Not being paid by Nebula to do so but if you're going for this type of content specifically, I suggest you subscribe to that service. It's the closest to the Discovery Channel of the early 90s in the modern era.
The fact he was largely forgotten is a shame. Regardless of the fact they didn't make it to the poles, those men ventured further than anyone else and put up a record that took nearly 30 years to beat, and making that kind of trip with unproven, experimental, 1930's tech in a WWI era sub is just fucking terrifying. The phrase "We stand on the shoulders of giants" comes to mind.
@dariusweisz7440 they went further in the artic, thats what he meant There's a big difference with sailing the seas hopping from island to island and being stranded in the middle of the artic with a small vessel
I have surfaced through the polar ice on three occasions with Royal Navy subs and those were fraught with danger so to see someone attempt the same nearly 100 years ago is breathtaking. The fact that this boat used diesels, which needed air to operate, was incredibly risky as coming across a polynia could be very hit and miss without upward looking sonar to aid discovery of an area of open water.
This was an expedition I had never heard of. The coincidence of names is just bizarre The cooling system of the nuclear power nautilus had a persistent leak that the crew could not locate. Before leaving Washington state for the voyage north crew members went into town and bought every can of StopLeak they could find. End of problem
I joined to serve on endurance after being rejected by the British antarctic survey. Heard submariners get rock star wages so changed over during the recruitment process. I then joined a boat that had an incident under the ice after the fact. Served all my time on that boat before being injured and put into recovery. Never did get a chance to visit the ice. Drafty had my name down for a boat which done an icex 2 months after I was discharged. Never been so annoyed in my life.
This whole story feels like one of those really tense and depressing movies with a complicated and sympathetic protagonist. I understand why Wilkins would press on and the pressure he was under. But it was dangerous and irresponsible to press on as far as he did. What a great video!
Typical explorers and scientists. Blinded by their original vision and goal. Not to mention the years of hard work. It’s not easy to admit you’ve failed
It's a little hard to criticize his choice to press on. No one on the crew were pressed into service, and they didn't have a financial stake in the venture beyond what they would be payed for their work aboard. Wilkins on the other hand had invested his life's savings and reputation on this- if he backed down, he would be ruined financially and his reputation so destroyed that he could never recover. It's not like there were many social safety nets then, and you can find tale of many a wealthy well off individual who, for one reason or another, lost it all and died miserable, broke, and forgotten. His situation was one of damned if you do, damned if you don't; 100% chance of ruin, or a 99% chance of ruin, pick your poison. I'm just glad to hear that he and his crew survived. Just because I understand and honestly agree with his decision to press on, it doesn't mean I want to hear that he martyred himself for the glory of the expedition.
Pretty much every worthy achievement was accomplished exactly like that, think of Columbus or Magellan or the first plane flights , first space flights etc. etc.
6:50 "Mechanical issues be damned, it was time to get going." That isn't a phrase you want to hear on _any_ vehicle, much less a submarine planning to journey under an ice sheet. I wonder if they told the crew about that particular detail before they set off?
@@kurtbilinski1723 Hahaha that's hilarious, and also terrible at the same time (when something goes wrong or should I say "right" mechanically speaking). Terrible stuff.
06:24 it's amazing how in just 6-7 decades, pole-exploring submarine went from "cannot go out far from port without breaking down a lot" into "body-crashing thru sea ice by simply surfacing".
They learned a LOT from willin's expedition. Also wilkins tried something arranged while the next gen submarines took that into account and were built for the purpose
Idk if anyone else remembers those Incredible Cross-Sections books from the 90s, but Mustard always captures the feeling of flipping through those as a kid with these videos.
The book pages are practical effects (other than fading in the submarine internal graphic). The yellow book is real - you can find scans of it on the Internet Archive. The papers are real. The maps are copies from books with the lines animated in. The illustrated schematics look very similar to those in books on the topic from the 1990s but I can't find a list of sources used for the video to find an exact match.
@@chrisn8349l actually agree with you and finally some one who l found in the comment section that actually has a functioning brain for once and this world actually genuinely needs more people actually like you in this world and you actually couldn't have said that actually any better than me.
I can never get over the way the media treated these explorers, like how can you make fun of someone for like mechanical problems when they're literally risking their life doing this.
Part of it is they don't realize how much they know because of progress since then. Today's basic safty measures were not even known back then, or were earth shattering advancements. They make fun, forgetting how little these people were working with, both technilocally and knowledge wise. Ignorance makes a cruel mind.
Just wait until someone gets desperate enough to offer a free trial on Nebula, sign up, watch everything they’ve been keeping exclusive and then cancel it. That’s how I binged all of Mustard’s stuff.
@@jfangmI'm sorry but going to the north pole in a scrappy old submarine that kept breaking down long before the actual expedition, and that *doesn't have heat or insulation*... is a bad plan, no matter the amount of slack you cut them.
@@efovex Not to mention their plan of ramming it underneath the ice. What if there was a pocket of thin ice that the sub floated into which would prevent it from returning without being able to properly dive?
Wow. An incredible channel consisting almost entirely of nothing but high quality videos diving into my special interest; the design and engineering behind unique forms of travel. You've even got a video on airships! I'm seriously so excited. I can't wait to burn through your youtube catalogue and then give Nebula a shot. Thanks for the quality content, you really made my day!
@@azuredragonofnether5433 well it is what it is he did not realize that was going to happen till it was to late so just keep his lesson in mind if you plan to take a sub to the north pole or something crazy like that one it can happen to you to if your not careful
I could imagine a documentary of someone going out and raising the Nautilus, looking at the shock absorber on the front, the wacky ice drill, the guide arm thing on top, the diving area... couldn't you just see that thing sitting in a museum somewhere pointing out all this insane stuff... basically showing you that they were absolutely bonkers to try this with those dreamed up extras.
The ice drill was a necessity, the trip was impossible without it. The sub had an air breathing engine and battery power. Without being able to run the engines on occasion they would be stranded.
