Hear the Otherworldly Sounds of Skating on Thin Ice | National Geographic
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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!
I'd like to get into wild ice skating. Where could I find some blades like those he has in 1:10 ?
''Black ice is recently frozen and can be as thin as 2 inches!''
Black ice can be a lot thinner than that, there isn't really a minimum thickness.
Try harder next time, National Geographic.
National Geographic heel no and risk getting my HAIR WET!!!?
Could be as thin as 2 inches?? So when it freezes it just magically starts out at 2 inches?! Do you realize how dumb that sounds?
That sounds like steel cables
this sounds like railways when it's cold tbh (I also live in Sweden, so cold means 3 degrees or less)
Its not really black
1:33 sounds like star wars blasters
beautiful nature though
These are the sounds I heard on Frozen
This is how I want my movies to feel
You can get the same sounds if you put your ear up to a slinky.
H6arianna grande
Music by area on the grande Ariana Grande that’s it
This is what my lake sounds like in January once the heat of the day hits
i see it with one eye..other eye i cover with tape.dont judge, I'm so scared him crack and break the ice fall in to..so cold..
its rlly cool how u can see the ice cracking around him as he moves
What happens if you fall thru?
Experiência máxima!!! Sonho!!!
OMG!!! It's Jesus
It sounds like cables snapping
Didnt any of you ever threw a nickle on the ice? It always make that sound when you do.
Hes literally skating on thin ice
Brings back the sounds of ice age when it crack
what would happen if he slips and fall on the ground ???
Somebody was playing chicken invaders this whole time
that asmr tho
The way the ice undulates when he skates over it is so cool.
'Treading on thin ice' wasn't supposed to be a literal expression.
So you're saying if he were to wipe out and have a hard fall it would not be a good time?
That's the sound of constant anxiety
well this sent me into an anxiety attack
Pew pew pew -----
an accurate audio and visual representation of my life slowly chipping away
I would imagine that almost constantly moving is a big factor, as well as not doing any stupid stunts like jumping
laser
why are there so many angry comments, just let him skate on his thin ice
If someone ever tells me that I'm skating on thin ice I'm going to jump around and make Lazer noises
I dont really know why it was called art and science.
They are right, 4.5cm is more than enough for this kind of newly frozen, compact and solid ice. He is so small that 3cm would carry him, guaranteed.
On a lake far, far away...
I’ve never skated in my life, but I know I don’t have the balls to do that
Isn't there a risk of cutting up your throat or stomach slamming into a pointy piece of ice?
*Plot Twist* Just below the surface of the ice lies the Upside Down. 🙃
I mean is not otherworldly because it is sound from our world
I wonder if we heavy set people can also skate there
Soo jealous right now. 😊
the ice we skate is gettin' pretty thin
So satisfying to hear that sound at our lake, when the ice is thin but still wobbles around from the moving water underneath.
AMAZING!!!!
If I ever make a game where I need laser blaster sounds, I now know what to do.
this is how you walk in water
But they actually arent otherworldly because this is the world, idiot
The environment and the sounds feel straight out of Half Life 2.
That's probably driving the fish crazy.
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why would someone dislike this?
Eerie.
Just when you think you know it all, the Earth keeps amazing us with new discoveries
"Laser-like sounds", I wasn't aware lasers made a sound? I thought a laser is a concentrated beam of photons. Or a device that creates a 'laser beam'.
what my mom says im doing when i dont do what she asks
As a kid, skating on Lake Erie, the ice would often crack open and the exposed water would freeze as smooth as glass, but sometimes less than an inch thick. It would be indistinguishable from the old thicker ice and we would sometimes break through. I always carried ice picks in my pocket to help pull myself out. Out of hundreds of times out skating, it only happened to me once, but skating on an open lake for miles was a thrill that was worth the risk. Watching this video took me back and put a smile on my face.
lol any lake will do that. and you don't have to skate on it, just throw rocks..
sounds like the noise used in crash wrath of vortex
think in Russia they have a frikking river icedup highway with trailers running on it
yeah nah
how'd they get all the water under the ice
I'm good luv, enjoy.
I figured out what that sound is. It is a submerged World War 2 Japanese submarine pinging on standby to launch an attack not knowing the war is over.
"pew pew" *shoots laser gun
What if Yuzuru try quads there😂
He does not lack courage.
You’re skating on thin ice buddy.
quick someone TOSSS ME _ HAMMER ..wait i took out the a so you would not get confused
“Well let me just dig my grave real quick.”
Sounds exactly the same as an approaching train
Did they amplify the sounds? I don't remember hearing those sounds when I skated on thin ice.
Kinda reminds me of the sounds in the loading screen of Crash Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex
Reminds me of the story of the tragic Spring Training death of the Polish hockey team..
That's Nat Geo for not actually explaining the science behind this and why those sounds are being produced.
The fist one sounds like power lines. Sounds so relaxing.
Does sound like anything other worldly to me sounds pretty normal
I wish i could try it one day... skating all that giant surface 😍
The only ice noise I like is the clink of ice cubes in my cocktail.
Y’all don’t here this in ur freezer
mustakrakish...
"Wild ice skating or Nordic skating is both an art and a science"
No it's just a form of killing yourself when you FALL THROUGH that ice
....Natural selection just doing its job.
That guy won the war against Icesis
Stormtroopers are everywhere.
aperror is better
thin ice huge balls
I really wouldn't want to be the guy skating behind filming the guy that is chased by the cracks in the ice.
2 inches is quite thick and easily supports a skater. Even one inch might do it as long as you were on the move.
Its somehow satisfying
Art and science oooooh
How is one otherworldly on the earth 🌏 🤔
Hmmmmmmm
Pyoo pyooo.. Pyoopyoo pyoooo, pyoopyoooo....
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space invader
The guy skating behind videoing the first guy as the bigger balls
Black ice is dangerous. Heh.
I espected cracking noises and screams.
Neat :)
his caliper measurement wasn´t that accurate. totally moved it when he lifted it from the water