Breaking Through the Ice

[ErKa44]

what are they doing at the end ?

[Lewis2931]

People: o look a sub!

Sub: ha walk across this now bitches (goes back down)

[cheekster96]

Commence a low pressure blow of all main ballast tanks!

[TheDylanJoyce]

In the town, where i was born lived a man, who sailed to see and he told, us of his life in the land, of submarines so we sailed, onto the sun till we found, the sea of green and we lived, beneath the waves in our yellow, submarine... We all lived in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine yellow submarine... We all lived in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine yellow submarine... And our friends, are all aboard many more of them, lived next door and the band, began to play [RebeccaBlack Friday]

[Pringles352]

Ha! The Brits and Yanks dont jsut rule the waves.... we rule the ice!!!!  Awesomeeeeeeeeee (in cartmans voice) !

[OMBIC]

yer i can see it now, some ice fisher men just chilling and next thing this pops up hahahaha

[superdonkeyballs]

LOL!! It looked like R2D2 at first.

[DonLollio]

lol i like the periscope:"dadadaaaa hey.... i'd better look around :3"

[MrHotforhoneys16]

Imagine being a local, just hangin out fishin...and this fuckin thing popps up...hahahaha that would kick ass

[canicheenrage]

Now, the doctor and the radio operator should begin to worry...

[metalstalin]

That is one cool peice of tech.

[MajorStrasser]

Skip to 1:20 for the interesting stuff.

[TheArmchairSoldier]

Yeah, that's definitely Tireless or another Trafalgar-class sub, not USS Alexandria

[1978ajax]

Certainly a British T class (I'm ex Swiftsure class) and nicely done. The shore party can help the sub by dipping a pinger or clacker into the sea, which the sub can hear. This is potentially dangerous work. Well done RN!

[Fattyhippo8093]

Time to do some fishi.....HOLY CRAP!!!!



[xjames118]

This would have made a stirring conclusion to John Carpenter's The Thing.

[johnclawed]

@xjames118 But the movie "The Thing" was set in Antarctica, on land, not on floating ice.

[xjames118]

@johnclawed ? Yes, because when you're daydreaming about a film in your head, if you embroider it in the slightest, the God of Fiction is furious and makes a fairy die. (and, iIronically, since I commented, they've rebooted The Thing and, rather than going down the Dawn of the Dead or BSG route, it's SLAVISH to the original).

[TalksWithDirt]

My grandpappy tolds me dat all bubbleheads wuz fags, cuz submarines are long, black, and full-o seamen.

[MidLifeDad]

this is HMS TIRELESS not the Alex

[bigBn20102010]

2:02: wft....this isnt where i parked my car

[Bananainside]

Caesar's palace not caeser palace, you dingo berrys!

[kyudooooo]

and they blame the global warming for drowning polar bears.

[vincent7520]

It's a fake : at 3.36 the man on this ice shelf is way out of proportion with the sub …

Moreover I can't see how a sub would surface so close to the shore. It it was an iceberg it's movement should be seen on the camera even so slightly …

Anyway there is a discrepancy between the ice shelf and the sub : either the guy is too big or the sub is too small… 

[instructablesdinky]

@vincent7520 who cares?

[drewdane40]

@vincent7520 You realize that the guy on the ice shelf is in the foreground, right? And as for surfacing that close to the "shoreline," that is a fantastic place to surface. The boat could come up through much thicker ice than that, but here they only needed to break through a few inches. No doubt that's why they chose this location for the camp. I don't see anything in this video that looks fake, nor can I conceive of a reason to fake it.

[Buggerme77]

Just needs elevator music

[savannahmonitor96]

HOLY SHIT ALIENS ARE INVADINGGG!!!!!

[BroOfSabs]

INVASION!!!!!!!!!!!

[crankylifter]

I'd like to see the look on a couple of polar bears' faces when one of these things pops out of the water! "HOLY SHIT, TED -- let's get the fuck outta here!"

[Rokkiteer]

That felt strangely real. Seeing that uboat coming out of the water, up through the ice. I wish i had been there.

[RubberIceCream]

Now, that is cool! Navigation right on the mark. Well done.

[1973frassrand]

That was a british sub.Interesting anyway.

[Extinction871]

Scroll back up, you're going to miss the video!

[luckyowl249]

The old thrillin' question: Is the upcoming monster real American or, just for fun, a Russian or, worst case, "Moby Dick" again?!

