Curated playlist
European seas
- Black SeaWooden ships sunk in the Black Sea centuries ago have survived because the deep water has no oxygen.
- Kara SeaIn 1912, ice trapped three Russian expeditions in the Kara Sea, and all three failed.
- White SeaIn 1553, an English ship sailed into the White Sea and reached Russia.
- Adriatic SeaOn the 4th of November 1966, the Adriatic Sea rose 194 cm above normal in Venice.
- Baltic SeaThe Baltic Sea's surface water is close enough to fresh that drinking it would hydrate you.
- Barents SeaNorway and Russia argued over the Barents Sea border for decades.
- Sea of AzovThe Sea of Azov is the shallowest sea in the world. Its depth varies between 0.9 and 14 metres.
- Aegean SeaThe word archipelago began as the proper name of the Aegean Sea. A 1268 treaty used the form Arcipelago.
- North SeaA dinosaur bone was pulled up from under the North Sea during oil drilling in 2006.
- Mediterranean SeaAround 5.9 million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea was partly or completely dried out for roughly 600,000 years.
- English ChannelThe English Channel was carved by a flood from a giant lake. A dam of rock failed about 450,000 years ago.
- Norwegian SeaYoung herring in the Norwegian Sea fell from 11,000,000 tonnes in 1956 to nearly zero by 1970.
- Pechora SeaThe Pechora Sea freezes from November to June, yet it is rich in life. It holds the most biomass in the Barents Sea.