The Caribbean Sea Was Hiding This For 10,000 Years
About this episode
The episode discusses the historical significance of the Kalinago people's knowledge of the Caribbean Sea and a recent scientific confirmation of their beliefs.
Three hundred years before a research submersible descended into the waters off Dominica, the Kalinago people had already named what lived there. They called it oualie wouri — the water that does not return. European missionaries filed it under superstition. In March 2026, a deep-sea expedition confirmed it was science.
Topics covered
- Kalinago culture
- deep-sea exploration
- Caribbean history
- superstition vs science
- marine biology
Keywords
- Kalinago
- Caribbean Sea
- deep-sea expedition
- oualie wouri
- marine life
- history
- superstition
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