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A MYSTERIOUS LEAK
ON A CRUISE SHIP...

I SAW HOW QUICKLY
MY CABIN WAS FILLING UP.

LEAVES PASSENGERS AND CREW...

DAMN IT!

SCRAMBLING
TO SURVIVE IN ANTARCTICA.

THINGS HAVE GONE
FROM REALLY BAD TO REALLY WORSE.

I NEED THAT POWER
BACK ON NOW!

IT'S A RACE
AGAINST TIME.

YOU'RE HELPLESS
AT THAT POINT.

ABANDON SHIP,
ABANDON SHIP.

WE ASSUMED THAT THE SHIP
WAS ABOUT TO FLIP OVER.

I DID THINK
I WAS GONNA DIE.

AND 154 PEOPLE ARE
AT THE MERCY OF A DEADLY SEA.

MY FEELING WAS VERY MUCH

THIS, THIS IS IT,
WE CAN GO TOGETHER.

THE PASSENGERS HAD
LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO LIVE.

-ABANDON SHIP!
-AH!

GO!

IT'S EARLY EVENING
NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD.

THE PASSENGER SHIP MV EXPLORER
IS 11 DAYS INTO AN 18-DAY TRIP.

BUT THIS IS NO LUXURY VOYAGE.

THE 240-FOOT VESSEL IS
ON AN ADVENTURE CRUISE

HEADING FOR THE CONTINENT
OF ANTARCTICA.

91 TOURISTS ON
THE LIBERIAN-FLAGGED EXPLORER

HAVE PAID UP TO
16,000 U.S. DOLLARS--

A SMALL PRICE PERHAPS
FOR WHAT PROMISES TO BE

THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME.

ELI CHARNE HAS COME
FROM CALIFORNIA.

I HAD WANTED TO GO
TO ANTARCTICA FOR YEARS,

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT
IT WAS SOMETHING

THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE
FOR REGULAR PEOPLE TO DO.

I THOUGHT JUST, LIKE,
SCIENTISTS COULD DO THAT.

DOREEN HORWOOD HAILS
FROM KENT IN ENGLAND.

THE EXPLORER
WAS A REALLY LOVELY SHIP.

SHE WAS SMALL AND COMFORTABLE,

AND AS SOON AS YOU
GOT ON THE SHIP

YOU FELT COMPLETELY AT HOME,

AND IT WAS JUST THE MOST AMAZING
SHIP I'VE EVER BEEN ON.

THE MV EXPLORER WAS
BUILT FOR POLAR SIGHTSEEING.

IT'S AN ICE-CLASS VESSEL
OUTFITTED WITH A DOUBLE BOTTOM

TO PROVIDE EXTRA PROTECTION
AGAINST FLOATING ICE

THAT MIGHT PUNCTURE THE HULL.

IT ALLOWS THE EXPLORER
TO VENTURE

WHERE FEW CRUISE SHIPS CAN GO.

BECAUSE EXPLORER WAS
SO CLOSE TO THE WATER,

YOU FELT SO MUCH A PART OF
THE EARTH AROUND YOU, REALLY.

AND YOU JUST LOOK
AND YOU'RE JUST,

WOW, WELL, THAT IS JUST THE MOST
AMAZING THING I'VE EVER SEEN.

AND THIS IS WHY I'VE COME.

BUT FOR THE CREW,
SAILING HERE IS RISKY BUSINESS.

WEATHER CONDITIONS
CAN CHANGE QUICKLY,

BRINGING STORMS AND ROUGH SEAS.

VAST ICE FIELDS CAN CLOSE IN
AROUND THE SHIP

AND FORCE IT TO A STANDSTILL,
OR WORSE, TEAR THROUGH THE HULL.

CHRIS HEARN IS A MASTER MARINER
AND AN EXPERT IN ICE NAVIGATION.

THE OTHER THING
ABOUT THE ANTARCTIC, OF COURSE,

IS THAT IT'S NOT ONLY THE ICE,

IT'S THE REMOTENESS
OF THE LOCATION.

THE INABILITY TO ACCESS
SEARCH AND RESCUE

OR RESPONSE RESOURCES.

BECAUSE IF YOU DO
RUN INTO TROUBLE,

YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN UNTIL
SOMEBODY GETS TO HELP YOU,

AND THAT MAY BE QUITE SOME TIME.

TO AVOID DISASTER,

THE BRIDGE TEAM MUST BE
CONSTANTLY ON THE LOOKOUT,

READY TO RESPOND
TO A SUDDEN EMERGENCY.

HOW'S IT LOOKING
THIS EVENING?

SO FAR, SO GOOD, SIR.

CAPTAIN BENGT WIMAN
IS THE MASTER ON THIS TRIP.

HE HAS MORE THAN
25 YEARS' EXPERIENCE

SAILING THE ICY WATERS
OF THE BALTIC SEA,

OFF THE COAST OF SWEDEN.

NEVER GET TIRED
OF THAT SIGHT.

PETER SVENSSON
WAS THE CHIEF OFFICER

AND SECOND IN COMMAND.

EXPLORER,
SHE ALWAYS WENT TO THE PLACES

WHERE NONE OTHER
CRUISE SHIPS WENT TO.

AND THAT'S WHY I ACTUALLY WANTED
TO GO INTO THIS KIND OF BUSINESS

BECAUSE YOU, YOU SEE THINGS
AND LEARN A LOT.

THIS TIME, THE
EXPEDITION IS TRACING THE ROUTE

SAILED BY EARLY 20th CENTURY
EXPLORER ERNEST SHACKLETON.

HIS SHIP, THE ENDURANCE,
BECAME TRAPPED,

FORCING HIS EXPEDITION
TO SURVIVE ON ANTARCTIC ICE

FOR NEARLY 15 MONTHS,

WHEN THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE
TO FIND OPEN WATER

AND ESCAPE IN LIFEBOATS.

THE VOYAGE BEGAN IN ARGENTINA,

WITH STOPS AT THE FALKLANDS

AND SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND.

BUT FOR MANY,
TOMORROW PROMISES TO BE

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE TRIP--

A LANDING ON
THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA ITSELF.

FOR GEORGIE HALE AND HER HUSBAND
CLIVE, THE TRIP IS BITTERSWEET.

MY HUSBAND WAS DIAGNOSED

WITH AN INCURABLE FORM
OF BLOOD CANCER.

AND WE MADE A VERY CONSCIOUS
DECISION AT THAT POINT

THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE
EVERY MINUTE WE'D GOT

AND PACK IT FULL OF
AS MANY THINGS AS WE COULD.

THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
WAS OUR GOAL.