Hi Mustard, a channel called The Intense Secret has copied this video's entire content (videos, script etc) and is showing it as his own without putting you in the credits
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I had a chance to visit the USS Nautilus (the nuclear powered one) last year. It's amazing to me how little space they had to work with, to the point that you'd have to turn sideways in the pasageway to pass each other and still brush belt buckles. Truly amazing feats of human engineering and tenacity.
Due to the tendency to re-use names, the unique hull number is handy - that's *SSN-571* for the nuclear submarine _USS Nautilus_ . The "Nautilus" used by Wilkins was _USS O-12_ (hull *SS-73* ) before it was taken out of military service.
@tysonsells6421 hull *SF-9/SS-168* was yet another "Nautilus", a Narwhal-class submarine from 1930... not the nuclear submarine, and not the vessel that was used for the arctic expedition. SS-73 was not called "Nautilus" while in military service; it was just "USS O-12". "USS-168" isn't a hull designation.
I've been a submarine enthusiast since I was a kid and I never heard this story! I am shocked I never came across mention of it in the submarine books I read as a kid. Thank you for sharing this forgotten history with us!
@@everettstormy Literally same. Especially atctic exploration and history of discovery. I assumed this was going to be a hypothetical scenario or proposal that would be cancelled for practical reasons. To doscover this a real event is truly astounnding!
What’s wrong with this world is that people only care if you succeed and people don’t care about you if you fail(your just forgotten) such a sad world.
I think it was Edison that said something like "I've never failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work" I feel like "failure" is so misunderstood these days. Failure is a VITAL component to progression. And you can't fail if you don't try. Problem is these days it's: "if you don't fail, you succeed," and it should be closer to "if you fail, you're trying!" It's fun to think that the brightest minds failed more times than 95% of us "regular folks"
If that was the case then no one, I repeat NO ONE, would care about/study/follow the teachings of/honor the Nazis, the Confederacy, and plenty of other groups across history. The fact they failed merely becomes part of their lore, and it lives on for centuries because some people apparently like supporting both fascists, racists, AND white-flag-wavers.
People?! Bollocks to them - I've been much happier ever since I stopped thinking about my life in terms of success and failure, and being worried about what people might think. Just keep on truckin as they used to say - go your own way, do no harm and you won't go far wrong.
My grandfather was on the Skate in the 50s when the two subs (2nd sub being the "new" Nautilus) went out to surface through the polar ice for the first time. He was one of four civilians on board and even got a spot in the arctic named after him. My grandmother never really knew what he was doing since it was so secretive during the cold War. Family didn't even find out till many years later once things started being declassified after 25 and then 50 years later.
They were under the ICE at the ARTIC........ That's Not Just 🆒 COOL! .......IT'S FRICKING FREEZING!!! Me and Herself went on the "Yellow Submarine" Tour? Voyage? Trip? Experience, yeah that fits, when on holiday to the Canary Islands. It was an amazing experience - but also disappointing too! By that I mean that the Safety briefing was probably longer than the Trip; the Canary Islands are volcanic, so there's no real "Schools" of Pretty fish - in fact the most interesting fish, was a medium sized Ray, which had learned to come up close to the view-ports and the Safety Diver would feed it! Possibly Why there wasn't a lot of other fish - that Ol' Ray had a good thing going!! There Was a real "buzz" from the other passengers and it was kinda doubly exciting for me, because a fecked up spine had put me into the; "If we have to evacuate for any reason 😱 You've Got To Agree To Be Last 1 Out ! The Pilot will show you what to do, as he's also Last 1 Off-board! OKAY?👍😀 !" I had to Agree! Due to Not being Physically Able to Swim - Sink ? I'm your (w)⚓ !! I know that there's another Yellow Submarine Tour, sailing from Paphos (🤔?) In Cyprus, so it Might have a better underwater environment, in which case I'd do it again if there. But I'd really love to afford a trip to try out the YSub Tour in the Carribbean, (specifically the Bahamas, but Don't quote me on that!) Having seen videos of their Snorkeling \ Scuba & Glass-bottom Boat Trips, I should imagine that there's where the greatest diversity of Ocean plant and animal life would be! [Not 4 me tho ! I can't afford the Trip, is No.1 & No.2 is; although I can Swim somewhat now - I took Lessons with a N.Ireland Triathlon swimming Coach ! I'd love to be able to say she turned me round! and I'm now a Paralympic Swimming competitor 👍🏼🏊 🤽 🚣 I Do The Lot!! .......But, No! Essentially she said, "So, here's what Mate. I'm going to "teach" you "How To Float to Save Your Life in Open water, with A Flotation device!" 😶 So, that's that! - Though I did go "Undersea Walking" in Cyprus, After those Lessons! And I've Also "ridden" an "Underwater Scooter" - back to Canary Islands for that ! And though Defo the Most Dangerous thing for my Lack of Any Level Swimming ability, and I Don't think I'd have the "stones" to Ever do that again 😭 Herself would have went back again, Every Day!! But, She still won't go on the back of a motorcycle 🏍️💨 scooter🛵💨 or even a wee electric 🛴 by her own self, even tho our niece's 9yr old wee girl keeps asking her if she wants to try! People Are Funny \ Weird & Unpredictable wee Creatures, are we not ??! 🤠 😷 🤔 😀 😋 🤗
I wish there was more detail about the message “our Arctic trip is over…” How far did they make it? When did they decide to turn around? The whole abandonment of the expedition isn’t even glossed over, it’s not explained whatsoever.
8:42, honestly among a crew of 20, only having 4 quit after such an abysmal failure seems incredibly lucky, that voyage sounds like hell and they hadn't even made it into uncharted waters...
Imagine all the bravery just to pilot through a dark abyssal desert landscape. Ice. Ice. Ice. Empty ocean floor. Ice. Ice. Ice. Empty ocean floor. No pots of gold or lost civilizations or even a Kraken or two.
@@stormdog9169 I admire these brave people greatly, people like this risk their lives for the betterment of the rest of us. They don't usually rest on their laurels either.
