All language subtitles for Building Giants Series 4 Part 4 Arctic Monster Ship 1080p

Narrator: In norway...

Man: Halt!

Narrator:
...This team of engineers

Is embarking
on an epic endeavor.

-Look up.
-Yes.

They're building
a record-breaking ship

That can slice through up to
1 1/2 feet of thick polar ice

To explore the brutal arctic
and antarctic oceans...

It's the most advanced
research vessel in the world.

Narrator: ...Constructed from
12,500 tons of steel

And equipped with
a special reinforced hull.

To build this colossus, the team
must battle extreme winds...

The weather, as you can see,
it's not on our side.

Narrator:
...And arctic temperatures.

If it goes really bad, the whole
thing can just explode.

♪

Narrator: This ice-busting ship

Ranks in a league of ambitious
new engineering wonders

That are bigger, faster, taller,

And more advanced than anything
ever constructed before.

This is the inside story of
the extraordinary challenge

Of building these giants.

♪

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The oceans around the north
and south poles

Are some of the most
dangerous in the world,

With deadly icebergs,

Ferocious storms,

And bone-chilling temperatures.

The inaccessibility
of these waters

Means that they harbor
many mysteries for scientists,

From the significant effects
of the melting ice caps

To the impact of plastic
on wildlife in the ocean.

Today, this team of engineers
in norway is gearing up

To construct a pioneering,
globe-trotting vessel

To help scientists investigate
these polar mysteries.

They're on a mission
to construct

An ice-slicing super ship,

Capable of transporting teams
of 56 researchers, 34 crew,

And 100 tons of equipment

Deep into the heart
of the ice-trapped poles

To undertake a series

Of groundbreaking
scientific experiments.

Nina jenson is at the helm.

So, the name of the vessel
will be rev ocean,

The r-e-v standing for
research expedition vessel.

In many ways,
it's four ships in one.

It's the most advanced
research vessel in the world.

It's an expedition ship.

It's also a super yacht.

And it has advanced
trawling equipment

To do sampling
at great depths.

♪

This high-tech super ship
will tower 10 decks high,

72 feet wide, and 600 feet long,

Making it the biggest
research vessel in the world.

♪

Its reinforced
swordfish-shaped snout

Will slice through up to
1 1/2 feet of thick polar ice.

Underneath, a special hatch,
called a moon pool,

Gives scientists inside direct
access to the waters below,

While vast hangars will house

Three underwater
research vehicles

And a fast,
rigid inflatable boat

To transport scientists
onto floating ice caps.

This high-tech equipment

Will launch through five
huge hatch doors in the hull.

On the main deck,
as well as a helipad

And on-board helicopter,

A custom-built crane will hoist
containers of supplies onboard

So the crew can sail unsupported
for three months straight.

Up top, luxurious
communal spaces give crews

And scientists respite
from deep-sea sampling,

While an innovative
computer-controlled bridge

And navigation system keep the
crew from getting lost at sea,

Wherever they're traveling
on the planet.

No one has ever built a ship
like this before

That can navigate
through hull-crushing ice

While conducting a range
of scientific studies,

From examining marine life
to polluted polar waters,

So designing and constructing it

Will be a major
engineering challenge.

Jenson: Obviously, making a
vessel like this requires

Someone with very unique
capabilities

To be able to design it
and put everything together.

♪

Narrator: Nina and the team
work with espen oeino,

One of the world's most
experienced naval architects,

To draw up the blueprint
for the ship.

♪

The sheer size of it
is daunting,

And although we have designed

What is generally considered
to be the largest yacht

In the world
in terms of tonnage,

Here in this office,
this will be bigger.

Narrator: Espen and his team use
the latest computer technology

To design every single aspect
of the ship.

I think the most challenging
thing about designing

And building this ship
is the sheer size.

You have to be able to withstand
a certain amount of ice.

You have to have two helipads.

You have to provide a rescue in
case one helicopter goes down.

There are many aspects like this

That are specific
to polar operations.

It's quite daunting.

Narrator: Work on the vessel
begins in a shipyard in romania.

Here, workers will use
12,500 tons of steel

To build the ship's hull
in six sections called blocks.

They then position these
in a huge dry dock

Where welders fuse
the blocks together

To form the body of the vessel.

Workers launch the ship
into the water

Then use a tug boat
to tow the hull 3,000 miles

To a second shipyard
in northern norway.

