How I Boarded a US NAVY NUCLEAR SUBMARINE in the Arctic (ICEX 2020) (Patreon)
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Have you ever had an opportunity present itself in a way that was hard to believe? This was kind of like that. About a year ago I was asked if I wanted to do a quick video with the Navy. They said they'd hire a film crew and go out to a specific ship and film some stuff, but it felt a little too planned out and organized if that makes sense. I told them I didn't want to work with a crew... so I passed on the opportunity and said that my dream with the Navy would be to visit a Nuclear Submarine. A year or so later I was talking to a completely different person and they mentioned ICEX. I floated (pun intended) the idea of visiting and after a bit of an approval process, they agreed. I was blown away by the professionalism by literally every sailor I met. Other than "you cannot film inside the reactor room of the submarine" I was given freedom to ask whatever question I wanted of literally any person. It was amazing. I probably took 3 hours of SUPER interesting video on board and I'm trying to figure out how to release it. My options are a single big video about life on a submarine... but honestly I'm leaning towards breaking it up into "How to cook on a submarine", "Interviewing the Captain of a Nuclear Submarine" , "How to break through ice in a submarine" etc. Do you have any thoughts on that?
I also want to point out that this trip was very costly. Because of NAVY regulations etc, I paid for every part of the trip (with the exception of the flight to Ice Camp... they treated me as self loading ballast, lol). I want you to know that it's your support on Patreon that makes this possible. Since I live in Alabama I did not have cold weather gear that met the cold weather gear requirements, so THANK YOU for helping me get a nice used jacket off ebay!
I'm grateful for your support, and want to continue to earn your trust by creating high quality content which I hope you find to be intelligent and respectful.
Warm Regards,
Destin