[uninspiredml]

lol it's like birth

[traindude233]

this has to be the uglyest submarine i have ever seen in my life

[Floyd8814]

these people are standing there thinking " Please don't be Russians!"

[ja06360]

That's a T-Boat (RN) the first one that is

[ja06360]

That's a T-Boat (RN)

[hourselover1231]

man walks up to it, 'can you park somewhere else, im affraid this spots taken!' xD

[CYBERVISIONSdotCom]

That's how you chop a few inches of ice - when we surfaced at the Pole during ICEX '86, we needed sledgehammers and pikes to get through several feet of it.

[Pricklyhedgehog72]

Well hello there.

[AlexanderSigal]

there is like 2-3 inches of ice. big fucking deal, some subs break through 3-6 feet of ice.

[taylorboice]

Awesomeness. There's nowhere you can truly hide.

[Kapitananime]

Holy ICE STATION ZEBRA! 

[totalblond42]

fill er up,heck the oil

[2012listo]

that was too cool...

[MrPhilk77]

sweet so that's how submarines are born!

[scarycoolguy]

It looks like a robot

[TheEraldus]

fantastico

[edibleocelot]

hey! this isn't Albuquerque.

[straightgreaze]

good parking

[thin1966]

This looks like a UK Nuc, Trafalgar Class SSN....Just saying.

[HanoiHilton]

Hail Hitler, we need some diesel!

[plavins1]

lol i imagine if someone would be ice fishing above the submarine when this happened

[Zubatec]

Oh sht that's scary and beautiful at once !

[Zealix]

The periscope! :-)

[PrettyBrg]

I wonder if any of the people in the North have ever been just out ice fishing and then all the sudden a submarine just breaks through the ice on you.

[thoumaturgica]

Question: It's my understanding that if the sub stays on suface, the surface of the water will freeze and eventually crush the sub just like happened to HMS Endurance under Earnest Sheckleton's famous expidition. Did the sub have to get back below the ice soon? How long can it stay there? Anybody know?

[datzfast]

@thoumaturgica im guessing a sub has never been stuck in ice

[candr]

@datzfast LOL none that their captains going to report ;)

[candr]

@thoumaturgica Most of the sub is below the surface. The ice they come up in is usually not much over 2 or 3 feet thick.. As long as it only has to contend with this thickness they probably are ok, but they do keep track of ice movements so as too go under if there is a possible danger. Remember the hull of the sub is designed to take 800+ feet of pressure which is an incredible amount.

[truckdrivah]

lol so funny they got stuck in the ice and are having to break it up manually to submerge again lolol

[TREYinGLAMIS]

MEANWHILE! IN THE LEAGUE OF EVIL!

[agt155]

I thought it was the Pope getting out of the sub to begin with.

[dlat01]

Did he died?

[13MRconnorF]

i would of shat a brick

[shaneac9]

HAHAHAHA

[Agomongo1235]

lol "5 more days till the ice becomes thik so we can skate on it" *sub comes up* "FUK U"

[BritishSubmariner]

This is not an American Sub. This is a British Trafalger class sub. The mast coming up is the search periscope and the accident a few years ago was not a CO2 Scrubber. I should know i knew one of the guys who died.

[skazhiprivet]

Looks like fun!

:D

[JEZZERS101]

Useless Americans for you, they were looking for Hawaii, but got it wrong as usual. Cant even read a map. But fortunately for them us plucky brits were there to offer them a strong cuppa tea.

[Agomongo1235]

@JEZZERS101 dude it was part of an exercise and brits r getting dumber by the second

[JEZZERS101]

@Agomongo1235 thats the joke! HA

[Agomongo1235]

@JEZZERS101 lol!

[datzfast]

@JEZZERS101 lucky for those yanks the brits showed up and raised their skirts with tea to show them a proper fanny spanking good time. what being completely all homosexual navy with tea and proper biscuits.

[kingkwassa]

hahaha the periscope is so funny looking

[1606Ghostrider1995]

that's no Los Angeles Class Submarine

[jiminy82]

i would've mooned the periscope as it came up. a nice greeting in the arctic.

[johnjn14]

my college teacher was on the HMS Tireless as an engineer and told us that they they were playing wargames, lol. but the Los Angeles-class was very noisy and they fired 6 air torpedos at the Alexandria but not 1 hit the tireless.

[wiganerrmc]

yes this is HMS Tireless

[Melancholy511]

I like how they misspelled "Caesars" at 0:23...

