Black ice is recently frozen and can be as thin as 2 inches! Do you think you want to try Nordic or wild ice skating? Make sure to try in groups if you do!
That is correct. We skated on a river with ice so thin that you had better not stop... or the depressed ice might break. Thankfully, the river wasn't very deep.
I’ve fallen through ice when skating on ponds and lakes before. If you fall through, you should turn the way you were coming from, put your upper body on the ice, make your body parallel to the ice and kick your feet to propel yourself up onto the ice. If it keeps breaking, keep swimming and break the ice in front of you with your arms if you are close to land (Moving towards the land, obviously) If you cannot kick and propel yourself on to the ice, then rest your sleeves on the ice, and hopefully they will freeze onto the surface and you will be able to pull yourself up. But really make sure you turn around and try to get onto the ice you were on before you fell in, because you know it’s solid and it most likely won’t break. If there is a strong current, do not panic, and try to keep part of your body above water and hold on to the ice. It will be difficult to hoist yourself up so hopefully you have some friends around. If not, don’t panic and try to get yourself on top of the ice. Be patient. It’s very surprising when it happens, and it is VERY fast. You fall straight through. So decisions must be made quickly, no room for panic.
Sipu97 It isn’t often that there are strong currents, unless you’re on a river or certain parts of lakes/ponds, but like I said there’s no room for panic. Just remember your training, young padawan
J M Thanks, I guess :D It's a good thing that there aren't really any rivers where I live, only lots of lakes and I know where the currents are :) I think I would start to panic while underwater but after that I think the worst would be over. I saw my father slip on the edge of our hole in the ice a couple of years ago and like you said, it's very fast. He was up on the ice in no time, luckily.
I got to do this once in Maryland, about a 4 or 5 acre pond. Such a flat surface, it was incredibly smooth. The sound reminds me of tight cables that are hit with a sharp rap.
I remember the year that we had a deep freeze with no snow, skating on flawless black ice over a small but deep pond. My sister and I were the first ones out on the unmarked surface. Felt like skating over the black void of the sky.
Black ice is the best. I remember, at age 15, skating with my father on a recently frozen lake in The Netherlands, accompanied by these sounds. My father remarked 'keep skating, no standing still - foot over foot skating through the corners - or the ice won't hold'. Exhilarating experience!
I have a lake here where i live and it freezes over the winter. It makes similar sounds without anyone skating on it. Just the wind blowing across the surface and the water waving under the ice makes sounds out of this world.
@@antonio39776 It's really incredible, Antony. I could listen to it for hours. Hard to describe what it sounds like unless you hear it. It's like muffled whale sounds or something.
Yes, we lived near a small lake and at times you could hear the ice boom from our yard on a quiet cold winter evening. We also skated and walked on the lake. It was about 10 feet deep in the middle and mostly 2 to 6 feet deep. Huge cracks would develop.
Math? Oh, you should have seen how _seriously_ the Scandinavian schools take math. I mean, _we are all good people and it's okay if we're dumbasses, right?_
Yeah I absolutely agree. The things about this world that appear to be unique and benign are the most enjoyable. I love it but, I wonder how many times numbnutts there has falling into freezing waters due to y'know skating on thin ice.
While Black Ice can be pretty beautiful when u see them in the Wild, in Urban Areas its not so pleasant. Just last winter i was driving up a project in Queens when Black Ice snuck up on me n wrecked by car n caused me to flee for safety. Another case of Black Ice ruining a perfectly good neighbourhood just by showing up.
I just introduced my 9 year old grand daughter to these sounds thanks to your video. She is amazed and stunned. Thank you for making this video because so many will never live in places that get cold enough for this to happen. Even as a little kid living in Alaska I got to see the neat things extreme cold and water can do; I was even able to show my kids some of those things while living in Missouri in the 90s.
I love that sound. For those of you unfamiliar with thin ice, always wear "ice picks" -- always! It's the rule in Scandinavia. Had a guy go through the ice out on our lake. He saved himself in an instant 'cuz he had ice picks. He was out in a jiffy -- albeit cold and wet.
@@waterboy8999 - Yeah, specially made ice picks that you wear on a cord hanging around your neck. Used all over Scandinavia -- totally unknown in the USA. That's laughable!
@@fredrichenning1367 As an American, I'm concerned about the excess credibility you've given us. As if we would ever even think of being safe when doing something so potentially dangerous haha
@ it would be more likely he fell trough and the speed would make his skates get stuck on the ice and he would fall forward smashing his head in the ice
Exactly my thought once you passed through that part you cannot go back as it would most likely to break and having a group near you would be a huge risk
Sorry, but no. Believe me, winter and cold are terrible. That's why so many people from the north dreaming their whole life to move into a southern tropical country. 😉
@@jenslindnerfotografie Well, it really depends on the person. I grew up in northern Germany and am used to colder weather (originally from Siberia) and I will pick the cold over heat any day, lol. I used to spend every summer in spain and spent a few in Egypt. It was bloody miserable when the temperatures went above 30 Celsius. I couldn't move without sweating.
@@DM-nw5lu I'm so jealous of people who live in Northern states and countries. I love cold and snow. I live in Oklahoma and we only get snow like once or twice for a few days in February lol
@@jenslindnerfotografie I'm Norwegian, born and bred. I love the cold. I do enjoy the hot temperatures of southern climes when I go on holiday, but only in small amounts. I find the heat suffocating in the long run.
When I was a child I lived at the edge of a lake. We used to play hockey when the water froze. All the children learned these sounds. Our parents would teach us to listen to avoid these areas. I would never intentionally look to skate on ice like this, but it’s definitely an art form. Not for the faint of heart.
What's really cool about those sounds is they propagate more quickly than the speed of sound in air. I used to throw firecrackers at (far thicker) ice and those fracture sounds would always precede the bang just enough to tell. It's subtle but if you throw further it's more noticeable.
