Very interesting video. However, one cannot be certain of anything that can change the world. Maybe not yet or perhaps in subtle ways unseen. It's possible that mere existence is a world changer.
@@pinsboy ,wikipedia says: "built by Swan, Hunter and Co. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England in 1913" "Kyle is noteworthy for a number of rescues she had participated in; such as the search and recovery of the downed American plane Old Glory in 1927. She had also aided in the rescue of the sailors during the USS Pollux and USS Truxton disaster at Chambers Cove near St. Lawrence on February 18, 1942"
Haha I might change it. We debated the best title and that's pretty solid. I like that this one states exactly what the theme of the 'internal' episode is also trying to say, though.
Executive produced by Chris Hadfield, but it's not his fault. Good one. I think you may have missed the importance of this boat/ship and others like it to the very soul of the coastal communities of NFLD. For many communities, there were no roads in and out so these lumbering old freighters were their lifeline. My home of Grand Manan, NB had a converted old WW2 corvette for passengers and freight when I was a kid. Freight and even cars were taken aboard by sling. Passengers had to walk up a gangplank. Our once a year trip on it to go on vacation are some of my fondest memories of my childhood. I believe it made 3 trips a week and could carry a max of 6-8 cars. Now we have 2 ferries in the summer that make a total of 7 trips a day and carry 60-80 cars/trip. It's just not the same anymore. There's no novelty in it. That rotting old hulk of the SS Kyle brought back many memories and even a couple of tears of nostalgia for days long gone. Thank you Rare Earth.
This is the kind of region where if some kids vandalize a familiar piece of driftwood in a lake visible from the highway, it makes the local news. (True story.)
@@GamesFromSpace I love that. I wonder every day how I can make my community more like that. I dream of vandalized driftwood making the news. The biggest struggle for me in building community is helping people be able to take part in it in the first place. It seems like everyone is incredibly busy in our modern world and that's the biggest hurdle. Getting people off drugs and into the community, getting them better jobs so they have time to spend on other people, and building robust community support networks are what I dream of. If we could all strive to be more like Newfoundland, the world would be a better place full of strong, happy people. I dream that one day we can make that a reality the world round.
Sam L, agreed! Local news stations, or journalism in any form really, can share stories that bring neighbors together to address problems and also celebrate the things that bind us together. A graffitied park bench makes headline news in a small town while condos replacing a park does in a major city. They differ in scale but potentially not in how it affects each communitiy member. Holding “Concerts in the Park” could help the situation in both places.
I liked visiting Newfoundland. No it wasn’t glamorous. No it wasn’t filled with exotic history or big events or cathedrals or skyscrapers. But it had a lot of people who were just like this ship. Sturdy, honest, hard-working and real.
That's what I love about travelling through not so heavily populated areas. You'll always find a story, and in my case. Visiting other Reservations or relatives living in the country of backwater towns in various states and provinces. I find more stories and history from indigenous points of view. Like two months ago, I went to California and went through Wyoming and Utah. Where we marvelled at the idea that European settlers went right through zones where many tribes wouldn't have gone through to get to the West coast. No one probably really thinks of that
This story reminds me of the abandoned ship at Jordan Harbour, Ontario. Clearly visible from the main highway between Toronto and Niagara Falls, it's in a wildly different context than Harbour Grace. But it's still turned into an unintentional landmark. I finally looked it up one day and, sadly, it didn't do battle with any German subs or save any Dutch princesses either. There are probably countless ships like it around the world, each not having done anything significant but still arousing the curiosity of passersby. There's something about abandoned ships from bygone eras that makes us wonder what went on in their heyday, how they got there, and why they've just been sitting in one spot for decades. And even if they were just mundane working vessels, they're still cool. Great channel.
This ship was supposed to be a replica of one of Columbus' ships, if I remember correctly. It served as a restaurant for a while, then a sort of museum. The ship had eventually caught fire, about 15(?) years ago, and has been sitting there in shambles for many years now. Through the grapevine, the money coming in from the museum was not sustainable but the $3M insurance claim started to look good.
There’s an old abandoned merchant ship in the Clyde River in Scotland that this immediately reminded me of. It didn’t have much going on, it just transported sugar, it just got gently stuck on a sandbank, and it stinks of seagull shit, but it’s just this neat part of the local view, and I appreciate it.
Newfoundland strikes me as Canada's Isle of Wight in that way. Getting off the ferry from Portsmouth feels like stepping back in time to when both islands were ruled by the same country.
@@RareEarthSeries Ha ha! Okay. I'll bet you $100 to a favourite charity that you can't do it by June 21st, 2019. If you do a video on lining up for a bus that gets 1000 thumbs up within the first week the video is posted you win. If not you send $100 to the Calgary Food Bank. Let me know!
don't know if you're still around Newfoundland, Evan, but another ship story more than worth the telling is the Russian oligarch's yacht that got impounded in St. John's Harbour for health/safety reasons... and how Newfoundlanders rallied to accept and adopt the Russian crew who fled the ship for shore and were given jobs and homes and help by St. John's .... I don't know if he's still there, but I worked briefly at the big strip bar at the "west" (south) end of George St. back in 2012 for a week or two, and the cook in the bar's kitchen had been the ship's doctor.............nice guy. Really interesting story and more than worth a vlog from you. There's also a *really* interesting story from Labrador about a German submarine in the strait into Lake Melville where there had been a mutiny by hard-core Nazis who were on a mission to .... weird, but true, arrange some deteurium shipments to Germany from the US.... sorry don't have a link handy I'll come back with it....
