Being from the North East of England the North Sea is something I have looked over, swam in and sailed all my life. On days it looks calm and serene, then on other days it looks apocalyptic. Many of my ancestors were coal miners or shipwrights, but my biggest interest has always been my ancestors who were sailors. My granddad was a merchant sailor during WW2 who had to sail through the artic to try and supply the USSR. The Russians created a medal for these people but due to the Cold War it was unaccepted by the British government. While my granddad died a good few years ago my uncle has got that medal on his behalf.
Great video. I dont think much about the North Sea as an American, but knowing about his historical and strategic significance was really insightful. Its like yeah you hear about the North Sea, but rarely do I see content focused on a specific sea zone. Great work man. Truly fascinating stuff.
I'm from the UK, I knew a few things about the North Sea - I was first drawn to it listening to our shipping forecast (BBC Radio 4, it's a weird tradition thing) whenever I'd hear 'dogger'. But this documentary taught me so much. Well done to the creator.
The border of the roman empire in the Netherlands was more to the north than depicted here. The Rhine river (that ends near what is today Katwijk) was the frontline which had numerous Roman settlements along it.
@@itmatterednot The Romans conquered Cornwall pretty much straight after Devon. Restormel has Roman ruins. IIRC Isca was in Wales on the Bristol Channel, opposite Gloucester (ish) - decent site to visit if you get the chance.
I live 200 yards from the North Sea in Scarborough , my parental home is Primrose Valley ! , so I do know a wee bit about it , seen some proper storms growing up and the after affects of the beach which was great when i lived at home used to find all sorts washed up , my favourite thing when i go home to see my mum is sitting on the beach on a cold but sunny day in winter when there is no one about and its about a mile to filey and 3 miles roughly you can walk past Reighton sands to an old rusted wreck , its so peaceful feels like your the only person on the planet ! , great upload pal thank you !
Thanks for the video! I live in northwest Germany in the immediate vicinity of the North Sea, it can be really beautiful, but also merciless, as some of my ancestors on my mother's side had to experience and some of them lost their lives on sea.
it's not that bad. As a brit we know the south west with the open atlantic is way worse. All of the worst storms come from there. 115mph winds last year trashed my house and came from the atlantic hitting our southwest coast. By the time that same storm reached mainland europe and the north sea coast it had lost a lot of energy and was much weaker. Look up the waves in cape cornwall. Likewise scotland's west coast is far worse than it's east coast for winds and large waves. West UK is windier than the east, because the open atlantic is rougher and more dangerous than the north sea. North sea is simply traversed more often so more people encounter storms there.
When I worked on the oil rigs off Aberdeen I was told the Texans who helped build the oil industry described the north sea as "like outer space... With bad weather"
I’ve got a certificate about 40 years ago for being ‘fully submerged in the North Sea on Boxing Day’ at Whitby. I was about 10 and still haven’t warmed up
If anyone ever wondered where is the equivalent "South Sea", it was the Zuider Zee in The Netherlands - now the IJsselmeer, after being dammed and mostly reclaimed to create Flevoland.
In the German language there ist the word "Südsee" (South Sea) which is used for the tropical pacific. Also the Baltic Sea is called Ostsee (East See) an the Mediterranean is called "Mittelmeer" (Central Sea).
Well, in Danish it is called "Vesterhavet"!! Because it is to the West of Danmark!! To the east of Danmark lies "Østersøen". Because it is to the east of Danmark!! Go figure.
@@elspoocho4637 No i just think it is funny how countries can sometimes take over a name from another language and other times, they might mean the opposite.
As a former fisherman and trawlerman, all i can say is: The north sea is a damn beautiful place to work. Especially a summer morning, with a cup of coffee on the compass, heading for port with the fishhold filled up 👌👍☕😎😁
You appear to have left out that Doggerland once was joined to Europe and the lands of the UK, as well as neglecting to mention that it also had many freshwater lakes, streams, swamps, and rivers supporting a productive forest biome(open and dense) as well as many types of animals...and humans :)
i spoke to an oil and gas research vessel guy who told me they just capped the north sea reserves and there’s plenty left and not to believe what they say. that vessel sails over it all the time and they can see the reserves
This is really good but I feel like there's one wee omission - in terms of the number of people who worked in it, the lives lost and the importance to the communities surrounding the North Sea, it would have been worth talking about the rise and fall of the North Sea fishing industry.