I always used to go down to the lake in the winter and throw rocks across the lake while the ice was thin. The sound it made kept me there for hours! It was so truly fascinating and such memories!
@mydriedtears lol. I live in Canada, my city has a big lake, and lots of canals, and every winter they put the flags on this one canal and people all go skating and play hockey on it. I grew up skating on frozen lakes lol. It blows my mind that a lot of people have never experienced such a thing, when it's just such a commonplace activity here lol
i started doing ice swimming in the pond at my house regularly. the thing that kills is if you cannot control the stress ur body experiences in ice cold water. if you can relax and shape ur mind ur just fine, even if you fall through the ice. all you have to do is dry up, get dry clothes and drink smth warm withing the next hour. ice bathing is actually very relaxing and calming, while also giving you an intense high, if the heads underwater. PS dieing due to cold in water, is one of the most comforting not cruel deaths.
When I was 16 or 17 I had a few opportunities to do this in New Jersey where I grew up. It was a surreal and beautiful experience; the ice was smooth as a sheet of glass and with little effort I was flying along a frozen lake in the early-morning sun. I remember feeling so alive.
You should hear the sounds made by thick ice that is not covered by snow, on a really cold day at sunset. It's like these sounds, but fuller and with much more reverb. As it gets colder, the sound gets higher and higher in pitch, and if the ice is thick enough it truly sings.
It was pretty shallow, u don't just die in cold water, a large adult should have 5 minutes where they're warm enough to save themself. Also he's Norwegian so he probably has protective blubber.
I love the fact that literally everyone in sweden always warn about skating on thin ice and now it’s like “hear the otherworldly sound of skating on thin ice” lol
Going off subject from the video but here in the UK there was 4 little lads 6, 8, 10 and 11 that lost there lives falling through the ice. One of the lads legs fell through and as the others went over to help they all fell in. Just putting this out there to remind people that frozen lakes can be dangerous and please make sure kids know this. Kinda random but when I was young i used to go sliding across frozen ice, even though I was told how dangerous it was as a kid I never truly recognised it. Rest in peace😔
I think it is absolutely irresponsible to put this video out without a massive disclaimer in front of it to not do this. I expect people to think that shallow ice is somewhat safe to skate or walk on now, while it is actually superdangerous if you fall in. There is people and animals dying each year and there is people testing the thickness of the ice thoroughly before deeming it safe. The recommended ice thickness by DLRG (German Live Saving Organization) for still lakes is 15 centimeters and for flowing water like rivers it is 20cm. Show what happens if people break into the ice, it is superdangerous. Frankly I expected more from National Geographic. Some kid or young adult will see this - mimic this and potentially die.
@@TheRealPacMan01 maybe they follow G I Joe training? purposefully miss them to herd the enemy back to their line so they all can live to fight another day.
when I was a kid we had a gym class about "how to get out if you walk through the ice" - essentially you jumped into a drilled up hole in the ice and had to climb out with safety-picks. I don't know if they still do it in Swedish schools but it sorta helped to have that knowledge as a kid if you would ever walk through the ice
He wouldn't be as confident as he is without falling through countless times and handling the situation like a pro. The video could have been better if it ended with him breaking through and proving that, though.
I think they mostly mean the process of researching for a good and suitable spot to skate in the right thickness which means a lot of calculations and a lot of mistakes as well. read the whole article on their site it's interesting :)
When learning long distance skating like this it is recommended you try going through the ice. It's done in a group, with all the safety procautions needed and then you willingly skate out on thin ice, fall through and experience the shock and the cold. That way, you won't panic as much when it happens for real. Because when skating on lakes like this, it's not a matter of if - but when, you fall through the ice.
I know it's a joke, but you don't need to put weight on ice for it to make those laser sounds. If you stay quiet and sit by a lake it will do it on it's own also, though not as often or as intense of course. So technically, it might not stop :D
This is one of those things like cave diving or wingsuiting that I'm sure is really fun and fulfilling when you pull it off but comes at the cost of potentially instantly killing you if you make the wrong move.
I was just thinking about this. Wingsuiting, skydiving, caving all get a big “nope” from me, but this… for some reason there’s something deliciously tempting about it, even though I’m aware it’s very dangerous.
Don’t think it’s a drone since it would be audible, unless the sound effects were dubbed in, timed properly, after the fact. But it could be, NatGeo is pretty high-budget.
Dante Lamar Problem is, I don’t see it as a joke. Anyhow, old comment, doesn’t matter anymore. Not looking for the good ol’ RUclips comment drama. Have a good day, sir.
The trick is to go fast, that way the ice does not crack. The danger is that you can't stop, because then you go through. I have never done it myself, since ice like this is really rare these days :(, but my father has had the ice crack into stars under his skates back in the 70s.
If you stay close to the shore you will be fine. Also if you have sharp object with you like ski pole you can pull yourself out... if the ice is thick enough... and it's not. So stick close to the shore or prepare to break the ice all the way to the shore.
I remember these sounds along the creek we grew up on in Wisconsin. There was an older gentleman by the name of MacGowan, who through generations acted our first trusted sign the creek had frozen safely when we'd see him skating up the river. Often, throughout the season, we would travel out, with wonder and caution, onto the black ice into the middle where you could watch the river bubble passing below, taking care to listen to the ice. When a weakness split through, it was like a shotgun, and then a reverberating singing back across the frozen water. It was a sound like no other, unexpected and almost otherworldly, but it meant, without question, that we had not heeded the wisdom presented before us.
I was kind of assuming it was so thin that he had to maintain a minimum speed to keep from falling through... guess it wasn't that cool after all. Oh, well.
the world is beautiful in so many ways thank you national geographic and youtube for the content and platform for us to share the beauty of the world together.