@@GeneFraxby I was there in 2011-2012 so yeah, that's probably it... I didn't know its name. When I was there, though, there was a Russian tall ship in the harbour.... that was in 2009 on my first visit to St. John's though.
These types of stories honestly really captivate me. If there was a way I could learn the stories of every human that ever lived, I would be really happy to take that opportunity. It really feels filling to learn the stories of not great men, but commoners who were as insignificant to the world as I am.
wikipedia says: "Kyle is noteworthy for a number of rescues she had participated in; such as the search and recovery of the downed American plane Old Glory in 1927. She had also aided in the rescue of the sailors during the USS Pollux and USS Truxton disaster at Chambers Cove near St. Lawrence on February 18, 1942"
@@vasopel i knew about the pollux and truxton running aground on cliffs during bad weather, a tragedy. didnt know the kyle aided in rescue of the sailors, couldve been worth mentioning in the video
You should come visit Ireland, I swear every single back road has some story to it. Every field something happened in. There used to be 8 million people on this island and now there is only 4 million. So much history here.
a lovely looking old vessel and a testament to the skills and quality of manufacturing before everything became disposable. Even the mundane can be interesting if you take the time to investigate. I often see ppl say " geez my life and hometown are soooo boring" and others saying "i've always wanted to visit that town". A good analogy is seeing fishermen casting their lines out as far as possible but forgetting that the best fish are often right at their feet.
"The passengers of the Kyle weren't the names you'll learn in school, but I'll bet they were people worth knowing...". Damn. That's one of the simplest, yet most beautiful sentiments I've ever heard.
I would say the Victorians knew how to build things, but she's Edwardian... Although the people who built her were probably born under the reign of Victoria, so maybe I was correct originally!
I was just opening new videos from channels i'm subscribed to watch them later and the first one was "The ship that revolutionised naval warfare" and the second one was yours "The Boat that Didn't Change the World". Nice.
My Mum traveled from England to Labrador on the Kyle, in 1945 just after the end of WWII. She travelled on it several more times until the late fifties, & always spoke highly of it. We had the chance as a family while out for a drive, to see the Kyle, as you did, but back in the early 70s, sitting right where she currently lies! Somewhere I have a picture of Mum at sea on board, with a few travelling mates, & they are all full of smiles! Mum’s gone now, & part of the earth in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. She loved the sea, & to sail, right to the end. Keep making these great videos! Play carefully, be kind, & smile often!
Excellent job. You always do the stories worth telling. This is a story worth telling about all the stories that really aren't worth telling. Great events are few and far between, but the world isn't built on great events. It's built on the day to day work of regular people and machines; monotony personified. They do their work day in and day out, never really expecting greatness, but they are happy all the same. If they're lucky they get to be remembered by more than just their immediate family.....and I've started to sound like you a little. I don't want to take your job so I'll stop now. Keep up that hard daily work, because that's the work that actually matters.
Go to The Rock. Realize there's nothing going on there to make a video about. Find Boat. Make boat video. Make video about having no content for boat video. I'm messin' with you guys, solid job.
One of the best videos you've done by far. And it reminded me of what I love about this series; finding beauty and untold stories in the obscure corners of the world.
Its a great to see a story told without direct bias on either side. Just a story to tell is more than enough and its whats missing more and more in current times. As long as you do that people from every spectre will watch and enjoy your stories. Keep it up and all the best for all of you
There's nothing wrong with a ship that's seen no battles nor is the first or the best or the biggest, and I really like that you covered this little king of a harbor-landmark because, inevitably, there is always a story there. This channel and those that run it "get it" that every one you meet has a life as complicated and exciting and tragic as your own, and they go out of their way to share what would otherwise fade into obscurity. Favorite channel on youtube hands down.
Keep up the hard work! I can't tell you how long it's been since a series has left me chomping at the bit for more. The story telling is so unique it reminds me of the late Anthony Bourdain in creativity
As much as I like your filming, I like the narrative even better. It’s really amazing how you could just use the sound to create a great podcast. Keep up the good work! Cheers from Germany.
'Thanks Newfoundland, you have rocks' :D Great episode. Sometimes the best storytellers are the most unassuming, just like the best stories can come from an unassuming grass-covered ship. Without shouting or gesticulating to make yourself heard, you have the power to make people care about the world. This is rare.
More videos like this please, it was great to see the behind the scenes process of how the team pieces together these amazing videos. keep up the great work!
I moved away from Newfoundland when i was young, and in a way have felt robbed of my heritage, almost my entire family still lives there and nowhere else I've ever lived has or will fell like home or i belong. I've been up all night, crying and laughing watching you newfoundland videos and just wanted to say thank you for reminding me of home.
Wanted to write first. But as soon I refreshed I became 6st. In the vast scope of the internet, this particular comment had no chance to land first on a freshly uploaded episode of one of UA-cam's most intriguing channels. What does this tell to us? The inescapable reality of an internet users insignificance? This is Rare Earth.
I couldn't listen while he was on the fence (11:30), I was so afraid he might fall off. Except for that, my favourite video of a while :) Great story, both levels :) Thanks guys for letting us in on your story finding process!
