feels like spring. No snow anymore
Richard agree
In Idaho we usually have 6-8 inches (15.24- 20cm) of snow by now but this year we only got 2-3 (5-7) and it all melted. Even the ski resorts are having to close in Januray because there is not enough snow.
Where I live in Finland, in winter there is like 1-3 meters of snow and it’s very cold.
Es un sueño estar ahí! :D
Why would anyone skate indoors if they had access to places like this?! This makes skating make sense, which going around in circles with 100 other people just doesn't.
mARAVILLOSO !!!!!!!
😍wow, stunning
Merry Christmas
Awesome :)
No words,OOOO GOD LIVES THERE.......CME
It's awesome.
I'm freezing ❄❄❄
Amazing
Feeling
Yeah, I tried this in Ottawa, Canada with my son. It was amazing and such a liberating and magical memory... until the police showed up and threatened to arrest me as apparently it is illegal to skate on the river. We honestly live in such a nanny state I'm surprised they don't force us to wear helmets to walk on the sidewalk.
How huge or small is the risk of falling through the ice into the water? I would love to ice skate, and doing so out in the beauty of nature looks amazing, but I have a deep fear of being trapped under ice, freezing and/or drowning to death.
A nice skating saw on you
Vídeo maravilhoso ...dizem que palavras leva-as o vento, mas o belo permanece...a natureza e noso pensamento exalta de alegria ao apreciar tão singelas...extasiantes... benesses...num contacto directo que torna profundo o nosso olhar..adoro!!!
My Wish One Day
Wow
So amazing view....and music is awsm
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Could I go long distances comfortably with hockey skates or do I need Nordic skates? Also, are Nordic skates insulated because I don’t wear socks when I skate
Nice
Gudomligt ❤️ ☮️ lappajärvi......
This would be so fun! National Geographic please sign me up!
I could skate for days! :D
With this stunning scenery, we think we could skate for days too (or at least a few hours)!
Holy shit I'm crying
Its just called normal skating in sweden . Cool video guys have fun
where is this located I mean in which country. this kind of ice mountains. let me know please any one dears.
Круто!
Can u do this in Canada?
This are make funny people are stiil moveing there .. have a nice journey ...
Who could dislike this? It looks amazing. Probably people who never ice skated!
Not everyone likes ice skating, but we think everyone can appreciate the beautiful scenery. Don't you agree, Jose?
It is beautiful here how I wish to skate ⛸️ here 🏳️🌈
Amazing ! Where is this ?
Alaska! Isn't the scenery amazing?
National Geographic An absolutely stunning way to showcase both the sport of nordic/wild ice skating and the great land of Alaska. Kudos for a dazzling video!
WASILLA
oh my god!
I want to do this lol
Ok, help a brother out. How can I go and do this? I have to do it.
It's awsm
nice
These folks are going to get a back country concussion without a helmet.
I need the song! Whats the title?
Utah - on the mountain by the sea
😍😍😍😍
💗
The only way to skate
😱😱😱😀🤩🤩🤩
Looks like Antarctica, not Alaska
Tom G
No trees in Antarctica.
B uppy you're right but who knows. Question everything
Tom G
I'd be less worried about thawing ice in Antarctica
It looks amazing, but I wouldn't wanna do it alone. If you fell through the ice out there, there's almost no way you would ever make it out of the wilderness alive, from the hypothermia alone. Hopefully, these people take extra precautions when doing this..
Some people's lives man...and here i sit in a sand pit
Build up... build up... build up... train?
С У П Е Р!!!
Duh
I would be "AWWW YEAH" then crash into snow, loose a few teeth and probally break some bones.
Skates and dogs do not go well together..
I wonder how long this would be possible with global warming starting? sad!
It is the ultimate winter adventure, until you fall through the ice and die. What happened to logic and common sense? I guess it fell through the ice and died too.
William Matthews If ur seventh generation Alasakian, you are genitically superior when it comes to cold temperatures. A thick coat of blubber protects the body from extreme coldness, allowing the body to survive ultimate adventurers and all mishaps that may occur throughout.
William Matthews Bro, arctic ice is 3-4 meters thick.
William Matthews life is worthless without risks
Bram van der Wall Life is a risk. I just like the odds to be in my favor.
William Matthews what i mean is that doing risky things like this will make you feel alive