Curated playlist
Seas of Russia
- 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.
- East Siberian SeaThe East Siberian Sea had no official name until 1935. Before that, Russian records used five different names for it.
- White SeaIn 1553, an English ship sailed into the White Sea and reached Russia.
- Sea of OkhotskA pocket of open water inside the Sea of Okhotsk fell outside Russian control.
- 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.
- Sea of JapanThe Sea of Japan behaves almost like a giant lake. Shallow straits nearly seal it off from the Pacific.
- Laptev SeaThe Laptev Sea, north of Siberia, is clear of ice for perhaps two months a year.
- Chukchi SeaIn 1934, the steamer Chelyuskin sank in Chukchi Sea ice, and 104 people camped on the ice.
- Bering SeaA meteor the size of a small building exploded over the Bering Sea in 2018. Almost no one saw it.
- Pechora SeaThe Pechora Sea freezes from November to June, yet it is rich in life. It holds the most biomass in the Barents Sea.