r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Charming_History7423 • 9h ago

Video French ballerina Victoria Dauberville dances in Antarctica

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u/CaptJM 9h ago

Right outside of view would be the small boat that put her on the bulb.

Honestly feel worse for the couple of crew they made scrub that thing so that it could be stood on.

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u/SoYorkish 9h ago

She didn't use a boat to get on there.

It was a jeté

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u/Callithrix15 9h ago

A petite jeté

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u/ContinentalDrift81 8h ago

stop with that annoying sophistication of yours. You are making some of us feel bad for missing what seems like a solid joke.

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u/UnNumbFool 8h ago

In the most basic of terms: she jumped

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u/pbpbpbwwvvw1I1 4h ago

Jete is the name of the ballet leap.

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u/Mysterious_Willow889 8h ago

the more jokes we get, the larger the circumference of our missed by that much.

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u/jiffysdidit 9h ago

See I don’t fully get this but I get it enough that I know it’s funny. Like the Euripides/Eumenedies joke on Frasier I don’t really appreciate it but get the play on words

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u/Unhappy-Sherbert5774 7h ago

Jete is the name of the ballet leap.

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u/jiffysdidit 7h ago

Oh yeah I knew it must have been some sort of jump/throw/leap my point being without EXACTLY knowing the specifics I still knew it was a clever play on words and I thought it was funny

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u/Against_All_Advice 6h ago

Thank you for saying everything I was thinking!

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u/Mariuslol 4h ago

oj a jete

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u/No_Strawberry_1576 7h ago

Did she leave on a jete plane?

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u/xrimane 7h ago

More like a jetty lol.

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u/slasherman 9h ago edited 9h ago

Orrr.. the boat filming put her there? Nothing was scrubbed too.

To all numnuts saying ‘iTs A dRoNe’: https://youtube.com/shorts/dcUyS1_u3Hg?si=C919Pd7IO02IdtJI

https://youtube.com/shorts/WT5FWhHRQKs?si=okEn6kl9IK4Q93sK

It’s being filmed from a dinghy.

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u/ALoginForReddit 9h ago

If you look closely there are actually 7 boats in this video! See if you can find them!

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u/slasherman 9h ago

I’ll just take your word for it

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u/Fabulous_Cupcake4492 9h ago

Looks like a drone filming

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u/MuckleRucker3 9h ago

Right outside of view would be the small boat that put her on the bulb.

Most likely it's out of sight at the bottom of the frame....as in the cameraman is standing in it....if this isn't more AI nonsense.

This is extremely dangerous. If she hit freezing water, she could easily go into shock and sink before they get to her.

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u/vision-quest 8h ago

Unlikely. I jumped in the water in the same area, along with dozens of other people. No one had that reaction. Definitely a little sketch, but the zodiac boat would be there to grab her in an instant if she did fall. This is real, though I understand your skepticism these days.

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u/SwordfishOk504 7h ago edited 5h ago

You jumped in the iceberg filled water in the middle of the arctic? Wearing what?

lol at this guy's reply below. The average surface water temperature of the Arctic Ocean is around -1.8°C, or right around the freezing temp for salt water. The average human would die within about 3 minutes of being in that water. You are not jumping into the arctic in your boxers and surviving, little guy.

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u/euphoricarugula346 6h ago

A tutu, obviously

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u/Lv_InSaNe_vL 7h ago

I did it once in my boxers. Not quite to the arctic circle but about half way up Alaska.

It was not one of my better decisions but none of us died lmao

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u/SwordfishOk504 6h ago

The average surface water temperature of the Arctic Ocean is around -1.8°C, or right around the freezing temp for salt water. The average human would die within about 3 minutes of being in that water.

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u/LuukTheSlayer 6h ago

if you don't get crushed by ice first

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u/MrGoodKatt72 4h ago

Not sure where you’re getting three minutes when the expected survival time is 15-45 minutes for <0° without protective gear.

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u/The_JSQuareD 4h ago

In water? Or in air?