A not boring ferry boat ship is the Yankee Ferry in Brooklyn's Gowanas Bay terminal. Own and crewed by a retired couple of very eccentric folks. It's been a pleasure cruiser, took folks into NYC from Ellis Island, WW1 gunboat, WW2 troop carrier, has had it's decks chopped open and backfilled with concrete, was almost sunk but for said pair of cooks not letting the US Army Corp of Engineers do so, and I've personally sang for a very lovely dinner on it's top deck.
In the museems, I have been to in Sweden, a lot of them focus on the everyday working men and women, rather than the grandiose generals and leaders. It is quite interesting actually :) .
I really enjoyed the mixture of "this is how we make a video" with the actual meat of your normal type of videos. Because in the end everything you discussed together found its way into the official script but its the rough around the edges , chill lighthearted sort of brain storming that we got to see that i think is a really nice counterbalance to a real video that depending where you are can sometimes get really heavy. Obviously for the S.S. Kyle not so much, but all in all a very nice vid!!
This seems very different, but also super familiar to my home in Southeast Alaska. The passenger ferry, the harsh landscape, the small towns on the water that depend on fishing, the weird landmarks, the honest, humble people.
You are always showing us things. Items that are often left over from a time that doesn't exist anymore. Sometimes it what you don't see, that's important. I was listening to a BBC story on the CBC. This guy was hiking the border between Southern Ireland, and Northern Ireland because of Briexit. As he hiked the kilometers, and he seen structures that had been made over the centuries. Some were abandon farm houses, or old walls. Others were thousand year old castles. Where every he looked, the landscape was littered with clues to people's past presence on the land. Then he notice things were missing. During the time of the Troubles, the border between the two Ireland was like a battle front. There towers, concrete bunkers, and fortified border stations. When he looked into it, he found that during the troubles, road were blocked by people putting large craters in them. When a crater was made, people came and filled them. Then the roads were blocked with large concrete blocks, and the people moved the blocks. They made the concrete blocks bigger, and they kept moving them until no one could move them. When the troubles ended, the people of Ireland just remove the artifacts of an ugly past. What they could not move, they buried. If you know were to look you can find some artifacts. Just becase you don't see something, it doesn't mean that there nothing there,
Been watching your videos and you got a new sub, I must say that I like the format and how they are done. I wonder on how a video about the 65th infantry regiment would be like, considering they where basically US colonial troops in Korea (and WWII).
wikipedia says: "Kyle is noteworthy for a number of rescues she had participated in; such as the search and recovery of the downed American plane Old Glory in 1927. She had also aided in the rescue of the sailors during the USS Pollux and USS Truxton disaster at Chambers Cove near St. Lawrence on February 18, 1942. "
There was a tree in the my backyard that I loved. it wasn't the best tree, the tallest tree but it was my world as a child. anything and everything has a story and I as a Australian now know about the SS... Kyle? - lol, I enjoyed this!
12:33 to the end: which one is Larry, which one is Moe and which one is Curly? (nyuk, nyuk, nyuk) I look forward to the next video because there is absolutely no way of knowing what you guys will get up to next. Big thumbs up!
a good take away could be that of all the ships lost at sea. Of all the families broken when fathers didnt return from the frozen unknown. This ship returned to remind us of the sacrifice. To stand erect as the tombstone of those memories forgotten, the pride of a long haul and the fortitude of a community carrying on. Simply, it is the past. The present. And the future.
bridging islands: the impact of fixed links by Geoffrey Baldacchino is one foundational book that changed the way I see the world (and maybe the Kyle).
My dad had a ticket on the Kyle to sail from St Anthony to St John's to "escape" from the outports to the big city, back in the day when sailing was the only way to escape from the outports... back when the family mode of transportation in the winter was by dog team or walk.
This Channel is so strange and I love it. I don't know the story behind it, but it seems like it was Chris Hadfield's channel that was overrun by this strange man with a drone who travels the world making video essays on location. It's nuts but they're all super interesting and with amazing production value. Like who are you strange man? Is this your job? Where is Hadfield?
Speaking from experience... even road dogs with only a backpack have some thing that to most is insignificant yet to them is the most valued item in their possession.
Any ship with an Icebreaking Hull is Cool. An Derelict 100+ year old British Iron Steamer with an Icebreaking Hull is Über Cool. Looks like a pretty awesome derelict ship! (Going to find the drawings now and look up those specs on S.S Kyle) Best Regards from Denmark.
That ship is not as obscure as you might think. A little research showed me that it's name was sent ringing down the the corridors of history in 1927 when it appeared on the front pages of newspapers around the world! It found the missing plane "Old Glory". Actually, it found a wing, the only piece of the plane ever found. "Old Glory" was attempting to be the first plane to fly across the Atlantic in 1927.
While you may be a "boring" guy, Evan, you have a talent for taking subjects which might seem boring on the surface and make them interesting. Never have I played one of your Rare Earth episodes and not watched it in its entirety.
I would say. If I were a ship, this would definatly be one of the better ways to go. That place seems pretty serene in the nice weather. Beats being chopped up by scrappers in the coast of bangladesh.
I like this different approach a lot. Regardless, you guys should visit Germany sometime. Not sure if it fits to your concept, since german history is not that rare, but theres so much of it on every corner.