My uncle ( now deceased ) used to be a mechanical engineer on the rigs in the 70s and he used to tell me some stories about how vicious it could be….monster waves ( 100 feet in some cases ) and hurricane winds battering the rig, terrifying!
As someone who grew up at the North Sea (northern Germany) I always assumed nobody outside of northern Europe knew anything about it😅 I only recently found out that it’s pretty infamous around the world for its stormy and harsh weather conditions.
I'm surprised you completely left out the area's palaeolithic history as one of the most populated areas of Europe thousands of years ago, when the North Sea was 'Doggerland'. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland
This is about the North Sea though doggerbank is but a footnote. Sure the land was there but that's not the sea is it? Plus, it's been reshaped and moulded by ice ages and erosion over countless centuries. It's now something different beyond pail, the North Sea.
I was going to comment something similar. A whole video about the North Sea and not a single word about Doggerland seems not only a missed opportunity but an actual oversight.
Very nic summary, dut on the map of the windfarms you forgot the several small and big ones offthe Dutch West Coast. I have seen them being built as a Lifeguard at Castricum Beach. A major landfall of power cables and a huge 380KV Traansformer Station has recently been realized at Wijk aan Zee next to the site I work at. It will handle all power of the mega farms that are being planned or already under construction far away from shore. Thanks for the video, and I will check out more!
TikTok took me on a whole North Sea terror spiral. I honestly had no idea it was in this area. The videos made it seem like it was out in the middle of nowhere.
I live on the coast in the Netherlands. The north sea is a powerful beast. Coldy rugged winds and unpredictable. Even wind surfers close to the shore line got drowned several times.
Great video, I’m sure though that in your graphic where you show the oil fields as being red and the gas fields green in the UK, I think they are the wrong way around.
2:00 maybe you meant it different but 12,000 years there weren't towering dunes where the wadden islands are now. Those then hinter lands were all full of vegetation without coastal features such as sand dunes, those developed later as the sea started rising. The 'sand towers' you talk about only developed relatively recently, as for a long time there was a large sandwall (developed around 4000 BC) which over time started breaking in more and more places. This all happened in the last few thousands of years, saying coastal features such as towering dunes covered in front of Germany's coast at the time makes no sense, as the coast was hundreds of km away at the time.
The North Sea, located in Northern Europe, is bordered by countries like the UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. Known for its economic importance, it serves as a hub for oil, natural gas, and fishing industries. A **geography map** of the North Sea highlights its shallow waters, the Dogger Bank (a famous fishing ground), and connections to the Atlantic Ocean via the English Channel and the Norwegian Sea. Its unique basin shape influences tidal patterns and marine ecosystems, making it a fascinating subject for geographers and environmentalists alike.
The North, often referred to in various geographical contexts, typically represents the uppermost region of a geography map, corresponding to the direction of the North Pole. Maps are traditionally oriented with north at the top, a convention established in medieval Europe. This positioning helps standardize navigation and geographical representation globally.
the port of antwerp and the port of zeebrugge fused together (yes i know they are not connected but they decided to fuse them) so now its the port of antwerp and zeebrugge
Wonderful video. As someone who enjoys making the trip between the UK and the Netherlands over the North sea, it's all very interesting. Throughout much of the route you pass refineries and wind farm developments.
At 7:42 the map is incorrect, Scotland was and is still part of the United Kingdom and has been since the acts of union in 1707. Before this the two kingdoms were still joined under personal union (the Union of the Crowns) since 1603.
Oh I hated every time I had to go on a ferry. Never experienced choppy waters, but it was still anxiety filled time. I spent it sitting next to the closet with life vests! Actually prefer the Eurotunnel! There's sea above me and only one way in and out, but still better than seeing every wave 🙈
The land under the north sea is known as Doggerland, which was inhabited by humans prior to the end of the last ice age ~ 12 000 years ago. Animal bones and even human artifacts have been dredged up by fisherman for decades. Dogger bank was an upland area which later became an island which was gradually subsumed by water. It may have survived as recently as the building of the first pyramids, although had probably been abandoned by then as it would have been a flood prone marshy land only suitable for visiting fisherman or maybe seasonal occupation.
It's claimed that the eastern market town of King's Lynn was the first British member of the Hanseatic League. We hold a Hansa festival here every year!
