Hunting For a Lost Russian Satellite in Canada | HUNTERS
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- Опубликовано: 20 мар 2022
- Braving the wilderness of northern Canada, two brilliant but eccentric nuclear scientists trek unforgiving terrain to uncover Kosmos-954 a secret, nuclear powered Soviet-era spy satellite that crashed into the tundra decades ago. Taylor Wilson believes that nuclear energy is our only path forward if we want to break our dependence on fossil fuels, but knows we must first learn the mistakes of the past in order to get it right in the future. If Taylor and his nuclear hunting buddy Carl Willis can find Kosmos-954's secretive reactor core it could greatly advance their research, but first, they'll have to survive the elements.
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This is one of the most soothing things I've ever watched. Couple of wonderful nerds picking around the woods for radiation and appreciating their friendship. Love it.
These two need a netflix show where they hunt for more radioactive stuff
This was 1978
Ditto.
@@branchcovidian2001 nice
carl's got a channel ruclips.net/user/CarlWillis1980
@@branchcovidian2001this is modern times. The satellite fell in 1978
I love how you can see the excitement, and wonder in Taylors eyes when he speaks. You can tell he's doing what he loves, and enjoys the challenges along the way :)
It's refreshing, most people who talk about their jobs/hobbies/projects don't have the same spark in their eyes. I hope he never loses that feeling.
I remember sitting next to Taylor at the 2012 International Science and Engineering Fair during the award ceremonies. Seeing that someone my age was doing such high-tech science was eye-opening. High science is not gated behind universities or governments, even teens can innovate and discover if they have the resources. He was one of the smartest people in the room, and both his research and his ability to communicate its importance were amazing. Great to see that he is still doing amazing things!
thats so cool
These guys going around and hunting down various radioactive things would be a phenomenal series that I'd watch the hell out of. Wiggle in some Hamilton's Pharmacopeia style scientific explanations and I think you guys would have a cult classic on your hands.
Not woke enough need at least one gay guy and preferably from a marginalized ethnicity
@@777zebo go away lol
His lanky ass reminds me of Hamilton.
@@777zebo must suck to have a smooth brain
@@777zebo the cartoons on your channel make more sense. No need to be edgy Brandon
Woah! My dad actually was a part of the Canadian military to go hunt for the satellite. I can’t wait to send him this documentary!
let us know how it went!
He will be massively underwhelmed im sure.
The guide is from Quebec and i fucking love how he represents our people, willing to help, courteous and fun! We need more of those radioactive hunts, the end was so touching.
kinda cool he recognised the other 2 are clearly gay & let em have a tent togther - didnt make a fuss
I SWEAR IT WAS HEADING FOR A "BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN" REENACTMENT @ THE END! LMFAO GREAT STORY THOUGH!
@@mcfcguvnors wait, clearly gay? idk rly?
everyone shares a tent...but me... classic Quebec
❤️ from Texas!
You guys need to contact my father in law. He has spent a lot of time/money looking for this thing. According to him, he has additional info from what you alluded to in the documentary. He would love to talk about it with you. And he is a Reno local.
You should email vice or send them a dm on their socials. I doubt they check these and that could be huge if you are being truthful.
I'm sure these folks probably have some social media accounts, you could send them a message on there? It'd be probably more effective since comments like this get lost in the flood of comments.
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ingo swann found it already
@@noeorozco5054 what?
If these 2 had a Netflix series I’d definitely watch
I had a small part in this as a young fisheries technician working on Great Slave lake. In the year following the crash of 954, we were tasked with collecting fish from the east arm of GSL to see if any radioactive contamination could be detected in fish tissues. Great to see the interest all these years later!! Fun video to watch.
Cool. And was it detected?
When he was ragging on him for his clothes and packing I was like, “OK, see they’re just like the rest of us.” AND THEN THEY SHOW HIM SHOWERING WITH HIS CLOTHES ON
Taylor has bee impressing me for years. These two guys should have their own show.