Ich habe lange in Deutschland gewohnt und liebe ich Deutsch Geschichte, aber ich habe vor kurzem in Europa ein Season gemacht. Musst ich erste rund die ganze Welt eine mehr zeit, dann vielleicht Deutschland. Also, tut mir leid fur meine imperfekt Deutsch. Ich probiere nicht oft hier in Kanada und bin ich zu faul fur der Umlaut finden.
+Rare Earth Das ist sehr interessant zu hören! Wo hast du deine Zeit in Deutschland verbracht? Ich nehme an, du hast auf einer Airbase gewohnt? Eure Videos aus Albania, Armenia and Cambodia haben mir sehr gefallen, aber leider bin ich etwas langsam was das anschauen angeht. Ihr macht großartige Arbeit und zeigt sehr interessante, viel zu selten erzählte Geschichten und Perspektiven und das in sehr guter Qualität, ich kann eure Dokumentationen nicht genug loben. Macht weiter so, hört bitte nicht auf! Considering that you probably havent been in germany for ages, your german seems to be quite good actually. I as a german am too lazy for apostrophes as well, so dont worry about Umlaute! Honestly, i prefer these seldomly told, rare stories to german history, which everyone is more or less familiar with. Have fun in Canada and whereever youre heading next, im always thrilled for your coming up videos. Youre living the dream! Btw, ol'Kyle is definitly a ship, not a boat!
Loved the fact that the video felt more genuine to the actual "thinking process". Often times people get bogged down to the style rather than the actual thoughts behind it. Takes a while to filter condense thoughts into a script :)) and you lose a lot in the compression ^_^ PS. Kudos for not going for something like "The Butterfly Effect". That gets clicks, but the video would've been way too predictable and mind-numbing.
I'm a Newfoundlander and every year or so we get ice cream or milkshake in carbonear and then drive out to see it. Because it looks interesting in the harbour
Just outside the tiny tourist town of Eagle Nest, New Mexico, lie the blackened ruins of the towns first hotel. As tourism grows and the older industries of ranching and mining start to head in the same direction that trapping and logging went a half century ago, it seems like a symbol of a by-gone era. There's nothing really special about the hotel, or that town, and yet, both seem to represent the inexplicable legend that is that part of the nations' history. As a tourist kid passing by summer after summer, I saw it as all that remained of the Wild West that once encompassed the Sangre de Christo mountains. Just thought I'd share. Oh, and please support Eagle Nest tourism- after a year characterized by widespread wildfires, below-average snow fall, and rivers and lakes too low for rafting or fishing, they really need it.
I know if I'd pass by that ship and there was enough light I'd probably take the opportunity to take a photo (possibly multiple from a few angles further down the road)
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Very interesting video. However, one cannot be certain of anything that can change the world. Maybe not yet or perhaps in subtle ways unseen. It's possible that mere existence is a world changer.
Where abouts was she built in England?
@@pinsboy ,wikipedia says: "built by Swan, Hunter and Co. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England in 1913"
"Kyle is noteworthy for a number of rescues she had participated in; such as the search and recovery of the downed American plane Old Glory in 1927. She had also aided in the rescue of the sailors during the USS Pollux and USS Truxton disaster at Chambers Cove near St. Lawrence on February 18, 1942"
The title of this video should've been "Cool ship".
Haha I might change it. We debated the best title and that's pretty solid. I like that this one states exactly what the theme of the 'internal' episode is also trying to say, though.
I'd go for "Nice Boat".
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Morning rescue
"Kinda Maybe Cool Ship." Fun to watch the fun though.
@@norsktysker that 12 likes probably got the reference.
Executive produced by Chris Hadfield, but it's not his fault. Good one.
I think you may have missed the importance of this boat/ship and others like it to the very soul of the coastal communities of NFLD. For many communities, there were no roads in and out so these lumbering old freighters were their lifeline.
My home of Grand Manan, NB had a converted old WW2 corvette for passengers and freight when I was a kid. Freight and even cars were taken aboard by sling. Passengers had to walk up a gangplank. Our once a year trip on it to go on vacation are some of my fondest memories of my childhood. I believe it made 3 trips a week and could carry a max of 6-8 cars. Now we have 2 ferries in the summer that make a total of 7 trips a day and carry 60-80 cars/trip. It's just not the same anymore. There's no novelty in it.
That rotting old hulk of the SS Kyle brought back many memories and even a couple of tears of nostalgia for days long gone. Thank you Rare Earth.
This is the kind of region where if some kids vandalize a familiar piece of driftwood in a lake visible from the highway, it makes the local news. (True story.)
It's also the sort of region where somebody goes and cleans up that log.
And the kids are swiftly identified and dealt with by their parents...
@@GamesFromSpace I love that. I wonder every day how I can make my community more like that. I dream of vandalized driftwood making the news. The biggest struggle for me in building community is helping people be able to take part in it in the first place. It seems like everyone is incredibly busy in our modern world and that's the biggest hurdle. Getting people off drugs and into the community, getting them better jobs so they have time to spend on other people, and building robust community support networks are what I dream of. If we could all strive to be more like Newfoundland, the world would be a better place full of strong, happy people. I dream that one day we can make that a reality the world round.
@@saml7610 Y E S !
Sam L, agreed!
Local news stations, or journalism in any form really, can share stories that bring neighbors together to address problems and also celebrate the things that bind us together.