It should be mentioned that the North Sea makes wind power so attractive for coastal nations - the unique situation of the North Sea guarantees constant strong winds, making the "what if no wind blows?"-question of people adverse to renewables utterly ridiculous.
The wind doesn't blow constantly. The UK and others already exploit quite a bit of the North Sea for offshore wind - some of the largest installations in the world and this doesn't avoid wind power potential dropping to insignificant levels more frequently than you would think.
@@ChrisMartin-b7l Ah yes, more insane propaganda by the nuclear fanboys. Did you all sleep at school when weather formation was taught to you? The worst drop in wind power production was in 1994, when wind power production was reduced to 25% of capacity for a period of six hours - not by lack of wind, but because the wind parks were hit by a storm that necessitated a partial shut down. If such a storm would happen today it would reduce the produced wind power to the "insignificant level" of 60 average-capacity nuclear reactors.
@@ChrisMartin-b7l Agree, when all of the wind farms are running, then everything is pretty good. Trouble is that the system is vulnerable. A lightning strike (not reduced wind even) a few years ago knocked one of the biggest arrays offline and we had a partial brownout across a big chunk of the UK.
Love your videos. Always been fascinated by the North Sea. So many amazing countries border the North Sea. I always figured that being surrounded by land on all sides (except toward the northwest) would shelter the North Sea from storms from the Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean, but the North Sea appears to have crazier weather than both. At 0:57 said the North Sea is 220 square miles in area...think meant 220,000 (two-hundred and twenty thousand) square mlles in area. Thank you for the awesome content.
Take a look at some hurricane force winter storms that didn't even touch the North Sea, but took a path across the inland areas much further south. You can find documentations about those if you search for "European windstorms".
Yes, you are right. On the other hand, nobody but us living things seems to care about geography and feels something like fascination. Without us, it would exist for nothing at all. It seems like even the miracles on distant moons and planets eagerly wait for the moment to be seen and realized by some living spirits like us.
a) it might have been a port for most of the timeline this history video talks about. b) most of the goods that are shipped to England ports at the actual coastline end up in the London area anyway
@@Blackadder75 so, are you assuming that very little of the goods imported by sea (ports like Felixstowe for instance, which is massive) wind up in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol, Plymouth, Nottingham, Leicester, Cardiff,Salford,Derby, Hull, Liverpool,etc etc etc?
@@Olleetheowl i was talking about ports in the southeast, half of the cities you name would be supplied from the Irish sea or bristol channel. not the north sea
@@Blackadder75 but nobody else was… so, each time I mention something, you qualify it.? Felixstowe (Britain’s largest import terminal) is firmly on the North Sea. And arguably in the South East (Not that it was ever a criteria, even in the Video).
The visuals are stunning however the First World war German boundaries in either WW1 or WW2 at 8:14 are incorrect. With such stunning visuals, a bit more care about historical accuracy is needed.
There is some evidence of wars and invasions going back far before 43AD. For example whoever wiped out the beaker people in the UK roughly 4500 years ago. The Tollense battle pre-dates that. That said the two sides at Tollense probably came over-land but there is an argument that one came by boat.
Before the vikings, Frisians dominated the North Sea. A power vacuum was created after the Franks annexed Frisia in the Low Countries and the vikings came to dominate the North Sea next. Frisians were well known and trusted traders and merchants, their coins were used as far as the Middle East.
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What song do you use at the beginning?
pls do Irish Sea next
Putting the map of the Hansa over the other map you were using was real slick
Being from the North East of England the North Sea is something I have looked over, swam in and sailed all my life. On days it looks calm and serene, then on other days it looks apocalyptic.
Many of my ancestors were coal miners or shipwrights, but my biggest interest has always been my ancestors who were sailors. My granddad was a merchant sailor during WW2 who had to sail through the artic to try and supply the USSR. The Russians created a medal for these people but due to the Cold War it was unaccepted by the British government.
While my granddad died a good few years ago my uncle has got that medal on his behalf.
Greetings from another NE lad - Darlo
@@paulbennett772Northumbrian here. Darlo is a really nice place. Have some great memories of the railway museum and eating at the Wetherspoons.
NE Scotland for me. 90% of the time it looks apocalyptic here 😂😊
Where about you from? Just curious as I also sail
Very much relate to this as a norwegian, albeit from the other side hahaha
Great video. I dont think much about the North Sea as an American, but knowing about his historical and strategic significance was really insightful. Its like yeah you hear about the North Sea, but rarely do I see content focused on a specific sea zone. Great work man. Truly fascinating stuff.
