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Originally Posted by Roughneck
The passengers of the Carlson got into lifeboats, then some got onto ice floes after, rather than the sinking ship maneuvering and docking with an iceberg.
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Assuming you mean "Carson"
I had a cousin on that ship and they absolutely didn't watch that ship go down siting on thin ice as there was no ice flow because it was early summer, from her recollection after the collision the captain ordered full stop and while taking on water he ordered full reverse to get close to the very burg that the 350 ft ship hit, you're right about using the lifeboats to transfer everyone off the boat. but that's common sense to use lifeboats as that would be a tough jump from a large ship onto an iceburg, fortunately the weather was nice because she waited 5 hours to be rescued.