What I wanna know is how the hell they thought they could get to the North Pole without any insulation. Were they just gonna raw-dog it and hope for the best?
@@1984isnotamanual I can't imagine that would have worked. Engines take up a lot of room on a world War sub but not all of it and usually crew quarters are as far away from the engines as possible so you wouldn't get tinnitus just existing on the sub.
I mean this from the bottom of my heart. I honestly can’t think of another RUclips channel I get this excited about. When I see a new video posted I genuinely get so excited.
Mustard, I am a Singaporean and have been following your channel and uploads since 2020 and I must say I truly enjoyed watching your videos while having dinner on any Friday night. An absolute jem of a channel! Cheers and keep it up! 🤙🏼
@@Roddy556 you guys are weird because Friday nights are usually the best time to watch videos since it’s literally the weekend and you are probably not working nor schooling so you can finally rest after a long week of work or school, are you guys that dumb?
The owner didn't care about the crew, he only cared about the publicity as long as it brought in the cash. That's why he didn't install anything that was actually useful to the crew and the expedition.
Outstanding as always, much better than I expected. Could easily have been a 30 minute video but you managed to keep it at a reasonable length packed with great info, and made it incredibly interesting and entertaining. A lot of documentary channels on RUclips need to study and take lessons from your videos. Great job, thanks!
@EliasDoe some of us don't have all day to sit around watching 30-60 minute videos. I just nope out on a lot of videos I'd actually want to watch because they're just too long. Plus a lot of channels push these ridiculously long videos that have 10 minutes of actual discussion on the topic and 20 minutes of repeating themselves, fluff, and inerjecting their own opinions and I'm not interested in that, and I don't have time for it. That's why this video is basically perfect.
Ya just have to appreciate the amount of time spent in a chair slaving on after effects (or a similar program) to produce this content. Really great work. What a wildly advanced machine for that time period!
Your videos remind me sooo much of old-school National Geographic documentaries like Explorer and "National Geographic Presents", keep up the amazing work!
Mustard uploads are fantastic with the animation , details , way of presenting the information. Although they pop once in a while, it is real pleasure to see them.
I know you like to publish your content on other forums, but I'm always so happy to see it here. Algorithms ba hum bug. It's such a treat to watch it here
My older brother was a Submariner in the US NAVY. He brought home a shipmate for my family to meet that had sailed under the North Pole on the USS Nautilus. My brother sailed on the USS Patrick Henry during the Cold War. I was a Special Agent, Military Intelligence, The Pentagon, US ARMY 1968-1971.
i have a inkling of how the crewe felt i once worked for a huge company that did things in a similar way : enthusiasim, disenchantment ,panic search for the guilty ,punishment of the innocent, praise and honor for the nonparticipents
I don't think these two are similar in most of those ways. I don't think they were panic punishing anyone innocent on the expedition or honoring nonparticipants, were they?
I've been on the USS Nautilus many times. You can go on a tour of it for free. It's permanently docked in Groton Connecticut at the Sub Base. There was always something very appealing to me with submarines. I feel like it would be fun to be on a journey underwater for weeks at a time but I'm extremely claustrophobic so I probably couldn't handle it but I feel like it would be cozy knowing that you're somewhere that no one can get at you all while you're exploring the vast expanse of the ocean. Kinda like being on a spaceship I guess.
Absolutely love the work you're doing here on Mustard! The deep dives into these incredible machines are not only informative but visually stunning. The way you animate these massive aircrafts and ships brings them to life in such a captivating manner. Also, the music choices are spot on, enhancing the experience and really making the stories soar. Thanks for all the hard work you put into creating these videos-it truly elevates the content to another level! Keep flying high! really a huge fan of yours💛
Excellent video! I love the fact that the narrator doesn't speak as fast as many others on YT. The choice of music is very fitting and the animations/ graphics are top notch!
I saw another documentary on this... regarding the diving plane being lost. It said that Wilkins never believed or entertained any idea that the crew had sabotaged the diving plane... Only outside parties had speculated on this. But here, it mentions that Wilkins suspects a crew member sabotaged the diving plane... I wonder which source is more correct? 11:15 The crew and that captain were all madlads lol
Ramming any sub into the ice to force it under water because your rudder is missing and you can't do it the normal way seems like an extremely bad idea unless you're actively trying to scuttle the ship without explosives.
The best historical tech channel on the Internet. Brilliant production and fascinating story. Every Mustard production is top notch and the reason why I subscribed to a lifetime subscription on Nebula.
I briefly saw a photo at the end of your video of the XB-70 , my father actually worked on it when he was US Air Force attached to the Defense Atomic Support Agency and the Special Weapons Project.
How do you make such detailed,good looking,well liked videos , mostly documentaries.In 16 minutes bro you're underrated for no reason pls keep making videos I lllloooooovvvvveeeee them! 😊
Mustard I know you get so many comments like this but I really love your channel! Each video I watch all the way through and love every second of it-thank you for your hard work!!
Holy crap, I thought this was a April fools video Mustard had posted on his Nebula channel (and then had put it on RUclips several weeks later). But no it's legit en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_O-12
Nice quality video but you’re waaay off concerning Wilkins’s legacy. He’s renowned as one of the greatest explorers in history. After the Nautilus expedition (which is actually regarded as a huge accomplishment as he was the first person to prove submarines could operate under the polar ice cap), he went on to make significant achievements in polar aviation and geographic & environmental studies, and during WWII he innovated new equipment and techniques for cold weather reconnaissance operations. He was also an important science advocate and authored numerous books that shape our modern understanding of the polar regions. Sir Hubert Wilkins was an absolute legend. It’s unfortunate that you made him out to be hapless and obscure.
This is the type of content I wish RUclips would promote. This channel continues to publish some of the best content on the internet. Hands down.
Seriously what hapened to actualy good RUclipsrs and their content
Not being paid by Nebula to do so but if you're going for this type of content specifically, I suggest you subscribe to that service. It's the closest to the Discovery Channel of the early 90s in the modern era.