[Mattsmafia]

Lol I think it would be funny if this was in a movie.Say there were 2 enemy guards patrolling there base just walking around on the ice,when out of nowhere this comes up behind them.

[ingareinar007]

Looks like a scene from a 007 film. Cool. Looks exiting when the it comes trough the ice.

[odinn50]

This is actually the HMS Tireless on the video. If you look at the dimensions of each sub one will find that the HMS Tireless is 280 feet long and the USS Alexandria is 362 feet long. Fly by of sub makes it apparent that this is only about 280 or so feet vs 360. Also the American sub does not have the protruding sonar sensor (I'm guessing) in front of the sail. Early LA class subs had the forward planes on the sail but the later ones had bow planes instead of the sail planes.

[TheFearlass]

how do you know all this:)

[ItDontMeanJackShit]

It was the American Navy and The Royal Navy testing their subs. Which is why you can see both flags. The sub seen here is an American Sub not British.

[nukemuff]

you guys are morons this is NOT a los angeles class, they have farewater planes on the sale... this is another class all together, possibly seawolf class but doubt it.

[elsnons]

Curiosa la punta del periscopio. Ademas la suelta de lastre para salir a flote debe ser brutal por la fuerza de su salida del agua una vez izado el periscopio.

[TheOutlaw901]

Its a British submarine, not American.

[pitbull485]

If its British why is it called the USS Alexandria a Los Angeles class submarine?

[TheOutlaw901]

Because its wrong. The submarine in the video is HMS Tireless not USS Alexandria. Search for HMS Tireless and USS Alexandria on google images and you will see the American submarine looks nothing like the one in the video.

[pitbull485]

Then why the American flag everywhere?

[TheOutlaw901]

I saw 1 american flag and 1 White Ensign of the Royal Navy...

[BartBRH]

There is also a Royal Navy Flag, but yeah, its and American Ship. I think its rediculous on how much stuff American put their flag, its literally everywhere.... in the Army its logical but on food? wtf...

[wiganerrmc]

its HMS Tireless

[BartBRH]

ok maybe not... just trying to get my point about the American Flag out there haha.

[elbori187]

that would have scared the shit out of me

[MitchFisch12]

@elbori187 dont swear!!

[badboylll]

HAHAHA! love the parascope poping up =] they were like " Damn, 10 feet too far away" =[

[rolflmaoweeee]

that a british sub?

[RyanL330]

Yep, that's a Limey.

[stuckinadazzee]

that's bad ass

[HighSeasDrifter57]

Very impressive... Too bad they can't spell Caesar...

[POSTLETHWAITE46]

No way that is a LA class boat. It's a brit "Trafalgar" class

[Ezlivin]

The boat upon which I served, the USS Skate (SSN 578) was the first boat to ever surface at the North Pole. It's good to see other submarines following the course that the Skate established. Too bad that the arctic ice is thinning and dissipating; in the future there'll be no ice to surface through!

[TheHellWithWork]

eh Zerobubbel, do you know how much 1 meter is? Because this ice can be measured in centimeters. That ice was way too thin to be really impressive.

[LowRankSF]

i would have been like WTF WAS THAT

[zerobubbel]

It looks like the ice was broken the day before and that the thickness of the ice was not more than 1 meter, so this is childsplay for a such a sub.

[Nelsonwmj]

I wanna ask one thing: Was this video allowed to be taken? Cos I think navies keep their operations, especially under-ice capabilities very classified... did we see a violation of it here?

[Pyroscopy]

Thats insane the way that looks coming out of there. Sort of alien when the view scope comes out and looks around

And what are they doing there at the end? Removing the ice? Wouldnt it just melt under the water?

[Intamin09]

thery're hunting ice fishers

[DACOJACKO]

I see you!!! lol.... KInd of scarey! I would shitless if I was standing there and saw that. If terrorists were in shore they would shoot an rpg at it. O SHIT!! OSAMA!!! lol

[umahuma4]

Would piss myself if that thing surfaced while i was ice fishing.

*reel tugs* AHHH looks like a got big one!

*Submarine surfaces* HOLY SHIT!!!!!

[CAGENZO13]

lol

[eldudio]

Amazing to think that it's just hiding under there...

[clanCGP]

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!

[73828]

HMS Tireless "of the Trafalgar Class" is an SSN aswell not just an SS.

[maureencora1]

Just like Ice Station Zebra.

[lonetraveller80]

Surprisingly AWESOME !

