@oldschoolfoil2365 I agree, the ocean is no joke, and can be terrifying. And those men were cold too. They were extremely brave to have gone through all that. Hell I was sailing as a passenger off the California coast with a boyfriend and had a couple of white knuckle situations. Nothing but respect for the whole crew.
@@captaintoyota3171 No they aren't...modern cinema has been ruined by taking the lazy way out and using CGI....prime example...the original Lord of the Rings movies vs The Hobbit...how Peter Jackson thought it was okay to go against traditional means of movie making blows my mind to this day
I’m really happy that in the end, Sir Hubert reached the North Pole by Submarine. It was quite the Honor to have his Ashes Spread at the North Pole. That was a fitting end to a Great Man and Explorer. Thank You to the U.S. Navy for doing that.😁👍👍❤️
Yes I agree totally! It's more like listening to a story telling rather than A game show or some Hollywood Action adventure. I like watching these Type of documentaries before falling asleep or on a lazy Sunday
What a contrast from where hubert grew up, you can visit his home "netfield homestead' near hallet, south australia, it a dry stinking hot place in summer, he must of got sick of the heat and headed for the artic! On another note the submarine "nautalis" looks in great condition, now that would make one great museum piece at bergan!
George Hubert Wilkins. When knighted by King George Wilkins asked to be knighted, 'Hubert', when asked why he said," I wouldn't presume to use your name". At he end of the first world war, Sir John Monash, commander of the Australian Corps, stated in the Sydney Morning Herald, 'George Hubert Wilkins is the bravest man in my army'. The plane used by Kingsford Smith to cross the Pacific for the first time, The Southern Cross, was supplied by Hubert Wilkins. Both the Inuit and the Aboriginals of Australia's north regarded him as a superior human being. In his time he was as famous as Charlie Chaplin. These are only a few of his many accomplishments Perhaps the greatest life story I have read in my 70 years.
Fascinating. Expertly produced and narrated. Despite having decades of experience in polar research, I had never heard of Wilkins until now. Today, the expedition appears foolhardy, but as one of the people interviewed said, you have to judge it by what was known at the time. Wilkins, like other early polar explorers, was driven by hopes of fame and glory but unable to say that, he and the others had to pretend the goal was science.
The guts these men had to take on this adventure in what was considered a rickety sub even for the standards of their time, is amazing. Who would do such a thing these days. If he were alive, maybe Stockton Rush would do so. But not many others.
gotta respect the man for not being the typical "damn the torpedoes" type willing to sacrifice the crew and himself to prove he is right, I mean he wasnt perfect but he did call off the extended stay under the Ice, cant say the same about Scott or Franklin....Heroes are the ones willing to change plans to save lives, not the one that completes the Masters silly objective$$$,
What a bloody shambles of an expedition. Absolutely fascinating though!! Like Scott's expedition, this was poorly planned, very little forethought or testing or '"dry" runs' and very poorly executed. Pure luck that no one died. I spent time in the Arctic as a deckhand on an oceanographic research vessel in the early 1980s, and even with all mod cons we found it a pretty taxing environment to work in, and completely unforgiving.
Right. In 1986 I was stationed aboard USS SEA DEVIL SSN-664. We made the trip, submerged to the North Pole. Along with USS BILLFISH SSN-676 and HMS SUPERB. Operating a submarine under the ice was, by far the most tenuous deployment I was involved with during the whole of my career in the Navy. The sea is challenging enough. Under the ice is a much more difficult. Much can go wrong even aboard a modern nuclear submarine. Considering the privations aboard NAUTILUS I think her crew should be considered the bravest of the brave and recognized for the true pioneers they were.
And 5 years later is was decommissioned and scraped....very sad ! I'm sure you have some fond memories of serving on her..I'm sure you feel the same way!
@@Whiteshell204 Yep. I made Chief while I was aboard SEA DEVIL. The ice run was absolutely the hardest deployment I ever was on. Tracking polynyas, Everything wet with condensation, vertical surfacing and submerging, trying to find a contact in an acoustic 'hall-of-mirrors'. It was rough.