A graffitied park bench makes headline news in a small town while condos replacing a park does in a major city. They differ in scale but potentially not in how it affects each communitiy member. Holding “Concerts in the Park” could help the situation in both places.
I liked visiting Newfoundland. No it wasn’t glamorous. No it wasn’t filled with exotic history or big events or cathedrals or skyscrapers. But it had a lot of people who were just like this ship. Sturdy, honest, hard-working and real.
That's what I love about travelling through not so heavily populated areas.
You'll always find a story, and in my case. Visiting other Reservations or relatives living in the country of backwater towns in various states and provinces.
I find more stories and history from indigenous points of view.
Like two months ago, I went to California and went through Wyoming and Utah. Where we marvelled at the idea that European settlers went right through zones where many tribes wouldn't have gone through to get to the West coast.
No one probably really thinks of that
I just read your comment like it was an into to a rare earth video
This story reminds me of the abandoned ship at Jordan Harbour, Ontario. Clearly visible from the main highway between Toronto and Niagara Falls, it's in a wildly different context than Harbour Grace. But it's still turned into an unintentional landmark. I finally looked it up one day and, sadly, it didn't do battle with any German subs or save any Dutch princesses either. There are probably countless ships like it around the world, each not having done anything significant but still arousing the curiosity of passersby. There's something about abandoned ships from bygone eras that makes us wonder what went on in their heyday, how they got there, and why they've just been sitting in one spot for decades. And even if they were just mundane working vessels, they're still cool.
Great channel.
This ship was supposed to be a replica of one of Columbus' ships, if I remember correctly. It served as a restaurant for a while, then a sort of museum. The ship had eventually caught fire, about 15(?) years ago, and has been sitting there in shambles for many years now. Through the grapevine, the money coming in from the museum was not sustainable but the $3M insurance claim started to look good.
@@matthewmartel9295 One of Jacques Cartier's ships actually. It was originally a ferry and was converted to be a replica ship later in its life.
There’s an old abandoned merchant ship in the Clyde River in Scotland that this immediately reminded me of. It didn’t have much going on, it just transported sugar, it just got gently stuck on a sandbank, and it stinks of seagull shit, but it’s just this neat part of the local view, and I appreciate it.
Welcome to Newfoundland. Please remember to reset your watches to 1957.
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Newfoundland strikes me as Canada's Isle of Wight in that way. Getting off the ferry from Portsmouth feels like stepping back in time to when both islands were ruled by the same country.
The thing is, this gentleman is such a good storyteller that I'm sure he could engage us with an explanation
of lining up for a bus.
I'm gonna take that as a personal challenge, Stephen.
I came here to say "don't give him ideas!"... but now I look up, I see my warning has come too late!
@@RareEarthSeries I'll call you out if you never do it
can't wait
@@RareEarthSeries
Ha ha!
Okay. I'll bet you $100 to a favourite charity that you can't do it by June 21st, 2019. If you do a video on lining up for a bus that gets 1000 thumbs up within the first week the video is posted you win. If not you send $100 to the Calgary Food Bank.
Let me know!
You narrate so beautifully. Thank you for wonderful content. Love from Pakistan.
don't know if you're still around Newfoundland, Evan, but another ship story more than worth the telling is the Russian oligarch's yacht that got impounded in St. John's Harbour for health/safety reasons... and how Newfoundlanders rallied to accept and adopt the Russian crew who fled the ship for shore and were given jobs and homes and help by St. John's .... I don't know if he's still there, but I worked briefly at the big strip bar at the "west" (south) end of George St. back in 2012 for a week or two, and the cook in the bar's kitchen had been the ship's doctor.............nice guy. Really interesting story and more than worth a vlog from you.
There's also a *really* interesting story from Labrador about a German submarine in the strait into Lake Melville where there had been a mutiny by hard-core Nazis who were on a mission to .... weird, but true, arrange some deteurium shipments to Germany from the US.... sorry don't have a link handy I'll come back with it....
@@GeneFraxby I was there in 2011-2012 so yeah, that's probably it... I didn't know its name.
When I was there, though, there was a Russian tall ship in the harbour.... that was in 2009 on my first visit to St. John's though.
These types of stories honestly really captivate me. If there was a way I could learn the stories of every human that ever lived, I would be really happy to take that opportunity. It really feels filling to learn the stories of not great men, but commoners who were as insignificant to the world as I am.
Well at least it didn’t change the world In a bad way.
wikipedia says: "Kyle is noteworthy for a number of rescues she had participated in; such as the search and recovery of the downed American plane Old Glory in 1927. She had also aided in the rescue of the sailors during the USS Pollux and USS Truxton disaster at Chambers Cove near St. Lawrence on February 18, 1942"
@@vasopel i knew about the pollux and truxton running aground on cliffs during bad weather, a tragedy. didnt know the kyle aided in rescue of the sailors, couldve been worth mentioning in the video
@@ixxxxxxx ;-)
You should come visit Ireland, I swear every single back road has some story to it. Every field something happened in. There used to be 8 million people on this island and now there is only 4 million. So much history here.
a lovely looking old vessel and a testament to the skills and quality of manufacturing before everything became disposable. Even the mundane can be interesting if you take the time to investigate. I often see ppl say " geez my life and hometown are soooo boring" and others saying "i've always wanted to visit that town".