♪

Here, a team of specialists
will complete the ship

By placing access doors
in the hull,

Positioning more
than 350 windows,

And installing
the expedition equipment,

Making this mega ice ship

Ready to tackle
the toughest seas on the planet.

♪

Work on the ship begins here,

On the shores
of the mighty danube river

In tulcea, romania,
in February 2018.

This 1,000-strong team
of engineers

Begins the monumental task

Of constructing
this mega ice ship.

They now have just two years

To make this record-breaking
vessel seaworthy.

The man in charge
of the build on the ground

Is seasoned project manager
aage linningsvoll.

While the ship is
under construction,

Aage goes wherever it goes.

Inside this huge warehouse,
aage's team of metalworkers

Weld together huge sheets
of steel and girders

To form large sections
of the ship's hull.

These pieces are called blocks.

Each block weighs
up to 1,000 tons

And takes dozens of workers
five months to build.

♪

When complete, they mount
the blocks on rails

And use backhoes
to push them to the dock.

Here, they weld
the blocks together

To form the ship's hull.

In the dock, they also install
the ship's 8-ton propeller

And four 43-ton
diesel electric engines.

Once assembled,
the hull must be tough enough

To withstand brutal
brutal arctic conditions

And slice through
up to 1 1/2 feet of ice.

But what's unique
about this ship

Is that its design calls for it
to be full of holes.

The team make the ship's
600-foot-long hull

Out of 12,500 tons of steel,

Building it up out of
pre-made sections 10 decks high.

The hull must be strong enough

To cope with the
ferocious polar seas,

But it must also contain
several openings

Unique to research vessels.

There are five massive doors
in the sides

To launch the ship's
scientific boats.

♪

Underneath, the 16x23-foot
moon pool hatch

Gives sub-sea vehicles
easy access to the deep sea,

And inside, there are cavernous
hangars for the helicopter,

Science lab,

And trawler system.

To solve this problem,

Engineers must install
1,675 super-strong steel beams

At specific locations
within the hull.

The extra beams should make
the hull tough enough

To withstand the extreme forces
of the polar seas.

Installing each beam
is a challenge.

They must be
perfectly positioned,

And each weld must be faultless

Because the beams strengthen
every opening,

From the cavernous hangars
to the numerous hatches.

Aage must personally sign off
these critical components

Before they can move to
the next stage of the build.

Now we are almost finished, so
now I want to have a quick look.

Narrator:
It takes two hours for aage

To inspect every nook
and cranny of the vessel.

He must be certain

That the reinforcements
meet his high standards.

[ sparks crackling ]

Over the next six months,

The team painstakingly build
the rest of the hull,

Welding the blocks together,

Finishing the bulbous bow,

And strengthening
the main decks,

To complete the
steel shell of the ship.

Now they face their next
big challenge --

Towing the powerless ship
3,000 miles to norway

So the second phase of
this ambitious build can begin.

♪

♪

Narrator:
Over the last 18 months,

This team of 1,000
steelworkers in romania

Has assembled the steel shell

For the world's largest
ice-busting research vessel.

Now this steely skeleton
must undertake

An epic 3,000-mile journey.

It takes four weeks to tow
the ship around europe

And through the norwegian fjords

To a second shipyard
in brattvaag, norway.

Here, they face the herculean
challenge of completing the ship

By installing
the huge hatch doors,

Windows, and crucial
scientific equipment.

This phase is happening
during the winter,

When temperatures in norway
plummet to -22 degrees.

This will make the next stage of
the build even more difficult.

Eager to see the ship's arrival
is project manager aage.

Linningsvoll: We are here
at the yard in norway.

We are here now and waiting
for the vessel.

Narrator: Aage is relieved
to see the ship has survived

Its arduous 3,000-mile trip
around europe

In pristine condition.

It's very exciting now to see
that the vessel is coming here

To the outfitting yard,
and without any damages.

We have a lot of challenges
and work ahead of us.

Narrator: Aage and the team
have just six months

To transform this steel shell

Into the world's largest
ice-slicing research vessel.

Their first challenge is to
install one of the ship's

Major expedition components --

The custom-built knuckle crane.

Oeino: The crane is an
important part of the vessel

Because when you're in
antarctica or in arctic areas,

You may not have any shore-side
support in terms of cranes,

So lifting containers
onto the ice or from the ice

Back onto the vessel
will be done by this crane.

Narrator: This crane, capable of
lifting 33-ton containers

Filled with food, mobile labs,
and science equipment,

Is not just functional.