I've never heard of Mustard (the channel) before and youtube algorithm put me here.
@@Khronogil actually agree with you.
@@StrikeWarlockl actually agree with you.
The fact he was largely forgotten is a shame. Regardless of the fact they didn't make it to the poles, those men ventured further than anyone else and put up a record that took nearly 30 years to beat, and making that kind of trip with unproven, experimental, 1930's tech in a WWI era sub is just fucking terrifying. The phrase "We stand on the shoulders of giants" comes to mind.
Amen
they didnt venture further than Magellan and his crew... and the fact Magellans journey was much further and 400 years earlier is even more impressing
@dariusweisz7440 they went further in the artic, thats what he meant
There's a big difference with sailing the seas hopping from island to island and being stranded in the middle of the artic with a small vessel
@@dariusweisz7440there's always someone who's achieved nothing whinging in the comments. Thats you.
@@wizzyno1566 there's always someone who retorts to insulting and Commiting ad hominem. That's you.
I have surfaced through the polar ice on three occasions with Royal Navy subs and those were fraught with danger so to see someone attempt the same nearly 100 years ago is breathtaking. The fact that this boat used diesels, which needed air to operate, was incredibly risky as coming across a polynia could be very hit and miss without upward looking sonar to aid discovery of an area of open water.
This was an expedition I had never heard of.
The coincidence of names is just bizarre
The cooling system of the nuclear power nautilus had a persistent leak that the crew could not locate. Before leaving Washington state for the voyage north crew members went into town and bought every can of StopLeak they could find.
End of problem
I'm pretty sure you did, mike. Amazing story, you're almost a Hurbard yourself.
I was so confused how a guy in a black and white photo would be related to the expedition, couldn’t imagine using a diesel sub.
I joined to serve on endurance after being rejected by the British antarctic survey. Heard submariners get rock star wages so changed over during the recruitment process. I then joined a boat that had an incident under the ice after the fact. Served all my time on that boat before being injured and put into recovery. Never did get a chance to visit the ice. Drafty had my name down for a boat which done an icex 2 months after I was discharged. Never been so annoyed in my life.
Submariners are some of the best people ever, they destroyed my pub in Gib( captains cabin) because I basically was partying with em, excellent lads👍
This whole story feels like one of those really tense and depressing movies with a complicated and sympathetic protagonist. I understand why Wilkins would press on and the pressure he was under. But it was dangerous and irresponsible to press on as far as he did. What a great video!
Typical explorers and scientists. Blinded by their original vision and goal. Not to mention the years of hard work. It’s not easy to admit you’ve failed
It's a little hard to criticize his choice to press on.
No one on the crew were pressed into service, and they didn't have a financial stake in the venture beyond what they would be payed for their work aboard.
Wilkins on the other hand had invested his life's savings and reputation on this- if he backed down, he would be ruined financially and his reputation so destroyed that he could never recover. It's not like there were many social safety nets then, and you can find tale of many a wealthy well off individual who, for one reason or another, lost it all and died miserable, broke, and forgotten.
His situation was one of damned if you do, damned if you don't; 100% chance of ruin, or a 99% chance of ruin, pick your poison.
I'm just glad to hear that he and his crew survived. Just because I understand and honestly agree with his decision to press on, it doesn't mean I want to hear that he martyred himself for the glory of the expedition.
Pretty much every worthy achievement was accomplished exactly like that, think of Columbus or Magellan or the first plane flights , first space flights etc. etc.
Das Boot
All of our ancestors were “irresponsible” in their quest for exploration.
200 years from now our descendants will call us barbaric and irresponsible
6:50 "Mechanical issues be damned, it was time to get going." That isn't a phrase you want to hear on _any_ vehicle, much less a submarine planning to journey under an ice sheet. I wonder if they told the crew about that particular detail before they set off?
Yes that's a phrase often heard as a contributing factor in aircraft accidents. They even have their on term for it, "Get-there-itis"
@@kurtbilinski1723 Hahaha that's hilarious, and also terrible at the same time (when something goes wrong or should I say "right" mechanically speaking). Terrible stuff.
It's funny the guy who was worried stopped worrying.
Crew worked on the sub, they knew.
Right?
06:24 it's amazing how in just 6-7 decades, pole-exploring submarine went from "cannot go out far from port without breaking down a lot" into "body-crashing thru sea ice by simply surfacing".
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You mean bolting a hatch and motor to a composite tube doesn’t qualify as a purpose built submarine? I had no idea thank you for this novel insight!
They learned a LOT from willin's expedition. Also wilkins tried something arranged while the next gen submarines took that into account and were built for the purpose
@@michellebunganay6966*Pop* *bang* *crack* goes the Titan
@@Madworld_NZ lmao should have called it the popcorn explorer
Idk if anyone else remembers those Incredible Cross-Sections books from the 90s, but Mustard always captures the feeling of flipping through those as a kid with these videos.
Stephen Biesty had the best cross sections books, ive bought several for my kids.
I was in my 40's by then, but Mustard brings the awesome graphics and CGI through Blender like a BOSS!
Popular Science, and they go way back to the 40’s-50’s
Right on; those DK books hit different.
I hve those books. They're amazing, I spent hours just staring at them cross sections.
'Sir the rudder is gone'
'Shut up perkins we're diving anyways'
"where we're going, we don't need no rudder."
I was certain that a mutiny was happening at that point. Can't believe it didn't.
JESSE WHERE DID YOU PUT THE RUDDER
"Perkins if I die know that I died happy in the knowledge that I took you with me."
Diving planes, but ok
Bro saw the current state of the history channel and said: *_”Fine, I’ll do it myself.”_*
It’s more of a reality show nowadays 😢
@@captaincurt396i think it's more like conspiracy theories
The History channel is trash now and dead.
@@TheMagicalFrogYT WAS IT ALIENS? Probably not... but maybe....
@@TheMagicalFrogYT Actualy... No, not really, but we need money so... ELIENZ IS RE-EL!!