I'm from the UK, I knew a few things about the North Sea - I was first drawn to it listening to our shipping forecast (BBC Radio 4, it's a weird tradition thing) whenever I'd hear 'dogger'. But this documentary taught me so much. Well done to the creator.
Nobody a American
Yup. Well said
Americans know nothing about the rest of the world that’s why
North sea is one of the worst seas in the world
The border of the roman empire in the Netherlands was more to the north than depicted here. The Rhine river (that ends near what is today Katwijk) was the frontline which had numerous Roman settlements along it.
The Limes.
The Romans also invaded Cornwall, there was no border on that peninsular.
Katwijk is 800 years old this year
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handlethought they only reached just beyond Exeter (Isca)?
@@itmatterednot The Romans conquered Cornwall pretty much straight after Devon. Restormel has Roman ruins. IIRC Isca was in Wales on the Bristol Channel, opposite Gloucester (ish) - decent site to visit if you get the chance.
Nice and informative video on Vesterhavet. Hope you're doing well and congratulations on finding a worthy sponsor :)
I live 200 yards from the North Sea in Scarborough , my parental home is Primrose Valley ! , so I do know a wee bit about it , seen some proper storms growing up and the after affects of the beach which was great when i lived at home used to find all sorts washed up , my favourite thing when i go home to see my mum is sitting on the beach on a cold but sunny day in winter when there is no one about and its about a mile to filey and 3 miles roughly you can walk past Reighton sands to an old rusted wreck , its so peaceful feels like your the only person on the planet ! , great upload pal thank you !
But Scarborough is on Lake Ontario......one more town/city in Canada named after in the U.K. cheers
@@buckodonnghaile4309 Does the Canadian Scarborough have a fair?
Bridlington here 10 mins away
@@kw8757😂😂
Thanks for the video! I live in northwest Germany in the immediate vicinity of the North Sea, it can be really beautiful, but also merciless, as some of my ancestors on my mother's side had to experience and some of them lost their lives on sea.
it's not that bad. As a brit we know the south west with the open atlantic is way worse. All of the worst storms come from there. 115mph winds last year trashed my house and came from the atlantic hitting our southwest coast. By the time that same storm reached mainland europe and the north sea coast it had lost a lot of energy and was much weaker. Look up the waves in cape cornwall. Likewise scotland's west coast is far worse than it's east coast for winds and large waves. West UK is windier than the east, because the open atlantic is rougher and more dangerous than the north sea. North sea is simply traversed more often so more people encounter storms there.
When I worked on the oil rigs off Aberdeen I was told the Texans who helped build the oil industry described the north sea as "like outer space... With bad weather"
I’ve got a certificate about 40 years ago for being ‘fully submerged in the North Sea on Boxing Day’ at Whitby. I was about 10 and still haven’t warmed up
If anyone ever wondered where is the equivalent "South Sea", it was the Zuider Zee in The Netherlands - now the IJsselmeer, after being dammed and mostly reclaimed to create Flevoland.
Which is weird, considering it isn't much more than a bay in the North Sea.
In the German language there ist the word "Südsee" (South Sea) which is used for the tropical pacific. Also the Baltic Sea is called Ostsee (East See) an the Mediterranean is called "Mittelmeer" (Central Sea).
@@rienkhoek4169 it's a local name, don't take this too seriously
Well, in Danish it is called "Vesterhavet"!! Because it is to the West of Danmark!! To the east of Danmark lies "Østersøen". Because it is to the east of Danmark!! Go figure.
@@elspoocho4637 No i just think it is funny how countries can sometimes take over a name from another language and other times, they might mean the opposite.
As a former fisherman and trawlerman, all i can say is: The north sea is a damn beautiful place to work. Especially a summer morning, with a cup of coffee on the compass, heading for port with the fishhold filled up 👌👍☕😎😁
I've been watching videos of North Sea waves 🌊 😂😅... is it as crazy and scary as some of those show?
Yes. Especially in winter time.
@@myst16It certainly can be. Especially in december to february.
This guy is very underrated and deserves more attention
😂 which guy? It's AI!!! 😂
@@samuelgarrod8327 With some dodgy measurements... 200 something miles (not square miles, and not 200,000 square miles).
Amazing video, as always. Such a pleasure!