[Crossbowshootr]

lol thats sweet

[ProjectGF]

Thin ice.

[macjackfan]

I have that movie Continuum and watched that behind the scenes where that sub rises up from underneath the ice.That was really impressive! Btw why doesn't your video have sound? Were you not allowed to post it with sound? Just curious. Anyway, good video.

[DaraJean]

Thats crazy!

[joodmcg]

keek a boo  lmfao

[Roca89]

amazing !!!!

[rhyno6]

LOL. The sub pops up, then the periscope extends. It's almost like they think they are being sneaky when everyone's kinda standing around wondering, "what's going on?" It's very National Lampoon's.

[jwilde642]

The periscope extends after the boat breaks through the ice because otherwise it would break off.

[richkingb01]

when the periscope pops up it looks like something from star wars

[ironman88988]

LOL it does.

[kclm1996]

Like the robot on planet Hoth...

[richkingb01]

yeah

[koko440]

lool

[IIDraithII]

This is cool, it makes me feel like I want to go work in a submarine myself.

[mayhemlee]

uh huh :D

[vincent7520]

after all this picking and shovelling she'll need a paint job

[Celeon999A]

Wasnt this the exercise where two sailors were killed when a co2 scrubber exploded about the british sub ?

[wank0r]

This is a Brit Trafalgar class sub

[seanpopeofcanada]

This is the HMS Tireless, not the Alexandria.

[ImOmelo]

ahahaahah stupid americans pigs

[nhall87]

congratulations.... you're a moron.

This had nothing to do with ANYONE of ANY nationality being stupid.

[Elementsk8ter4life]

Shutup Russki-

the cold war is over, go home.

[Karletto555]

"up periscope"

[islandcaptain]

Fun stuff.

[TakumiFujiwara80]

The skill of the crew of this submarine is incredible...Navigate to the right point and then "park" and surf the ship in that "little pool of thin ice zone"..If you think is like to park a semitruck in a parking store without looking outside...

[irishtimothy]

CAESAR's Palace is the correct spelling

[Moosingit]

Is this a submarine built for midgets?

[Longs81]

Yeh midgets like you and your dad

[davfritz]

Do they know what they are doing? If their mothers knew what risky things they get up to they would call a meating and arange a protest! There could have been people swimming in the water, or someone fishing... the line might have snagged in the propeller

[navalaviator92]

ya they know wat they are doing and they do it all the time. If u didnt notice the periscope popped up so the cap could take a look, and the moms are good cuz they now that being a submariner is one of the most dangerous jobs in the military

[davfritz]

Well, I was realy only trying to be funny. I'm sure they know what they are doing, but yes, even with maximum caution there is an element of risk in everything they do, and the consequences of a mistake or unforseen event can take their lives so easily.

[navalaviator92]

my bad dude, this guy was giving crap about the USS Vella Gulf doing a hard right turn and i thought u were one of those people who say stuff like that cuz the wash dishes in the navy. my bad

[allen362002]

thats why the periscope went up first to scan the ocean first.

[Jolinator]

what that periscope came up, scared the shit out of me, its like war of the worlds or something lol

[quisqueyatv]

omg... this is a British sub

[HRMOKeefe]

and a Major gets to shovel snow?

Bet thats a first!

[valiumsummer]

I googled "USS Alexandria 757" and the photos do not match.

[daveinglasgow]

This is a Royal Navy Trafalgar class SSN based at Devonport on the south coast of England.

[fidgetass]

you would last only a few minutes in that water. Fishing yes.. swimming noooo.

[davfritz]

I was only being silly

[xXangrypenguinXx]

3:47 "hey rick i dare you to go poke it."

[xXangrypenguinXx]

2:01 "hey bob i think that submarine is lookin at you funny."

[backupcoolm3n]

how about if you lived in alaska, and you were ice fishing and all of a sudden that thing popped out of the water, and you touched it and it started moving?, that would freak the shit out of me

[highroller96]

It would be so scary to be swimming then to see a submarine next to you, surfacing.

[F33bs]

Believe it or not, that's actually a fear I had as a kid.

Not a submarine specifically, but the thought of any large object around or beneath me in the water just freaked the shit out of me.

Actually the thought of it still does give me the creeps...

[mxracer72135]

holy shit that would be scary if you were out there fishing or something, and that thing pops out next to you haha

[arutenvk]

two separate incidents involved sttacks subs getting caught in fishing nets. result, the fishing boats were pulled under water.