Venture to Lituya Bay

Lituya Bay is a beautiful inlet on the west coast of SouthEast Alaska which has a history of catastrophic waves the highest of which reached a record height of 1,720 ft. The bar at the entrance into this bay has claimed more than 100 lives in recorded history. This video describes these events and a visit made to the bay in June 2013 in Fleming 65, Venture.

[@SparksMagoo]

Thank you again Mr. Flemming and crew.

[@ceaflacca1590]

This definitely needs a movie

[@BigStickWonder]

If I could go back and watch any event in HUMAN history this would be in my top 3.

[@raddderz]

What are the other 2?

[@jakovbrizic]

Same her, dude. Same here...

[@WondrousMindTrick]

There have been much bigger tsunamus with many orders of magnitude more mass sliding into water and creating megatsunamis, those created by collapsing volcano islands are especcialy epic to watch like Fogo 70 000 years ago.

[@ocean5239]

Great congrats

[@theoddfather8782]

Yep, from the safety of a Helicopter!

[@wendygerrish4964]

On the edge of my seat watching this adventure! Thank you for the more thorough history of this special place.

[@Howoldareweanywayyipes]

I can't get over what great boats you drive... and your ability to do what you do. Thank you for all the great videos.

[@SailingSeaDreamofClyde]

Excellent video on the modern history of this wild place. Thanks for sharing!

[@robbie8142]

Enjoyed that very much.. Thankyou from Sydney where a port suburb was named after the admiral. La Perouse! 🇭🇲🤗

[@wendygerrish4964]

Hey thank you for that tit bit of knowledge...Im sure Ive read about the Astrolab too...must read back up on the early exploreres.

[@wendygerrish4964]

Oh dear..military wiki says evidence was found on that Soloman Island that survivors...were um eaten. Others escaped in a boat but were not heard of again. Besides storms, piracy was a viable cause of the ships being wrecked and looted. I am curious about the information on the group that escaped cature by boat, was there a log kept, and then found by the discoverers of the wreakage?

[@robbie8142]

@@wendygerrish4964 Hmm! That's a bit of a worry! Thankyou Wendy. 🇭🇲🤗

[@andrewSUN17]

Masterful Tony...thank you so much once again!

[@peteacher52]

When I was 11 years old I learned about tidal waves after reading the account of the Edrie's great escape in Lituya Bay, 1958, in Readers' Digest collection for young people.

[@AlessandroCardano]

So a guy and his 7 year-old rode a wave above the trees and survived this event?! The scar on that left hill is the thing of nightmares!! What a great narration and tranquil stay you had. =One Love= -A

[@juliusbyers7844]

I've read much about this Bay & your video added greatly to it. Very well done!

[@themossypottery]

A beautiful but potentially deadly place....bears, dangerous seas, terrifying winds and the threat of a huge tsunami. Happy to watch on video. Thanks for posting.

[@justmeperthau]

Absolutely wonderful... an absolute pleasure to watch and your voice is so easy on the ears. :)

[@WondrousMindTrick]

This is some really exellent content. The disparity beteen the tranquil beauty and the hidden inevitable danger is egging on the imagination into a fascinating space.

[@cindylituyasloon4459]

Sure glad Mom had to go to town to have my little brother or we would have been right next to Ulricks when the wave hit.Sad day.C Francis

[@aquaticthumb5193]

I intrested to know what kind of boat survived . It is a blessing your brother

[@jaydawg2357]

Great StoryTelling and Writing. Colorful and Captivating. You made me Feel like I was there. I found Lituya Bay Fascinating. But i wouldn't want to go there. Screw that. Lol. I will stay in Texas. Keep up the good work. 📷🎥✏⛵✈

[@kannantk2614]

Oh! My God , What a thrilling experience. I enjoyed terribly. Thank you.

[@ann4_132]

This was really well done, loved the serene views, legendary.

[@Chrisicola]

Great video. Thank you

[@arcticthundergamer113]

for those of us that live here and fished here Lituya Bay has never looked serene or beautiful it has always looked like Danger and a risky place to anchor up

[@4672-m9f]

Smart!

[@TheLatinoExplorer]

Great Documentary!!! Saw it 3 times

[@amilcarvalenca3381]

Great video. 👊

[@solarhellas6687]

Oh that's why they called the island Cenotaph... When first heard the name i though what a macabre name for an Island! Who would thought of calling an island as "Empty grave"? Well... there were people drawn in that bay, but still this name doesn't make justice to this sweet little jewel of the bay.

[@raddderz]

Great video

[@MiniTario]

Its a face on the Mounten in a snow (woman) at 5:39

[@B61Mod12]

fascinating thank you

[@Tommy-gk6bh]

So I've been doing research and now I know how the wave was that tall! It wasn't a true tsunami as it wasn't caused by the earthquake, rather, the earthquake caused a rock slide so large that is was like a third of the mountain falling. The rockslide pushed the water so violently that the wave reached 1'722 feet! I'm still baffled as to how it moved around the entire bay, and when the rocks hit, it didn't cause a lot of mist to be created... To me it doesn't seem quite possible that a rockslide, no matter the size, could have been able to create such a wave.

[@gbsailing9436]

If you study geology at length, (as I have) and in so doing, study landslides and fluvial movements on a large scale (even a small scale for that matter), you learn that once large amounts of rock and dirt start to move on such a large scale they take on the 'physical elements' represented in fluid dynamics, ie. wave like properties - zero compression. And as a 'wave' such a body of mass and with such momentum it would impact the water with significant inertia. You only have to look at the size of localised waves from caving glaciers in the region for an example of this. Imagine, as hard as it is, then the enormous displacement of water with this landslide! Imagine too on the eve of darkness, that the noise and consequent tsunami must have been frightening. Should we weight anchor? Have we time? What speed should we attempt to achieve and in which direction (even given you have time) should we turn the bow? Like an earthquake on land...you are at the mercy of the God's, or God as I would say. Given the history of the place, just entering the bay takes some gonads!

[@davidmarshall718]

Throw a big rock in a pond, it causes a big splash (first wave) then a smaller wave ripples out from it (second wave).

[@MrGolferguy13]

How did you find out about these places? Amazing.......

[@davidmarshall718]

The story of Lituya Bay is fairly well known on the NW coast.

[@aliciathomas5645]

I did not know that so thanks a lot

[@crsurfvideo]

just perfect

[@kumarsahil9286]

My mind just went on that time.

[@scootdouble]

awesome place!

[@Luxury_vagabond]

Nice video

[@mikkei3532]

dangerous bay

[@DriveLongRoad]

verry interessting!

[@milliefletcher268]

Have you watched the actual thing he said his son was eight and it was in the morning y did u Allie

[@frawldog]

Take me with

[@Nancy-j8o1t]

Wow... the loss of life 😧

[@mustamuri]

😳....✨🧸✨

[@brendanminter2166]

Alfred ….

[@brendanminter2166]

Hitchcock

[@brodai3474]

nuclear test in water.

[@alltimewarrior9308]

It wasn't that big lol