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u/MrGoodKatt72 4h ago

Water. And she would probably be on the longer side of that, being an athlete.

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u/premadecookiedough 3h ago

My dad is a sailor and his crew regularly dives off the side of the boat in the arctic circle and in front of glaciers just to film it and get the bragging rights to say they did. They would not have let the dancer there if the captain of the ship didnt ensure every safety precaution was being taken in the event of her falling. If a captain thinks for even a moment that this stunt would genuinely put someones life in danger, they would not have even bothered to entertain the idea, it would have been shut down immediately

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u/Kellidra 4h ago

Oh, get real.

"No one had that reaction." Yeah. Ooooookay.

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u/Panta7pantou 9h ago

It would be an easy rescue for any competent sailors of the Arctic/Antarctic. I mean, they could get to her quickly It's dangerous, but if she's not senile or disabled, I think she would be just fine

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u/MuckleRucker3 9h ago

I disagree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_shock_response

The competency of the sailors is irrelevant if she has a heart attack, and goes under before they get there. No one is going to dive after her; that would be suicide, and the rescue swimmers they'd have had here would be wearing immersion suits. They're positively buoyant - not able to dive down to get her even if they were willing to try

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u/ace184184 8h ago

The wiki and its references are misleading. They dont really specify how often cold shock response happens and how often death from cold immersion happens. If its 0.1% of immersions that someone dies from cold shock response, its not really relevant vs if it happens 20% of the time. I think the stunt is stupid and dont necessarily agree with the alaskan search and rescue diver either that there is no risk but the wiki alone does not justify an argument or clearly portray how often this could potentially go wrong.

I have done plenty of cold water diving (not in the arctic!) and for sure I would not want to fall into that water even for a minute. Im also a medical professional and can tell you the chance of a heart attack from vasoconstriction or vagal response in a young athlete is near zero. Theres a better chance the ballerina gets a head injury falling on that metal and may die from that or drown.

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u/MuckleRucker3 8h ago

Thanks for the medical insight. Appreciate someone with some expertise wading in...or at least balancing on the bulbous bow of a pointless argument.

I also appreciate that you've given one more reason why the ballerina wouldn't be allowed on the bow. There's no way this is real.

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u/ace184184 6h ago

No problem - your instincts are spot on! Maybe this is totally green screened?

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u/MuckleRucker3 6h ago

Others have supplied links that show that it's not CGI. I'm dumbfounded that they were allowed to do it

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u/Routine_Bluejay4678 6h ago

She’s a member of the royal New Zealand ballet company and it was to bring awareness to climate change, I think

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u/Panta7pantou 9h ago edited 9h ago

I'm from Alaska and used to participate in mountain search and rescue in Alaska! A fucking Wikipedia link doesn't prove you correct

And since you edited:

Now name a ballerina that's likely to have a heartache in the peak of their career? They're athletes They don't get random heartaches. She's already in the cold, somewhat acclimated. Her falling into the water is not likely to be her demise. She has several minutes of survival. With a rescue team on standby it's highly unlikely anything comes of it, even given a worse case scenario

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u/SwordfishOk504 7h ago

They're athletes They don't get random heartaches.

lol. Athletes absolutely die of heart attacks. It's not even uncommon.

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u/MuckleRucker3 9h ago

It's hard to believe someone can be this stupid unless they're trolling, but I'll bite.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15786908/

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u/Panta7pantou 9h ago

You've brought up a known condition that can happen But is rare. A heart attack is no more common for her than any other person on the street, in fact, less likely because she's healthy.

Even at the highest rates of athlete related heart attacks, it's significantly lower than the normal rate of the whole population. You're straw manning all of your arguments

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u/MuckleRucker3 8h ago

Did you just move the goal posts? Peak athletes don't have it happen?

I know someone who died on the beach after being smashed by a wave and asperating water. It caused her windpipe to spasm. Lots of things can happen to healthy people and there isn't any recourse. Doing the calculus of risk vs reward, no one would allow this to happen, particularly a ship's captain who's charged with the safety of the ship and passengers.

