Foraging Under the Ice | Survive The Tribe

I enter a world that’s hidden by tons of

I enter a world that’s hidden by tons of ice for seven months of the year oh my

ice for seven months of the year oh my

ice for seven months of the year oh my god it’s cavernous down here we’ve just

god it’s cavernous down here we’ve just

god it’s cavernous down here we’ve just tightened this just perfectly otherwise

tightened this just perfectly otherwise

tightened this just perfectly otherwise we would be under the water right now

we would be under the water right now

we would be under the water right now and this is what it looks like I draw

and this is what it looks like I draw

and this is what it looks like I draw this ice

this which is what we’re looking for

this which is what we’re looking for mollusks these blue mussels are highly

mollusks these blue mussels are highly

mollusks these blue mussels are highly prized their major source of protein and

prized their major source of protein and

prized their major source of protein and crammed with vitamins in Europe consider

crammed with vitamins in Europe consider

crammed with vitamins in Europe consider them worth the risk but right now I’m

them worth the risk but right now I’m

them worth the risk but right now I’m not so sure what’s very unnerving this

not so sure what’s very unnerving this

not so sure what’s very unnerving this is the crack

that we were digging out this is the

that we were digging out this is the weakest part of tons and tons of ice

weakest part of tons and tons of ice

weakest part of tons and tons of ice that are overhead I don’t like this

that are overhead I don’t like this

that are overhead I don’t like this feeling at all

the ice chamber is anything but stable

the ice chamber is anything but stable as the tide recedes and leaves a void

as the tide recedes and leaves a void

as the tide recedes and leaves a void behind there’s nothing to support the

behind there’s nothing to support the

behind there’s nothing to support the roof over our heads

roof over our heads

roof over our heads other than its own weight pressing

other than its own weight pressing

other than its own weight pressing against itself and as the Sun warms it

against itself and as the Sun warms it

against itself and as the Sun warms it up on the surface it settles into new

up on the surface it settles into new

up on the surface it settles into new positions beneath

getting trapped down here doesn’t bear

getting trapped down here doesn’t bear thinking about I’ve got to put the

thinking about I’ve got to put the

thinking about I’ve got to put the dangers to the back of my mind and

dangers to the back of my mind and

dangers to the back of my mind and concentrate on the job at hand you just

concentrate on the job at hand you just

concentrate on the job at hand you just pry these muscles off the rocks they’re

pry these muscles off the rocks they’re

pry these muscles off the rocks they’re mostly in the tight spaces between the

mostly in the tight spaces between the

mostly in the tight spaces between the rocks and underneath them we need a good

rocks and underneath them we need a good

rocks and underneath them we need a good haul to justify the risk of coming down

haul to justify the risk of coming down

haul to justify the risk of coming down here but harvesting these muscles takes

here but harvesting these muscles takes

here but harvesting these muscles takes time and times what we don’t have the

time and times what we don’t have the

time and times what we don’t have the tide will soon be coming in we have to

tide will soon be coming in we have to

tide will soon be coming in we have to work quickly and methodically but it

work quickly and methodically but it

work quickly and methodically but it isn’t easy

to make matters worse the fear is

to make matters worse the fear is returning you can just hear the ice

returning you can just hear the ice

returning you can just hear the ice shifting and it’s just

shifting and it’s just

shifting and it’s just echoing through this hall of ice

in the frantic search for muscles I have

in the frantic search for muscles I have to head deeper into the caverns it’s

to head deeper into the caverns it’s

to head deeper into the caverns it’s tight dark and I can no longer see my

tight dark and I can no longer see my

tight dark and I can no longer see my way out this is my worst nightmare