Weird Places: The Bay of Fundy

SciShow takes you on a tour of Canada’s Bay of Fundy, home of the largest tidal range in the world.
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[liamh]

... Hank green just talked about the place I live like an exotic location... My life is complete.

[laurahayes]

The bay's enormous tides also have an interesting effect on New Brunswick's saint John river. At a place called "reversing falls", the tides are so strong they can actually cause the river to run "upstream" for a while at high tide

[liamcoau]

I've lived on the Bay of Fundy my whole life, it's an extremely beautiful place. If you ever come through here, I really encourage you to check it out. There's also whale watching and tidal bore rafting (a tidal bore is a lone wave that occurs when the tides switch directions, it's a bit like a mini tsunami) and just checking out the beaches which are cool because you can see the effect of the extreme tides

[Channel]

The phenomenon is very beautiful to see in person. You can walk on the ocean floor, and a few hours later go canoeing at the exact same place. 

Living in NB has ups and downs. Literally.

[ABAltyr]

I think it would have been awesome if a time lapse video of the bay showing the rising and lowering of the tide was included in this episode.

[Guilmonvr]

Living near the Bay of Fundy is pretty neat, actually. I don't see it as weird, but the tides are always a little crazy...

[Josefine]

I am from New-Brunswick, it's awesome in every I see the famous Chocolate River from my living room!!!!

[mattsawchuk]

Shout out to my fellow Nova Scotians out there!

[MrInvalidArgument]

Hank, you're amazing. The kind of speech you use to convey a message should be taken as an example by teachers around the world. Kids would be smarter all around. Keep up with the good work.

[Btrfan]

I love maybe 30-40 minutes away from the Bay (and by that I mean the National Park) so I'm used to the phenomenon. But I always get a kick out of it when I hear tourists say how amazing it is because I know they've never seen something like these tides before.

[zwithers]

OMG :D I live right on the bay, I love you guys <3 Neat to see one of my fave Youtubers making an episode dedicated to such a beautiful home.

[Trucker_Josh]

I go past there in my travels a lot. Next time I'll pay attention to this and vlog it!

[TheDancingCarrot]

Oh my word this makes me so excited. Its nice when your area gets mentioned on something like this. New Brunswick represent!

[josephtunney]

NEW BRUNSWICK GOT MENTIONED! ... It made me smile

[dotcomGone]

As a Canadian I never found this weird, it's a really cool place to visit!

[chefkendranguyen]

I like the name "Bay of Fundy". Good episode I had no idea about the world "seiching".

[MAGonzzManifesto]

Ahhh! Love that you guys are talking about research in STEM fields. Keep it up!

[danidelconte]

My family has a cottage on Deer Island which is on the bay and the high tides nearly come to our doorstep. You should do a video on the old sow whirlpool. Thanks for teaching me more about this interesting place!

[MarioDoiron]

Thanks Hank, I now appreciate how special my little corner of the world actually is now that I understand it's physical characteristics a little better.  Love your channel!

[Acquavallo]

So glad you mentioned Canada and one of our treasured natural beauties