TO GET THERE,

THE CREW MUST RUN A GAUNTLET
OF ICY WATERS.

HERE'S THE LATEST
ICE REPORTS.

DETAILED ICE REPORTS
AND RADAR HELP THE BRIDGE CREW

AVOID AREAS TOO FROZEN
FOR NAVIGATION,

WHILE STILL CHARTING A COURSE

THAT GIVES PASSENGERS
A GOOD SHOW.

YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH
MORE ICE IS THERE,

IS THERE MORE ICE
JUST OVER THE HORIZON?

I'M SEEING WHAT'S
IN FRONT OF ME.

YOU'RE ALWAYS WATCHING OUT,
YOUR RADARS ARE ON,

THE OFFICERS ON THE BRIDGE ARE
WATCHING OUT CONTINUOUSLY,

THERE'S A LOOKOUT WATCHING OUT,

BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T SEE
WHAT'S IN THE WATER,

IT'S TOTALLY DARK.

THE CAPTAIN
HAS A PROBLEM.

I DON'T THINK
WE'LL GET THEM

ALL THE WAY TO
THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA.

NOT WITH THIS ICE.

IT'S DISAPPOINTING,

BUT CAPTAIN WIMAN COMES UP
WITH A PROMISING ALTERNATIVE.

IT LOOKS LIKE
PENGUIN ISLAND WILL WORK.

THAT'S NOT
A BAD OPTION AT ALL.

THERE'S A LOT TO SEE THERE, SIR.

BETTER TELL
THE PASSENGERS.

PENGUIN ISLAND
IS A GOOD PLAN B.

IT'S CLOSE TO
THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA,

AND HAS PLENTY OF WILDLIFE.

THANKS!
HERE'S TO YOU, YOU, AND YOU.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
A BIT OF AN UPDATE FOR YOU GUYS.

THE CAPTAIN GAVE US
A BRIEFING THAT EVENING,

AND WE WERE GONNA BE GOING
THROUGH HEAVY SEA ICE,

AND SO HE WAS JUST GIVING US
A WARNING ABOUT THAT.

SO YOU SHOULD
EXPECT SOME NOISE.

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

I RECOMMEND EARPLUGS.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

NOISE? HA HA!

MAYBE IT WILL DROWN OUT
MY HUSBAND!

LATER THAT EVENING,

PASSENGER DOREEN HORWOOD
PAYS A VISIT TO THE BRIDGE.

HI THERE.
AM I OKAY IN HERE?

GOOD EVENING,
COME ON IN.

I'VE GOT A SPOT
FOR YOU RIGHT HERE.

THANKS.

STEADY ON THIS COURSE.

SHE'S TAKING ADVANTAGE

OF THE EXPLORER'S
OPEN-BRIDGE POLICY.

FOR THE PASSENGERS,
VERY EXCITING,

BECAUSE THEY GOT TO FEEL
A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED

IN THE OPERATION AND
SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

WHAT ARE THE CREW INVOLVED IN?
WHAT ARE THE OFFICERS DOING?

YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THEY
MAKING A DECISION?

AS DOREEN LOOKS ON,

THE SHIP BEGINS ENCOUNTERING
MORE AND MORE ICE.

I THINK WE NEED
THE SEARCHLIGHTS NOW.

WE'RE COMING INTO AN ICE FIELD.

REDUCING SPEED.

I'M GOING TO CALL THE CAPTAIN.

THE CREW HAS STRICT
INSTRUCTIONS TO CALL THE CAPTAIN

IF THEY ENTER AN ICE FIELD.

CAPTAIN, WE'RE COMING
INTO SOME ICE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP NOW?

WE TRY TO AVOID ICE
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

BUT YOU CAN'T AVOID ALL OF IT.

MOSTLY CAPTAIN WAS DRIVING, HE
HAD THE MOST EXPERIENCE WITH IT.

ALRIGHT, I HAVE THE CON.

YOU HAVE THE CON, CAPTAIN.

IT LOOKS LIKE
WE'RE HEADING

INTO SOME FIRST-YEAR ICE.

FIRST-YEAR ICE
HAS HAD UP TO A YEAR

TO THICKEN AND HARDEN.

THE SHIP CAN HANDLE IT.

IT'S WHAT THE CAPTAIN CAN'T SEE
THAT CONCERNS HIM.

YOUR MAIN CONCERN
ABOUT THE TYPE OF ICE

YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER.

THE DANGEROUS, SMALL PIECES
OF REALLY HARD GLACIAL ICE,

THAT COMPACTED ICE
THAT'S LIKE CONCRETE.

YOU MIGHT BE STUCK IN AMONGST
SOME GLACIAL ICE THAT'S HIDDEN.

BRING HER FIVE DEGREES
TO PORT, PLEASE.

YOU PICK AN AREA WHERE
THE ICE SEEMS TO BE THE LOOSEST.

AND THIS IS WHERE YOU
WILL MANEUVER IN SLOWLY.

KEEP HER STEADY
ON THIS COURSE FOR NOW.

THEY'LL HAVE TO CROSS
NINE MILES OF ICE

TO REACH OPEN WATER AGAIN.

WHILE HER HUSBAND RESTS BELOW,

PASSENGER GEORGIE HALE WATCHES
THEIR PROGRESS FROM THE DECK.

MY GOD,
THIS CAPTAIN'S

EARNING HIS MONEY TONIGHT.

I'D GOT MY VIDEO CAMERA,
BECAUSE I WAS FILMING

THIS INCREDIBLE CREAKING
AND GROANING SOUND

AS THE ICE OPENS.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS.

I'VE PANNED THE CAMERA
BEHIND ME,

AND YOU COULD SEE SOLID ICE.

IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
TO BELIEVE

THAT YOU'D COME THROUGH IT.

AS THEY PLOW
THROUGH THE ICE FIELD,

THE NOISE IN THE LOWER DECKS
IS DEAFENING.

I WANTED TO DO WHAT
I COULD TO GET SOME SLEEP.

SO FOR THE FIRST TIME ON
THE TRIP, I PUT ON SOME EARPLUGS

TO TRY TO MAKE SURE I'D BE
READY FOR THE NEXT DAY.

ON THE BRIDGE,
DOREEN WATCHES THE CAPTAIN

MAKE HIS WAY THROUGH THE ICE.

AS I WAS STANDING BACK,
JUST TAKING SOME PHOTOGRAPHS,

IT WAS MAKING QUITE
A LOT OF NOISE,

IT WAS QUITE A LOT OF SCRAPING.

PROGRESS IS SLOW.

YOU WANT TO JUST
SLOWLY ALTER COURSE,

LET THE VESSEL WORK
WITH THE ICE.

