World’s Toughest Boat Trips | The Great Lakes, USA | Free Documentary

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  @FreeDocumentary · 2 years ago · pinned

  In this episode, Globe Trekker adventurer Holly Morris explores the waters that shaped America - the Great Lakes. Covering 94,000 square miles, the Great Lakes are the largest reservoir of fresh water on the planet and one of the world's busiest waterways. For centuries these waters have been a critical trade artery, determining the history and economy of North America and the world.

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• QV

  @qv81 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The elevator scene is the best. I never expected to laugh so hard on a boat documentary.

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  @NorthCountryHistory · 2 years ago

  I am proud to have been a small part of this. I'm the one sharing Michigan's lumber industry with Holly.

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• TH

  @they-call-me-mister-trash847 · 2 years ago

  This is the most authentic, most cringe, most hilarious, most entertaining documentary I've seen in a while. It's... something.

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• JO

  @johncj5551 · 2 years ago

  The bridge is called the "Mighty Mac". Grew up in Gaylord, but my mom and pop grew up in Rogers City. Pop sailed the great lakes when they were still steam ships. He sailed the Fitzgerald before it went down. He talked about how dangerous the ship was- loose rivets and all. He told us he could stand at one end of the ship and when it hit a wave, the light would disappear.......couldn't see the other end. What you don't realize is that the great lakes can swell unlike anything you could imagine. After Mom got pregnant, she demanded Pop get off the ships. He did. We had a collection of slides and a projector. Every year we'd make Pop narrate the slides as we projected them onto a white sheet. The pictures of the storms, ice and snow was crazy. Sadly, then we moved south, those slides melted in the attic. More sadly, I lost my Pop 4 years ago. Man, I miss the stories.......

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• PH

  @phillymathguy8142 · 1 year ago

  Missed an important point when marveling at the engineering at the Soo locks.  "Raise the water a few feet".  Locks do not use pumps.  Valves are opened at the higher level water side & water pressure by itself causes that water to flow into the lower water in the locks.  Going the other way, valves are opened to let higher water in the locks flow to the downstream side.  No pumps in either direction.  That is what is marvelous about locks.

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• NA

  @Nationof300 · 2 years ago

  Todd was on his Mack daddy mode 😂😂😂😂

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• BE

  @beaconterraoneonline · 2 years ago

  Too many people have no idea what it takes to make our lives comfortable. They should be showing documentaries like this in high school and teaching kids what is required to make the world work as it does, and the extraordinary effort and resources required.

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• TH

  @TheCritAddict · 2 years ago

  Holly is an amazing presenter and super brave especially getting up on that bridge. I had to laugh when the captain was manoeuvring the ship and holly was like, "this must be the hardest trickiest part of your job, let me ask you a bunch of questions whilst you're executing that!" lol

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• SW

  @SW1901 · 2 years ago

  I love all the locals you interact with. Pure midwestern wholesomeness

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  @MichaelLasleyIII · 2 years ago

  Watching this video is making home sick. I am from Mackinac my great grand father X 4 was a soldier stationed at fort Mackinac from 1798-1804 and after his service was completed he opened the first hotel on the island called the Lasley House or the Lasley tavern. My family still lives there and buried there also. My ancestors comprise of Scottish, English and Chippewa Indians I am am a member of the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of the Chippewa Indians. I loved growing up there I remember the night the Fitzgerald went down the bridge was closed down because the waves were 20-30 tall going over the causeway of the bridge, I was in high school at the time and was into photography for the yearboook and our teacher and year book advisor lived south of the bridge and he stayed at our house because the bridge was closed so he and I jumped into his van and took some awesome photos of the storm and the bridge it was like a hurricane in November. My next door neighbor was a professional diver and he had worked on the first expedition finding the Edmond Fitzgerald. I live in Florida now but my heart is still in Mackinac.

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  @josephelden4573 · 2 years ago

  Growing up on the Detroit River many of us are avid Freighter watchers. Watched about every documentary possible on the subject. This one was very well done.

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