1:47
These illustrations are wonderful! It's like looking at an actual book.
He should create a book with all the vehicles he has covered - the art is amazing. I would buy it!
Any idea who creates the illustrations and animations? I’m assuming he hires someone to do it.
The book pages are practical effects (other than fading in the submarine internal graphic). The yellow book is real - you can find scans of it on the Internet Archive. The papers are real. The maps are copies from books with the lines animated in. The illustrated schematics look very similar to those in books on the topic from the 1990s but I can't find a list of sources used for the video to find an exact match.
@@chrisn8349l actually agree with you and finally some one who l found in the comment section that actually has a functioning brain for once and this world actually genuinely needs more people actually like you in this world and you actually couldn't have said that actually any better than me.
@@RADICALFLOAT_95actually are you actually a person or are you actually AI?
I am sorry but that thumbnail is f*cking incredible!
As always with Mustard
Let's hope he does not change it like in previous videos.
@@paleoph6168 they always do, its to get more views
That could be a movie poster in and of itself!
What are you sorry about?
I can never get over the way the media treated these explorers, like how can you make fun of someone for like mechanical problems when they're literally risking their life doing this.
I suppose its one of those, "what the fuck did they expect?"
Part of it is they don't realize how much they know because of progress since then. Today's basic safty measures were not even known back then, or were earth shattering advancements. They make fun, forgetting how little these people were working with, both technilocally and knowledge wise. Ignorance makes a cruel mind.
because like today, media is one of the many cancer's of humanity
The combo of how you tell it, the graphics, music, and other audio effects is just chef's kiss. Love your stuff and it's amazing quality!
I would argue the choice of content, and obviously the real history behind it, is just as important.
mustard's videos are like wine.. the more you wait the better they gets..
found and explained is nowhere near this level, but he pumps out videos every week, which is what the audience needs
Clickbait yeah
Just wait until someone gets desperate enough to offer a free trial on Nebula, sign up, watch everything they’ve been keeping exclusive and then cancel it. That’s how I binged all of Mustard’s stuff.
How is it clickbait @@yiman7370
Speaking facts
Its really difficult to express just how much this was one of the worst plans of all time and how incredible it is they didnt all die.
It wasn't a bad plan. Technology just wasn't where it needed to be. That and Simon Lake was a bit crazy.
@@jfangmI'm sorry but going to the north pole in a scrappy old submarine that kept breaking down long before the actual expedition, and that *doesn't have heat or insulation*... is a bad plan, no matter the amount of slack you cut them.
@@jfangm so a bad plan.
@@efovex Not to mention their plan of ramming it underneath the ice. What if there was a pocket of thin ice that the sub floated into which would prevent it from returning without being able to properly dive?
Do you know how science works?
Wow. An incredible channel consisting almost entirely of nothing but high quality videos diving into my special interest; the design and engineering behind unique forms of travel. You've even got a video on airships! I'm seriously so excited. I can't wait to burn through your youtube catalogue and then give Nebula a shot. Thanks for the quality content, you really made my day!
ok AI generated
@@zakp.2759 lol no, but nice to see my expression of excitement is so generic that it’s mistaken for AI. I’ve slipped into NPC status. Bummer.
Bros were among the last ones who couldn't say "I'm too late to explore Earth and too early to explore space"
Glad they survived
our artic trip is over🤣🤣🤣
we're born just right to explore the internet, lol...
I'd rather choose death than financial ruin and life-long shame. Just because a designer would deliberately fuck me over.
@@azuredragonofnether5433 well it is what it is he did not realize that was going to happen till it was to late so just keep his lesson in mind if you plan to take a sub to the north pole or something crazy like that one it can happen to you to if your not careful
@@azuredragonofnether5433Keep in mind that's your choice. Don't bring a whole crew to a watery grave because of your own pride
They should make this into a docu-series or something to vividly feel that cold, crew like this have always fascinated me
Disney already made a tv series called Nautilus, based on the novel with Captain Nemo. They just sold it out AMC and it’s coming out soon
@@matsta177 that's a completely different story though.
@matsta177 what a bizarre comment to make lol. Utterly irrelevant.
I could imagine a documentary of someone going out and raising the Nautilus, looking at the shock absorber on the front, the wacky ice drill, the guide arm thing on top, the diving area... couldn't you just see that thing sitting in a museum somewhere pointing out all this insane stuff... basically showing you that they were absolutely bonkers to try this with those dreamed up extras.
It was found a few years ago but is mostly buried in the seabed and badly decayed so raising it isnt an option unfortunately.
Aaah I wanna see it
A rusty pile of metal
@@meetoo594This may be for the better.
Let it rust away in peace.
The ice drill was a necessity, the trip was impossible without it. The sub had an air breathing engine and battery power. Without being able to run the engines on occasion they would be stranded.
Hi Mustard, a channel called The Intense Secret has copied this video's entire content (videos, script etc) and is showing it as his own without putting you in the credits
People have no shame
“How does the rudder look?”
“Invisible, sir.”
😰
I'm invisible to those who can't handle truth despite I don't know much about anything accept everything about nothing much 😂
@@Angeltech23 take your meds
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I had a chance to visit the USS Nautilus (the nuclear powered one) last year. It's amazing to me how little space they had to work with, to the point that you'd have to turn sideways in the pasageway to pass each other and still brush belt buckles. Truly amazing feats of human engineering and tenacity.
Due to the tendency to re-use names, the unique hull number is handy - that's *SSN-571* for the nuclear submarine _USS Nautilus_ . The "Nautilus" used by Wilkins was _USS O-12_ (hull *SS-73* ) before it was taken out of military service.
About 10 years ago I got a chance to visit. It was an incredible experience.
they just spent tens of millions renovating the nautilus! i can’t wait to go see it again. haven’t seen it since it was in dry dock.
@@brianb-p6586it was the uss-168
@tysonsells6421 hull *SF-9/SS-168* was yet another "Nautilus", a Narwhal-class submarine from 1930... not the nuclear submarine, and not the vessel that was used for the arctic expedition.