TWO HOURS LATER,

THEY'RE FINALLY
APPROACHING OPEN WATER.

WE'RE NEARLY THROUGH.

TRY TO KEEP STEADY.

YOU COULD SEE
THE BLACK OF CLEAR WATER.

AND I VERY MUCH HAD
THE IMPRESSION

THAT THE CAPTAIN
WAS THINKING, RIGHT,

LET'S BANG OUR WAY
THROUGH THIS LAST BIT OF ICE

AND THEN WE'RE INTO CLEAR WATER.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE,
THE WAY HE'S DONE IT,

YEAH, HE'S REALLY GOING FOR IT,
THIS GUY.

BELOW IN HIS CABIN,
ELI CHARNE CAN'T SLEEP.

YOU'D GET THIS,
THIS SCRAPING, KNOCKING

AS THE ICE RAN ALONG
THE SIDE OF THE SHIP,

AND YOU COULD ACTUALLY
FEEL THE VIBRATIONS

AS IT WENT SCRAPING,
BUMPING ALONG.

THEN SOMETHING ODD HAPPENS.

MY FINGERS WERE
IN THIS LITTLE GAP

BETWEEN THE HEAD OF THE BED
AND, AND THE WALL OF THE CABIN,

AND THE WALL
OF THE CABIN FLEXED,

AND IT STARTED PINCHING MY
FINGERS, AND IT STARTED TO HURT.

OW.

AND I GO TO TURN ON
MY READING LIGHT,

WHICH WAS RIGHT THERE
AT THE HEAD OF MY CABIN,

AND I TOUCH IT, AND IT'S WET.

AND I PUT MY HAND
AGAINST THE WALL,

AND THERE'S WATER
COURSING DOWN THE WALL,

RUNNING OVER MY FINGERS,
ICE-COLD WATER.

ELI LEAPS OUT OF BED
INTO A FRIGID POOL OF WATER.

TURN ON THE LIGHT,
TURN ON THE LIGHT!

THE CABIN FLOOR IS FLOODED

AND THE WATER IS RISING.

WHAT DO WE DO?

ON THE MV EXPLORER,

PASSENGER ELI CHARNE'S CABIN IS
FILLING WITH FREEZING WATER.

SO AT THE MOMENT I'M
THINKING, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?

WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON THE SHIP,
THEY HAD A BRIEFING

WHERE THEY TALKED
ABOUT LIFEBOATS,

AND THEY WARNED US THAT
THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY BUTTON

IN THE ROOM AND TO MAKE SURE
NOT TO PRESS IT BY ACCIDENT.

I'M THINKING, OH, NOW'S THE TIME
TO USE THE EMERGENCY BUTTON.

SO I REACH OVER AND
I START PUSHING IT.

ABOVE, THE BRIDGE CREW
SPOTS THE ALARM.

WE'VE GOT
A PASSENGER ALARM, CAPTAIN.

YEAH, SOMEONE PROBABLY
HIT IT BY ACCIDENT AGAIN.

THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.

PLEASE GO TO THE 300 LEVEL, SEE
WHAT'S SETTING OFF THAT ALARM.

ARRIVING BELOW,
THE CREWMEN DISCOVER

THEY'VE GOT A FULL-BLOWN
EMERGENCY ON THEIR HANDS.

UH, I THINK THE WATER'S
COMING IN FROM BEHIND THAT WALL.

CAPTAIN!

IT WAS FILLING UP VERY
QUICKLY, AND I WAS FREEZING,

I WAS SHIVERING,
AND I HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE.

YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T TIME
TO THINK ABOUT BEING SCARED.

-CAPTAIN.
-GO AHEAD.

THERE'S A LOT
OF WATER IN HERE, SIR.

TASTE IT.

SIR?

TELL ME IF
IT'S SALT WATER.

IF IT'S FRESHWATER, OKAY,
MAYBE WE KNOCKED A PIPE LOOSE.

THAT'S OKAY,
WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT.

IT'S AN INCONVENIENCE.

BUT IF YOU CAN TASTE SALT WATER
ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR SHIP,

YOU'VE GOT A HOLE.

YEAH, YEAH,
IT'S SALT WATER, SIR.

COPY.

DAMAGE CONTROL TEAM TO DECK 3.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

ALL PASSENGERS PLEASE ASSEMBLE
IN THE PENGUIN LOUNGE

IN WARM CLOTHING
AND LIFE JACKETS.

AT THE TIME THAT
THE ANNOUNCEMENT WENT OUT,

THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF
WHAT HAD GONE WRONG AT ALL.

WE JUST HEADED FOR
THE MUSTER STATION.

EVERYBODY WAS THERE
QUITE QUICKLY.

AND IT WASN'T UNTIL
WE GOT THERE AND MET UP

WITH ONE OF THE PASSENGERS
WHO HAD RAISED THE ALARM

THAT WE KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

WHAT HAPPENED?
YOU'RE WET!

WELL, MY ENTIRE CABIN
IS FLOODED.

THE SHIP COULD BE SINKING.

WHAT?

FLOODED?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN FLOODED?

WHEN I SAW HOW QUICKLY
MY CABIN WAS FILLING UP

AND HOW QUICKLY
IT WAS OVERTAKING

THAT DECK OF THE SHIP, I WAS
SURE THE SHIP WAS GOING TO SINK.

CHIEF OFFICER
PETER SVENSSON IS SENT

TO HELP DEAL WITH
THE CRISIS BELOW.

WE GOT A REAL PROBLEM HERE.

THE WATER'S COMING IN
REALLY FAST.

WE CHECKED THE BOTTOM SEALS.

I DON'T KNOW IF
IT'S COMING FROM...

QUIET FOR A SECOND.

I'M TRYING TO HEAR
WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

IF YOU'VE GOT WATER ON
YOUR SHIP, IT'S VERY SERIOUS.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE
IT'S COMING FROM

AND HOW SOON CAN YOU STOP IT.

HAVE YOU GOT IT ?

IT'S BEHIND
THE PANELING SOMEWHERE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO OPEN IT UP.

WE GOT TO GET THESE PUMPS
GOING FIRST.

OKAY, OKAY.

LET'S MOVE.

I THINK THE WATER AT THAT TIME
WAS JUST ABOVE MY KNEE.

THAT'S ALARMING, AND
I PROMISE YOU IT WAS COLD WATER,

BECAUSE I THINK THE WATER TEMP

WAS MINUS 1.5 DEGREES
AT THAT MOMENT.

THREE DECKS ABOVE
IN THE LOUNGE,

MOST OF THE PASSENGERS HAVE NO
IDEA HOW SERIOUS THE PROBLEM IS.