A good analogy is seeing fishermen casting their lines out as far as possible but forgetting that the best fish are often right at their feet.
Florida man wrecks ship
You continue to be the wholesome heart of UA-cam's educational channels. Amazing as ever x
It would be really cool to explore the inside of that ship and take some photos. Horribly unsafe, but cool.
Some stupid kid is gonna try sooner or later
"The passengers of the Kyle weren't the names you'll learn in school, but I'll bet they were people worth knowing...". Damn. That's one of the simplest, yet most beautiful sentiments I've ever heard.
Ya madmen actually turned a convo about an old ship into this. Respect
And you, the son of a pilot, walked right past the historic DC-3 without comment!
That might be another episode.
@@toolkit71 Nah I don't care for planes.
I noticed that too. The DC 3 and PBY Catalina were two of the greatest planes ever made IMO. I would love to take a ride in each.
He commented as they were driving up
You don't care for planes? So when will dad and Uncle Dave disown you?!
It’s in very good condition for 50 years of neglect
I would say the Victorians knew how to build things, but she's Edwardian... Although the people who built her were probably born under the reign of Victoria, so maybe I was correct originally!
They started giving it a coat of paint every now and then about 15-20 years ago.
Was looking pretty rough beforehand.
I was just opening new videos from channels i'm subscribed to watch them later and the first one was "The ship that revolutionised naval warfare" and the second one was yours "The Boat that Didn't Change the World". Nice.
Meanwhile that DC-3 saw action in WW2, the Koran war, Vietnam, and was used as a drug runner in central America back in the 80s.
My Mum traveled from England to Labrador on the Kyle,
in 1945 just after the end of WWII.
She travelled on it several more times until the late fifties,
& always spoke highly of it.
We had the chance as a family while out for a drive,
to see the Kyle, as you did, but back in the early 70s,
sitting right where she currently lies!
Somewhere I have a picture of Mum at sea on board,
with a few travelling mates, & they are all full of smiles!
Mum’s gone now, & part of the earth
in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island.
She loved the sea, & to sail, right to the end.
Keep making these great videos!
Play carefully, be kind, & smile often!
The episode should've been named REAL earth
Excellent job. You always do the stories worth telling. This is a story worth telling about all the stories that really aren't worth telling. Great events are few and far between, but the world isn't built on great events. It's built on the day to day work of regular people and machines; monotony personified. They do their work day in and day out, never really expecting greatness, but they are happy all the same. If they're lucky they get to be remembered by more than just their immediate family.....and I've started to sound like you a little. I don't want to take your job so I'll stop now. Keep up that hard daily work, because that's the work that actually matters.
Go to The Rock. Realize there's nothing going on there to make a video about. Find Boat. Make boat video. Make video about having no content for boat video.
I'm messin' with you guys, solid job.
I mean, you're not wrong.
One of the best videos you've done by far. And it reminded me of what I love about this series; finding beauty and untold stories in the obscure corners of the world.
Its a great to see a story told without direct bias on either side. Just a story to tell is more than enough and its whats missing more and more in current times. As long as you do that people from every spectre will watch and enjoy your stories. Keep it up and all the best for all of you
There's nothing wrong with a ship that's seen no battles nor is the first or the best or the biggest, and I really like that you covered this little king of a harbor-landmark because, inevitably, there is always a story there. This channel and those that run it "get it" that every one you meet has a life as complicated and exciting and tragic as your own, and they go out of their way to share what would otherwise fade into obscurity. Favorite channel on youtube hands down.
"thanks newfoundland, you have rocks" i died
Keep up the hard work! I can't tell you how long it's been since a series has left me chomping at the bit for more. The story telling is so unique it reminds me of the late Anthony Bourdain in creativity
Thanks, Evan. Have a good holiday.
As much as I like your filming, I like the narrative even better. It’s really amazing how you could just use the sound to create a great podcast. Keep up the good work! Cheers from Germany.
'Thanks Newfoundland, you have rocks' :D
Great episode. Sometimes the best storytellers are the most unassuming, just like the best stories can come from an unassuming grass-covered ship.
Without shouting or gesticulating to make yourself heard, you have the power to make people care about the world. This is rare.
More videos like this please, it was great to see the behind the scenes process of how the team pieces together these amazing videos. keep up the great work!
I moved away from Newfoundland when i was young, and in a way have felt robbed of my heritage, almost my entire family still lives there and nowhere else I've ever lived has or will fell like home or i belong. I've been up all night, crying and laughing watching you newfoundland videos and just wanted to say thank you for reminding me of home.
I really liked this half behind the scenes video, interesting to see how you put these videos together!
this guy just said "appreciate life, even the beauty in the mundane" better than bloody film It's a Wonderful Life!! Cheers!
Wanted to write first. But as soon I refreshed I became 6st. In the vast scope of the internet, this particular comment had no chance to land first on a freshly uploaded episode of one of UA-cam's most intriguing channels. What does this tell to us? The inescapable reality of an internet users insignificance? This is Rare Earth.
*6rd
@@legume7469 Haha you got me there
SPOT ON
That's meta as hell.
Lost my shit when I read '6st'
I couldn't listen while he was on the fence (11:30), I was so afraid he might fall off.