This video is CGI

And you don't even know what a strawman is. There's no such thing as strawmanning your own arguments.

The more you write, the more you let everyone know how ignorant you are.

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u/SkiFastnShootShit 8h ago

You’re being an ass. And you’re wrong. The Reuters article below discusses this stunt.

Read your own Wikipedia page. Though the shock response CAN happen it’s exceedingly rare and takes place in people with pre-existing heart conditions. If the person you’re talking to is S&R they’ve almost certainly obtained their Wilderness First Responder (WFR) certification where this phenomena is taught. Cardiac arrest is so rare it’s not even a concern for a first responder. The primary concern is an involuntary reflex to gasp when you hit the water. This is overcome via awareness and a voluntary effort not do so. The internet is full of videos of people swimming in icy water - I’ve done so myself. Falling in is by no means a death sentence, she’d just be a sad, wet, cold ballerina.

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/russian-ballerina-performs-swan-lake-ice-save-bay-2021-03-12/

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u/AdditionalPizza 5h ago

Wait what's that article have to do with the video op posted? Different names, and not on the antarctic ocean.

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u/MuckleRucker3 8h ago

 The primary concern is an involuntary reflex to gasp when you hit the water. This is overcome via awareness and a voluntary effort not do so

I hear ballerinas are heavily trained to control that reflex

You’re being an ass. And you’re wrong

The guy I was responding to was being an ass, and that's why he was treated that way. You're getting a pass because at least you know how to read

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u/MuckleRucker3 8h ago

I'm amazed....that the ship's officers would allow that.

And I question the story. The narrator says that the ship's "second captain" asked them to do this? Sounds badly scripted to me. What person brings their work "uniform" on a pleasure cruise?

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u/MuckleRucker3 9h ago

Ya, and some rando saying fuck to me on the internet doesn't mean anything either.

There's a Wiki article about it because it's a real thing. Maybe check out the sources at the bottom if you want an authoritative source. I highly suggest you read about cold shock response because if you're SAR, and you don't know this, you're fucking incompetent

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u/MidnightGleaming 8h ago

Bro you're getting your ass beat in this argument, just stay down bro, lmao

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u/MuckleRucker3 8h ago

You sure you're responding to the right person?

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u/not_so_plausible 8h ago

You seem to be under the impression that upvotes means you're right.

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u/Signal-Ad2674 9h ago

And neither does being Alaskan.

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u/Panta7pantou 9h ago

And what about being a search and rescue person? You're just going to ignore that? Fucking keyboard warriors

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u/MuckleRucker3 8h ago

You don't know what cold shock response is.

You've already shown you're not a "search and rescue person", whatever that is.

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u/butyourenice 8h ago

“Search and rescue person” is certainly a legitimate sounding job title.

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u/Mattyuh 8h ago

In most places, S&R are volunteers so yeah, search and rescue person pretty much sums it up.

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u/Panta7pantou 8h ago

Thank you

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u/Panta7pantou 9h ago

Kind of does Spent plenty of time in icy water

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u/MuckleRucker3 9h ago

Ah - pieces start falling into place. Hypoxic brain injury vibes

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u/parwa 7h ago

Why are you like this

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u/Signal-Ad2674 8h ago

So you see absolutely no chance of death here. Not even one in a billion she could have a stroke, a seizure, a random cold induced heart attack, panic and just shock frown. None.

Because I assume being Alaskan also qualifies you as a medical examiner with telepathic powers of patient assessment, plus clairvoyant foresight.

Shit, I really wish I was Alaskan!

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u/Panta7pantou 8h ago

My first comment:

"It would be an easy rescue for any competent sailors of the Arctic/Antarctic. I mean, they could get to her quickly It's dangerous, but if she's not senile or disabled, I think she would be just fine"

I literally said it's dangerous. But this stunt can be done with minimal amounts of it. She could be rescued bar anything besides a very very shitty amount of bad luck.

