Love how they time traveled between the ice breaker broken down to suddenly they’re together and in thinner ice.

50 years of victory > literally every other ice breaker.

I love how these documentaries make a completely normal everyday action seem like an unprecedented event that none of the people were ever prepared for or imagined.

This is everyday operations for this Icebreaker, it's made out to be such a drama. That's how they are designed and built.

Don’t get me wrong this is really cool but they over dramatize everything

The ferry was built for service in the Baltic as Aurella in 1973 and is heavily ice strengthened, it was at no point in danger of sinking. It has 21,000 BHP main engines, so it has plenty of power to cope with quite bad conditions by itself. This is not to belittle the skill and effort of the icebreaker crew, but the narrative is just pure sensationalism.

They forgot the fact that the Vacancier is built with the highest ice class. She was originally built as m/s Aurella for Viking Line in Scandinavia and the winters can be nasty in the baltic sea so she is basically a small ice breaker. Not in the same extent as a real icebreaker but she can handle icy winters.

I was on the Louis St Laurent over 40 years ago when I was in the Coast Guard. It wasn't new then. It was an amazing piece of technology back then. It is remarkable this ship is still working hard.

I love these ice breakers. They truly are unsung hero's

Quest TV: This monster hull allows ice king to go where no other ship dares to venture!!!1 Russian nuclear icebreakers: Hold my vodka blyat.

I’m Canadian, but I’ve grown up and spent my whole life in Toronto, which is practically tropical compared to the northern part of our country, LOL! Because we’re on the shores of Lake Ontario I’ve never seen an icebreaker, until I went to Quebec city last summer. The video doesn’t do it justice, There were two icebreakers there, both the same size, their freaking huge! From the video it just looks like a little ship, but close up, it’s basically the size of a cruise ship, I even got to go on board, And I have to say I was really impressed with all the modern technology. It’s amazing what these ships can do, the captain said he’s been through ice that’s over 15 feet thick, and when you go inside the ship you can see the bow, made out of solid steel, But it still amazes me it’s able to crush through that much ice. We don’t get a lot of ice in Toronto, because we’re quite far south, I’m a bad Canadian, I hate the cold and I hate snow, I don’t know how people can live in those environments, but I bet they’re glad to have that ship, It really was impressive, and I just got lucky because I asked someone standing at the dock if they do tours, and I was actually talking to the captain without knowing it, who graciously took us on a person we got a tour of the entire ship, but they never do tours for most of the public, I got lucky I guess. He told me that in the summertime, they dock the ships, and fix them up, replace whatever needs to be replaced, painted, upgraded technology, etc. He said it was an exciting job, but working three days straight without a break, no thank you!

They cut a lot out of this vid. It went from the ice breaker not being able to reach the ferry, to the ice breaker being in front of the ferry instantly without explanation.

I don’t for one second believe this is anything more than a normal day for the crew the video makes it seem like it’s the ultimate worst scenario.

It’s a ferry, not a cruise ship.

This was ten time more dramatic than it needed to be I'm currently working on the Louis S. St-Laurent and nobody on the ship has ever called her ice King or decide we are wagering war on the ice lol escorts like this happen on a daily basis sometimes up to five or six a day no biggie

Titanic : Can’t survive one iceberg Tiny Boat : Crushes ice

I live on the shore of the fleuve St-Laurent. Those ice breakers and their captains, are impressive.

LOL 4:45 ice king stuck, next second video skips way ahead and it has already saved the ferry. Crappy editing.

After watching 75,000 hp nuclear ice breaker This seems to be a cruise ship

This was not a rescue. It is normal maintenance of a ship channel. The ferry operates 3 days a week all winter. The trip takes 5 hours.

“The frozen arctic sea”. Near Prince Edward Island!! 🤣

When people are willing to risk their lives to save others, that makes them the real heroes.

ive been on that ferry its pretty fun its like a 5 hour trip but it was in the fall so nothing frozen yet

Why does my ice taste like water

THE RUSSIANS LAUGH WHEN YOU CALL THIS SHIP A MONSTER.

I’ve been on the Louis St Laurent, 40 years ago. Very cool. I can’t believe that it is still in service.

This must be old because there is no sea ice left . I know this because Al Gore and that Science Guy told me so .

Honestly. I think all that Ice is beautiful. Look at it. All the clean surfaces.

🇨🇦🇨🇦just an average day for Canadian heros!

Is your icebreaker stuck in the ice? Better call the Russians!

the Russian ice breaker ships would of separated land if it was in front of it.

6:36 That’s a 1 Long 2 short horn blast better known on the Great Lakes as a Captain’s Salute

Video editor: "let's take a rescue video, remove the most interesting parts, show the most boring parts but let juuuuust enough through to let viewers know there were far more interesting parts they missed, then narrate it with a "severe dramatic voice" and put a wildly dramatic title on it!" Evil Producer: Yeeeezz yeeezz! Zees eees a VONDERFUL ideeez! Do eeeeet! Ve vill make beeegest cleeeck bait veeeedeo eevar!"