SS-73 was not called "Nautilus" while in military service; it was just "USS O-12".
"USS-168" isn't a hull designation.
I've been a submarine enthusiast since I was a kid and I never heard this story! I am shocked I never came across mention of it in the submarine books I read as a kid. Thank you for sharing this forgotten history with us!
Yeah same this is honestly jarring to me
I’ve never heard this either, and I’ve always been a fan of naval vehicles
@@everettstormy
Literally same.
Especially atctic exploration and history of discovery.
I assumed this was going to be a hypothetical scenario or proposal that would be cancelled for practical reasons.
To doscover this a real event is truly astounnding!
Same. At first I thought it was the Jules Verne story 😂
@@damenwhelan3236 yeah, i though 20k leagues under the sea
Amazing video and I can see the work put into researching this and gathering the archive footage must have been phenomenal. I tip my hat to you, sir.
True that excellent research work
What’s wrong with this world is that people only care if you succeed and people don’t care about you if you fail(your just forgotten) such a sad world.
I'm NOT forgotten BC U CANT STOP OBSESSING OVER ME 24/7 DESPITE I DONT WANT U...😂 tho nice to know who my friends and family are, not.
I succeeded tho u may not think so 😂
I think it was Edison that said something like "I've never failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work"
I feel like "failure" is so misunderstood these days. Failure is a VITAL component to progression. And you can't fail if you don't try. Problem is these days it's: "if you don't fail, you succeed," and it should be closer to "if you fail, you're trying!"
It's fun to think that the brightest minds failed more times than 95% of us "regular folks"
If that was the case then no one, I repeat NO ONE, would care about/study/follow the teachings of/honor the Nazis, the Confederacy, and plenty of other groups across history. The fact they failed merely becomes part of their lore, and it lives on for centuries because some people apparently like supporting both fascists, racists, AND white-flag-wavers.
People?! Bollocks to them - I've been much happier ever since I stopped thinking about my life in terms of success and failure, and being worried about what people might think. Just keep on truckin as they used to say - go your own way, do no harm and you won't go far wrong.
My grandfather was on the Skate in the 50s when the two subs (2nd sub being the "new" Nautilus) went out to surface through the polar ice for the first time. He was one of four civilians on board and even got a spot in the arctic named after him. My grandmother never really knew what he was doing since it was so secretive during the cold War. Family didn't even find out till many years later once things started being declassified after 25 and then 50 years later.
my grandfather was on the nautilus! you guys were the first submarine to surface the ice cap!
dang that super cool
My grandfather was also on the Skate so of course they knew each other.
That is too cool.
They were under the ICE at the ARTIC........ That's Not Just 🆒 COOL! .......IT'S FRICKING FREEZING!!!
Me and Herself went on the "Yellow Submarine" Tour? Voyage? Trip? Experience, yeah that fits, when on holiday to the Canary Islands.
It was an amazing experience - but also disappointing too! By that I mean that the Safety briefing was probably longer than the Trip; the Canary Islands are volcanic, so there's no real "Schools" of Pretty fish - in fact the most interesting fish, was a medium sized Ray, which had learned to come up close to the view-ports and the Safety Diver would feed it! Possibly Why there wasn't a lot of other fish - that Ol' Ray had a good thing going!! There Was a real "buzz" from the other passengers and it was kinda doubly exciting for me, because a fecked up spine had put me into the; "If we have to evacuate for any reason 😱 You've Got To Agree To Be Last 1 Out ! The Pilot will show you what to do, as he's also Last 1 Off-board! OKAY?👍😀 !" I had to Agree! Due to Not being Physically Able to Swim - Sink ? I'm your (w)⚓ !!
I know that there's another Yellow Submarine Tour, sailing from Paphos (🤔?) In Cyprus, so it Might have a better underwater environment, in which case I'd do it again if there. But I'd really love to afford a trip to try out the YSub Tour in the Carribbean, (specifically the Bahamas, but Don't quote me on that!) Having seen videos of their Snorkeling \ Scuba & Glass-bottom Boat Trips, I should imagine that there's where the greatest diversity of Ocean plant and animal life would be! [Not 4 me tho ! I can't afford the Trip, is No.1 & No.2 is; although I can Swim somewhat now - I took Lessons with a N.Ireland Triathlon swimming Coach ! I'd love to be able to say she turned me round! and I'm now a Paralympic Swimming competitor 👍🏼🏊 🤽 🚣 I Do The Lot!! .......But, No! Essentially she said, "So, here's what Mate. I'm going to "teach" you "How To Float to Save Your Life in Open water, with A Flotation device!" 😶 So, that's that! - Though I did go "Undersea Walking" in Cyprus, After those Lessons! And I've Also "ridden" an "Underwater Scooter" - back to Canary Islands for that ! And though Defo the Most Dangerous thing for my Lack of Any Level Swimming ability, and I Don't think I'd have the "stones" to Ever do that again 😭 Herself would have went back again, Every Day!! But, She still won't go on the back of a motorcycle 🏍️💨 scooter🛵💨 or even a wee electric 🛴 by her own self, even tho our niece's 9yr old wee girl keeps asking her if she wants to try! People Are Funny \ Weird & Unpredictable wee Creatures, are we not ??! 🤠 😷 🤔 😀 😋 🤗
MUSTARD!!!!
No Ketchup Needed
):< ketchup tastes good tho
@@DramaticBatudon’t eat it too much it’s sugar dude
damn this is severely underrated hahahhaha
@@awddwa6544 make your own ketchup, way better
Just sauce. Raw sauce.
I wish there was more detail about the message “our Arctic trip is over…” How far did they make it? When did they decide to turn around? The whole abandonment of the expedition isn’t even glossed over, it’s not explained whatsoever.
Alright mustard. Whoever you are. You’ve made a fan and follower out of me. Thanks for this awesome content.
I saw u since I was 12 years old.... I got accepted into SIT for mech engineering. I MUST SAY U WERE AN INSPIRATION TO ME!
MUSTARD POSTED!