Great video, I am fascinatef by the Geography about the North Sea, Love from Kenya 🇰🇪
Awesome video, really enjoyed watching it! :D 🇳🇱
Nicely articulated video… well done and thanks.
You appear to have left out that Doggerland once was joined to Europe and the lands of the UK, as well as neglecting to mention that it also had many freshwater lakes, streams, swamps, and rivers supporting a productive forest biome(open and dense) as well as many types of animals...and humans :)
Place is full of mucky old camper vans now, generally rocking and anybody welcome to come knocking
Just great! Thank you so much.
You forgot to mention one of the main city’s in the North Sea when it comes to oil and renewables Aberdeen
You got my dad and I absolutely transfixed for 12 minutes 😂🎉 great video, I subscribed!
I'm just digging into your videos, and learning a lot. Thank you for all the work you put into them!
This was more intelligent than the usual - well done!
Great video!
That was so interesting, thank you!
Great video. Thank you 👍
i spoke to an oil and gas research vessel guy who told me they just capped the north sea reserves and there’s plenty left and not to believe what they say. that vessel sails over it all the time and they can see the reserves
Nice vid! Just spent a day on this very sea. What a place!
This is really good but I feel like there's one wee omission - in terms of the number of people who worked in it, the lives lost and the importance to the communities surrounding the North Sea, it would have been worth talking about the rise and fall of the North Sea fishing industry.
Very well explained. Thank you
I appreciate well researched videos like this. Thanks!
My uncle ( now deceased ) used to be a mechanical engineer on the rigs in the 70s and he used to tell me some stories about how vicious it could be….monster waves ( 100 feet in some cases ) and hurricane winds battering the rig, terrifying!
Excellent video
Thanks for the vid! I really needed the North Sea 'Explained' 😅
The warped map of the Hanseatic League at ~7:40 is great.
Nicely done. Subbed.
As someone who grew up at the North Sea (northern Germany) I always assumed nobody outside of northern Europe knew anything about it😅 I only recently found out that it’s pretty infamous around the world for its stormy and harsh weather conditions.
I fucking love creators like you
I'm surprised you completely left out the area's palaeolithic history as one of the most populated areas of Europe thousands of years ago, when the North Sea was 'Doggerland'. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland
Damn RUclips didn't nerf
your link
@@Train_Eat_Rest_Repeat ?
@@dennisspqr it normally deletes comments with links to combat spam bots
This is about the North Sea though doggerbank is but a footnote. Sure the land was there but that's not the sea is it? Plus, it's been reshaped and moulded by ice ages and erosion over countless centuries. It's now something different beyond pail, the North Sea.
I was going to comment something similar. A whole video about the North Sea and not a single word about Doggerland seems not only a missed opportunity but an actual oversight.
Great video! Much obliged!
I know from personal experience that when holidaying on the east coast of the UK that the north sea was always colder than south coast resorts.
A good little documentary. Lots of info in it.
Those Trenches Are Something 😊
Congratulations for your channel. Please consider making a video to explain the fascinating geography of Mexico.
Very nic summary, dut on the map of the windfarms you forgot the several small and big ones offthe Dutch West Coast.
I have seen them being built as a Lifeguard at Castricum Beach.
A major landfall of power cables and a huge 380KV Traansformer Station has recently been realized at Wijk aan Zee next to the site I work at.
It will handle all power of the mega farms that are being planned or already under construction far away from shore.
Thanks for the video, and I will check out more!
Ooh do the Celtic Sea next. Just cuz it sounds cool
Being Dutch I am familiar with the Noordzee en especially the Waddenzee with those islands (Ameland being my favorite) is spectacularly beautiful.
I enjoyed that!
Great video, however the gas and oil deposit map at 10:29 is the wrong way round. Green is oil and red is gas!
The port of Felixstowe is much larger than the port of London
great work
TikTok took me on a whole North Sea terror spiral. I honestly had no idea it was in this area. The videos made it seem like it was out in the middle of nowhere.
Im from Aberdeen arguably one of the most important cities on the north sea.
I live on the coast in the Netherlands. The north sea is a powerful beast. Coldy rugged winds and unpredictable. Even wind surfers close to the shore line got drowned several times.
Extra points for your accurate pronunciations in various languages! 🎉
Good Content 💯
Great video, I’m sure though that in your graphic where you show the oil fields as being red and the gas fields green in the UK, I think they are the wrong way around.