Sin dudas que el trabajo, muchas veces a tientas de los viejos pioneros, eran arriesgados, y bien podrían titularse "locuras", pero así era en aquellos tiempos indudablemente, lo vemos en muchísimos ejemplos, de los cuales una inmensa mayoría se vieron condenados al fracaso, y el olvido, casi desde sus inicios..aún así los que SI LOGRARON algún resultado, asi fuera mínimo, aportaron datos y material importantes para la Ciencia y las generaciones futuras... Sin duda hubiera sido importante conservar el submarino como vivo testimonio, pero no fue así y la decisión sólo compete a quienes así lo entendieron..por lo pronto, el valor testimonial de este documento, asi como el reconocimiento del explorador y su equipo, son muy loables y apreciados, más allá de que justo hubiese sido un mayor reconocimiento al mismo en su momento, pero la Historia no se escribe sólo sobre deseos, sino más bien sobre realidades, y esas realidades pesan mucho más que algunas "verdades".... Saludos desde Montevideo, Uruguay 🇺🇾, y muchas gracias por compartir éste material invaluable!!!
it's all gatekept from us plebs anyway what really is going on up there and the truth about the pole. one thing is evident there is a huge magnetic force there as all compasses point north to it. not the south there is no pole
Agreed! At least it wasn't totally scraped like they do with modern military subs and recycle the metal...its still there....and if they wanted to raise from the sea bed, we could def do it!
Well in SA we have the story of Sir Hubert - Mt Bryan East is the restored family homestead with his remarkable story- a humble beginning in South Australia’s mid north wheat belt .
Any record of why he didn't postpone the voyage to the pole until the next spring or summer? He could have stayed the winter in England or Norway. The reliability of his sub was proven questionable during the voyage from NYC, USA, to Plymouth, England. (I also have to wander why they weathered that storm on the surface. Couldn't they have submerged 50 to 100 feet or so to avoid the rough weather and seas?) How much diesel did Nautilus carry? During her refits, did they add fuel capacity (and battery capacity for when running submerged)? 200 foot max dive depth??? My how times have changed. Some affordable (under $500 USD) dive wrist watches are rated to 600 meters (1968 feet) or even more today. Two of my under $70 "dive watches" are rated at 200 meters (656 feet). (Yes. I will likely never have them submerged more than 1 or 2 meters.🙄)
Lo curioso es que no pensaran en poner un simple sistema de calefacción, una estufa de leña encendida en superficie calentaria y suprimiria una buena parte de la humedad ventilado, algo extremadamente simple y obvio
Я в шоці. Ніхто не пояснив, що тодішні субмарини не здатні вспливати з-під криги?! І ск миль можуть пройти під водою на електриці?! Потужна підготовка до самогубства.
Well, if the first thing we see, is modern ocean exploring robot subs, then chances are, that great Australian sub did not make it back. Imagine that, being aboard and realising you all got stuck. Yes, and then? Have you ever seen huge modern subs, that can BREAK their "sail", that tower, to the surface? Back in the days, no such options. They had to plan their every move.
Thanks to the Wyoming, now they have plenty of cigarettes aboard the submarine! This is only slightly less ludicrous than the smoking lounge on the Hindenburg, our ancestors knew mortality and laughed in its face.
@@magnetiktrax No i most definitely would not like to go that far under the ice in it. No! Quite happy about that too. It's got nothing about not being that adventurous lol. Like a death trap that thing. I think they were very lucky to come out of it alive.
He bothered to install a shock absorber but not heating system while going to North Pole under ice? 😂😂😂 The modern Western Civilization was built on the backs of these crazy idealistic men. They gave everything for their passion. Today people take money in the name of event and never bother to honour their commitment.
Isn't his name Sir "Hubris" wilkins? I would of jumped overboard the day he took command to risk all those mens lives for some snobbery with his inflated ego at some cocktail dinner party to brag about to his toff mates back home. This is why mutiny was invented people to keep these toff ego's in check.
If people thought like you did ...half of the exploring wonders people had never done before would have never been found till the modern coast guard and satellite phones were invented
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What a lovely story and testament to the great explorer's dreams. Thank you for telling it.
i Dont think his crew thought that or their bereaved loved ones back either for that matter
@oldschoolfoil2365 I am sorry, I was under the impression that the crew all made it home. I watched the entire program.. what did I miss?
@@angelsflight1837 All good naval disasters kind of pull on heart strings sometimes
@oldschoolfoil2365 I agree, the ocean is no joke, and can be terrifying. And those men were cold too. They were extremely brave to have gone through all that. Hell I was sailing as a passenger off the California coast with a boyfriend and had a couple of white knuckle situations. Nothing but respect for the whole crew.
rare treat to have actual footage instead of stock footage.
Or worse, cartoons in place of actual footage or photography.