IN ELI'S CABIN,
SVENSSON AND THE CREW

ARE DESPERATELY HUNTING
FOR THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK.

YOU NEED TO USE
SOME REAL FORCE

TO GET THROUGH THAT WALL.

I NEED THAT AXE.

OKAY, STAND BACK.

WE HAD TO USE AXES AND ANYTHING
WE CAN GET THAT'S HARD

TO GET THIS WALL OFF,
TO SEE WHERE,

IF WE CAN FIND WHERE
THE LEAKAGE IS COMING FROM.

THEY'RE TEARING OUT PANELING,

THEY'RE TEARING OUT BUNKS,

AND ALL THE WHILE,
COLD ANTARCTIC SALT WATER

IS COMING INTO THE CABIN.

WE HAD ONE GUY
ACTUALLY STICKING IN HIS HAND

TO FEEL, TO SEE,
AND HE ACTUALLY FOUND THE HOLE.

GET ENOUGH INSULATION OUT.

YOU FEEL IT?

YEAH, I THINK I GOT IT.

IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF MY FIST.

THERE'S NO TIME TO LOSE.

THEY NEED TO PLUG THE HOLE
ANY WAY THEY CAN.

STUFF IT IN.

SO WHAT THEY DO THEN IS
THEY MANAGE TO JAM PILLOWS

DOWN INTO THE SPACE AND
THEN USE A TENSIONING BAR

TO PUSH THE PLYWOOD
AGAINST THE HOLE.

IT'S LIKE TRYING TO,
UH, YEAH, PUT THE PRESSURE

TO A WOUND TO STOP THE BLEED,
SO THIS IS THE SAME THING HERE.

IT'S A MAKESHIFT SOLUTION.

BUT IT ALLOWS THE PUMPS
TO DO THEIR WORK.

THE WATER LEVEL BEGINS TO DROP.

SO WE WERE
WORKING AT THIS,

WE WERE WINNING THE BATTLE.

OK, WE'RE IN THE CLEAR.
WE WILL SORT THIS OUT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION?

THE CAPTAIN BRIEFS
THE PASSENGERS ON THE SITUATION.

WE ARE TAKING ON WATER.

HOW MUCH WATER?

BUT, BUT WE ARE USING
OUR PUMPS TO DEAL WITH IT.

WE WILL UPDATE YOU AGAIN LATER.

THANK YOU.

OPEN THE BAR!

OKAY. OPEN THE...

MAYBE WE NEED A DRINK.

HE EXPLAINED TO US THAT
THEY HAD PUMPED THE WATER OUT,

THE WATER LEVEL WAS GOING DOWN.

THERE WAS NO SENSE OF PANIC.

THE MORE ENTERPRISING AMONGST US

WERE TRYING TO GET THEM
TO OPEN THE BAR.

WE DIDN'T GET VERY FAR
WITH THAT ONE.

BUT THINGS
ABOARD THE EXPLORER

AREN'T NEARLY AS GOOD
AS THEY SEEM.

THE SHIP HAS STARTED
LISTING TO STARBOARD.

PETER SVENSSON'S
INSTINCTS TELL HIM

SOMETHING IS STILL VERY WRONG.

THIS AMOUNT OF WATER
FROM THAT SMALL LITTLE HOLE

IS A LITTLE BIT MUCH.

SO, I JUST STARTED THINKING THAT

IT MAY BE SOME OTHER HOLES
SOMEWHERE ELSE.

DAMN IT.

A QUICK CHECK CONFIRMS
SVENSSON'S WORST FEARS--

THREE MORE CABINS ARE FLOODING.

I NEED TO TALK
TO THE CAPTAIN NOW!

SO WATER IS NOW RISING.

THEY'VE GOT EVERY PUMP
THAT THEY HAVE ON BOARD

TRYING TO PUMP WATER
OUT OF THAT SPACE.

THEY CAN'T SEEM
TO KEEP AHEAD OF IT.

AND THIS IS A CRITICAL POINT.

THE WATER'S COMING IN
FASTER THAN WE CAN PUMP IT OUT.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO.

THERE'S NOTHING
THAT WE CAN DO.

THINGS HAVE GONE FROM REALLY BAD
TO, TO REALLY WORSE.

ABOARD THE CRUISE SHIP
MV EXPLORER,

ICY SEAWATER IS GUSHING IN
THROUGH A HOLE IN THE HULL,

AND THE SHIP IS LISTING
DANGEROUSLY TO STARBOARD.

THE WATER IS COMING IN
FASTER THAN WE CAN PUMP IT OUT.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO.

UNDERSTOOD.

THE CAPTAIN KNOWS
IF THE LIST GETS MUCH WORSE,

IT WILL JUST BE A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE THEY CAPSIZE

AND SINK INTO THE FREEZING
ANTARCTIC OCEAN.

OUT OF OPTIONS, HE MAKES
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST CALLS

A CAPTAIN CAN MAKE.

ABANDON SHIP,
ABANDON SHIP, ABANDON SHIP.

ALL PASSENGERS REPORT TO
YOUR ASSIGNED LIFEBOAT STATIONS.

-WHAT?!
-WHAT?!

ABANDON SHIP!
ABANDON SHIP!

ABANDON SHIP,
ABANDON SHIP, ABANDON SHIP.

THAT WAS
A HEART-STOPPING MOMENT.

THINGS WERE REALLY
BECOMING CHAOTIC BY THIS TIME,

AND PEOPLE REALIZED THIS SHIP
WAS REALLY GOING DOWN,

AND WE NEEDED TO BE
OFF THE SHIP.

THEN IT GETS WORSE.

DAMN IT!

ZERO THE THROTTLE.

ZERO THROTTLE.

THE EXPLORER
HAS LOST POWER,

AND IT'S DRIFTING BACK
INTO THE ICE FIELD.

WITHOUT THE ENGINE, THE SHIP
CAN'T MANEUVER TO A SAFE AREA

TO LOWER THE LIFEBOATS.

YOU CAN'T LOWER
A LIFEBOAT INTO ICE,

YOU WILL BEAT UP THE LIFEBOAT

AND YOU CAN ENDANGER THE PEOPLE
IN THE LIFEBOAT ITSELF.

THE PACK ICE COULD
CRUSH THE BOATS.

THE POWER WENT OUT
WHEN THE SEAWATER FLOODED IN.

IT DRAINED INTO THE ENGINE ROOM
A DECK BELOW,

AND SHORTED OUT THE PUMP THAT
SENDS FUEL TO THE GENERATOR.

CHIEF ENGINEER JERZY PAWLOWSKI,

WHO'S BEEN WITH THE SHIP
FOR EIGHT YEARS,

SCRAMBLES TO COME UP WITH A FIX.