Except for that, my favourite video of a while :) Great story, both levels :) Thanks guys for letting us in on your story finding process!
we were all hoping for a little excitement there 😆
A not boring ferry boat ship is the Yankee Ferry in Brooklyn's Gowanas Bay terminal. Own and crewed by a retired couple of very eccentric folks. It's been a pleasure cruiser, took folks into NYC from Ellis Island, WW1 gunboat, WW2 troop carrier, has had it's decks chopped open and backfilled with concrete, was almost sunk but for said pair of cooks not letting the US Army Corp of Engineers do so, and I've personally sang for a very lovely dinner on it's top deck.
nice boat
In the museems, I have been to in Sweden, a lot of them focus on the everyday working men and women, rather than the grandiose generals and leaders. It is quite interesting actually :) .
you should come to jamaica, a lot of stories here to be told
come to brazil
Like ganja
"As ridiculous as that tiny town is" Ouch! I was born/raised in Hr Grace, true or not it's tough to hear that from an outside visitor lol..
Scott Mccarthy do you know any of the Chafes? Bud Chafe to be specific.
I really enjoyed the mixture of "this is how we make a video" with the actual meat of your normal type of videos. Because in the end everything you discussed together found its way into the official script but its the rough around the edges , chill lighthearted sort of brain storming that we got to see that i think is a really nice counterbalance to a real video that depending where you are can sometimes get really heavy. Obviously for the S.S. Kyle not so much, but all in all a very nice vid!!
This seems very different, but also super familiar to my home in Southeast Alaska. The passenger ferry, the harsh landscape, the small towns on the water that depend on fishing, the weird landmarks, the honest, humble people.
RIP drone
They made sure we'd see it's last shot! Lol
I love your channel. You inspire me to know and to create and to connect.
This is a cool way to explain how you find your stories.
I think this is a perfect way of doing things. I need to get writing about my trips out.
You are always showing us things. Items that are often left over from a time that doesn't exist anymore. Sometimes it what you don't see, that's important. I was listening to a BBC story on the CBC. This guy was hiking the border between Southern Ireland, and Northern Ireland because of Briexit. As he hiked the kilometers, and he seen structures that had been made over the centuries. Some were abandon farm houses, or old walls. Others were thousand year old castles. Where every he looked, the landscape was littered with clues to people's past presence on the land. Then he notice things were missing. During the time of the Troubles, the border between the two Ireland was like a battle front. There towers, concrete bunkers, and fortified border stations. When he looked into it, he found that during the troubles, road were blocked by people putting large craters in them. When a crater was made, people came and filled them. Then the roads were blocked with large concrete blocks, and the people moved the blocks. They made the concrete blocks bigger, and they kept moving them until no one could move them. When the troubles ended, the people of Ireland just remove the artifacts of an ugly past. What they could not move, they buried. If you know were to look you can find some artifacts. Just becase you don't see something, it doesn't mean that there nothing there,
11:53 "You don't have to be the first and the biggest to be cool" *continues to fall off of the railing
My weekly secular sermon!
"The story here is that there is no story here"
-Seinfeld and SS Kyle
Nice with a change of perspective. Love this channel!
still watching, most enjoyable episode yet
that's 14 mins of my life ill never have back
"Thanks Newfoundland, you have rocks." Nice one
Been watching your videos and you got a new sub, I must say that I like the format and how they are done. I wonder on how a video about the 65th infantry regiment would be like, considering they where basically US colonial troops in Korea (and WWII).
wikipedia says: "Kyle is noteworthy for a number of rescues she had participated in; such as the search and recovery of the downed American plane Old Glory in 1927. She had also aided in the rescue of the sailors during the USS Pollux and USS Truxton disaster at Chambers Cove near St. Lawrence on February 18, 1942. "
So when the roadtrip stops without warning; i dont have my shoes on either, so i hit 'like' just for that.
Cool ship for the rest of the 12 minutes.
There was a tree in the my backyard that I loved. it wasn't the best tree, the tallest tree but it was my world as a child. anything and everything has a story and I as a Australian now know about the SS... Kyle? - lol, I enjoyed this!
Maybe Newfoundland doesn't rock, but it sure has them.
12:33 to the end: which one is Larry, which one is Moe and which one is Curly? (nyuk, nyuk, nyuk)
I look forward to the next video because there is absolutely no way of knowing what you guys will get up to next. Big thumbs up!
How are you able to turn a withering ship into a lesson of appreciating and looking closer into seemingly mundane objects? I love it!
Went to harbour grace a couple summers ago and it was really peaceful. Not quite barren as central but a nice rest from the town.
loved the video! very interesting showing the behind the scenes.
imo
Good vid as always.
really nicely done.
imo
I made my living as a writer for 38 years and really dug the story you told.
a good take away could be that of all the ships lost at sea. Of all the families broken when fathers didnt return from the frozen unknown.
This ship returned to remind us of the sacrifice. To stand erect as the tombstone of those memories forgotten, the pride of a long haul and the fortitude of a community carrying on.
Simply, it is the past. The present. And the future.
Wow. That boat, despite what it may seem, really didn't change the world! Incredible!
"Nobody is flying across the planet just for this town, or this ship"... "except us."
bridging islands: the impact of fixed links by Geoffrey Baldacchino is one foundational book that changed the way I see the world (and maybe the Kyle).