For me the most interesting feature of the North Sea is the Silverpit Crater, Reminds me of a submerged Richat Structure.
2:00 maybe you meant it different but 12,000 years there weren't towering dunes where the wadden islands are now. Those then hinter lands were all full of vegetation without coastal features such as sand dunes, those developed later as the sea started rising. The 'sand towers' you talk about only developed relatively recently, as for a long time there was a large sandwall (developed around 4000 BC) which over time started breaking in more and more places.
This all happened in the last few thousands of years, saying coastal features such as towering dunes covered in front of Germany's coast at the time makes no sense, as the coast was hundreds of km away at the time.
Super👍👍-viking nations indeed included Island. Otherwise on spot.
The North Sea, located in Northern Europe, is bordered by countries like the UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. Known for its economic importance, it serves as a hub for oil, natural gas, and fishing industries. A **geography map** of the North Sea highlights its shallow waters, the Dogger Bank (a famous fishing ground), and connections to the Atlantic Ocean via the English Channel and the Norwegian Sea. Its unique basin shape influences tidal patterns and marine ecosystems, making it a fascinating subject for geographers and environmentalists alike.
The North, often referred to in various geographical contexts, typically represents the uppermost region of a geography map, corresponding to the direction of the North Pole. Maps are traditionally oriented with north at the top, a convention established in medieval Europe. This positioning helps standardize navigation and geographical representation globally.
Fantastic
Ekofisk is a lot further south than I realised. Draw those lines a little different and Denmark might have had all that oil.
7:41 , you seen to of accidently highlighted ireland and missed out scotland when talking about britain
the port of antwerp and the port of zeebrugge fused together (yes i know they are not connected but they decided to fuse them) so now its the port of antwerp and zeebrugge
Don Quixote called, he wants his windmill delusions back.
Surprised not more was said about the Dogger Bank, since it was still an island 8000 years ago.
ok video , should show dates alongside geographical boundy and sea height claims.
Only one point of criticism: this could and should be a 2 hr lecture.
Wonderful video. As someone who enjoys making the trip between the UK and the Netherlands over the North sea, it's all very interesting.
Throughout much of the route you pass refineries and wind farm developments.
where you take the bathymetrics maps ? I whant them for me
Great video to check out War Thunder ads... just a pity some content about the North Sea kept interupting them.
THE HISTORY OF THE NORTH SEA IS VERY INTERESTING...
Why was Scotland not highlighted as part of Britain?
That was roman Britain. Hadrian's wall.
@@--SPQR-- No, there is another map later where RoI is included but not Scotland.
So do you or do you not want to have been conquered?
@@--SPQR-- the Romans never occupied Ireland
Great video. I wouldn't count the North Sea out as new oil extraction methods continually develop.
Love my westcoast here at northern germany, amazing.
Fun fact : most of the North sea is very shallow between 30 and 90 meters , only the north is a bit deeper ......
At 7:42 the map is incorrect, Scotland was and is still part of the United Kingdom and has been since the acts of union in 1707. Before this the two kingdoms were still joined under personal union (the Union of the Crowns) since 1603.
Oh I hated every time I had to go on a ferry. Never experienced choppy waters, but it was still anxiety filled time. I spent it sitting next to the closet with life vests! Actually prefer the Eurotunnel! There's sea above me and only one way in and out, but still better than seeing every wave 🙈
The land under the north sea is known as Doggerland, which was inhabited by humans prior to the end of the last ice age ~ 12 000 years ago. Animal bones and even human artifacts have been dredged up by fisherman for decades. Dogger bank was an upland area which later became an island which was gradually subsumed by water. It may have survived as recently as the building of the first pyramids, although had probably been abandoned by then as it would have been a flood prone marshy land only suitable for visiting fisherman or maybe seasonal occupation.
Rotterdam is one of the busiest ports not just in Netherlands but also along the North Sea,
It's claimed that the eastern market town of King's Lynn was the first British member of the Hanseatic League. We hold a Hansa festival here every year!
07:50 Why isn’t Scotland part of the UK according to your maps?
Cause it's AI garbage
Vikings was a job title, not everyone was a Viking
Like Romanians
It should be mentioned that the North Sea makes wind power so attractive for coastal nations - the unique situation of the North Sea guarantees constant strong winds, making the "what if no wind blows?"-question of people adverse to renewables utterly ridiculous.
