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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!
National Geographic yea groups is a good idea 🤔🤔🤔
Black ice didnt ask to be here, Black ice is a product of the enviroment. Stop blaming Black ice!!
Alien sounds
Puhleez, I hear this very sound (sonar beep) any time I toss a rock straight up into the air and have it land on ice that's more than 6 inches thick when ice forms on waterways here in NJ.
I once hit a golf ball with a baseball bat across a frozen lake down beyond Chatsworth NJ and kept hearing the "sonar beep" even when the golf ball was more than 300 yards away.
This is nothing.
Beautiful
I was just waiting for him to fall in
Till alla svenskar som kollar
HOW WAS THE SOUND RECORDED FOR THIS ? (sorry for yelling)
u hear these sounds in Ice Age 1
Used to do this down at the crick as a teenager, but I was bullet proof and an idiot. Ohh the adrenaline.
It must be a great way to travel up river for hunting or any kind of trading.
Beautiful footage
2:04 cameraman skater
If you should go skating
On the thin ice of modern life
Dragging behind you the silent reproach
Of a million tear-stained eyes
Don't be surprised when a crack in the ice
Appears under your feet
You slip out of your depth and out of your mind
With your fear flowing out behind you
As you claw the thin ice
It is not 5 mm but 5 cm.
It sounds like super mario bros, whenever they jump
Sounds exactly like the M.U.T.O monsters from Godzilla (2014)
He will make some otherwordly sounds if he falls in. Sounds of his little harp when he is a ghost going to the afterlife
Pew pew pew pew
This fool is crazy
Cool..but what's the big deal..it not like the water is running like a river underneath top layer..being took away from where u fall in.. now that's scary..
You're skating on thin ice pal....
You’re on thin ice there buddy.. watch it
THIS WOULD HAVE SOOOOOOOOOOOO0000 MUCH MORE VIEW IF HE FELL THROW....... JUST SAYING , GOT TO KEEP THIS INTERESTIING
Wait so people wouldn’t dare skate on ice this thin? Goes to show how inexperienced I am with ice being an Australian. I would have skated that any day without thinking twice.
Same effect can be heard when throwing branches on thin ice, it's just a more safe past-time
Sounds like little laser beams😂
Walking on thin ice? No, bud..
I’m SKATING on thin ice 🥶
my grandnpa here in sweden does this skating but you can get an even louder "laser" sound on bigger lakes
*imagine falling*
Wow thats amazing
Getting serious Castle Rock vibes.
It sounds like bioraptors from pitch black
This also happens in my hometown where we go ice skating. It's sick!
That looks terrifying
When someone asks me what degree I’m in
“It’s both an art and a science”
Very familiar sound to any Nordic person who likes to spend time outdoors. This is just small compared to the almost explosive fracture sounds during springtime when the ice is super thick but the sun is starting to warm it up. I've actually felt the ice tremble due to those while ice fishing.
My friends after me bothering them for hours upon hours: You're on thin ice buddy
me:
Seems like the type of ice that will rob you off your balance, black ice.
How many times has he done an unexpected swim :D
1:45 that slightly moving ice... geez
Who else watched until the end & had a sigh of relief? Like, here's Ricky, he does this all the time nothing to worry....oh! Oh! That's not good! Someone throw him a rope!
dude weighs 140 lbs
Something therapeutic about it. Almost hypnotic like.
Wonderful video!
Thanks NatGeo!
I'm the only one hoping to see him break the ice and fall in?
It's not otherworldly if it happens on earth XD
But what if they fall in though.
I like rice.
Woah
Or....just skate on regular ice.
Get off my lawn
So this is what they used for the sounds in Star Wars. Interesting.
Never mind the skater, what about the cameraman? How long was the lake? When there is no air bubbles the ice is hard.
That experience was beautiful. Great sound reproduction!
Imagine doing a Hockey Stop.
Probably won’t see many black people out there.
This!! Gives !! Me !! Anxiety!!
sounds like Clone Wars fighting.
Wow! That is amazing! It's funny to think that somewhere in Sweden, a person was skating on thin ice. I didn't even know that was possible.
Skating Away, on the thin ice of a new day. Those older than 50 will understand.
TIL otherwordly is a word
Opening sounds just like the Black Cats theme from Call of Duty World At War
give me a stick and a puck asap
Black ice is so sneaky like it can literally rob you without you even knowing
I have heard this at a reservoir near me! It can be creepy!
You can recreate this sound by simply throwing rocks across ice (over a pond or lake) so that you can still enjoy the sound without the danger
ok youtube, i watched ir
Jesus Christ
OH!?
I wonder what would happen if you remove the water underneath and you step on it. It could probably still hold you for the most part.
Apetor from Norway did it years ago with much more fun I'd say. Check out apetor on TVclip.
Jethro tull...
On the thin ice of a new day...sailing away...
Absolutely RAD!!..New addition to the bucket list...!...
2 inches thick?? You mean 5 centimetres, do you not?
I was playing RDR2 and I heard this sound on a frozen lake and to me it sounded like giant tethers snapping under the ice sheet.
Aliens are psytrancing underneath 😂😂
I want to try so many things in life. This just got added to the list
That’s called ice cracking and that is extremely dangerous but cool
Gosh how I would love to throw my skates on and glide across this lake
Skater: “Forty...five millimeters”
Me: exCUSE ME??
Skater/Cameraman: “Still *too thick*”
You get similar sounds if you dangle a slinky from a ceiling fan.
"Forty...forty five millimetres."
"Well, that's thick!"
Bruh...
Otherworldy sounds they say. This is pretty common in the netherlands so i think its not only there. But should i say was in the netherlands.
If I stood on that ice I would break it.
You can also get this sound by skipping rock on the ice.
Dude...I think there is an alien saucer flying above you.
Major NOPE!
Poor fish
I'm sure that just sounds great to the fish
good luck with swimming with those on his feet if he falls down
looks like a good way to get into the other world to me
Kinda like the shots of the blasters in Star Wars
meanwhile in Sweeden
How the heck can 1.5K people Dislike this ??
How ??
Cables under high tension have a similar sound to this. Very intriguing
OMG brings memories of my youth growing up in new England time to take my boy out to skate
I heard if you fall through the ice, Pink Floyd starts playing.
Is this a real sound? It is so wierd
Oh those poor poor fish
Like skating on bubble wrap
You can see the ice move 1:45
Breaking News .. Scientist believed that thin Ice skating can make your brain shrink 99.9%
This video gives me Chill!
Search: sounds from space. On youtube.. same sounds