I NEED THAT HOSE.

SO, WHEN YOU LOSE POWER,
YOUR SHIP IS BLACK,

THERE'S NO LIGHT,
THERE'S NO MEANS TO DO ANYTHING.

SO YOU'RE HELPLESS
AT THAT POINT.

IT'S A LIFE-AND-DEATH
RACE AGAINST TIME IN THE DARK.

ENGINE ROOM, I NEED
THAT POWER BACK ON NOW!

YEAH,
I'M WORKING ON IT.

COME ON!

PAWLOWSKI COMES UP
WITH AN INGENIOUS SOLUTION.

HE JERRY-RIGS A MANUAL FUEL PUMP
THAT BYPASSES THE BROKEN ONE.

HE'S RIGGED UP A SIPHON.

IT WAS A VERY CLEVER WAY
OF MAKING SURE FUEL

WAS CONTINUOUSLY GOING
TO THE GENERATORS.

IN FACT, IT WAS
A CRITICAL THING.

IT WORKS!

YES!

GREAT WORK, CHIEF.

THE CAPTAIN CAN
NOW MANEUVER THE SHIP

TO A SAFE LOCATION
TO LOWER THE LIFEBOATS.

-FULL POWER AHEAD.
-FULL POWER AHEAD.

OKAY, WE'RE
GETTING THROUGH IT.

ZERO THE THROTTLE.

ZERO THROTTLE.

LET'S GET EVERYONE
TO INTO THE LIFEBOATS NOW.

WITH A DISTRESS SIGNAL TRANSMITTING,

THE CAPTAIN LEAVES THE BRIDGE,

AND ALL 154 PASSENGERS
AND CREW ABANDON SHIP.

DON'T PUSH. DON'T...

PEOPLE ARE RUSHING,
STREAMING OUT THE BACK,

THEY'RE STREAMING OUT THE DOORS.

WE HADN'T BEEN TOLD
WHY WE WERE ABANDONING SHIP.

WE ASSUMED THAT THE SHIP
WAS ABOUT TO FLIP OVER,

WE WERE STILL ATTACHED
TO THE SIDE OF IT,

AND THAT WAS VERY SCARY.

THE LIFEBOATS RELEASE.

THEY ARE NOW STRANDED
25 MILES FROM LAND,

BEING TOSSED AND SPRAYED
BY FRIGID ANTARCTIC WATERS.

RESCUE, IF IT COMES AT ALL,
IS MANY HOURS AWAY.

MY FEELING WAS VERY MUCH

THIS, THIS IS IT,
WE CAN GO TOGETHER.

MY HUSBAND, ON THE OTHER HAND,

WHO HAD BEEN GIVEN 12 MONTHS
TO LIVE SOME SIX YEARS BEFORE

WASN'T HAVING ANY OF THAT.

HE KNEW PERFECTLY WELL
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY HEAD.

EVERY TIME I TRIED TO PUT
MY HEAD ON THE LIFEJACKET

AND GO TO SLEEP,
WHICH IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO,

HE WOKE ME UP,
HE STOOD IN FRONT OF ME,

HE PROTECTED ME
FROM THE ELEMENTS,

AND HE GENERALLY WAS
ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED

THAT WE WERE GOING TO SURVIVE.

GEORGIE HALE CAPTURES
VIDEO OF THE ORDEAL.

IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT
TO DESCRIBE.

YOU LOSE ALL SENSE
OF PLACE AND TIME.

IF ANYBODY HAD TOLD ME WE'D BEEN
IN THE LIFEBOATS FOR 12 HOURS,

I'D HAVE BELIEVED THEM;

IF THEY TOLD ME WE'D BEEN
IN THE LIFEBOATS FOR AN HOUR,

I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
BELIEVED THAT.

IT WAS VERY COLD, WE WERE TIRED,
WE WERE WET.

UM, CERTAINLY QUITE A LOT OF US
WERE SEASICK.

WATER'S SWAMPING
ONTO THE BOAT,

WE'RE GETTING SEA SPRAY ON US.

IT RAINS A LITTLE BIT
WHILE WE'RE OUT THERE.

IT WAS FREEZING COLD.

I DID THINK I WAS GONNA DIE.

BUT THEN, JUST AS
YOU WERE SORT OF REALLY

SORT OF GETTING TO THE POINT
OF NOBODY'S EVER GONNA COME,

ON THE HORIZON
THERE WAS A LIGHT,

WHICH OF COURSE EVERYBODY SAID,

"AH! THERE'S A LIGHT
ON THE HORIZON!"

IT WAS SUCH
A GOOD FEELING.

THEN I KNEW THEY
ARE NOT FAR AWAY.

I KNEW, BECAUSE THEY
WERE ON THE HORIZON,

IT WOULD STILL TAKE TWO, THREE
HOURS, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE CLOSE.

IT'S THE NORDNORGE,
THE FIRST OF TWO VESSELS

TO RESPOND TO THE EXPLORER'S
DISTRESS CALL.

AFTER FIVE TERRIFYING HOURS
ADRIFT IN LIFEBOATS,

EVERYONE IS TAKEN SAFELY ABOARD.

JUST HOURS LATER,

A FIERCE ANTARCTIC STORM
BREAKS OVER THE AREA.

THE PASSENGERS HAD
LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO LIVE.

IN MY ESTIMATION,
IT IS VERY LIKELY

IF THAT NORDNORGE
HAD BEEN DELAYED,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CERTAIN DEATH
FOR ALL OF THEM.

ONCE YOU WERE SAFE,

THAT'S WHEN YOU REALIZED
HOW CLOSE TO DEATH YOU WERE.

ON NOVEMBER 23, 2007,

15 HOURS AFTER ELI CHARNE
FIRST RAISED THE ALARM,

THE EXPLORER DISAPPEARS
INTO THE SOUTHERN OCEAN.

THE QUESTION NOW IS WHY?

HERE'S THE INFO
I GOT FROM THE SHIP'S OWNERS.

THANKS.

BOB FORD IS A FORMER

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY BOARD INVESTIGATOR

WORKING FOR
THE LIBERIAN SHIP REGISTRY.

SINCE THE EXPLORER
WAS A LIBERIAN VESSEL,

IT WILL BE UP TO HIM
TO SOLVE THE CASE.

HE KNOWS HE'S FACING
A BIG CHALLENGE.

ALL I KNOW IS IT'S
A SMALLER PASSENGER SHIP

THAT'S ON, INVOLVED
WITH GOING TO ANTARCTICA,

GOING INTO ICE FIELDS.

IT HAD HIT AN ICEBERG OR
AN ICE FIELD AND WAS FLOODING.

