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- Published on Feb 9, 2018
- This small lake outside Stockholm, Sweden, emits otherworldly sounds as Mårten Ajne skates over its precariously thin, black ice. “Wild ice skating,” or “Nordic skating,” is both an art and a science. A skater seeks out the thinnest, most pristine black ice possible-both for its smoothness, and for its high-pitched, laser-like sounds.
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Black ice is recently frozen, and can be as thin as 2 inches and still support the weight of a skater. Like a dome or arch, the support comes from the sides rather than the top, and the water underneath prevents the ice from breaking. But, experience and careful advance planning are key. Factors including temperature, atmospheric conditions, and even satellite images of the Earth’s surface are considered. It’s complicated, but appealing to mathematicians like Ajne. Even with preparation, there’s a risk of falling in… So it’s best done in groups, for safety.
Read about the science behind Nordic skating in "How Skating on Thin Ice Creates Laser-Like Sounds"
www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/activities/winter-sports/skating-thin-black-ice-creates-sound-nordic-spd/
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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!
lol the guy in the video says 45mm is more than enough in the video, and NatGeo is going to somehow trump that dudes experience and tell everybody something different
We, in the Netherlands, need 15 cm for the Elf Stedentocht, a famous ride in Friesland. The last was in 1997, so 22 years ago. We need freezing cold weather. Sorry for my english, I'm dutch ;-)
Wtf
I know a lake that makes the exact same sounds
Soubds like steel tension cables flexing in the wind 😶
I wouldn't do that cuz i once tried a 15cm thick ice and it cracked soo much
1:14 is that a heart
Any thin ice sounds like that
1:40 Bruh, you can literally see the ice moving. That's cool but unnerving.
1:45
I live in South Stockholm and this is what we do on the winters
You know whats thiccer then the ice?
His balls
어썸!
ASMR
"even with preparation, there's a risk of falling in... So it's best done in groups, for safety."
Yeah, well, and there's people like apetor. Go check his channel out, a crazy drunk norwegian Ice skater who admittely seeks out thin ice but who wants to go through. Search up apetor ;)
ICE ICE BABY!!
should have used this for the sound of Regiice
DudeLikeHELLA any1?
totally awesome wha god created....
I’m skating on thin ice all the time during final semester tests.
Lets drop a boulder into that lake
I wanna hear *that*
1:58 you can see the ice denting downwards on the places he skates over.... giving me anxiety lmao
Apetor is better.
You know what the problem with skating on thin ice, skating on thin ice.
But still amazing to witness
I'm here because my boss told me that I'm skating on thin ice yesterday.
throw sticks on it, much better noises
So satisfying
I do this everytime I smash a girl raw
as someone who has fallen through ice while skating I can tell you it is one of the most terrifying things ever.
Legend says he still out there skating
cool vid
Super cool! sounds like an outer space shooting!
Underwater light saber duel.
That not thin, if he can skate there
"And as you push off from the shore ,why don't you turn your head once more,and make your peace with everyone..."
You’re on thin ice pal!
It sounds similar to when you strike a guy wire holding up an antenna tower.
Well that is clearly not a lake but a river... Also why would anyone skate on thin ice, it's not exciting or something people need to see, it is just dumb.
Toxic
How are they other worldly sounds if they are happening in this world?
HEY,
--you're on thin ice buddy.
As a dutch person, I know, if you hear these noises, you need to start skating quickly. Allthough these noises appear here when the ice is much thinner because it covers a much smaller area, if you hear these noises you could actually be in serious trouble here.
I fell through a frozen lake, that’s the noise I heard right before it happened.
The only thing I can think of is why is it no snow it's february
Nice recorded video! 8/10
Did he wipe his nose with his sleeves at 1:25
You’re on thin ice, buddy.
Yeah it’s thick.....it’s safe.
Me....he said it was “thick.” Falls right in! 😑💆🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️☹️
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How would one find skates like those? What is that type called?
"small lake"
Now skip stones on the ice
Blasters from star wars??
we’ve got a sea in our town and we were on there ice skating and it made exactly the same sounds
What if skating leads to swimming?🤔🤔
1:40 you can actually see the ice moving!
Mmm yes, freshly frozen, extremely thin ice...
*Yeah lemme just skate on that*
PEWPEWPEWPEW
I hear similar pitched sounds when I do lsd
StarWars WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCOTION
I love that sound😌😍
Star Wars.
Next up:
Swimming with ice skates on ...
Why?? Why risk life ?? STUPID
meanwhile i cant skate in a skating ring even
STUPID GUY REALLY.Dont a stupid thing like im..
Very cool
That sound is pressure cracks..
All this “created” out of “nothing” for “no reason”... not a possibility.
Hahahha gilla om du är svensk🇸🇪🇸🇪
"Laser like sounds...." didn`t know that a laser was making a sound....
The water is not deeper tahn 1m at any point of this video... thats what makes skating on it so chilly
I already stepped on ice layers like 50-70mm thick. With gas bubbles inside and with my weight of 110-120kg. There was not any reaction of the ice, not at all after jumping on it. So 45mm have to be very strong, especially for the thin rider on it.... I think this video is not dangerous at all.
Brings back childhood memories
That doesn’t seem dangerous at all
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Pew pew pew!
These sounds are totally natural and normal, nothing special. Practically every frozen lake produces those sounds.
The perfect sport for suicidal lunatics.
This makes me too anxious
What is there to dislike?
Why so many thumbs down!
I don't understand...
Star Wars lol
This sound freaks me out
Just call it asmr cowards
L Sky what? 🙄😂
Ok, i'll try this. Best way to be a part of the nature ( as fishfood )
The ice sounds like the blasters in Star Wars when Han Solo and Luke are trying to rescue Princess Leia from the Death Star
Its the Enterprise !!
Its lost in space sending a distress beacon !!
With the heat of 51 ° that is here in Brazil, I would even skate on a recent ice !!! OMG !!! lol
Would totally sample this for an idm album
You learn from your mistake and try again in the next life
Absolutely absurd and unnecessary.
Never skated on thin ice but heard these sounds many times it is just when ice gets pressured, they do come more often the thinner it is.
He's not wearing arm floaties.
Scary !
That's the sound of a hundred stormtroopers trying to shoot their way out of a watery grave.
Fish could be stormtroopers?
Seems like a pretty relaxing way to waste your time
Sound like submarine
This is what happens when I run on ice in RDR2
The lazer sound are from pewdiepie
0:28..what is the circle from?..
black guys ... sorry ices*