Most cranes are not
designed to look nice,

But we thought that, given its
prominent position onboard,

We should make it look as nice
and fitting to

The vessel as possible.

♪

Narrator: This innovative crane
is unique to this vessel

And weighs a staggering 66 tons.

It will be used to load

And unload containers
of supplies and equipment

So the ship and crew
can operate unsupported

In the polar regions
for up to 90 days.

Yet this is no ordinary crane.

When at sea, special sensors
and an autonomous control system

Precisely counteract
the motion of the waves,

Even in the roughest conditions.

Now the crane's load
stays steady,

Even if the ship begins to roll.

And thanks to a central joint

And prototype
streamlined design,

It simply folds away
once its work is complete.

Halt!

We have been waiting quite
a long time for the crane, yeah.

It's exciting to get
the crane onboard.

Narrator:
In frigid winter conditions,

The team faces
the difficult task

Of hauling this 66-ton crane

From the barge
that it arrived on

To the ship.

Once on the vessel, the team
must perfectly line up 84 bolts

At the base of the crane
to secure it to this pedestal.

Lifting this massive crane

During the peak
of norwegian winter

Is a high-risk operation.

It's the wind that you can
lose control,

By the crane
start swinging in the wind.

Look up!

Narrator: Aage's team must use
two yard cranes,

One attached to either end
of the ship's crane,

To undertake this
herculean lift.

The cranes have to work
in perfect unison

For this to be a success.

Linningsvoll:
This is a prototype crane,

Especially designed
for the vessel,

So it is very important

That everything
going according to plan.

Narrator: As the crane dangles
precariously over the main deck,

The weather takes a turn
for the worse.

♪

The weather, as you can see,
it's not on our side.

Narrator: The team fights the
driving rain and presses on.

It's a struggle,

But they raise the crane
into position over the deck.

Now comes the tricky part.

[ speaking indistinctly ]

With the limited
winter sunlight fading,

The team braces to secure
the crane to its base.

They slowly lower the crane,
inch by inch,

Down into the bolt holes.

[ metal clangs ]

Finally,
it slides into position.

They've done it.

[ thunder rumbles ]

♪

Over the next few weeks,

An army of specialists swarms
over every part of the vessel.

They install wiring, pipework,
and ventilation,

All working
to turn this steel shell

Into a high-tech,
operational ship,

But now they face
the difficult task

Of filling a 72x16-foot hole
in the side of the hull

That houses the ship's
one-of-a-kind sub-sea vessels.

♪

♪

Narrator:
In norway, the team building

The largest research vessel
in the world

Has reached a crucial stage
of the build

And now faces their
biggest challenge yet.

Chief engineer trond kjersem
is in charge of

One of the ship's most
critical systems of all...

Hello.

...The hydraulics.

On a vessel like this,
we have all sorts of systems,

Large and small,
and no matter how small

Or large they are,
you need to check them,

That they are okay
and working as they should.

Narrator: The hydraulic system
is a network of pipes

Filled with a special fluid

That is responsible for moving
the rudder left and right,

Opening the hatch doors,
and controlling the crane.

Kjersem: Hydraulics are used for
many different operations.

A ship today would not function

Without proper
hydraulic systems.

Narrator: It is vital the ship's
endless network of pipes

Is able to withstand
the extreme forces

Exerted by the hydraulic system.

The only way to test the pipes
is to crank up the pressure

Then check every single
joint by hand.

Kjersem: We will bring up
the hydraulic pressure

To above working pressure

To stress the lines
and the couplings,

So that means
climbing up on scaffolding,

Down in confined spaces,

And yeah, you know, so it's
a little bit challenging,

But that's what we like.

Narrator: The pressure in
the pipes reaches a staggering

4,600 pounds per square inch.

It's very important that the
piping and the piping systems

Are correctly done and clean.

If not, that can cause
serious damages

And even injuries to people.

Narrator:
Over the following hour,

Trond weaves his way
through the entire ship.

It's a lot of pipes.
It's a big job, huh?

Man: Yeah.

Narrator: He inspects every
connection along the way,

Searching for signs
of hydraulic oil

Leaking from the pipes.

Kjersem: Sometimes, it is
a little bit strange,

Because you don't remember names
of all your relatives,

But you remember the numbers of
valves down in the engine room.

[ laughs ]

Narrator: But as the test
nears the end,

Something catches trond's eye.

Kjersem: You see on the clamp,
there, is some drop.