@burtlangoustine1 hey sometimes animations are helpful actually
@@burtlangoustine1 agreed..I can't watch any WW2 stuff with animations...comes off as very LAZY production values
@@captaintoyota3171 No they aren't...modern cinema has been ruined by taking the lazy way out and using CGI....prime example...the original Lord of the Rings movies vs The Hobbit...how Peter Jackson thought it was okay to go against traditional means of movie making blows my mind to this day
I’m really happy that in the end, Sir Hubert reached the North Pole by Submarine. It was quite the Honor to have his Ashes Spread at the North Pole. That was a fitting end to a Great Man and Explorer. Thank You to the U.S. Navy for doing that.😁👍👍❤️
What a beautifully crafted documentary. I read about Sir Hubert years ago and this documentary reveals so much more.
Wow! Sir Hubert Wilkins, the coolest dude I’d never heard of before!! This is a terrific documentary! Well done, very well done!
yeah right. How so?
Fascinating stuff. I had never heard of this expedition. Thanks!
Well done, thank you for telling that story. Wonderful ending.
I love calm documentarys like this one, can't stand those hectic music which is in most of today's docs.
Yes I agree totally! It's more like listening to a story telling rather than
A game show or some Hollywood
Action adventure. I like watching these
Type of documentaries before falling asleep or on a lazy Sunday
Same feel
great job, thank you very much to all the creators for this film, respect...
I am glad i learned of these legends.
What a contrast from where hubert grew up, you can visit his home "netfield homestead' near hallet, south australia, it a dry stinking hot place in summer, he must of got sick of the heat and headed for the artic! On another note the submarine "nautalis" looks in great condition, now that would make one great museum piece at bergan!
Fine Story Thanks
George Hubert Wilkins.
When knighted by King George Wilkins asked to be knighted, 'Hubert',
when asked why he said," I wouldn't presume to use your name".
At he end of the first world war, Sir John Monash, commander of the Australian Corps,
stated in the Sydney Morning Herald, 'George Hubert Wilkins is the bravest man in my army'.
The plane used by Kingsford Smith to cross the Pacific for the first time, The Southern Cross,
was supplied by Hubert Wilkins.
Both the Inuit and the Aboriginals of Australia's north regarded him as a superior human being.
In his time he was as famous as Charlie Chaplin.
These are only a few of his many accomplishments
Perhaps the greatest life story I have read in my 70 years.
"Some of the crew want to carry on to the arctic" wow how mad were they!!?..i'd definetly be in the "some want to disembark at the next port" group!!
They were hardy tough souls ...not afraid of death
Excellent documentary
Great documentary, Lovely ending!😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
What a great documentary!
Well made, excellent documentary.
22:48 "The boat has no heating" What were they thinking?
20 men may generate some heat
You got a hubris nut case at the helm is why.
Brilliant thank you
Fascinating. Expertly produced and narrated. Despite having decades of experience in polar research, I had never heard of Wilkins until now. Today, the expedition appears foolhardy, but as one of the people interviewed said, you have to judge it by what was known at the time. Wilkins, like other early polar explorers, was driven by hopes of fame and glory but unable to say that, he and the others had to pretend the goal was science.
It's amazing. I had to salute the poor freezing crew. 'Held hostage' by brute ambition must be quite frightening.
The guts these men had to take on this adventure in what was considered a rickety sub even for the standards of their time, is amazing. Who would do such a thing these days. If he were alive, maybe Stockton Rush would do so. But not many others.
gotta respect the man for not being the typical "damn the torpedoes" type willing to sacrifice the crew and himself to prove he is right, I mean he wasnt perfect but he did call off the extended stay under the Ice, cant say the same about Scott or Franklin....Heroes are the ones willing to change plans to save lives, not the one that completes the Masters silly objective$$$,
Well said.
Superb documentary and recreation sequences.
Oh, this one is going to have me do a deep dive study. Amazing.
Beautiful film, great Men.
What a bloody shambles of an expedition. Absolutely fascinating though!! Like Scott's expedition, this was poorly planned, very little forethought or testing or '"dry" runs' and very poorly executed. Pure luck that no one died. I spent time in the Arctic as a deckhand on an oceanographic research vessel in the early 1980s, and even with all mod cons we found it a pretty taxing environment to work in, and completely unforgiving.
wonderful story.
Laying on the seabed outside my homeplace in bergen.😊
Stay safe and warm lol
wow you must have a set of lungs on you to hold your breath that long and a water proof internet service as well? wow. crazy guy Heheh
Real heroes!!! Honor and great work!!! In steel and cold submarin everytime dangerouse ..
