The power of nature. I could bring a chair and watch this for hours.

Ice chunk that hangs up and pops over at 11:14 - 11:20 in front of the person gives good perspective to the thickness of the ice and the power of the river. Fascinating, beautiful, intimidating

Did not realize the immensity of the flow until a man walks up to the guardrail. WOW

There is something mesmerizing about the video. I could watch it for hours. Spring thaw, and ice out.

I am glad that person stepped into view to give a perspective as to the size of the ice.

These "V" shaped spillways are designed to do exactly this, many rivers in northern climes can come to almost a complete flow-stop (especially rivers primarily fed by runoff) the ice can get feet thick and during the rapid rise during the thaw huge ice-flows become a problem. These, as you saw, use the weight of the ice against itself and break things up. Very cool.

I am in total awe, I was blown away by the sheer force of the water but also by how fast towards the end of how fast it went. The person below gave a good example of size reference. Thanks for the video.

What an amazing moment, it has to be joyous watching the ice move in spring ❤️ I can't even imagine this!! Thanks for sharing!

You really get a crazy sense of the scale when that dude walks into the picture in the lower right corner at 10:26

Incroyable ! Grandiose ! Fascinant ! Merci pour cette leçon de choses.Bravo.

Tout semblait si calme et puis...quelles images de puissance!

That was absolutely phenomenal to watch! I plan to keep it saved so I can replay it in July & August! Thanks so much - 👍

Awesome spectacle!! Maybe I have OCD, but was anyone else waiting for the ice in the middle of the dam to fall over? I tried using my finger on the screen, but it wouldn't budge!! Ha Ha.

Thank you ... many people never get to witness this power first hand. I'm grateful for the man by the fence ... that added so much perspective ... wonderful video, thank you.

That was strangely satisfying to watch thank you. Looks like you visited on the perfect day.

The man standing at the edge really gives perspective of how thick the ice is.

Merveille. Merci infiniment.

What amazed me was how thick the ice is!

Je suis très impressionné par ce mélange de vie et de mort que dégage ce phénomène, inconnu chez nous.

You don't get a sense of perspective until the guy shows up later in the video, just amazing to see. Sadly none of that here to see in Australia, great video thanks

I am 2 minutes in, and this is already my favorite video of 2022, hands down. I need more serenity, and this is it. Thanks!

Not sure why this popped up in my feed 3 years later but it is mesmerizing ! 15 minutes isn't long enough! plus it's great for my Tinnitus. Would love to see this area in the summer for perspective!

So relaxing to watch Mother Nature's power in the simple cycle of the season. Well done and thanks, Christian.

Absolutely amazing.

Whoooooaaaaa la merveille de la nature, magnifique 😍😍😍😍

Thanks for taking the time to record this event. Most impressive. I was surprised at the number of people just walking by on the opposite river bank without taking the time to notice this happening. Again I thank you...HB

Vraiment toujours autant impressionnant. Merci d'avoir partagé ce superbe vidéo. J'adore aller regarder la débâcle de la rivière chaudière chaque années.. C'que je peux aimer ma ville natale.!! 😁✌✌👍

Merci, impressionnant pour nous qui n'avons pas eu de neige depuis 10 ans (Bretagne sud)

Thank you for this video! Most people never understand the power of nature, the energy released here is awesome!

Charny is a town in Quebec, on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. This is the Chaudiere River, which flows past Charny.

To the people who see it every year, its called Breakup. Sometimes slow and gentle, sometimes a friggin' mess.

Mesmerising!! And I didn't realise how thick the ice was!! Fantastic video xx

La glace est beaucoup plus épaisse que je l'imaginais ! Merci pour la vidéo.

Excellent, thankyou for sharing some of Nature in the Raw, such power, marvellous viewpoint.👍👌👍

Thanking you for showing us one of the powerful cycles of nature. Comes the spring and ice return to water.

For those who don’t know were it is; it’s the Chaudière river downstream close to the St-Laurent river. South shore of Québec city in the province of Québec in Canada.

Tres beau e tres dramatique. Merci.

I love this. Thanks so much!

That was absolutely mesmerizing! Thanks!

Pretty well build all that stuff. Doesn't seem to even glitch under that wave of violence. Guys that build and designed this can be proud 👍

That was impressive. Love, and respect you Mother Nature.

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU

here in New England (and elsewhere?) this is an annual Spring event that we call "ice out". It is when the weather has been a bit warmer for a long enough time for the integrity of the river ice to be shattered and so begins the actual Spring weather. One of the great dangers on some rivers is down stream where enormous ice dams occur. Great damage can occur where the water backs up and where the ice jam press on bridges etc. Here in Northern Massachusetts, it was an annual pilgrimage to go to the dam at Lowell MA on the Merrimac River when ice-out occurred.

I'm so glad that guy showed up in the bottom right. Until he appeared, I was estimating that the ice was about 1-2 feet thick. With him standing there, I'm thinking it's closer to 6 feet thick. Wow!

WOW the incredible forces of nature. Awesome catch of video

Nature is such a beautiful thing!

Superbe vidéo, merci pour partager tant de beauté avec tous.