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The patience on the guide is impeccable
i died when guide was talking about bear mace, and the one scientist ask the dump question... the guide just stared at him xD
@@costco_aka_packin you that’s edited hey?
I came to learn about nuclear technology, but I learned about friendship.
Very cool. That was most likely a very expensive trip to nowhere, personally funded, just for their own personal interest. Always neat to see people doing what they love to do.
They probably make good money being nuclear scientists
Yes but it gets tedious. Because they probably won't find it. Or it's been secretly found. Their persistence is honorable but some things aren't meant to be found or discovered. People will soon get bored 😴
@@libbad7419 THEYVE BEEN LOOKING FOR BIGFOOT FOR YEARS LOL
The way the guide looks at him when he ask if a bear will eat you when ur shitting was priceless
Lol. IKR! Looked like he was trying to come up with a polite answer then, overwhelmed by the idea that they genuinely may not know, just gave up and said nothing.
That is exactly what you want to see.
Scientists that are absolutely lovely people, a little odd, but more than loveable personalities, a search, or quest, if you will, you can sympathize with and get behind on. Please, someone NEEDS to make a netflix show out of it, funding these two marvelous human geniusses and bringing us great entertainment.
Huge props to these guys. I spent a lot of time up North and that is land is unforgiving and tough going. 85% of people could not do what they did.
you didn't see the camp with the facilities provided by the film crew :)
Without those things, I'd agree with you.
But this trip was no more "roughing it" than a Bear Grills survival show on television.
They bumbled around and did nothing amazing.
Stories like this always amaze me. With todays technology it’s interesting how something can be lost for 40 years. I hope they find it 🙏🏽
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Government could of found all the pieces but kept it secret to avoid the Soviet Union questioning and wanting it back
@@devgod or just gradaully kept gathering the pieces over the next years. the idea that they would just spend one day then be like "oh well bye" means they either found what mattered, found that it was never important, or went back and got it later
Right? Just like how we have the technology to go to space and put rovers on Mars, yet we’re incapable of exploring the depths of our oceans. I understand the fact that the pressure deep in the ocean is ridiculously powerful, but you would think we would have the technology to at least build an unmanned submarine-like device to control from above… with really bright lights since its total blackness down there.. and cameras. Like, just imagine the possibilities of what is down there. Also, another amazing thing, in my opinion, is that scientists still discover new animals and insects all the time. Like, there may be tons of undiscovered species roaming within the Amazon and across earth, not to mention that there are probably tribes and civilizations of people living in the jungles who have no contact with the outside world and do not use, or even know about the existence of our technology and what exists beyond their tribe. Crazy how there is so much on our own planet which is yet to be discovered. Totally agree with your comment though. Sorry for the rant. 😆
@@deftones8717 I wonder if it just has to do with just how much surface there is to look for and the where to start and the willpower
More of this weird obscure documentary content please Vice. This is exactly what I always liked about vice, not the infamous dildo dartboard stories 😂
This was like watching a nerdy broke back mountain. 45 mins of my life I’ll never get back
Was living in Yellowknife as a kid when this satellite came down. We had warning posters all over the school regarding the dangers of eating radioactive snow, etc.
Miss it up there. Watching you hiking over the lichen and moss of untouched land brought it all flooding back. Used to play rock sniffer out there all I could.
So glad they brought the wilderness expert, right before he was introduced i was saying “oh god they arent going to survive a week out there”
Even there not very surviving with the Bugs😁🕷️🦟🕷️🦟🐜🦟🐜🕷️🦟
These guys have a very interesting chemistry where theyre are very different while being very much alike but just go together in a very entertaining and STRONG bonded way. You should really have your own show together. Interesting and wholesome.
Loved this. I'd watch a whole series with these guys adventuring!
This was great, you all have been killing it lately with these Uploads. This is like Vice from 10 years ago, when you were still cool! Thanks.
I liked VICE better when they were less politically polarized. This is the exact style of content I missed.
@@m1garandlvr420 Same it was a better time not only for good content but for good journalism as well.