I do this at night, then it gets slightly terrifying. Clear skies, moonlight, stars above, and the cracking sound the ice that breaks underneath your skates is fantastic.
That's not warning sounds. That's the song of the ice. If you watch closely, you'll see the ice sometimes wave up and down as he skates over it. All part of the beauty of skating on black ice.
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Black ice is recently frozen and can be as thin as 2 inches! Do you think you want to try Nordic or wild ice skating? Make sure to try in groups if you do!
National Geographic I thought it was the sound of the skates echoing in the water and echoing back to the ice
Stressing out the marine life
National Geographic
It would be great, if I could skate. Does sound neat.
looks like a nope for me xD
45 millimeters is less than 2". Just saying.
It’s very relaxing how you can fall through at any given moment
1911 Maxter | It’s sarcasm.
What a Twist! Is it? I find it very relaxing. I’m not being sarcastic.
Unless you like math like this guy. (the guy in the video)
1911 Maxter r/wooooosh
Trashness Linking subreddits on websites other than reddit is punishable by death in most civilised countries.
imagine you're just hiking in the woods and just hear a star wars battlefield echoing in the distance
May the force be with you 👍
Where do you think George Lucas found that sound?
Thanks to global warming that sadly isn't possible anymore.
Best comment ever 🥹💯
@@plateaufightclub3767Find some standards ffs.🙄💩🤡🤡🤦♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
"Ah, well I guess it's somewhat safe as long as the ice doesn't crac-"
[STAB, STAB, STAB]
"SIR, *SIR"*
kittypie, omg that is like cutting the branch you are sitting on. I honestly thought he was going to fall in any minute.
This ice is very tough. Those holes won't make a difference.
I read this just as it happened
exactly my line of thought while watching the video :D
Hahahaha!!!! Observational/comedy genius!
1:45 you can see the ice literally bouncing from the pressure of the water being moved underneath from his weight, it’s absolutely insane
Its funny how ice feels hard, but its also soft
And then at 2:03 it's cracking as he passes by.
Gaymer
Also at 2:42
@@frosty6960 be water my friend
I need this sound when annoying people talk to me.
When they stop and ask:"What is that sound?"
Me:"That is the sound of someone on thin ice."
This is the most underrated comment I've ever seen in my life!!!
This could very well be the the most underrated comment in the history of RUclips
Yes!! Lol 😂
Haha you are genius
You are a legend
i always knew, 90's techno was the majestic sound of nature.
I honestly wanna sample this on something
Come on gang, get the glowstick. We're gonna party
This must be that experimental Ace of Base album they never released.
@bigricester will do.
techno in 90s was just ice-t's songs but with curse word filters, pew pew
I enjoyed the lack of narration in this. Just hearing the lake sounds was all that was needed
Didn't even think about that but now that you say it, yeah, narration would have ruined this video!
Agreed
Its like asmr
Kyle Pollina well for me if narration was there it would have great too..for example if you have watched birds of paradise video.
Kyle Pollina me too 🤗🙂🙃
01:46 - At surface level, you can see the ice layer move up and down as the skater passes.
Came here to say this :O Incredible
That is correct. We skated on a river with ice so thin that you had better not stop... or the depressed ice might break. Thankfully, the river wasn't very deep.
@@fredrichenning1367 *BREH*
I’ve fallen through ice when skating on ponds and lakes before. If you fall through, you should turn the way you were coming from, put your upper body on the ice, make your body parallel to the ice and kick your feet to propel yourself up onto the ice.
If it keeps breaking, keep swimming and break the ice in front of you with your arms if you are close to land (Moving towards the land, obviously)
If you cannot kick and propel yourself on to the ice, then rest your sleeves on the ice, and hopefully they will freeze onto the surface and you will be able to pull yourself up.
But really make sure you turn around and try to get onto the ice you were on before you fell in, because you know it’s solid and it most likely won’t break.
If there is a strong current, do not panic, and try to keep part of your body above water and hold on to the ice. It will be difficult to hoist yourself up so hopefully you have some friends around. If not, don’t panic and try to get yourself on top of the ice. Be patient.
It’s very surprising when it happens, and it is VERY fast. You fall straight through. So decisions must be made quickly, no room for panic.
J M Good to know. Thank you.
Your mention of the currents got me scared.
Sipu97 It isn’t often that there are strong currents, unless you’re on a river or certain parts of lakes/ponds, but like I said there’s no room for panic. Just remember your training, young padawan
ohevshalomel No problem, hopefully someone who reads this remembers it if they fall through thin ice!
J M Thanks, I guess :D It's a good thing that there aren't really any rivers where I live, only lots of lakes and I know where the currents are :) I think I would start to panic while underwater but after that I think the worst would be over. I saw my father slip on the edge of our hole in the ice a couple of years ago and like you said, it's very fast. He was up on the ice in no time, luckily.
"You are on thin ice mister"
"Good, it sounds the best"
You are on thin ice mister*
yep... whats next?! Diving? 😁
Sounds good would have been a more polished joke.
corny 🌽🌽🍅
It brings new meaning to “skating on thin ice” lol
Ok RUclips recommendations, a random one indeed but I did watch this.
Me too! ... And it was very intruiging at that 👍
So did I.
Yeah pretty cool
None of my recommendations are random anymore. I get offered the same themes and channels over and over, endlessly.
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
I got to do this once in Maryland, about a 4 or 5 acre pond. Such a flat surface, it was incredibly smooth. The sound reminds me of tight cables that are hit with a sharp rap.
The best way of describing it.
Spot on!
Or of Star Wars blaster sounds, which are incidentally the same sound 😁
@@TohaBgood2 it’s how they were made yes. Smack it with a wrench.