Yay
It only happens once every 90 years
Babe wake up! Mustard posted another video!!
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hush down kid
8:42, honestly among a crew of 20, only having 4 quit after such an abysmal failure seems incredibly lucky, that voyage sounds like hell and they hadn't even made it into uncharted waters...
This thing fills me with dread, I can't believe anyone got on board. Under the ice is no place to be, not even for one second. 12:14 Aw hell no!
Imagine all the bravery just to pilot through a dark abyssal desert landscape. Ice. Ice. Ice. Empty ocean floor. Ice. Ice. Ice. Empty ocean floor. No pots of gold or lost civilizations or even a Kraken or two.
@@stormdog9169 I admire these brave people greatly, people like this risk their lives for the betterment of the rest of us. They don't usually rest on their laurels either.
“Thats why no one will remember your name” - bad ass Trojan
@@PeasantKing-od5lg good...not everyone is vain
@@stormdog9169
What I wanna know is how the hell they thought they could get to the North Pole without any insulation. Were they just gonna raw-dog it and hope for the best?
Maybe they thought the heat of the engine room would be enough
@@1984isnotamanual I can't imagine that would have worked. Engines take up a lot of room on a world War sub but not all of it and usually crew quarters are as far away from the engines as possible so you wouldn't get tinnitus just existing on the sub.
I’m no expert but I think the temp of sea water beneath the pole is around 28 deg F
Sub uses electric motor and battery under the sea. Heat would be insufficient and heater would drain battery faster.
YEAH BABY I LIKE IT RAAAAAAAAWWWWW!!!!!
I mean this from the bottom of my heart. I honestly can’t think of another RUclips channel I get this excited about. When I see a new video posted I genuinely get so excited.
Try whyfiles my man
Best ever food review channel is an amazing travel/food channel. I’d say it has higher quality than anything I’ve seen on tv.
I was coming to say this!!! @@joshball3393
I really enjoyed Mr Ballen's YT stories
If you like this type of video you'd like Lemmino
as a mechanic and engineering enthusiast, the nautilus sounds like one beast of a machine dude. Absolutely INSANE dude. What a crazy machine.
Wilkin would, of course, go AWOL and take on the moniker "Captain Nemo", traveling the world twenty-thousand leagues under the sea.
Wait is it from that book of the 20000 something’s??
@secondlieutenan
You had the perfect setup.
Fail
The man/men behind MUSTARD are truly gods in rendered videos. The colors and shades clicks so great, it becomes damn artistic...
I ams drunk...above comment is more apt to other MUSTARD videos..
@AjayKumar hell, you people think cows are gods. Y'all shouldn't do much thinking anymore.
@@Species5008no, this fella obviously worships Velociraptor-Jesus
@@Species5008and your ilk thinks Jesus will come a second time.
@@Species5008 absolutely no reason to be a racist prick to someone enjoying a video.
This is better than any documentary on the telly. So well done. Will have to consider Nebula if there's more like this there.
used to be lots of great docos on tv now there is jack shit.
This video quality is incredible! Respect.
Mustard, I am a Singaporean and have been following your channel and uploads since 2020 and I must say I truly enjoyed watching your videos while having dinner on any Friday night. An absolute jem of a channel! Cheers and keep it up! 🤙🏼
Thanks for sticking around :)
Curious why you need to qualify that
@RobertCraft-re5sf I am Canadian and I am also curious
@@Roddy556 you guys are weird because Friday nights are usually the best time to watch videos since it’s literally the weekend and you are probably not working nor schooling so you can finally rest after a long week of work or school, are you guys that dumb?
@@aviationist0808 Fellow Singaporean here, you are completely right!
You're a good story teller. I knew the ending and still felt tense in parts. Excellent video.
I love you babe
Wait, so they modified an old submarine to go into freezing arctic waters, but they didn’t add any sort of insulation? Damn, designer must on concaine
The owner didn't care about the crew, he only cared about the publicity as long as it brought in the cash. That's why he didn't install anything that was actually useful to the crew and the expedition.
Not on cocaine alone, on cocaine and lsd
Your content blows my mind! Continue please!
Outstanding as always, much better than I expected. Could easily have been a 30 minute video but you managed to keep it at a reasonable length packed with great info, and made it incredibly interesting and entertaining. A lot of documentary channels on RUclips need to study and take lessons from your videos. Great job, thanks!
@EliasDoe some of us don't have all day to sit around watching 30-60 minute videos. I just nope out on a lot of videos I'd actually want to watch because they're just too long. Plus a lot of channels push these ridiculously long videos that have 10 minutes of actual discussion on the topic and 20 minutes of repeating themselves, fluff, and inerjecting their own opinions and I'm not interested in that, and I don't have time for it. That's why this video is basically perfect.
Ya just have to appreciate the amount of time spent in a chair slaving on after effects (or a similar program) to produce this content. Really great work. What a wildly advanced machine for that time period!
Your videos remind me sooo much of old-school National Geographic documentaries like Explorer and "National Geographic Presents", keep up the amazing work!
Beautiful submarine, absolutely stunning 3D model, and an amazing documentary!
Mustard uploads are fantastic with the animation , details , way of presenting the information. Although they pop once in a while, it is real pleasure to see them.
It's Friday and mustard just dropped? Best day ever
Every weekend is the Best here. Life is what you make it.😊✌🏻🍻
8:19 That is morse for "SOS SOS" (••• --- ••• ••• --- •••) if anyone was wondering.
High-quality production with a proper budget for sure, been looking for this type of content for a while.
Absolutely tippy-of-the-tip-top-notch visuals and CGI. Looked cleaner and more professional than other documentarys of the type. Well done!
Right I thought it was real
15:10: I looked it up and it’s called the Znamya Project. Those Soviets definitely had some crazy ideas!
The amount of viewers in the first 30 minutes tells you what you need to know. Man makes GOOD content
I know you like to publish your content on other forums, but I'm always so happy to see it here. Algorithms ba hum bug. It's such a treat to watch it here
5:00 I can hardly believe this was filmed in 1931. The quality is incredible.
