Stephanie Barczewski

I don't know fully whether it's true or not.

I don't know fully whether it's true or not.

The baker on the Titanic, what he does, and maybe because he does have a sense of what awaits him, is he starts drinking. And so he is able to actually survive in the water for a lot longer because he's basically put this antifreeze in his blood.

The baker on the Titanic, what he does, and maybe because he does have a sense of what awaits him, is he starts drinking. And so he is able to actually survive in the water for a lot longer because he's basically put this antifreeze in his blood.

You know, maybe your doctor would know this better than I do, but apparently alcohol, for all that it's not good for us, right, it is a natural antifreeze. And so he survives in the water for like 45 minutes and then is pulled out, right, of the water and actually does manage to survive.

You know, maybe your doctor would know this better than I do, but apparently alcohol, for all that it's not good for us, right, it is a natural antifreeze. And so he survives in the water for like 45 minutes and then is pulled out, right, of the water and actually does manage to survive.

They do come in for criticism. You know, so there are these upper class British people. When they're in the lifeboat, the crew members start talking about how they've lost everything, right? They've lost basically all their possessions, all their uniforms.

They do come in for criticism. You know, so there are these upper class British people. When they're in the lifeboat, the crew members start talking about how they've lost everything, right? They've lost basically all their possessions, all their uniforms.

And so I think in a gesture that was genuinely meant to be a gesture of goodwill, they do give everyone in the lifeboat five pounds each to replace their lost possessions. It then looks like afterwards that somehow they were paying off the crew members not to tell something nefarious, right? That it happened sort of in the lifeboat.

And so I think in a gesture that was genuinely meant to be a gesture of goodwill, they do give everyone in the lifeboat five pounds each to replace their lost possessions. It then looks like afterwards that somehow they were paying off the crew members not to tell something nefarious, right? That it happened sort of in the lifeboat.

When the lifeboats are launched, most of them are not full. Some of the ones close to the end are pretty full, but most of them are not full. There's lots of seats in them. So those lifeboats are launched. They row away from the wreck because they're afraid of the suction. There is, in fact, very little suction when the ship goes down, but they're afraid of suction when the ship goes down.

When the lifeboats are launched, most of them are not full. Some of the ones close to the end are pretty full, but most of them are not full. There's lots of seats in them. So those lifeboats are launched. They row away from the wreck because they're afraid of the suction. There is, in fact, very little suction when the ship goes down, but they're afraid of suction when the ship goes down.

So they row away from the wreck. And the other thing they're afraid of is that there's hundreds of screaming people in the water who... are trying to get into a lifeboat, and there's empty places in these lifeboats. Some of the lifeboats are a third full. And so the lifeboats are then in the dilemma of, do we go back and try to rescue people actually in the water?

So they row away from the wreck. And the other thing they're afraid of is that there's hundreds of screaming people in the water who... are trying to get into a lifeboat, and there's empty places in these lifeboats. Some of the lifeboats are a third full. And so the lifeboats are then in the dilemma of, do we go back and try to rescue people actually in the water?

I think we would all like to think that of course those lifeboats went back and they picked up people because that's what you do. Well, they didn't. The lifeboats stayed exactly where they were because they're afraid of getting swamped, right? They're afraid that if they go back, so many people are gonna be trying to get the lifeboat that it's gonna sink the lifeboat.

I think we would all like to think that of course those lifeboats went back and they picked up people because that's what you do. Well, they didn't. The lifeboats stayed exactly where they were because they're afraid of getting swamped, right? They're afraid that if they go back, so many people are gonna be trying to get the lifeboat that it's gonna sink the lifeboat.

I think it's very difficult for people, even if somebody in the lifeboat was having a kind of twinge of moral conscience, or even if they were thinking, oh, I really want to go try to rescue my husband, you know, the other people in the boat are going to say, no, we're not going to do that. And it's very hard, right, for one person to kind of convince a group to do something.

I think it's very difficult for people, even if somebody in the lifeboat was having a kind of twinge of moral conscience, or even if they were thinking, oh, I really want to go try to rescue my husband, you know, the other people in the boat are going to say, no, we're not going to do that. And it's very hard, right, for one person to kind of convince a group to do something.

He fairly heroically gets them to kind of lean one way or the other, keeps the thing afloat until most of them A few of them, I think, die because it's so difficult to stay on there, but he saves most of those men.

He fairly heroically gets them to kind of lean one way or the other, keeps the thing afloat until most of them A few of them, I think, die because it's so difficult to stay on there, but he saves most of those men.