All of these years we’ve all been worried about quicksand would have been much better spent worried about whirlpools, which can occur naturally in the ocean and are capable not only of dragging people and small boats down to the depths, but have even almost captured a submarine! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and more.
Videos of the Corryvrecken whirlpool and the standing waves that are also produced in the strait are included in Meagan’s video here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VY_9qC1dKBU
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Here are our sources:
- https://whirlpool-scotland.co.uk/
- https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/corryvreckan-whirlpool-scotlands-raging-cauldron-that-is-named-after-a-norse-king-and-said-to-house-a-witch
- https://whirlpool-scotland.co.uk/180-2/
- https://www.countryfile.com/environment/corryvreckan-whirlpool
- https://historicalromanceuk.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-legend-of-corryvreckan.html
- https://nauticalchannel.com/new/whirlpools-in-the-sea
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/29/deadly-monsters-deep-ocean-whirlpool-submarine