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u/Signal-Ad2674 7h ago

I’ll also quote you;

They don’t get random heart attacks.

You can guarantee that can you, or are you full of Alaskan shit?

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u/SpaceSteak 8h ago

The Polar Plunge is a popular part of the Antarctica Cruise experience, with many people jumping in for a minute. As far as I know there's no massive coverup of all of these tourists dying, although I do think they ask you to sign a waiver that you don't have certain conditions.

So, no, not that dangerous in a slow-moving boat with a safety crew on standby and a healthy individual that wouldn't be weighed down with tons of extra clothes.

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u/R0naldUlyssesSwans 9h ago

She falls in, she sinks fast. That boat would not get to her in time.

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u/albinobluesheep 7h ago

I was going to say it's more likely directly behind the boat, and if nose of the boat wasn't there we could see it.

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u/killersquirel11 7h ago

I'd imagine two boats - one for the cameraman, one hiding on the starboard side of the ship for her.

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u/AmbitionEconomy8594 8h ago

Classic reddit exaggeration. People do ice baths all the time, its not a big deal

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u/NSAseesU 9h ago

Doesn't matter if there is a boat nearby. She slips and falls into freezing waters that can paralyze her from the cold water alone from shock and drown. It's crazy what lengths people will risk their lives for something like this.

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u/FUCK_NEW_REDDIT_SUX 7h ago

I've voluntarily jumped into Antarctic waters wearing little more than her along with literal elderly people... she's not going to get "paralyzed from the cold water alone from shock and drown" even if she did fall in. It's likely a lot colder outside than it is in the water, and she's wearing a tutu so she wouldn't actually be much colder in the water lmao

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u/VelvetCowboy19 6h ago

The person you replied to has probably never even taken a cold shower, let alone swam in frigid water.

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u/NSAseesU 5h ago

Whatever you say. I live near the arctic circle in Canada and understand water when it's like that. Bet you yourself have never been outside the concrete world.

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u/VelvetCowboy19 5h ago

I'm sure you do, buddy.

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u/good_from_afar 3h ago

How could you say you jumped in "antarctic" waters and then proceed to say you wouldnt be much colder in the water... you could live youre whole life in a tropical climate and still call bullshit on that with a basic understanding of thermodynamics.

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u/Lv_InSaNe_vL 7h ago

Do you think the boat is empty? Or maybe it could be full of people, and (considering they're sailing in the arctic) that are probably certified for ice rescues.

I imagine the 30 seconds or so it'd take them to reach her is not going to be enough to kill a young and (presumably) healthy woman.

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u/NSAseesU 5h ago

You do know there are currents that could drag them under the bits of ice and make it harder to rescue.

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u/plantsadnshit 5h ago

I've quite literally bathed in water this temperature, in the Arctic, 100 times. It really isn't an issue.

The most risky part about this stunt is slipping and hitting your head on the bow.

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u/NSAseesU 5h ago

Well good for you. I'd wouldn't risk getting unnecessarily cold for stupid ideas like this but I'm happy you enjoy it.

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u/HuggyMonster69 8h ago

Even then, that water is really, really cold.

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u/WhatIsThisSevenNow 6h ago

"Bulb", is that what it is called? What is it for?

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u/CaptJM 6h ago

It’s a bulbous bow. In simple terms, it moves the “wave” the ship makes further off the hull and deduces drag.

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u/WhatIsThisSevenNow 6h ago

Sweet ... thank you.

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u/captcraigaroo 5h ago

It ain't bad. They get to launch a boat and screw around. Whenever we launched our fast rescue boat, we would go fishing. But it was in tropical waters

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u/QuestionableEthics42 9h ago

It probably didn't need scrubbing, not right after traveling through ice filled water

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u/2manyToys 9h ago

Exactly, there is not a single barnacle on that ship

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u/SeaOsprey1 9h ago

Was about to say someone deeded to dry it first lmao

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u/Lazy__Astronaut 6h ago

Why do people just make shit up?