Narrator: If the hydraulic pipes
were to fail at sea,

High-pressure jets of oil
could seriously injure the crew.

Kjersem: It's probably
from the --

Maybe from the boost connection.
Man: Ah!

Narrator:
Thankfully, it's a quick fix.

A twist of the wrench,
and the system is sealed.

Luckily, it worked out fine,
so thumbs up.

Narrator: With the
hydraulic system up and running,

The team now faces
their next big challenge.

They must install one of
the ship's biggest components --

Three 16-foot hatch doors,
each weighing 8 tons.

It's basically three doors
on the port side of the vessel,

And it's closing up
what we call the hangar.

Narrator: The ship will have
two large openings

On either side of the hull.

These allow the crew to launch
the ship's onboard submarine

And research boats.

The largest opening,
on the port side,

Measures 72 feet long
and 16 feet high

And needs to be filled by three
8-ton hatch doors.

Craning these into position
will be a fierce challenge.

The team will work slowly and
support the door with guy-lines.

But a big gust of wind

Could blow the door
into the hull

And cause serious damage.

♪

There are now just six weeks

Until the ship
must be seaworthy.

Aage and the team
are under intense pressure

To install the three hatch doors
in three days.

Aage makes his own final checks
for this difficult lift.

It's very important that
the lift go coming up controlled

And gently.

So cross the fingers.

Narrator: The team begins
the installation

Of the first hatch door.

And now it's ready to lift.

♪

Narrator: The crane operator
guides the 8-ton hatch door

Over the rear of the vessel.

Aage heads onboard to oversee
the tricky installation.

Linningsvoll:
Now it's looking good.

The hatch is coming in now.

Narrator: Now the team must
precisely guide the hinges

Into their housing
and use bolts to secure them.

Linningsvoll:
It has to fit perfectly.

If not, the water
comes in on deck, here,

And that is not good.

Narrator:
The team uses manual winches

To raise the base
of the hatch door

So they can inch the door in
at an angle.

[ indistinct radio chatter ]

After 20 minutes
of minute adjustments,

The door is in position.

The team pushes
the bolts through

To secure the door into place.

So, finally,
the hatch is in position.

It actually looks good,
and the operation went smooth.

The plan was to do
one hatch per day,

But I think I will try
to do the second one.

Narrator: With the first
installation

Running without a hitch,

Aage decides to proceed with
the second ahead of schedule.

Looks like they are ready
to lift the second hatch,

And, hopefully, it will work out
as smooth as the first one.

Narrator:
The lift goes according to plan,

But just as they position
the hinges, their luck runs out.

The crane loses all power

And leaves the door
dangling precariously.

To make matters worse,
the tide is falling,

And the ship
is descending with it.

This slowly drives the top edge
of the hatch opening

Down into the hanging door.

♪

♪

Narrator:
In brattvaag, norway,

This team of engineers
is racing to build

The largest ice-busting polar
research ship in the world.

Project lead aage and his team
are pushing to install

Three 8-ton hatch doors
in three days.

It has to fit 100%.

Narrator: But just as they
attempt to fit the second hatch,

Ahead of schedule,

The crane loses all power.

And, worse still,
the tide is falling.

With the yard's crane powerless,

The position of the hatch door
remains constant.

But as the tide falls,
so, too, does the ship.

This forces the top
of the hatch opening

Down into the suspended door.

If the team doesn't get
the crane working soon,

The sinking ship will drive
the hatch hinges up

Through their housing
and rupture the steel hull.

To buy some time,

The team onboard uses
manual winches called chainfalls

To lower each corner
of the door by hand.

Over the next hour,
the team works tirelessly,

Slacking the chains
in an attempt

To lower the hatch door
with the tide.

With just inches to spare before
the winches run out of chain,

The crane
kicks back into action.

We got the message that
the crane is back in operation,

And that is very good.

Narrator: With power restored
to the crane,

The team quickly bolts
the second door in place.

A day ahead of schedule,
the team presses on with

Lifting the third hatch door
into position.

It's coming in.

Narrator: With the other hatches
in position already,

The real test now is to see
if the last hatch fits.

The problem is that
if it has not been fit,

Then we have the risk
that we have to take

All three hatches out again,
and that will, of course,

Cause delay
due to extra work, money.

Narrator:
The moment of truth.

[ indistinct shouting ]

It slots in perfectly.

Yeah, it looks like the hatch
is in the correct position.

Well, we are very happy now
that everything went smooth.