I remember the year that we had a deep freeze with no snow, skating on flawless black ice over a small but deep pond. My sister and I were the first ones out on the unmarked surface. Felt like skating over the black void of the sky.
Black ice is the best. I remember, at age 15, skating with my father on a recently frozen lake in The Netherlands, accompanied by these sounds. My father remarked 'keep skating, no standing still - foot over foot skating through the corners - or the ice won't hold'. Exhilarating experience!
Me too. We didn't even have a nice safety stick.
How do you stop in that case?
Until you break through the ice and die - truly "exhilarating", happens just once in your life...
Sounds like your dad was willing to risk your life not very cool
@@samholdsworth420 Dutch people know how to skate, and know their ice, just like the people in the video. Also, they don't weigh 300lbs.
Ice so thin you can still see the people who fell through it the day before.
I could not stop laughing at this 😂
nice one
What an uncomfortable thought.
Papa Het They cried out that they’re trapped under ice but we couldn’t hear their call!
Too bad they didnt have a camera crew following them, lol
Imagine you’re a fish just chilling in a lake and this dude comes up and starts making otherworldly noises
Alien visitations
imagine being the ice and some dude messes you up
I'd be otherworldly confuse
Imagine being the ice and this guy comes and runs all over you making otherworldly noises
@@zip-zucc tragic 🤪
I have a lake here where i live and it freezes over the winter. It makes similar sounds without anyone skating on it. Just the wind blowing across the surface and the water waving under the ice makes sounds out of this world.
Exactly what i wanted to write, i grow up in a lake too and those sound's even means that the surface will freeze even more
@@antonio39776 It's really incredible, Antony. I could listen to it for hours. Hard to describe what it sounds like unless you hear it. It's like muffled whale sounds or something.
Yes, we lived near a small lake and at times you could hear the ice boom from our yard on a quiet cold winter evening. We also skated and walked on the lake. It was about 10 feet deep in the middle and mostly 2 to 6 feet deep. Huge cracks would develop.
The satisfying sound of high frequency stress fractures... MMM very simillar to loading a bridge cable.
P Body it might sound different in person.
I was just about to say the same thing.
The railroad sound similar sometimes when welding it, or right before a train come. Really satisfying sound.
I saw in some video that the sound of banging on radio tower support cables was used in the original Star Wars "laser" sound effect.
Makes complete sense..
Endurance sports + ice + math is like the most Scandinavian thing on earth
Emory Daniel o
I hope he listens to Amon Amarth
@@OlMoldy He's listening to Abdulla Rashim actually
Math? Oh, you should have seen how _seriously_ the Scandinavian schools take math. I mean, _we are all good people and it's okay if we're dumbasses, right?_
LOL
That's epic. At @1:44 you can see the ice ripple as he skates past the camera.
@I sell air is it really thin?
@I sell air bout an inch and a half at most you'd say?
@I sell air no
thats the sound come from, crack and ripple mixed with water and air
It's 1,7 inches
Even the ice makes unique music, Sweden never disappoints
I love these videos that highlight the uniqueness of the world we live in. Thank you Nat Geo.:)
Mr. Sleepy
Hush up.
Joaquin Lomeli Me too~
I only place I've been to in years is Mississippi... I'm greatful for that tho. ^_^'
Yeah I absolutely agree. The things about this world that appear to be unique and benign are the most enjoyable. I love it but, I wonder how many times numbnutts there has falling into freezing waters due to y'know skating on thin ice.
I love it too! So interesting! :)
While Black Ice can be pretty beautiful when u see them in the Wild, in Urban Areas its not so pleasant. Just last winter i was driving up a project in Queens when Black Ice snuck up on me n wrecked by car n caused me to flee for safety. Another case of Black Ice ruining a perfectly good neighbourhood just by showing up.
when the ice said: “zjöp shœp blôöp” i felt that
😁😁😁😁
You actually made me laugh
I never thought I would see a semi creative "I felt that" comment but you actually did it
Me too😭😭😭
Ami löl
The guy that’s recording behind him has the real balls of steel here.
ItsKreyzy They’re using a drone to record
Guess it would be more of a titanium
That's a drone
It would make sense but yknow he is with someone else
@@belugastudios4770 Yea, let me know when drones are silent. He's obviously being followed by a recorder.
I just introduced my 9 year old grand daughter to these sounds thanks to your video. She is amazed and stunned. Thank you for making this video because so many will never live in places that get cold enough for this to happen. Even as a little kid living in Alaska I got to see the neat things extreme cold and water can do; I was even able to show my kids some of those things while living in Missouri in the 90s.
Jep showing a child how stupid and dangerous some people are... 😂
Next video "Hear the unworldly sounds of someone screaming as they fall through thin ice"
Ghosts Graves I laughed way too loud at this!! 😂😂
Ghosts Graves LMAO
😅
Ghosts Graves Dude the ice is 2 inches thick gtfo
Ahhh this made my morning! Thank you lmao
Ice is paid actor.
Why did I just read this in a Russian voice
Ze German would use *an article*. Lack of article makes Russian head-voice.
Wow didn't expect to see you here.
ice poseidon ?
Mr. Gold that's crazy because I did too, there is no other way.
They're shooting the next star wars movie under the ice obviously
They keep missing
@@gameforge7035 just like in all the other movies
Hahahahha
Double puns I see
Dammit I was gonna make that joke
I have a friend that does this all the time. Haven't heard from him for awhile.
He's busy making otherworldly sounds from under the ice
Mei Misaki LMFAOOOOOOO
🤣🤣😂🤣😂😂
hes dead.
@@lelah5800 thanks for explaining the joke genius
very satisfying... not anxiety inducing at all ...
A good way to challenge anxiety.
@@petterson- Or get a panic attack.