THAT'S ALL I KNEW
AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING.

THE EXPLORER IS
AN ICE-CLASS VESSEL

THAT HAS TRAVELED SAFELY
THROUGH POLAR WATERS

MORE THAN 200 TIMES.

WHAT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG?

WHEN INVESTIGATIONS
KICK OFF,

AND THIS ONE WAS NO DIFFERENT, I
DON'T, I DON'T ASSUME ANYTHING.

I DON'T ACCEPT ANY FACTS THAT
I HEAR, I DON'T ACCEPT ANYTHING.

I JUST SAY, "LET'S WAIT
AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."

FORD'S TOP PRIORITY
IS TO TALK TO THE CREW,

ESPECIALLY THE CAPTAIN.

CAPTAIN, TELL ME
EVERYTHING YOU COULD REMEMBER

ABOUT THE NIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT.

WE WERE GOING
THROUGH ICE,

NICE AND EASY,
NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

BRING HER FIVE DEGREES
TO PORT, PLEASE.

THE CAPTAIN TELLS FORD
HE WAS MAKING HIS WAY

THROUGH A FIELD
OF FIRST-YEAR ICE,

AND THERE WAS
NO SIGN OF TROUBLE.

YEAR-OLD ICE
IS STILL ICE,

AND IT'S STILL TO BE TREATED
WITH, RESPECTFULLY,

AND IT CAN BE A HAZARD
TO THE SHIP.

YOU CAN DAMAGE YOUR PROPELLERS,

DAMAGE YOUR RUDDERS,
GET CAUGHT IN IT.

BUT A SHIP DESIGNED TO OPERATE
IN ICE AND ICE-STRENGTHENED

CAN HANDLE FIRST-YEAR ICE, YOU
CAN MANEUVER YOUR WAY THROUGH.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

IT MAKES NO SENSE.

THE SHIP'S BUILT FOR
THIS KIND OF STUFF.

HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT
SET OFF THE DISASTROUS FLOODING

THAT FORCED THEM
TO ABANDON SHIP.

HE JUST SAID HE WAS
VERY SURPRISED BY IT,

JUST, I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE IT,

I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY THIS HAPPENED,

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
THIS COULD HAPPEN.

THIS SHIP IS DESIGNED
TO GO IN ICE,

AND THE ICE WASN'T THAT THICK.

THE QUESTION IS,
WHAT HAPPENED FROM THE TIME

THEY ENTERED THE ICE FIELD

UNTIL THE TIME
THE FLOODING WAS REPORTED?

THAT'S THE QUESTION.

THERE'S ANOTHER MYSTERY.

WHY COULDN'T A FIST-SIZED HOLE
BE REPAIRED TO SAVE THE SHIP?

A FIST-SIZED HOLE,
YOU KNOW, IT'S A HOLE,

IT'S SOMETHING WATER'S
GONNA COME THROUGH,

BUT AGAIN, THAT IN AND OF ITSELF

DOES NOT MEAN
WE'VE LOST THE SHIP.

LET'S GET EVERYONE
INTO THE LIFEBOATS NOW!

FORD WON'T
HAVE MUCH TO GO ON.

IN THEIR HASTE TO EVACUATE,

THE CREW LEFT THE VOYAGE
DATA RECORDER BEHIND.

THE VOYAGE DATA RECORDER,

COMMONLY MORE REFERRED TO
AS THE VDR,

WILL RECORD THE SPEED
OF THE VESSEL,

IT WILL RECORD RUDDER COMMANDS.

AND TO ME,
THE CRITICAL ASPECT OF IT

WOULD BE THE AUDIO RECORDINGS
IN THE WHEELHOUSE.

WITHOUT IT,
FORD WILL NEED TO RELY

ON EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS.

I'M GONNA WANT TO TALK TO
AS MANY PASSENGERS AS POSSIBLE.

YOU GOT IT.

THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS

ARE LIKE JIGSAW PUZZLES,
YOU GOT TO GET THE PIECES.

AND THE PASSENGERS WERE CRITICAL
PIECES TO THIS INVESTIGATION.

INVESTIGATOR BOB FORD
HAS LITTLE HARD EVIDENCE

TO DISCOVER WHY
THE MV EXPLORER SANK.

BUT HE DOES HAVE SOMETHING

DOZENS OF PHOTOS TAKEN BY
PASSENGERS AS EVENTS UNFOLDED.

BOB, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE.

WOW.

TIMESTAMPED, NO LESS.

SOME ARE STAMPED WITH
THE EXACT TIME THEY WERE TAKEN,

ALLOWING FORD TO BEGIN
ADDING CRUCIAL DETAILS

TO HIS TIMELINE OF THE DISASTER.

SO, JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT,

EVIDENCE WHEN THE FLOODING
IS REPORTED,

THEY'RE DEEP IN THE ICE FIELDS.

WHEN DOREEN TOLD ME
SHE HAD PHOTOS,

I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS IS JUST
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

AM I OKAY IN HERE?

COME ON IN. I'VE GOT
A SPOT FOR YOU RIGHT HERE.

THANKS.

TO FORD'S EXCITEMENT,

DOREEN HORWOOD NOT ONLY
TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES,

SHE WAS ACTUALLY ON THE BRIDGE
WHEN THE DISASTER BEGAN.

HE HOPES SHE'LL BE ABLE TO SHED
SOME LIGHT ON WHAT WENT WRONG.

JUST TELL ME
WHAT HAPPENED.

WELL, I WAS UP ON
THE BRIDGE, TAKING SOME PHOTOS.

KEEP HER STEADY
ON THIS COURSE FOR NOW.

DOREEN TELLS FORD SHE
WAS ENJOYING HERSELF AT FIRST.

BUT AS THE SHIP MOVED DEEPER
INTO THE ICE FIELD,

SHE GREW MORE AND MORE UNEASY.

STEADY HER UP.

STEADY AS SHE GOES, SIR.

LOOKING GOOD.

WE WERE GOING FASTER,
AND THE ICE SEEMED THICKER.

I THINK IT WAS JUST A NATURAL
QUESTION MARK OVER YOUR HEAD,

YOU KNOW, THIS DIDN'T
QUITE FEEL RIGHT.

THEN THE SHIP
CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP.

WOW!

DOREEN SAID
IT CAME TO A HARD STOP,

IT ALMOST KNOCKED HER DOWN.

THE VESSEL CAME TO A FULL STOP?

I ALMOST FELL.

HOW DO YOU WANT
TO PROCEED, CAPTAIN?

LIKE A HUMAN DATA RECORDER,

DOREEN RECALLS THE SEQUENCE
OF EVENTS IN UNCANNY DETAIL.

FULL STOP.