While I do enjoy seeing life on a heavy ice breaker and I agree that it’s work is very dangerous and important, this video totally over dramatized a day in the life of this vessel, not to mention it appears a whole segment or two are missing from the middle (not that I think the story merits being even longer in duration, just better edited).

gotta love the comment "frozen ice", is there another kind?

It’s hilarious how they speak like the ferry is sinking fast and the icebreaker is their only hope of survival.

So much drama music and drama explanation for a winter daily routine in the Golf of St-Lawrence.

Normal day in winter here in Norway, but on the roads. :P

Canada has never had a cruiser since World War Two. It was a small CRUISE ship, that started to sink and everyone got off it safely.

A drone would be perfect here for an overview of the area and pockets of water to strategize where to go .

You guys of the sea are legends, I salute you.

Thanks for posting this video!!!

Ice: we will sink you Ice breaker: KOWABUNGA IT IS?!

I love Ice Breakers

Thank God for icebreakers. Great job everyone

Russian nuclear icebreaker: P A T H E T I C

Cool! Proud of Canada!

I see "Ice King" sailing through alot of open water and thin ice.

Everything's an icebreaker if you're brave enough!

I worked on F/T Endurance in the Bering Sea fishing polluck / roe and we went through ice all the time, no big deal. Once we had to have an icebreaker come out because we got in too thick to turn around, but we had a double haul.

Watching this video it make me glad that I live in a tropical place with island and beaches. We are not rich but we're happy

A good captain on a powerful ship,,is a good quarter back on a good team.

nice to see back home

lol, where exactly does this "ice machine" dispense from? Where do I put my glass?

monster ice machine? oh you mean an everyday ice breaker..;

I think working on one of these ships in Canada would be the Coolest (Exciting) job ever!

Canada 🇨🇦😳❤️

Looks like they would build a ferry with it's own capability of breaking the ice too

I need this to get into my room . just push all the crap out of the way

Oh my goodness! How dramatic and scareeeeeee! The children!!

Awesome video ❤

Ive worked on a ice breaker. These overexaggerated dilemmas are just ridiculus

Amazing

Nice video. Thanks!

Well it looks like 30,000hp isn’t enough for the thick ice. Gotta push it up to 80,000 I guess 😂

Did it skip a segment?

O they are making this story like a horror movie.im sitting on the edge of my chair waiting if they make it or not .

What a old museum ship Hahahahaha. Teknik from 1960

Piece of cake when you good good equipment

Terrifying frozen landmass huh... What exactly is a terrifying frozen landmass?

So the answer to the title is YES. Just saved everyone 8 minutes...

Great vedio

sailed on her in the 70s living below like living in a underground railway ...

HOW did ice king get out of being stuck ? this is a rickety video

Boat: Breaks Ice to save Cruise Ship* Ice: Am I a joke to you?

I love Canada

Great owesome help

The most smallest monster boats called little Bonner ice breaker are made by Iranian revolutionary Guards, It is a constant battle for them in Persian Gulf to keep the Strait of Hormuz open from icebergs for oil tankers and others to cross. These little things use only home made %20 yellow cake all are made in natanz. God Bless Pashm-ha

Lol these guys haven’t heard of the Russian icebreakers lol

Great story. Those nations on the northern ice pack--Canada, U.S., Russia, Iceland, Norway, Finland and possibly Sweden, should consider teaming to build great ice breakers and establish rescue services. Not long ago, for example, an American ice breaker opened a path for a Russian fuel tanker to get to Nome, Alaska, and save the town's folk from freezing. It was a great story of teamwork in horrible, icy conditions.

Beautiful ideas nice photographer

What a rip-off. NONE of the rescue is shown.

We don’t want to loose the ice we want to be saving it 😂😂

It’s is king but they call it she: Why

Super cool video

That is so over the top dramatic. Couldn't continue watching. This was just a "normal" icebreaking job, which would have been interesting enough but NO it needs to be a rescue mission!

Nice recommendations

But Al Gore said there would be no ice...

The frozen sea looks so cool!!! But it's very dangerous, don't go "swimming" in this... Ice skating.... Not to sure •-•

Well damn,,I was waiting for a giant genius octopus,lol

Would have been nice to see how the Ice King got unstuck instead of magically arriving on scene to break way for the ferry 🙄

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The ice king is no king when compared to Abe Froman the sausage king of Chicago

The sailor on the ice breaker has on a short sleeve shirt. He's superhuman.

Definatly warming up there......

5:01 the other ship is following the ice breaker lol.+

God Bless our Canadian Coast Guard! What a magnificent beauty.

As far as I know, Russia has the iceking with more than double of its horsepower plus this candian king got stuck at 4:45 lol

The drama is over the top.

Laughs in russian nuclear icebreaker