The wind doesn't blow constantly. The UK and others already exploit quite a bit of the North Sea for offshore wind - some of the largest installations in the world and this doesn't avoid wind power potential dropping to insignificant levels more frequently than you would think.
@@ChrisMartin-b7l Ah yes, more insane propaganda by the nuclear fanboys. Did you all sleep at school when weather formation was taught to you? The worst drop in wind power production was in 1994, when wind power production was reduced to 25% of capacity for a period of six hours - not by lack of wind, but because the wind parks were hit by a storm that necessitated a partial shut down. If such a storm would happen today it would reduce the produced wind power to the "insignificant level" of 60 average-capacity nuclear reactors.
@@ChrisMartin-b7l Agree, when all of the wind farms are running, then everything is pretty good. Trouble is that the system is vulnerable. A lightning strike (not reduced wind even) a few years ago knocked one of the biggest arrays offline and we had a partial brownout across a big chunk of the UK.
Relying on any one source of fuel is stupid, to say the least. There is also the question of 'standby'.
I don't understand why we don't use a tidal system like they have in Orkney to generate power. There's always a tide.
Love your videos. Always been fascinated by the North Sea. So many amazing countries border the North Sea. I always figured that being surrounded by land on all sides (except toward the northwest) would shelter the North Sea from storms from the Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean, but the North Sea appears to have crazier weather than both.
At 0:57 said the North Sea is 220 square miles in area...think meant 220,000 (two-hundred and twenty thousand) square mlles in area.
Thank you for the awesome content.
Take a look at some hurricane force winter storms that didn't even touch the North Sea, but took a path across the inland areas much further south. You can find documentations about those if you search for "European windstorms".
The north seas boarders shown on your thumbnail kinda look like the Boarders of the GoT Stark controlled North
Choose: the *busiest* sea routes [the better option] or the *most busy* of sea routes.
What’s with CE?
AD please
CE is an acceptable secular term, besides the date and birth of Jesus is not known with any accuracy. CE makes everyone happy.
2:52 Skagerak is connected to Kattegat not the Baltic sea
0:04 Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, it's part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
It's part of the British isles, though. Agreed the map is daft.
Geography is fascinating. We, humans, are so small…
Yes, you are right. On the other hand, nobody but us living things seems to care about geography and feels something like fascination. Without us, it would exist for nothing at all. It seems like even the miracles on distant moons and planets eagerly wait for the moment to be seen and realized by some living spirits like us.
@ Bro, this is way too deep…
How do you get LONDON as one of the 4 largest ports? It’s not been a port since at least the 1980s. And arguably since the 60s some sixty years ago.
a) it might have been a port for most of the timeline this history video talks about. b) most of the goods that are shipped to England ports at the actual coastline end up in the London area anyway
@@Blackadder75 so, are you assuming that very little of the goods imported by sea (ports like Felixstowe for instance, which is massive) wind up in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol, Plymouth, Nottingham, Leicester, Cardiff,Salford,Derby, Hull, Liverpool,etc etc etc?
@@Olleetheowl i was talking about ports in the southeast, half of the cities you name would be supplied from the Irish sea or bristol channel. not the north sea
@@Blackadder75 but nobody else was… so, each time I mention something, you qualify it.? Felixstowe (Britain’s largest import terminal) is firmly on the North Sea. And arguably in the South East (Not that it was ever a criteria, even in the Video).
@@Olleetheowl /facepalm have a nice day in Felixstowe or where ever you live
The visuals are stunning however the First World war German boundaries in either WW1 or WW2 at 8:14 are incorrect.
With such stunning visuals, a bit more care about historical accuracy is needed.
The evolution / impact of the Hanseatic League upon contemporary Western life is significant.
You couldn't pay me enough to go there , ridiculous place
There is some evidence of wars and invasions going back far before 43AD. For example whoever wiped out the beaker people in the UK roughly 4500 years ago. The Tollense battle pre-dates that. That said the two sides at Tollense probably came over-land but there is an argument that one came by boat.
Why is Ireland highlighting when say Britain and as well why is Scotland not highlighted
Before the vikings, Frisians dominated the North Sea. A power vacuum was created after the Franks annexed Frisia in the Low Countries and the vikings came to dominate the North Sea next. Frisians were well known and trusted traders and merchants, their coins were used as far as the Middle East.