These two are so cool, I could watch so many shows with them exploring and looking for things. You need the wild man as well, he completes the trio, he brings most of the comedy. Please do more with these three…
This guy knows the future. I wasn’t here nor there with Nuke power until my buddy became a nuclear waste remover cleaner for the power plants. He told me that it is the safest cleanest most efficient way to provide power and it would get better for 1000 years or better. He also told
Me that there are WAY more nuke plants than we the people could imagine. I’m 100% in on nuclear power and all resources should be put forward with it
Nuclear power is literally safer than solar - more people fall off roofs and die while installing solar panels than due to nuclear reactors, and of course fossil fuels kill literally MILLIONS of people every year and nobody seems to care.
That the fossil fuel lobby managed to make everyone hate nuclear power is one of the biggest tragedies of our time.
_Maybe the power they were searching was the power of friendship and memories which they made along the journey_
Started this video expecting to see some radioactive hunting, stayed for the obvious friendship between these two gentlemen.
absolutely love how nerdy these two are, they even got a crocodile dundee Frenchmen. hilarious
Never thought I'd see Wes Anderson hunting for lost satellites
I want a reality TV show with these guys!
So true….
Everybody else including me thought a series would be good but a whole show about them and how they live and then their adventures would be amazing
I’m from northern Canada myself and I thought it was hilarious seeing you guys trudge through the bush 😂 really cool stuff and I hope your mosquito bites have healed up ;)
I just got a place after being homeless in Washington State for almost a decade.
This is hilarious..
@@Brett_S_420 congrats, brother! Was house-less myself for a while. The struggle is real. Live your best life.
@A mosquitoes?! Are you talking about those velociraptors with wings?!
You can hear em buzzing in the background lol
Yup
Best bit about this program is Taylor and Carl's friendship geeky but sweet
Literally days ago, I was talking to my wife about "that nuclear physicist kid that's on VICE sometimes", and wondering what he's up to.
Thank you for answering my question, and in a timely manner, VICE. :>
I feel kinda bad that they did even found at least one tiny part of the satellite. And to be honest, that was a really cool expedition.
That means that the government did a half decent job at cleaning it up. Also doesn't help that the satellite crashed during winter into a frozen lake. Likely sitting under many meters of water and muskeg now
@@highroller96 yeah, I realized it probably fell into the water and this would be a headache to recover, I don’t think someone is really going to dive and recover those parts. But yeah did a good job, but there has to be more than what the gov found.
I love the mix of the nerdiness and great hosting, I call it Bill Nye energy and the force is strong in these two, both entertaining and informative, and as everyone else is saying they are already perfect for a show of their own!
These guys found something much much stronger than a nuclear power, and that's the friendship and bond they shared and continue to share thru time
naw
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cringe bro
You obviously don't realize how strong nuclear power is.
It could be a Netflix series if only one of them would decide to transition
These guys are awesome, they are super cool nerds and need their own show . The friendship they have is so deep and touching as well .
21:35 get these 2 a Netflix series asap use the money to find these killer rocks lmao these 2 are hilarious. Thankfully they are obsessive with this, I appreciate your work and knowledge and what it gives me in everyday life.
These kinds of documentaries are exactly why people watch Vice.
That guide reminds me of my husband, big strong viking looking man! Sooo sweet and helpful too. ❤
Goofy nerdy dudes are the best. Always so down to earth and lighthearted. They are the epitome of this
Towards the end, I was feeling like it was gonna be vol#2 of broke back mountain with Geiger counters and hazmat suits ., 🤣
We definitely need more of this. The trio is incredible lol
"Oh hell no, more people should stick their heads in a radioactive hole". Had me in tears lol
I love the true friendship between the two, I'd absolutely love to do what you do. Font forget, if you discover things easily, the pleasure isn't as good. Keep up the great work. 👍
knowing this was going to turn out like a typical MONSTER QUEST show I skipped to the end and saved 40 minutes of my life.