I think it's satisfying. I like the sound
and it doesnt help that u can actually see the ice ripple
@@petterson- or tranquility. Or cancer. Or anything that might come with being alive
I don't know why but I imagined this guy in an post-apocalyptic scenario, skating on this lake, alone.
Hackeronte It would go much faster if just skated over the ice instead of walking, so he might still do it
i imagine him falling thru
That works so well for that haunting sound. It's seriously beautiful.
That would be an epic start to a movie.
I would totally see that movie
I love that sound. For those of you unfamiliar with thin ice, always wear "ice picks" -- always! It's the rule in Scandinavia. Had a guy go through the ice out on our lake. He saved himself in an instant 'cuz he had ice picks. He was out in a jiffy -- albeit cold and wet.
Ice picks?
@@waterboy8999 I'm confused too. I think they're supposed to help grab a hold of to pull yourself out of water if you fall
@@waterboy8999 - Yeah, specially made ice picks that you wear on a cord hanging around your neck. Used all over Scandinavia -- totally unknown in the USA. That's laughable!
@@fredrichenning1367 on a cord through your sleeves like the gloves I had as a boy, thanks.
@@fredrichenning1367 As an American, I'm concerned about the excess credibility you've given us. As if we would ever even think of being safe when doing something so potentially dangerous haha
When the teacher says "You're on thin ice" but you don't really care.
@420 Friendly You can have a lot of fun while being safe idiot.
@@soto5055 Safe fun is for women. Men crave danger.
@@sirgallant5000 That's the Most stupid thing I've ever heard. We don't live Stone ages.
@Josh D National Geographic should just turn around the camera.
Plot twist: He's skating on top of a laser-tag arena
Lol XD
@Connorshark normie??
no, he's skating on ice
Yup that's me
Dexor 32 rly?
“Samples in dubstep song”
Esko Carl breaks ice
Sounds like Flume tbh
Doesn't have to be dubstep however I'd love to produce a dreamscape soundtrack from the natural sound
Travis Cartee non edm listeners seem to think edm=dubstep
Sad but true....
Perfect skating form. Beautiful to watch the smoothness.
1:46 when the ice wiggled my anxiety went 📈📉📈📉📈📉📉📉📈📉📈📉📈
That was so cool, though!
Well its good to see it went down 3 times in a row and not up
even glass wiggles
No offense, but this is such an overused joke.
@@omransaeed1988 that you for your opinion Omran, will definitely keep this in mind 🙄
This is how my grand parents went to school back in the days.
@ it would be more likely he fell trough and the speed would make his skates get stuck on the ice and he would fall forward smashing his head in the ice
@Giova
“Uphill both ways” no less😁
(based on old american jokes)
He’s right, I’ve seen them do it
@Jim Shorts
That's what they told us.
And, it was miles and miles to get to their school.
@Jim Shorts You must be 12, to not know that joke.
"... so it's best done in groups, for safety."
*falls down with the group*
Exactly my thought once you passed through that part you cannot go back as it would most likely to break and having a group near you would be a huge risk
At least he is not alone
Is it bad that I laughed at this
@@BlockPantherPH most likely they mean groups as in like with weight lifting, you have a spotter who's there in case something goes wrong
Me and the bois freezing to death
I live in a semi-tropical country and can only dream of doing that yet.
Truly a good thing, it makes me happy.
Sorry, but no. Believe me, winter and cold are terrible. That's why so many people from the north dreaming their whole life to move into a southern tropical country. 😉
@@jenslindnerfotografie Well, it really depends on the person. I grew up in northern Germany and am used to colder weather (originally from Siberia) and I will pick the cold over heat any day, lol. I used to spend every summer in spain and spent a few in Egypt. It was bloody miserable when the temperatures went above 30 Celsius. I couldn't move without sweating.
@@DM-nw5lu I'm so jealous of people who live in Northern states and countries. I love cold and snow. I live in Oklahoma and we only get snow like once or twice for a few days in February lol
@@jenslindnerfotografie I'm Norwegian, born and bred. I love the cold. I do enjoy the hot temperatures of southern climes when I go on holiday, but only in small amounts. I find the heat suffocating in the long run.
Joel: "Ellie,... You're treading on some mighty thin ice there,"
Ellie: "No, I'm skating on it."
Ha!
You didn't say "Hold my beer" anywhere.
Great game!
"mighty thin ice"
But they never walked on ice
It's sounds like there's an intergalactic laser battle happening below the ice LOL.
Scott Richburg yeah sounds like it’s in space above the planet or you’re in a bunker
🤪😆👍🏾yep
this actually got a laugh out of me lmao
The Death Star
but there isn't
When I was a child I lived at the edge of a lake. We used to play hockey when the water froze. All the children learned these sounds. Our parents would teach us to listen to avoid these areas. I would never intentionally look to skate on ice like this, but it’s definitely an art form. Not for the faint of heart.
yep, its good ice to avoid.
You’re very nice
Jen u r divine
@@killdizzle ?? not really no...
@@killdizzle It makes sense how the thin ice could reverberate making that noise. But 10" thick? That doesn't make sense. I call BS.
What's really cool about those sounds is they propagate more quickly than the speed of sound in air. I used to throw firecrackers at (far thicker) ice and those fracture sounds would always precede the bang just enough to tell. It's subtle but if you throw further it's more noticeable.
We used to poke the ice and drop in firecrackers under water to listen to the pop and crackles near shore. Fun times back then
What I imagined the sound would be like: sounds of ice cracking
Actual sound: *pew pew pew*
🤣pew pew pew
😆
I always used to go down to the lake in the winter and throw rocks across the lake while the ice was thin. The sound it made kept me there for hours! It was so truly fascinating and such memories!
Felix Svan Jag har också gjort det
@@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii8818 goa grejer säger jag bara!
Me too. Great fun.
