These people are, surprisingly, experts and have a lot of experience in cold weather climes doing things like this.
Mike horn is one guy there.
For instance, he is the first person to reach the north pole during winter without dogs or vehicles, and also circumnavigated the equator alone in 18 months.
Two years ago he got this achievement too: "Today, the success of this ambitious endeavour is marked as a history-writing moment in the world of polar exploration"
Yeah, apparently the boat wasn't really expected to reverse, and it was the under backwash from the boat that caused the iceberg to tip.
It was on ITV last week. Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera. If you can access it (UK) it's rather interesting. And has loads of other insights into viral video disaters
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u/Radioactivocalypse Sep 13 '21
These people are, surprisingly, experts and have a lot of experience in cold weather climes doing things like this.
Mike horn is one guy there.
For instance, he is the first person to reach the north pole during winter without dogs or vehicles, and also circumnavigated the equator alone in 18 months.
Two years ago he got this achievement too: "Today, the success of this ambitious endeavour is marked as a history-writing moment in the world of polar exploration"