My dad had a ticket on the Kyle to sail from St Anthony to St John's to "escape" from the outports to the big city, back in the day when sailing was the only way to escape from the outports... back when the family mode of transportation in the winter was by dog team or walk.
This Channel is so strange and I love it. I don't know the story behind it, but it seems like it was Chris Hadfield's channel that was overrun by this strange man with a drone who travels the world making video essays on location. It's nuts but they're all super interesting and with amazing production value. Like who are you strange man? Is this your job? Where is Hadfield?
Sometimes stories aren't the ones we expect.
I'd say it's pretty Rare Earth.
eric cheeke now internet famous
Speaking from experience... even road dogs with only a backpack have some thing that to most is insignificant yet to them is the most valued item in their possession.
If I'm ever rich enough, I'll fly across to Newfoundland just to see the Kyle
The ship has a poem! Search "Smokeroom on the Kyle"
You had me at "Boat"
Any ship with an Icebreaking Hull is Cool. An Derelict 100+ year old British Iron Steamer with an Icebreaking Hull is Über Cool.
Looks like a pretty awesome derelict ship! (Going to find the drawings now and look up those specs on S.S Kyle) Best Regards from Denmark.
Ahh, but you see? You don't drive through the country side in Newfoundland. In Newfoundland, you drive " 'round the bay".
Would love to see you guys do a piece of Gobekli Tepe or ancient Sumatra. No good docs on the politics and true history
SUMERIA!! I meant SUMERIA!
That ship is not as obscure as you might think. A little research showed me that it's name was sent ringing down the the corridors of history in 1927 when it appeared on the front pages of newspapers around the world! It found the missing plane "Old Glory". Actually, it found a wing, the only piece of the plane ever found. "Old Glory" was attempting to be the first plane to fly across the Atlantic in 1927.
While you may be a "boring" guy, Evan, you have a talent for taking subjects which might seem boring on the surface and make them interesting. Never have I played one of your Rare Earth episodes and not watched it in its entirety.
I would say. If I were a ship, this would definatly be one of the better ways to go.
That place seems pretty serene in the nice weather.
Beats being chopped up by scrappers in the coast of bangladesh.
I like this different approach a lot. Regardless, you guys should visit Germany sometime. Not sure if it fits to your concept, since german history is not that rare, but theres so much of it on every corner.
Ich habe lange in Deutschland gewohnt und liebe ich Deutsch Geschichte, aber ich habe vor kurzem in Europa ein Season gemacht. Musst ich erste rund die ganze Welt eine mehr zeit, dann vielleicht Deutschland.
Also, tut mir leid fur meine imperfekt Deutsch. Ich probiere nicht oft hier in Kanada und bin ich zu faul fur der Umlaut finden.
+Rare Earth Das ist sehr interessant zu hören! Wo hast du deine Zeit in Deutschland verbracht? Ich nehme an, du hast auf einer Airbase gewohnt? Eure Videos aus Albania, Armenia and Cambodia haben mir sehr gefallen, aber leider bin ich etwas langsam was das anschauen angeht. Ihr macht großartige Arbeit und zeigt sehr interessante, viel zu selten erzählte Geschichten und Perspektiven und das in sehr guter Qualität, ich kann eure Dokumentationen nicht genug loben. Macht weiter so, hört bitte nicht auf!
Considering that you probably havent been in germany for ages, your german seems to be quite good actually. I as a german am too lazy for apostrophes as well, so dont worry about Umlaute! Honestly, i prefer these seldomly told, rare stories to german history, which everyone is more or less familiar with. Have fun in Canada and whereever youre heading next, im always thrilled for your coming up videos. Youre living the dream!
Btw, ol'Kyle is definitly a ship, not a boat!
Loved the fact that the video felt more genuine to the actual "thinking process".
Often times people get bogged down to the style rather than the actual thoughts behind it. Takes a while to filter condense thoughts into a script :)) and you lose a lot in the compression ^_^
PS. Kudos for not going for something like "The Butterfly Effect". That gets clicks, but the video would've been way too predictable and mind-numbing.
I rly love this series
Happy Holidays
So you guys just drive around looking for stuff to film, and when you find it you just made a video out of it?
It's all about the drone footage!!!
"It's a ship, Francesco."
They should plant a flower garden on top of it, that’ll bring in more tourists and look really cool, though it wouldn’t be totally natural.
Wait so what was the story of the airplane?
is that the surprise video coming next year? lol
I'm a Newfoundlander and every year or so we get ice cream or milkshake in carbonear and then drive out to see it. Because it looks interesting in the harbour
Just outside the tiny tourist town of Eagle Nest, New Mexico, lie the blackened ruins of the towns first hotel. As tourism grows and the older industries of ranching and mining start to head in the same direction that trapping and logging went a half century ago, it seems like a symbol of a by-gone era. There's nothing really special about the hotel, or that town, and yet, both seem to represent the inexplicable legend that is that part of the nations' history. As a tourist kid passing by summer after summer, I saw it as all that remained of the Wild West that once encompassed the Sangre de Christo mountains.
Just thought I'd share.
Oh, and please support Eagle Nest tourism- after a year characterized by widespread wildfires, below-average snow fall, and rivers and lakes too low for rafting or fishing, they really need it.
I know if I'd pass by that ship and there was enough light I'd probably take the opportunity to take a photo (possibly multiple from a few angles further down the road)