You should see the 1800’s footage that’s been enhanced to 4K 👀
My older brother was a Submariner in the US NAVY. He brought home a shipmate for my family to meet that had sailed under the North Pole on the USS Nautilus. My brother sailed on the USS Patrick Henry during the Cold War. I was a Special Agent, Military Intelligence, The Pentagon, US ARMY 1968-1971.
i have a inkling of how the crewe felt i once worked for a huge company that did things in a similar way : enthusiasim, disenchantment ,panic search for the guilty ,punishment of the innocent, praise and honor for the nonparticipents
I don't think these two are similar in most of those ways. I don't think they were panic punishing anyone innocent on the expedition or honoring nonparticipants, were they?
I've been on the USS Nautilus many times. You can go on a tour of it for free. It's permanently docked in Groton Connecticut at the Sub Base. There was always something very appealing to me with submarines. I feel like it would be fun to be on a journey underwater for weeks at a time but I'm extremely claustrophobic so I probably couldn't handle it but I feel like it would be cozy knowing that you're somewhere that no one can get at you all while you're exploring the vast expanse of the ocean. Kinda like being on a spaceship I guess.
Babe wake up, Mustard just uploaded
I love how much homework and editing you do with these videos.
Absolutely love the work you're doing here on Mustard! The deep dives into these incredible machines are not only informative but visually stunning. The way you animate these massive aircrafts and ships brings them to life in such a captivating manner. Also, the music choices are spot on, enhancing the experience and really making the stories soar. Thanks for all the hard work you put into creating these videos-it truly elevates the content to another level! Keep flying high! really a huge fan of yours💛
The _deep dives_...
Excellent video! I love the fact that the narrator doesn't speak as fast as many others on YT. The choice of music is very fitting and the animations/ graphics are top notch!
As soon as I saw it on Nebula I knew that the RUclips version would have some sort of teaser on an upcoming release! Super excited for next month!
I saw another documentary on this... regarding the diving plane being lost.
It said that Wilkins never believed or entertained any idea that the crew had sabotaged the diving plane... Only outside parties had speculated on this.
But here, it mentions that Wilkins suspects a crew member sabotaged the diving plane...
I wonder which source is more correct? 11:15
The crew and that captain were all madlads lol
i've been binging your content for the past few days... how lucky i am to see you upload!!!
Ramming any sub into the ice to force it under water because your rudder is missing and you can't do it the normal way seems like an extremely bad idea unless you're actively trying to scuttle the ship without explosives.
Now this is a RUclipsr to move your schedule or plans around for. Every single upload is a gem😎
Gotta say, this is probably one of your best videos. Great work man!
I recently watched an actual TV documentary about this miraculous story. Very good job retelling this beautiful story in your own charming way 👏 😁
I'm glad I came across this content. Very informative, up-to-date and well executed.
MUSTARD POSTED HELL YEAH
The best historical tech channel on the Internet. Brilliant production and fascinating story. Every Mustard production is top notch and the reason why I subscribed to a lifetime subscription on Nebula.
I briefly saw a photo at the end of your video of the XB-70 , my father actually worked on it when he was US Air Force attached to the Defense Atomic Support Agency and the Special Weapons Project.
How do you make such detailed,good looking,well liked videos , mostly documentaries.In 16 minutes bro you're underrated for no reason pls keep making videos I lllloooooovvvvveeeee them! 😊
great video, i cannot comply in words how much i love your channel, i only hope the best for you
This was such a great video! Thanks for all your work
What an incredible find this channel is, that was fascinating and soooo very well put. Thank you for this. I'm hooked now🙌
Great storytelling, editing, and a fantastic theme. What a great video!
Your videos are next level production quality with top tier content, they never fail to amaze me!
Mustard I know you get so many comments like this but I really love your channel! Each video I watch all the way through and love every second of it-thank you for your hard work!!
I can't believe this is free to watch, thank you so much!
Mustard is incredible! He only posts once every few months, but on every video, I am hooked!
You are a legend Mustard please don't stop putting out content you have many fans man!
Captain Nemo parked the Nautilus at the Mysterious Island, that’s what happened to it.
The quality of this video is beyong words. Amazing illustration and narration. Great great work !!
At least they returned back alive. History knows too much arctic expeditions that ended up catastrophic
Awesome Really loved your work!
btw what Software do you used?
Its called commissioning a 3d artist.
Namely azzecco.
@@NoSTs123it's was just a question. No need to be so aggressive
@@NoSTs123 I'm not offended it's just the way you said it but it ok🤗
Bro u snapped!!!! This was such a dope vid!!!! Super informative!
I just learned about this this week and now mustard has a video on it!
Holy crap, I thought this was a April fools video Mustard had posted on his Nebula channel (and then had put it on RUclips several weeks later).
But no it's legit
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_O-12
I am enthralled by the content of this channel! Bravo...and thank you so much.
Spectacular. I haven't read about this till now. Thank you ❤
Fascinating as always, your animations are inspiring and your videos never fail to amaze me!
The videos just keep getting better and better. Its MUSTARD quality afterall.
I love the way old fashioned recordings sounded (5.08) back then! I know it's often used in comedic fashion but the nostalgia is really charming!
Best Mustard video thumbnail I've seen.
Glad to see this..felt like I've been waiting for a decade for a mustard vid
Nice quality video but you’re waaay off concerning Wilkins’s legacy. He’s renowned as one of the greatest explorers in history. After the Nautilus expedition (which is actually regarded as a huge accomplishment as he was the first person to prove submarines could operate under the polar ice cap), he went on to make significant achievements in polar aviation and geographic & environmental studies, and during WWII he innovated new equipment and techniques for cold weather reconnaissance operations. He was also an important science advocate and authored numerous books that shape our modern understanding of the polar regions. Sir Hubert Wilkins was an absolute legend. It’s unfortunate that you made him out to be hapless and obscure.
I'm just happy that they lived through it
Spoiler alert