The amount of mosquitoes made my skin crawl 😂 but completely fascinating hunt
Should do an in depth dive into the radioactive boy scout, I forget his name but as soon as this guy said he achieved fission at 14 and it immediately reminded me of him.
To be dedicated from an early age promises great people of the future keep up the good work , great content VICE 👍
I live in the Northwest Territories and I’ve never heard of this before I’m excited to watch I’ve never even seen a popular RUclips channel post a video about the NWT so this is cool I wonder how old the footage is though it’s been snowy since October
I love watching people that are passionate about what they do. I wish i could find my passion and be happy.
Only Taylor would wear a dress shirt into the wilderness while hunting a nuclear reactor 😂. He’s one of a kind.
This is the cutest romcom with a science twist and I need more of it
It occurred to me whether a drone scan for radioactivity would be helpful in narrowing down spots to look. It seems that the wall about model they used would miss a piece even if it was a few feet away. I would of course depend on how how a piece one was looking for.
Bravo VICE, great story and video! The amount of research, work, experience and knowledge involved here is incredible. The guide, fisherman and the two scientists showed incredible perseverance and determination throughout the difficulties and hardships of the weather, incessant insects and the dangers of a truly wild, isolated and remote wilderness that few people have ever seen. The comradery of the scientists and their authentic humanitarian quest to solve the world's energy crisis (by creating safer nuclear reactors) surprised me in the end as it brought forth emotions that I found touching and truly humbling and, was definitely not, what I would expect as an outcome to this excellent video!
I hope VICE makes many more of this type of video in the future. It is a refreshing and an enlightening alternative to all the gloom and doom videos and news reports that our world has been plagued with in recent times. There is still a chance for humanity, even with the current war in Ukraine, climate change, the COVID pandemic, panic and mass hysteria that plagues our world today, and it needs to be brought into the limelight as well! Humankind has abilities no other species on earth has, that is the ability to work together and solve problems....no matter how big those problems may seem!
"If it comes back to you, you're just like a spicey sausage ok" had me laugh
This is basically the comedy show the Detectorists.
You can totally tell that those dudes ain’t to Out-Doors-E by the way the “try” to maneuver through the simple lil brushy terrain lmao poor guys probably never have walked in the woods since they were little kids
Out-Doors-E? Is that like a Chuck-E-Cheese language for Outdoorsy?
I lived in Yellowknife and spent many days and nights from -50c to +30c, blaring 24hr sunlight in the summer and almost zero daylight in the winter, I wish these guys good luck and I hope they enjoy the scenery.
I want them to have a netflix show so bad. I could watch them for hours, because it's so interesting.
“Everyone shares a tent …. But me ….. you don’t want share a tent with me….” Lmao 🤣 crack up
One thing that you guys failed to bring along is a trekking pole. It is so very light and collapsible, but sturdy for such adventure you're doing. It would have made your mountainous ascent so much easier having a third leg to help keep your balance, and exert less effort. Worth it!
Loved this - more of these guys please Vice
Radioactive Bear Dump Attack ! Don't forget your radioactive bear spray ! lol
Would love to see these two do more :D
What if the military have found it already and just not said anything?
There is not even proof the reactor stayed in too big pieces lol.. I'm sure you'd still find plenty if you spent your whole life there that is :D
These guys give me hope for humanity! Kudos!
This video was awesome! I loved the juxtaposition of a mysterious quest (with a porn-like soundtrack lol) and the wholesome friendship of two nerds-at-heart. As a fellow nerd🤓 I approve of this content! Great vid, Vice.
"porn like soundtrack" wtf?
Lmao "ya I think we can surely do it"
*takes 12 steps*
"You okay back there Taylor?..."
This is beyond a needle in a hay stack. Gotta give them props for going out in this area of the country. The bugs are INSANE! INSANE!! I say!! Or make you go insane.
The US military have recovered the satellite
I spent a year in Labrador and the clouds of Mosquitos were brutal.