So this is very good.

Narrator:
With the doors in place,

The hull is finally watertight.

The team can begin painting
the vast science

And helicopter hangars.

♪

This record-breaking
research vessel

Will have enough cabins
to accommodate 90 people

On polar expeditions
lasting up to 90 days,

But the ship's crew will stay
onboard for even longer.

Baadnes: The crew is
staying half the year

Onboard this vessel,

And, for us, it's basically
our second home.

Nils baadnes
is the ship's captain

And wants only the best
for his crew.

He makes a rare visit
onto the ship

To ensure the crew cabins
are of the highest standard.

Baadnes: Of course, we have
passenger cabins

And scientists' cabins, as well,

But the crew are here
for longer,

So it's important
to get the standard good.

Narrator:
And he is a harsh critic.

I can see a little
bit vibration here,

So that has to be fastened.

Narrator: These cabins will
include soundproofing,

Triple-glazed windows,

Led lighting,
and all the modern conveniences.

Oh, this is the bathroom
around here.

There's still some
installing to do.

Narrator:
With the inspection complete,

Captain nils has concerns.

There is still
a lot of work to do.

The ship has to be seaworthy
in a short period in time,

And they need
to get this sorted.

Narrator: With all hands on deck
to get the cabins finished,

The team's next challenge
is even tougher --

Installing the captain's
one-of-a-kind

23-foot-long bridge deck window.

♪

♪

Narrator: In brattvaag, norway,
an army of engineers

Is battling to construct
an ice-busting research ship

In the depths of winter,
and workers are gearing up

To begin the next stage
of the build --

Installing the ship's
350 windows.

Today, they will be fitting one
of the largest panes of glass,

The mammoth 23-foot-long
bridge deck main window.

Baadnes: They're preparing the
window for lifting,

So we've been waiting for this
for quite a while now.

This glass has been
special-built for this ship.

It takes months
to produce this glass.

It's a critical operation
to install it.

Narrator: The team must lift
this 23-foot-long,

1-ton, curved sheet of glass
in one piece.

To do that, a crane
and a robotic suction mount

Must work together.

First, the robotic arm,

Equipped with 16 suction plates
made of rubber,

Connects to the glass.

Next, the crane lifts
the robotic arm.

[ mechanical whirring ]

Workers then guide the window
into its steel frame,

89 feet above
the hull's base line,

With pinpoint accuracy.

One wrong move,
and the whole piece

Could shatter
against the ship's frame.

[ glass shatters ]

Baadnes: This is the tool
they are going to use

For the installment
of the window.

Narrator:
This ingenious suction mount,

Specifically built
for this installation,

Uses 16 vacuum-powered
suction cups to lift

And precisely maneuver glass
weighing up to 3 tons.

This is perfect for installment
on this type places,

As we have on the bridge.

Narrator: But even with this
high-tech robotic arm,

The team must take
every precaution.

Baadnes: The wind can
take the glass as a sail,

And it can turn around
and damage the glass.

Narrator: The team on the ground
uses guy-lines

Connected to the suction mount

And keeps in
constant communication

With the crane operator,

In a crucial effort
to keep the glass steady

If the winds increase.

And the higher they go...

[ indistinct chatter ]

...The windier it gets.

♪

The glass has just gone
over the edge,

So let's go up there and have
a look at the final installment.

Narrator: The team finally has
the glass up to the bridge deck.

But now they face
the difficult task

Of maneuvering it
perfectly onto its frame.

They have to tilt the tool
to get it in the last stage.

This is a very critical
operation now.

They're going to slide it in.

It will take some tweaking
to get it in place.

Narrator:
Every window on the ship

Must be installed
with millimeter precision.

This is an expensive ship.
Everything has to be perfect.

Narrator:
But even in the dock,

Which is a
controlled environment,

The ship naturally rocks
slightly from side to side.

The crane's stationary
location on land

Makes positioning the glass

On a moving target
incredibly difficult.

Because if the window
touches the frame,

It has a risk of actually
shattering and breaking.

Narrator: They use a laser
to precisely examine

All dimensions before inching
the glass in towards the frame.

It's a tense moment because
they don't have a second chance.

Narrator:
It's a painstaking process,

But finally, they slot
the glass into position.

Success!

It fits perfectly.

The big window is in the bridge.

It's a big relief for everyone.

Narrator: The team now has
just four weeks to go

To finish the ship.