I 've never seen a frozen lake in my life 😥
@mydriedtears lol. I live in Canada, my city has a big lake, and lots of canals, and every winter they put the flags on this one canal and people all go skating and play hockey on it. I grew up skating on frozen lakes lol. It blows my mind that a lot of people have never experienced such a thing, when it's just such a commonplace activity here lol
1:46 you can see the ice bend under the weight. Amazing!
Yeah, I scrubbed back a couple of times, not believing what I saw.
Yooooo, wtf dude....
You calling him fat?!?
Tahirih McLean wow. that sent chills up my spine.
Christian B no. They meant that the ice was thin enough to bend .....
Ah yes, nothing beats risking one of the most horrific deaths imaginable just to hear laser sounds
You’re not risking anything if you prepare appropriately and have good experience.
@@carlsmith4568 There's really no way to account for all of the possible factors in something like this. There will always be some risk.
@@carlsmith4568 Not true. There is always lots of risk with sports like these and half the time it's the people who are "so experienced" who die.
i started doing ice swimming in the pond at my house regularly. the thing that kills is if you cannot control the stress ur body experiences in ice cold water. if you can relax and shape ur mind ur just fine, even if you fall through the ice. all you have to do is dry up, get dry clothes and drink smth warm withing the next hour.
ice bathing is actually very relaxing and calming, while also giving you an intense high, if the heads underwater.
PS dieing due to cold in water, is one of the most comforting not cruel deaths.
@@damaexn if u fall thru the ice with skates on how u gonna kick your legs underwater to get back to the surface
Thin ice ASMR.
Yeah, tingles right from the start.
I NEED MORE
Can someone tell me why the democrats want to abolish this? I don't get it
achtungbaby91u2 Wait....wat
A couple months ago before winter I saw on the television that democrats wanted to abolish Ice, right before winter but the ice still grew
"It's best done in groups for safety". It's best not done at tf all for safety
I was reminded of the old video game "Lemmings" when that flashed up.
Its best to drive a car with a seatbelt on but its much safer to just not drive at all
@@mattfishfrog5797 Is it safer to drive your car over cracking ice or not driving it over cracking ice at all?
Here in Europe many people do that. I for exame have done that every single winter growing up. It is not as dangerous as you might think.
Pretty much like smoking crack.
Him: [about the ice] that’s thick
The ice: literally wobbles underneath him because of how very not thick it is
@You Wish very not so thin you wish
Thats looks like Ice Age
A S. I didn't even notice that.... 😟
*very not thick*
The wobble and the sound and the color are all part of the beauty of the sport.
Ahhh, the sound of ice cracking. So beautiful and creepy.
Look at NatGeo getting into asmr
Kameron Berkly
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Kameron Berkly
next up
which pickle is the crunchiest?
Lmaoo💀💀
I think fish are listening to russian HardBass
cheeky breeki
iv dankeeeeee
Spies, all of them
))))))))))))))))))))
*GULAAG THEM*
When I was 16 or 17 I had a few opportunities to do this in New Jersey where I grew up. It was a surreal and beautiful experience; the ice was smooth as a sheet of glass and with little effort I was flying along a frozen lake in the early-morning sun. I remember feeling so alive.
James Farrell that’s beautiful.
Lucky you ...
Probably because you were:)
You should hear the sounds made by thick ice that is not covered by snow, on a really cold day at sunset. It's like these sounds, but fuller and with much more reverb. As it gets colder, the sound gets higher and higher in pitch, and if the ice is thick enough it truly sings.
According to my mom ive been doing this my whole life.
Amazing 😂
Quick witted!! 😅
same
That’s awesome!
@@nwnmonk7034 Not really. Video has been up a long time. He could've been putting that statement together for the last year for all we know.
“You learn from your mistakes and try again.”
OH
OH YOU DO DO YOU
Next life here we go!
😂😂😂
It was pretty shallow, u don't just die in cold water, a large adult should have 5 minutes where they're warm enough to save themself. Also he's Norwegian so he probably has protective blubber.
@Pink Diamond rofl, ok my bad
I'm Swedish and I've a friend who is Norwegian. I can personally attest to the validity of the fabled Norwegian blubber phenomenon.
I love the fact that literally everyone in sweden always warn about skating on thin ice and now it’s like “hear the otherworldly sound of skating on thin ice” lol
Im from Sweden and...what...4,5 cm is not thin ice...
Going off subject from the video but here in the UK there was 4 little lads 6, 8, 10 and 11 that lost there lives falling through the ice. One of the lads legs fell through and as the others went over to help they all fell in. Just putting this out there to remind people that frozen lakes can be dangerous and please make sure kids know this. Kinda random but when I was young i used to go sliding across frozen ice, even though I was told how dangerous it was as a kid I never truly recognised it. Rest in peace😔
There needs to be more awareness of the dangers of ice.
I think it is absolutely irresponsible to put this video out without a massive disclaimer in front of it to not do this. I expect people to think that shallow ice is somewhat safe to skate or walk on now, while it is actually superdangerous if you fall in. There is people and animals dying each year and there is people testing the thickness of the ice thoroughly before deeming it safe. The recommended ice thickness by DLRG (German Live Saving Organization) for still lakes is 15 centimeters and for flowing water like rivers it is 20cm. Show what happens if people break into the ice, it is superdangerous. Frankly I expected more from National Geographic. Some kid or young adult will see this - mimic this and potentially die.
The wave-like movement of the ice is so evident at 1:44 wowwww
Jack W That’s awesome
Woooooow
I know rightttt
Oh good o___o''''
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Great seeing that National Geographic is adapting well and producing very high quality videos like this, about something I've never seen before.
Please Please tell me this is sarcasm.
It's true, your videos are much better.