Probably why the Viking settlement and WWII German weather station were not found for decades
I love this, thank you Vice for doing your thing. I didn’t know I’d be into this and yet when I saw them hug it out at the end i realized I had gained a different appreciation for the people doing this work which otherwise isn’t really documented in the mainstream, that homie love hit different.
Vice. I can't believe the shots that you're getting on this strange expedition whoever you sent is a God for these adventure shots 👌
I need a part 2, 3 and 4 following these two I thoroughly enjoyed this!
TBF vice are awesome always but this was right up my street......👍👌👍
this was great. so wholesome. just the boys on a canadian wilderness trip
These two need a series!
I love how this was made it’s so cool to see people enjoy themselves while having a mission also the song here is so good 18:20
Yeah!
Not
what a beautiful and enviable friendship, almost forgot this was a story about a satellite by the end
love these guys! they def need a recurring series or something!!
Something tells me these friends will continue their search and one day (maybe years and years from now) they’ll find what they’re looking for.
It would probably take a lifetime of searching to find the big pieces they are searching for - but they could probably find small fragments with a few weeks of proper searching..
Save yourself 44 minutes, they don't find any of it.
Thanks very much. I was looking if there's something like this.
I feel immensely sorry for you if you think the sole point of this film is actually finding the satellite.
@@Cruisey then please explain what the sole point of this video was
These guys need their own series, I’m getting Adam & Jamie Mythbusters vibes from them.
- Where’s the Simon Ostrovsky?
- Will there be a new series of Russian Roulette?
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My family has been searching for the gold our family hid in a railway tunnel so Hitler’s troops wouldn’t find it, and have been taking trips for decades now, seems like a story Vice might like in that the amount of history and art and heirlooms would be a time capsule from 1933.
Russian doll?
The family l was au pair for in Italy did something similar. Hid all the family's valuables somewhere in the mountains so the Germans couldn't steal them but, between the bombing and fighting, it was so long before they could get back to the area after the war, they couldn't find where they hid it either.
This is cool, more stuff like this VICE
I loved this one. These guys need a full show. Such humble and sweet guysb
This was really great to watch... And I agree Netflix needs to give these guys their own show.
one thing to remember about isotope sources is they are hot to the touch, melting snow around them. in the lia orphaned source event georgian farmers used an orphaned generator for warmth during the winter, they would almost all not survive.
I feel their passion... i hope they keep this up and achieve their goals!
... and then they moved in together, and shared many a happy moment in their beautiful radioactive house. 💞
Exquisite documentary. The guide being the scaredee cat for a change when digging the hole towards the end!
I live in northern Canada there is all kinds of things buried near my house...old steam trains...and yes old satellites too
Are you 🎣 fishing for company? 🐶
What a nice way to say you live in a dump
I think they would be more successful building a drone with a extra sensitive sensor on it for detecting radiation or a magnetometer.
For two minds, ones fascinated and focused on like-minded pursuits, to share that kind of parity with one another - very cool to see.
So awesome lol 😂 these guys are about as out of their element as it gets 😂😂 pretty awesome mission they are on
It wasn’t a reactor. Nuclear reactors produce heat by means of fission when fuel are bombarded with neutrons; satellites with nuclear power sources contain nuclear fuel that produce heat as they decay. Much different than a traditional reactor.
No, this one looks like it was an actual reactor. It's not a nuclear battery like on preserverance.
You are exactly wrong. It did indeed carry a proper fission reactor, complete with molten sodium-potassium coolant.
It cracks me up to see the old giga counters from the 1970s. Has no one yet really made an app yet that can do the same with an attachment? These things were used as props in Ghostbusters!
I've asked myself the same question but I think it's not really possible since Geiger counters need a high voltage to operate - the physical principle on which they run is just a very high voltage condenser
I'm thinking there has to be something that at least could be used from a chopper.
@@Joghurt2499 Since inventions became corporatized out of the box advancements have became stagnant.
Yes, you can buy handheld Geiger counters....not sure if they are as good.
really loving the slacks and tucked in button up in the Northern Canadian Tundra.
Some old school interesting Vice documentary about the fringes of society. Love it!!