They work around the clock
to install and seal

The remaining
bridge deck windows,

Equip the cabins
with electric wiring,

Air-conditioning,
and furnishings.

♪

To investigate if the team
has fixed the crew cabin issues,

Captain nils returns to the site
with yard foreman sven.

If captain nils isn't happy
with the cabins this time,

Fixing the issues
could add weeks to the build.

No damages.

Nice and cold inside.

And the sea fastening
on this door will come later.

This time, the captain seems
pleased with the results.

This is a big improvement
since last time here.

We were in the same cabin.

So the quality is good.

There is no damages, so...

The crew will be very happy
with these cabins.

Narrator:
The cabins may be done,

But now the team faces
a far bigger challenge.

They must fire up the four

3,600-horsepower
diesel electric engines

For the first time.

If it goes really bad, the whole
thing can just explode.

♪

♪

Narrator:
In the norwegian fjords,

This army of engineers

Has just two weeks
to complete construction

Of the world's biggest
polar research vessel.

Having battled through
the harsh norwegian winter,

They now face
their biggest challenge.

They must ensure
that this vessel can run

Under its own power.

♪

In the heart of the ship,

The team prepares to ignite
the engines for the first time.

Chief engineer trond
oversees the startup.

Kjersem:
So, today is a big day.

It's really a milestone
when you start the engines

In a new build.

We want to hear that the vessel
is coming alive.

Narrator:
The pressure's on to make sure
everything goes to plan.

Without the engines,
we wouldn't have anything.

That creates the power that
the vessel needs to operate,

And to make sure
that we meet delivery on time,

This needs to happen today.

Narrator: And this ship doesn't
have just one engine,

It has four 3,600-horsepower
diesel electric powerhouses.

Each costs a staggering $900,000

And produces enough energy
to supply 80 homes every day.

Kjersem: On this vessel,
we have two engine rooms

With two engines in each.

We can have accidents or fire

And flooding occur
in one of the engine rooms,

And still we are able
to sustain ourselves

With the second engine room.

Narrator: Trond and his team
will start two engines today.

It's a risky operation because
the engines have been dormant

Since they were last tested
two years ago.

Kjersem: If you have water
inside the cylinder

And you start cranking it,

The valves and timing gear
can explode.

Narrator: Workers exit
the engine room,

To leave only essential crew.

It's a bit nerve-wracking.

-Man: All done?
-Man #2: Yes.

Narrator: It's time for
the rev ocean to rev up.

[ engine squealing ]

[ engine shuts off ]

After just a few seconds,
the engine cuts out.

As you could see,
the first attempt

Didn't work out all that well.

Narrator:
Engineers are under pressure
to diagnose the problem,

While up in the control room,

Technicians analyze data
to work out a solution.

The clock is ticking.

It would be not so good
if we didn't get them running

Because it will have
a knock-on effect

On the rest of the testing that
we are waiting to follow now.

Narrator:
After a tense 10 minutes,

The team figures out
what caused the shutdown.

Now we just got the message
from the electronics guy

In the engine control room.

There seems to be a problem

With one of the pickup sensors
for the overspeed system.

The overspeed sensors
are in case the engine

Is running faster and faster

And going over the speed limit
for this engine.

If that happens,
if it goes really bad,

The whole thing
can just explode.

Narrator: They reset the sensors
and clear the fuel lines

Then press
the starter button again.

If it don't start now,
well, I'm going home.

[ chuckles ]

[ engine squealing ]

Narrator: Success!

The engine springs to life.

We've got the first one running,
which is really amazing.

Narrator: With engine number one
getting a clear bill of health,

They start engine number two.

[ engine squealing ]

Engine number two started
on the first attempt.

That's the way we like it.

It's a huge milestone,
not only for me,

But also for the team,

The project director,
and the owner.

Narrator: With the two engines
in the main room up and running,

Workers fire up
the remaining engines

And put the finishing touches
on the internal spaces.

Now this tough
ice-busting vessel

Is ready to tackle
frozen arctic waters.

Linningsvoll: This has been one
of my biggest challenges,

And I am very honored to be
a part of this beautiful vessel.

Baadnes: This is probably the
best ship on the sea today,

So I'm very lucky to be chosen
to be captain on this vessel.

Narrator: With the first polar
expedition scheduled for 2021,

This ice-slicing megaship

Will now sail some of the most
dangerous seas on earth,

On a mission to uncover
the secrets of our oceans.

Having dedicated my life
to fixing the ocean,

I now finally think that
we have a fighting chance.

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