SHE EVEN TELLS FORD
WHAT THE CAPTAIN DID

TO GET THE SHIP MOVING AGAIN.

HE WAS LOOKING
THROUGH HIS BINOCULARS,

AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW
YOU MANEUVER THROUGH ICE

TO ONE PERSON.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA
TAKE ANOTHER RUN AT IT.

SLOW ASTERN.

SLOW ASTERN.

DOREEN, WHEN SHE WAS
ON THE BRIDGE,

SAID AFTER THEY MADE IMPACT,
THE SHIP CAME TO A STOP.

HE WALKED UP TO THE HELMSMAN
AND SAID,

"THIS IS HOW YOU
BREAK THROUGH ICE.

YOU GO ASTERN AND AHEAD,

AND BACK AND FORTH UNTIL
YOU BASICALLY BREAK THROUGH."

THE CAPTAIN IS HOPING
TO USE THE PITCHING MOTION

OF THE SHIP'S BOW TO SMASH DOWN
ON THE ICE AND BREAK IT,

ALLOWING THE VESSEL
TO MOVE FORWARD.

FULL AHEAD, PLEASE.

FULL AHEAD.

IT'S A TECHNIQUE
HE'S USED MANY TIMES BEFORE

IN HIS TWO DECADES AT SEA.

WE DON'T HAVE FAR TO GO
NOW, WE'RE ALMOST THROUGH IT.

ALL THE TIME
I WAS ON THE BRIDGE,

THE CAPTAIN, HE WAS SAYING,

"IF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH
THE FIRST TIME,

THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND,
AND SORT OF CHARGE IT AGAIN."

IT'S CALLED RAMMING THE ICE.

SO, AND RAMMING THE ICE IS
EXACTLY WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS.

YOU ARE, YOU ARE GOING
AT FULL POWER

AND PUSHING YOUR WAY THROUGH
A DIFFICULT ICE SITUATION.

FORD ALSO INTERVIEWS
THE PASSENGER

WHO FIRST REPORTED THE FLOODING,
ELI CHARNE.

SHOW ME WHERE
THE FLOODING WAS.

IT WAS ALL THROUGH HERE,
AT LEAST FOUR CABINS.

ON THE STARBOARD SIDE?

YEAH, I, I KNEW RIGHT
THEN WE WERE GONNA SINK.

THE FLOODING
CLEARLY SPREAD QUICKLY

TO MULTIPLE CABINS;

HARDLY WHAT YOU'D EXPECT
FROM A FIST-SIZED HOLE.

THEY ALL STARTED
FLOODING TOGETHER,

WHICH TOLD ME THE FIST-SIZED
HOLE THEORY WAS GONE,

THAT'S OUT,
AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A SLICE,

A SLICE RIGHT DOWN
THE SIDE OF THE HULL.

TURN ON THE LIGHT!
TURN ON THE LIGHT!

THE TIMING
IS SIGNIFICANT.

DOREEN SAYS ELI'S ALARM WENT OFF

RIGHT AFTER THE CAPTAIN MOVED
BACK AND FORTH IN THE ICE.

IT'S A CRITICAL LEAD.

THE PASSENGER WATCHING
THAT SHIP, YOU KNOW, AT SPEED,

SEEMINGLY WANTING TO SMASH AND
BANG OFF THESE LARGE FLOES,

SHE WAS QUITE RIGHT
TO BE CONCERNED,

BECAUSE THE EXPLORER
WASN'T AN ICEBREAKER.

IT WAS NEVER EVEN IN HER DESIGN.

SHE WAS A VESSEL CAPABLE
OF OPERATING IN ICE,

BUT VERY CAREFULLY SO.

THE EXPLORER HAD
A DOUBLE BOTTOM.

BUT ITS SINGLE LAYER
OF SIDE HULL PLATING

WAS VULNERABLE IN HEAVY ICE.

THE INVESTIGATORS SCOUR
THE CAPTAIN'S RECORDS.

THEY NEED TO KNOW WHY A MARINER

WITH MORE THAN
25 YEARS' EXPERIENCE

WOULD PERFORM SUCH
A DANGEROUS MANEUVER.

THIS GUY'S A SEASONED VETERAN.

AGREED,
HE'S A SOLID ICE PILOT.

THEN, THEY NOTICE
A TROUBLING DETAIL.

WHOA, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

THIS WAS HIS FIRST TRIP
TO THE ANTARCTIC.

REALLY?

HE HAD EXPERIENCE IN THE
BALTIC, BUT NOT IN THE ARCTIC,

AND IT'S TWO DIFFERENT
TYPES OF ICE.

ICE IN THE BALTIC SEA
FREEZES AND MELTS EVERY SEASON,

SO IT DOESN'T BUILD UP
AND THICKEN OVER TIME.

IN THAT REGION, RAMMING
THROUGH AN ICE FIELD

IS A TRIED AND TESTED TECHNIQUE.

IN THE ANTARCTIC, WHERE ICE CAN
THICKEN AND HARDEN OVER YEARS,

THE MANEUVER CAN BE DEADLY.

IN THE BALTIC,
YOU CAN RAM,

BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THE ICE
CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE LIKE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DEAL
WITH ANYTHING HEAVIER

THAN FIRST-YEAR ICE.

IN THE ANTARCTIC,

YOU DON'T WANT TO GET
INTO AN ACTIVITY

WHERE YOU'RE BACKING THE VESSEL
AND RAMMING ICE.

YOU WANT TO SLOW THE VESSEL DOWN

IF YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER
A LARGER PIECE OR A FLOE

AND THEN JUST BUILD UP MOMENTUM
TO PUSH THE ICE OUT OF THE WAY.

FORD NEEDS TO FIND OUT
EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF ICE

THE CAPTAIN WAS FACING.

AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A PASSENGER
WHO MAY HOLD THE KEY.

GEORGIE HALE,
SHE EMAILED ME

AND SHE SAID, "AND BY THE WAY,
I WAS TAKING VIDEO."

I SAID, "WHEN?"

SHE GOES, "RIGHT AT THE POINT
OF IMPACT AND FLOODING."

I ALMOST FELL OUT OF MY SEAT.

I WAS VERY PLEASED THAT
I'D GOT MY VIDEO FOOTAGE,

WHICH I WAS ABLE TO GIVE
TO THE INVESTIGATION.

IT WAS JUST
INVALUABLE INFORMATION,

CRITICAL IN THE INVESTIGATION.

THE INVESTIGATION TEAM
GATHERS TO STUDY

GEORGIE HALE'S VIDEO OF THE
EXPLORER'S TRIP THROUGH THE ICE.

HOW'S HE GONNA
GET THROUGH THIS LOT?

