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Filming in the ICE | Behind the Scenes | Sailing Florence Ep.218a
13 November 2025 · 5 min · 22K views · Arctic
Sailboat Florence sails past glacier under blue sky
What this video covers
Matt and Amy, sailing the Oyster Marine 37 Heritage Florence in the Arctic, describe how they captured footage of the boat sailing among glacier ice.0:09 Amy rode the dinghy with the camera while Matt motored Florence close to the glacier and bergy bits, with the two coordinating shot setups over VHF radio.0:35 Telephoto lens compression made Florence appear surrounded by ice even when the dinghy had drifted well away from the boat.0:53 After an hour of motoring near the glacier, Matt grew comfortable enough dodging floating ice to shut down the engine and sail instead, running back and forth under mainsail and staysail at roughly three knots, using icebergs as turning marks in place of race buoys.2:08 Amy found the scene more alarming from the dinghy than Matt did from the helm.4:14 A large section of glacier calved during the session — no ripple reached the dinghy, confirming the distance between them.5:05 Balancing the dinghy while keeping the camera steady proved the main filming challenge.4:41
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