Bravo au caméra man merci pour ce beau spectacle!

Imagine--that current and the waterfall is crunching up 7-10 foot thick ice floes like potato chips!

I'm so glad I can watch this from my nice hot desert.....

Very therapeutic and relaxing - thank you so much!

Fascinating. I used to be able to watch the Delaware River during its ice breakup.

Très impressionnant !! Merci pour cette vidéo

Nothing is more fascinating than nature. Thanks for uploading.

WOW really memorizing that ice is so thick it's just Amazing Anita from the U.K xx

Great ! job. Amazing video. Thank you, Sir for recording and sharing this with us and the world. It's worth knowing this happens and definitively, the next time I'm at a frozen river in spring, I will take safety precautions :). Thx so much and stay healthy.

C est fascinant ! Très bien filmé. Le bruit alentour devait être assourdissant semblable à un monstre rageur !?. Et diire que tout cela, ce n est que de l eau ! Quelle puissance que cet élément !

Merveilleux!!!….un gros merci…

J'ai réalisé la grandeur la l'événement lors que j'ai vu l'homme au côté. Merci d'avoir mis disponible ce védéo.

Incredible! Some of the slabs are so thick!

Merci beaucoup, c'est comme si on y était!

Thanks for sharing this impressive spectacle!

Merci pour le upload

👍 Sympa de nous faire partager, merci 😘

grand merci de nous présenter ce spectacle

Piękny widok, mógłbym tam stać z Tobą podziwiać to zjawisko👍

Incredible!!! The person later shows the scale of this. Wow.

Next time i take mushrooms, im going to watch this instead of my lava lamp.

Amazing I’ve never seen anything like this. It would also be good to see it a bit further downstream too.

That’s freaking impressive!!

Awesome video! Thanks for the upload. Spring is my favorite season because of scenes like this. This past year has been hard on everyone, a lot of loved ones lost. I hope this year brings much better times than we have been through, although it will continue to be sad times because of everyone we have lost. Hopefully our neighbors to the north will also have a much greater year. Stay safe everybody!

This is so cool to watch … pity there is nowhere in Australia where this happens 😢😭

Wow…..such power.

Brilliant stuff! Thank you.

Super vidéo merci ! Bises de Toulouse (SO France)

Here in NZ we never see anything like this. It's fascinating.

Never EVER underestimate the power of mother nature. Wow.

Man ,i thought the icemachine in the fridge was loud!! Very good video thanks for sharing it !

The short glimpse of the nonchalant ice flow walking gulls near the end is hysterical.

Baie dankie. Merci Beaucoup. The power of the water!

Y. GRACIAS. A AL CRADOR. QUE ES EL QUE SUSTIENE. LA NATURALEZA. ESE. DIOS MARAVILLOSO. QUÉ DA. LA. LLUVIA.Y RIEGA TODA LA. TIERRA. PARA QUE. HAIGA ALIMENTÓ..DIOS. EL CUIDA DE SU. CREACIÓN..AMÉN.

Awesome! Thanks for catching and sharing this magnificent footage! Cheers!

I'd love to witness this in real life one day! Great vid!

Once again, I have found another to entertain myself!

Субханаллахи ва бихамдихи, Субханаллахиль азым

There is a creek in Stoney Creek Ontario where I grew up. Our house, among others was next to the creek. Spring thaw was on a much smaller sale than this, but amazing to see non the less. And very dangerous.

Great video. Watching from Dunedin,Florida, U.S.A.

Mesmerizing to watch.

Magnifique vidéo, merci

That was amazing! Wow!

Merci de partager ces images, sur lesquelles je reviens de temps à autres, incluant les années précédentes. Votre contribution sur le phénomène des mouvements de glace sur la Chaudière est non seulement spectaculaire, mais elle constitue pratiquement un documentaire "historico-patrimonial", quand on pense aux relations que les riverains de la Chaudière peuvent avoir avec ce cours d'eau aux humeurs si variables, à la place de cette rivière dans l'imaginaire de ceux qui la connaissent. Merci encore, et à une autre année, j'espère.

I love this video. I can watch it for hours😍

Wow that was some thick ice !, thanks for sharing.

When the person came into team my mind was completely blown. It truly put everything into perspective. I just didn’t realize how ginormous those iceberg were. Oh my gosh that’s insane. I would love to see something like this one day!!

Wow that was amazing ! Nice steady camera work. Great Job !

The Power of Nature. Nature will ALWAYS win. GREAT Video - Tanks for posting it. :-)

Debacle | Definition of Debacle by Merriam-Webster Definition of debacle. 1a : a great disaster. b : a complete failure : fiasco. 2 : a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river. 3 : a violent disruption (as of an army) : rout. I was wondering what the video meant by 'debacle'. I didn't know the word is used for a 'breakup of ice in a river.' Now I do.

Spring has sprung. WOW! The ice started about 300mm thick but the later blocks must have been 3 to 4 meter thick. The weir was doing its job of breaking it all up into smaller pieces to speed thawing.

Incredible big well and many thanks for sharimg

Wow! Great Video. Some of the ice was 2 meters thick! Wow!