But you've never been to a freshly frozen pond?
the entire planet doesn't live in places where ponds can freeze silly
I'm aware of that, but at least half of the US is, and still, a lot of the world is. I'm not saying everywhere is.
I imagine swimming in those skates would be difficult.
you can quick release them
What?
You can't swim in that thick ice
Leif Vejby The point of this entire video was that the ice was thin...
@@retinaturner3284 Wasn't thin, it was almost two inches.
🎶Skating away on the thin ice of a new day 🎶
And today, Ring out that Solstice Bell!
Parents: "You're walking on thin ice pal!"
Me:
so telling someone they are on thin ice is telling them to out-skate the crack formation? xD
Lol yes! "I'm gliding here!!"
You're*
No ima skating
@Karan Obviously 980 other people think it makes sense.
Hear the unworldly sounds of the teacher screaming: “GET OFF THE ICE!”
I live in Canada so that just means "GO INSIDE"
Plot twist: he's being shot by storm troopers and they're all missing
Ahahaha hecc yea
They never hit anything anyways
@@TheRealPacMan01 maybe they follow G I Joe training? purposefully miss them to herd the enemy back to their line so they all can live to fight another day.
😂😂😂😂
Plot twist : the fishes at the bottom are playing wall tennis
It looks so amazing....so peaceful, so beautiful...
"Learning from your mistakes", would be a short, cold lesson.
when I was a kid we had a gym class about "how to get out if you walk through the ice" - essentially you jumped into a drilled up hole in the ice and had to climb out with safety-picks. I don't know if they still do it in Swedish schools but it sorta helped to have that knowledge as a kid if you would ever walk through the ice
He wouldn't be as confident as he is without falling through countless times and handling the situation like a pro. The video could have been better if it ended with him breaking through and proving that, though.
I think they mostly mean the process of researching for a good and suitable spot to skate in the right thickness which means a lot of calculations and a lot of mistakes as well. read the whole article on their site it's interesting :)
Jens Reuterberg Wow you had a very different gym class from mine
When learning long distance skating like this it is recommended you try going through the ice. It's done in a group, with all the safety procautions needed and then you willingly skate out on thin ice, fall through and experience the shock and the cold. That way, you won't panic as much when it happens for real. Because when skating on lakes like this, it's not a matter of if - but when, you fall through the ice.
Its all fun and games until the laser sounds continue even after he stops skating
I know it's a joke, but you don't need to put weight on ice for it to make those laser sounds. If you stay quiet and sit by a lake it will do it on it's own also, though not as often or as intense of course. So technically, it might not stop :D
@@Lukas-er4nd ✨Smart✨
Go sit in an ice fishing shack on a big northern lake on a calm and very cold night.
What
Are you suggesting it's fake? It's not
Sounds like steel cables snapping
That's so accurate wow
Ikr the first thing I thought of was a suspension bridge collapsing in a movie
there was a toy called a zube tube basically a slinky with two dixie cups on each side it souds like that to me a little bit.
The norwegian term for black ice translates litteraly to 'steel ice'
I have watched enough godzilla to agree with you :D!
This is one of those things like cave diving or wingsuiting that I'm sure is really fun and fulfilling when you pull it off but comes at the cost of potentially instantly killing you if you make the wrong move.
Totally
I was just thinking about this. Wingsuiting, skydiving, caving all get a big “nope” from me, but this… for some reason there’s something deliciously tempting about it, even though I’m aware it’s very dangerous.
lol falling into the water is very unpleasant but you won't die if you're experienced and with a group xd
Falling into a frozen lake is not going to instantly kill you....
@@kylem1112 If you are by yourself, yes. It very well could kill you within a matter of seconds, not minutes.
1:40 you can actually see the ice moving!
Ummmm How? Its solid...
Well i do see it but how!!
Wow
Wow! I totally didn't catch that the first time!
1:46 actually
Everyone: Whoa that guy is crazy
Me: Imagine being the guy behind him following with the camera going over the cracks the first guy just made....
Plot twist, it was a drone that was recording him skate behind him.
Cracked ice is actually less scary because someone has already stood there. A Pristine sheet of ice is actually much more scary.
Most likely it’s a drone.
@@kurtjensen7264 That's no way to talk about the cameraman. 🙂
Don’t think it’s a drone since it would be audible, unless the sound effects were dubbed in, timed properly, after the fact. But it could be, NatGeo is pretty high-budget.
“YOU’RE ON THIN ICE MISTER MÅRTEN AJNE!”
Mårten: oh boy you’re never going to guess what my hobby is
It’s all fun and games till the black ice jumps you for your money
Ajne*
@@blackarrow9034 robs you of your ballance*
😂😂😂
Props to the cameraman that skates just after him, on an already fractured ice :o
No! it's not the ice! It's the fishes having a laser battle under the ice obviously...
Marcus Huusko AHAHAHA LAZER BATTLES FISH ARENT REAL OMFG LMFAO
Bycun Reamer You’re smart, aren’t you?
Fish Wars underwater 2
StiXx The real question is are you smart enough to get this man's joke?
Dante Lamar Problem is, I don’t see it as a joke. Anyhow, old comment, doesn’t matter anymore. Not looking for the good ol’ RUclips comment drama. Have a good day, sir.
This doesn’t seem extreme, but it blooody well is. My adrenaline would be out the roof when I hear those fracture sounds.
Imagine skating on it in figure skates and accidentally hitting your toe pick 😬 Dead
Its not extreme though
The trick is to go fast, that way the ice does not crack. The danger is that you can't stop, because then you go through. I have never done it myself, since ice like this is really rare these days :(, but my father has had the ice crack into stars under his skates back in the 70s.
I go on ice to fish every winter. That sound is very common and happens with thick ice too from the pressure on it causing lots of little cracks.
