How the Dutch solved an (almost) Impossible Problem

✨ We're hiring writers/editors! E-mail us at [email protected] The ocean has been friend and foe for as The Netherlands exist. The Dutch have long used their ingenuity to manage the water, but a perfect storm in 1916 prompted them to embark on the most ambitious project to date: to reclaim the Zuider Sea. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HindsightYT (starting at $2 per month) FULL TRANSCRIPT + SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W--PtYvYeswPuruf3stqyjDxSAByZOuz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116393133462297140352&rtpof=true&sd=true MAIN SOURCES: Canon van Flevoland (Canon Van Nederland): https://www.canonvannederland.nl/nl/flevoland/flevoland De inpolderingshistorie (Stichting Polder Pioniers): https://www.stichtingpolderpioniers.nl/inpolderingshistorie/ Ontgonnen verleden (WUR): https://edepot.wur.nl/144249 #TheNetherlands #History #Flevoland