Right. In 1986 I was stationed aboard USS SEA DEVIL SSN-664. We made the trip, submerged to the North Pole. Along with USS BILLFISH SSN-676 and HMS SUPERB. Operating a submarine under the ice was, by far the most tenuous deployment I was involved with during the whole of my career in the Navy. The sea is challenging enough. Under the ice is a much more difficult. Much can go wrong even aboard a modern nuclear submarine. Considering the privations aboard NAUTILUS I think her crew should be considered the bravest of the brave and recognized for the true pioneers they were.
And 5 years later is was decommissioned and scraped....very sad ! I'm sure you have some fond memories of serving on her..I'm sure you feel the same way!
@@Whiteshell204 Yep. I made Chief while I was aboard SEA DEVIL. The ice run was absolutely the hardest deployment I ever was on. Tracking polynyas, Everything wet with condensation, vertical surfacing and submerging, trying to find a contact in an acoustic 'hall-of-mirrors'. It was rough.
Wonderful.
Sin dudas que el trabajo, muchas veces a tientas de los viejos pioneros, eran arriesgados, y bien podrían titularse "locuras", pero así era en aquellos tiempos indudablemente, lo vemos en muchísimos ejemplos, de los cuales una inmensa mayoría se vieron condenados al fracaso, y el olvido, casi desde sus inicios..aún así los que SI LOGRARON algún resultado, asi fuera mínimo, aportaron datos y material importantes para la Ciencia y las generaciones futuras...
Sin duda hubiera sido importante conservar el submarino como vivo testimonio, pero no fue así y la decisión sólo compete a quienes así lo entendieron..por lo pronto, el valor testimonial de este documento, asi como el reconocimiento del explorador y su equipo, son muy loables y apreciados, más allá de que justo hubiese sido un mayor reconocimiento al mismo en su momento, pero la Historia no se escribe sólo sobre deseos, sino más bien sobre realidades, y esas realidades pesan mucho más que algunas "verdades"....
Saludos desde Montevideo, Uruguay 🇺🇾, y muchas gracias por compartir éste material invaluable!!!
That was outstanding thanks 🫶🏽🇦🇺🙏
This man risked the lives of his crew to satisfy his ego! He deserves to be forgotten.
Great Hero or dangerous fool, that is the question.
I appreciate that the writer of this documentary was
honest and didn't white-wash this story.
Yep... it's called Hubris my friend. This is why mutiny was invented to keep the crew alive. Ego is no excuse for the life of any man.
@@oldschoolfoil2365 It's a shame
that this isn't taught to govts.
Wars are not fought buy those
that arrange them.
伟大的科学家 ----勇敢的冒险家
this submarine lived on in the stories of Doc Savage
Nothing is said about navigational magnetism at the pole
it's all gatekept from us plebs anyway what really is going on up there and the truth about the pole. one thing is evident there is a huge magnetic force there as all compasses point north to it. not the south there is no pole
WOW
First time watching, subbing now
Taking Hurst's offer to come back next year with a more modern sub would have been a much better decision. Wilkins should have done that.
No heating in the boat. Ain’t no effin way I’d of gone. Insanity
My People the Australians were an amazing Race .Short lived as a distinct culture .Destroyed and betrayed by our supposed Allies....
I worked on the "Skate". @ Norfolk Naval base, 1978, @ D&S Pier 22, she had a reactor leak.
دنیا کی خوبصورت ترین جگہوں پرانی کام کرتے ہوئے
To make a futuristic journey in an antique submarine, the man had been reading to much Victorian SCI FI .
Браво ! Губерту !
If they had no heat how did they cook food or thaw it out??
Jeez whoever thought the arctic was a good place to go in a metal tube with no heating!?? Ooh it's bloody freezing....no shit Sherlock!
such a shame the submarine was sunk and not kept for museum or historical purpose
Agreed! At least it wasn't totally scraped like they do with modern military subs and recycle the metal...its still there....and if they wanted to raise from the sea bed, we could def do it!
In Australia we learn nought of this.
Well in SA we have the story of Sir Hubert - Mt Bryan East is the restored family homestead with his remarkable story- a humble beginning in South Australia’s mid north wheat belt .
There's Gold in them there Hills💪
I can't believe they scuttled that Sub...it should be in a dry dock on display somewhere...very sad!