If you stay close to the shore you will be fine. Also if you have sharp object with you like ski pole you can pull yourself out... if the ice is thick enough... and it's not. So stick close to the shore or prepare to break the ice all the way to the shore.
Imagine hearing this at night
*its getting closer*
*what the heck is that*
heck
AceGaming Invasion! Lol
Lol
Humans are funny creatures.
@@MyNameisMessenger the human who commented this is a stupid creature
Thin ice will always remind me on my favourite RUclipsr: Apetor (rest in peace 🖤)
So will I. He will be missed 🖤
see y’all in 3 years when this is recommended again
so true xD but ptobably next year
And I'll be here, waiting
I'll be here. Again 😂
I’m here early
Lmao if RUclips even exists to that time
*The fish are in the middle of an intergalactic Star War*
you mean Water Wars
@@exanyt indeed
It must be the mon calamari
Lmfao
sounds like stressed suspension cables in the wind.
More of less that's what it is.
Rena Lockwood
I thought the same thing. The sounds of windy bridges.
It kinda is if you think about it
I grew up in the netherlands, where ice skating is an important part of history and culture and this sound gives me Goosebumps
All I hear is the sound of DaNgER
XD lmao
Only if you are big and fat....
So would you say he was in a zone of danger
Lmao 😂😂
If you listen long enough the ice says: Come to me_Ome o me _ Oe o e _Come to me_Ome to e_Oe o e........
I remember these sounds along the creek we grew up on in Wisconsin. There was an older gentleman by the name of MacGowan, who through generations acted our first trusted sign the creek had frozen safely when we'd see him skating up the river. Often, throughout the season, we would travel out, with wonder and caution, onto the black ice into the middle where you could watch the river bubble passing below, taking care to listen to the ice. When a weakness split through, it was like a shotgun, and then a reverberating singing back across the frozen water. It was a sound like no other, unexpected and almost otherworldly, but it meant, without question, that we had not heeded the wisdom presented before us.
The most boring comment I’ve ever read in my life😂😂
@@thatlegendaryguy9480 Funny, that's exactly what your mother said when she first heard you speak.
Well written ! nice memory
Very beautifully written!
@Dyslexic Lives Mattress Tiffany Wisconsin. A tiny little unincorporated town.
Sounds like powerlines coming down in a movie from the 80s
I've seen very few 80's films, but u somehow got this right on
@MadmanJoE100 My first thought.
Yes you did get that perfect LOL
Goddamit. I was literally about to right that.
I didnt think of that until I saw this coment and yes its absolutely that sound xD
Beautifully presented!!
“The ice is VERY thin!”
Casually pokes a hole through it and walks near the hole.
Well just poking a clean hole in the ice doesn't make it weaker.
I was kind of assuming it was so thin that he had to maintain a minimum speed to keep from falling through... guess it wasn't that cool after all. Oh, well.
Both say in swedish that the Ice is thick
It is very thin, if it was thinner he would have fallen inside. It was thin, but thick enough to hold his weight
It's thick enough to carry them
After he falls through the ice, he's the one who's going to be emitting otherworldly sounds.
*glalawahahahahahahahgahh*
_hits the bottom of the lake_
Lol
Omg got me good
😂
Lol
The ice jiggles at 1:40
ZGX The same happens when you drive your car on 15 cm ice. Only difference is that cracking noise has lower pitch.
I got dizzy watching it o.O
Oh my gosh it does.
No it´s not, thats because the tripod/camera is placed on the ice.
Thicc
the world is beautiful in so many ways thank you national geographic and youtube for the content and platform for us to share the beauty of the world together.
No way nordic bro used satellite images to determine if that ice was safe. Dude just went out and smelled that the ice was safe.
J Slik yes, check the weather and the temperature and make a judgement from that.
no, actually took a sniff and knew, as stated in further recordings
he threw out a twig and decided from the sound of contact, "it's good."
That's what I'm saying 😂 Bro probably licked the ice, tapped it twice and said "It's ready."
He was talking to his friend over a cup of coffee in Paris, and suddenly it hit him out of nowhere. He knew that the ice was ready.
It sounds like some old school arcade space shooting game from 80s.
lol i was thinking tron
z30k Sounds like Space Impact. 90’s baby here🤘🏼
That's an awesome reference!
If you ever see an iron statue or gate and tap it with a quarter, it sometimes makes the same noise
@matt s ok zoomer
pong
I do this at night, then it gets slightly terrifying. Clear skies, moonlight, stars above, and the cracking sound the ice that breaks underneath your skates is fantastic.
hoplahey Besides the risk of falling through, that sounds beautiful.
hoplahey *cry*
That sounds incredible but how do you not die of fright?! What do u do if you fall in??!
Magnificent!
hoplahey balls of steel
Спасибо за видео,красота неописуемая, успокаивает!
It's dangerous to skate on thin ice, so make sure you bring a lot of people out there with you.
This comment is hilarious in every way possible lmao
Yup. Ice rarely attacks people in groups, especially when they're all combining their weight in one spot.
Search "On thin ice" and say that to the guy in the videos.
Yeah go in a group and all of you fall in !!!!!!!!!
That made me lol 🤣😂
The close up skate by u can see the whole lake move up and down
i freaked out a little when i noticed that and had to watch it over and over
Could you put down a time stamp
jack lo 1:40
@@Vollhonk666 Thanks
I couldn't believe that when I saw it. How is it moving and not breaking?
I would not stake on that! its cracking and making warning sounds!
Can i get free sushi!.....?
Skate*
@@eternityD9 😂
That's not warning sounds. That's the song of the ice. If you watch closely, you'll see the ice sometimes wave up and down as he skates over it. All part of the beauty of skating on black ice.
@@alwaysuseless oh yeah well, thats one perspective
Oh this was fabulous! Thank you! The stillness…