Sad and poiniat ending
Liked and "subbed"
Any record of why he didn't postpone the voyage to the pole until the next spring or summer? He could have stayed the winter in England or Norway.
The reliability of his sub was proven questionable during the voyage from NYC, USA, to Plymouth, England. (I also have to wander why they weathered that storm on the surface. Couldn't they have submerged 50 to 100 feet or so to avoid the rough weather and seas?)
How much diesel did Nautilus carry? During her refits, did they add fuel capacity (and battery capacity for when running submerged)?
200 foot max dive depth??? My how times have changed. Some affordable (under $500 USD) dive wrist watches are rated to 600 meters (1968 feet) or even more today.
Two of my under $70 "dive watches" are rated at 200 meters (656 feet). (Yes. I will likely never have them submerged more than 1 or 2 meters.🙄)
This video has been ripped off from channel *Timeline - World History Documentaries*
I never understood how they could fit to thet 50 cm wide metal tube..
Lo curioso es que no pensaran en poner un simple sistema de calefacción, una estufa de leña encendida en superficie calentaria y suprimiria una buena parte de la humedad ventilado, algo extremadamente simple y obvio
Ripped off from channel *Timeline - World History Documentaries*
They already know.
They just don't want YOU to "know."
Я в шоці. Ніхто не пояснив, що тодішні субмарини не здатні вспливати з-під криги?! І ск миль можуть пройти під водою на електриці?! Потужна підготовка до самогубства.
Is that Terrence Stamp narrating? Sounds a lot like him.
Well, if the first thing we see, is modern ocean exploring robot subs, then chances are, that great Australian sub did not make it back. Imagine that, being aboard and realising you all got stuck. Yes, and then? Have you ever seen huge modern subs, that can BREAK their "sail", that tower, to the surface? Back in the days, no such options. They had to plan their every move.
Thanks to the Wyoming, now they have plenty of cigarettes aboard the submarine! This is only slightly less ludicrous than the smoking lounge on the Hindenburg, our ancestors knew mortality and laughed in its face.
How dumb can you be to go to the highest point in the arctic without heat!
Imagine going under in that heep of junk 😂😂😂
11:55 - judge it by its time. Would you be brave enough to do something this adventurous? I doubt it.
@@magnetiktrax No i most definitely would not like to go that far under the ice in it. No! Quite happy about that too. It's got nothing about not being that adventurous lol. Like a death trap that thing. I think they were very lucky to come out of it alive.
"That's nothing!...check out what i built..." -Stockton Rush😊
There is a fine line between bravery and recklessness.
@@shaunmcclory8117 Haha, lol. Quality 😂
Who designs a submarine to go to the poles with no heating, talk about short sightedness. That should've been a priority in my opinion.
There is no chance id get in that sub probably not even in dry dock lol
He bothered to install a shock absorber but not heating system while going to North Pole under ice? 😂😂😂
The modern Western Civilization was built on the backs of these crazy idealistic men. They gave everything for their passion. Today people take money in the name of event and never bother to honour their commitment.
Sunk?
Понимаю! На ходу отрезали рули погружения! 😂😂😂😂. Вы хоть сами поняли?
It's always a psychopath chasing fame and glory. Just like the Ocean Gate Submersible death trap.
No one thought of heating? Omg
👍👏👏
She soon realized her new husband was crazy...
Forget about it
Not really remotely operated it’s got a cable.
Who pays for all these investigations?
Kangaroo hunter, what a hero.
Isn't his name Sir "Hubris" wilkins? I would of jumped overboard the day he took command to risk all those mens lives for some snobbery with his inflated ego at some cocktail dinner party to brag about to his toff mates back home. This is why mutiny was invented people to keep these toff ego's in check.
If people thought like you did ...half of the exploring wonders people had never done before would have never been found till the modern coast guard and satellite phones were invented
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@8:11-
Eeewww!🤢
Smh i REALLY do not like hearing the french language, it literally gags me. Turns my stomach 😖🤢 so gross
When they hear a Brummy or a Scouse it must be like hearing Chopin, right?
@burtlangoustine1 oh idk. Ijk it gags me!🤢
@burtlangoustine1 I'm American...wdh brummies or sconces. Sorry lmao
Mohon diambil lg kapal nautilus itu untuk dijadikan museum kapal selam dunia internasional. Thanks. Agar anak cucu kita tau perjuangan sir Huber.
Sayang bgt ditenggelamkan kapal selamnya padahal bisa menjadi museum bukti sejarah sir Huber.