ABSOLUTELY SOLID ICE.

LEAD INVESTIGATOR
BOB FORD HAS RECRUITED

A FORMER CAPTAIN
OF THE EXPLORER,

WITH NEARLY 10 YEARS' EXPERIENCE
AS AN ICE PILOT.

HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL THEM
WHETHER THE ICE FIELD

WAS FIRST-YEAR ICE,
AS THE CAPTAIN CLAIMS,

OR MUCH MORE DANGEROUS
MULTI-YEAR ICE

AND AN IMMEDIATE HAZARD
TO THE SHIP.

IT LOOKS LIKE
HE'S MOVING ABOUT FIVE KNOTS;

THAT'S PRETTY FAST
IN AN ICE FIELD.

IT'S IMMEDIATELY APPARENT

THE CAPTAIN WAS MOVING TOO
QUICKLY FOR THE CONDITIONS.

AND WHEN YOU'RE
IN THE ANTARCTIC

AND YOU'RE SAILING ALONG,
YOU'RE CONSTANTLY BEING VIGILANT

FOR PIECES OF ICE
THAT YOU MAY NOT SEE.

AND YOU MAY NOT SEE THEM
UNTIL YOU'RE, YOU'RE UPON THEM.

SO TYPICALLY, YOU MAY SLOW DOWN

IF YOU KNOW THERE'S ICE
IN THE, IN THE AREA.

A FLAG ON THE BOW,
BLOWING IN THE WIND,

PROVIDES ANOTHER VITAL CLUE.

LOOK AT THAT FLAG.

THEY'RE SAILING INTO THE WIND.

THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM.

THE WIND IS BLOWING
THE ICE IN FRONT OF THE SHIP

TIGHTER AND TIGHTER, CLOSING OFF
EVERY AVENUE OF ESCAPE.

AS HE'S PROCEEDING
THROUGH THE ICE

HE'S LOOKING FOR OPENINGS
AS HE GOES.

THOSE OPENINGS ARE GETTING
SMALLER AND SMALLER

TO THE POINT WHERE IT BECOMES
VERY CONCENTRATED,

AND HE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO
COME INTO CONTACT WITH PIECES.

RIGHT THERE, STOP IT.

COULD YOU REWIND IT, PLEASE?

BUT IT'S THE SIZE
AND SHAPE OF THE ICE FLOES,

BARELY DISCERNIBLE IN THE DARK,

THAT IS THE MOST
ALARMING OF ALL.

THERE!

SEE THE THICKNESS OF THE ICE?

NO WAY THAT'S FIRST-YEAR ICE.

THIS IMAGE FROM
GEORGIE HALE'S VACATION VIDEO

SHOWS THE EXPLORER APPROACHING
A LARGE ICE FLOE

THAT IS CLEARLY MULTI-YEAR ICE

CAPABLE OF PIERCING
THE SHIP'S HULL.

MOMENTS LATER, THE EXPLORER
MAKES CONTACT WITH IT

ON THE STARBOARD SIDE.

I THINK WE HAVE
WHAT WE NEED.

HE WAS OVERCONFIDENT.

THE CAPTAIN WAS
JUST OVERCONFIDENT

THAT THIS SHIP COULD
HANDLE THIS ICE FIELD.

HE WAS WRONG THAT
IT WAS FIRST-YEAR ICE.

I THINK WE NEED
THE SEARCHLIGHTS NOW.

THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES

THAT THE LOSS OF THE EXPLORER

WAS THE RESULT OF
A CHAIN OF ERRORS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
A BIT OF AN UPDATE FOR YOU.

IT BEGAN WITH THE
DECISION TO GO THROUGH THE ICE

IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THIS CHANGE WILL TAKE US
THROUGH SOME SEA ICE TONIGHT,

SO YOU SHOULD EXPECT SOME NOISE.

IN THE DARKNESS,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE

FOR THE CAPTAIN TO PROPERLY
ASSESS THE ICE.

AND HIS AGGRESSIVE MANEUVERING
MADE MATTERS WORSE.

FULL AHEAD NOW, PLEASE.

FULL AHEAD.

ALTHOUGH EFFECTIVE
IN THIN, BALTIC ICE,

IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS
IN ANTARCTIC CONDITIONS.

I'VE DONE THIS
COUNTLESS TIMES.

YOU'VE JUST GOT TO
KEEP GOING AT IT.

HIS ATTEMPT
TO BREAK THROUGH THE ICE

LIKELY TORE A LONG GASH
IN THE SIDE HULL,

SETTING OFF
THE CATASTROPHIC FLOODING

THAT CAPSIZED AND SANK THE SHIP.

AT THE RATE OF FLOODING
GOING INTO THE EXPLORER,

I DON'T BELIEVE THEY
COULD HAVE SAVED THAT SHIP

NO MATTER WHAT THEY TRIED.

IT'S A CONCLUSION
FORD NEVER COULD HAVE REACHED

IF NOT FOR THE PASSENGERS.

WITHOUT THE PASSENGERS
LIKE GEORGIE, DOREEN AND ELI,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE.

WE WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN
THE ANSWERS WE NEEDED

JUST RELYING ON THE CREW.

THE SINKING
OF THE MV EXPLORER

NEARLY CLAIMED 154 LIVES.

AND MORE SHIPPING OF ALL KINDS

IS ENTERING POLAR REGIONS
EVERY YEAR.

FACED WITH A GROWING THREAT, THE
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME COMMUNITY

MUST FIND NEW WAYS
TO GET CAPTAINS ICE-READY.

AT THE MARINE INSTITUTE
OF MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY

OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR,

A REALISTIC SIMULATOR IS MAKING
IT POSSIBLE TO BETTER TRAIN

FUTURE ICE PILOTS TO SAFELY
NAVIGATE THROUGH POLAR WATERS.

THE CENTER
FOR MARINE SIMULATION

OFFERS SERVICES FOR
THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY

FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE,
ARE DOING WORK

IN REALLY RISKY ENVIRONMENTS,
LIKE ICE NAVIGATION.

SO PEOPLE COME FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR
SPEED INDICATION THERE,

THERE, RIGHT NOW
IT'S SHOWING 9.1 KNOTS,

BUT IT SHOULD COME DOWN.

RIGHT.

INSTRUCTOR
DREW McNEILL SERVED

WITH THE CANADIAN COAST GUARD
FOR 37 YEARS.

HE HAS AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE
OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ICE

AND HOW TO HANDLE THEM.

HE'S ABOUT TO LEAD
MARIA HALFYARD AND HER CREW

THROUGH AN EXERCISE
IN ICE FIELD NAVIGATION.

THE INTENT IS TO GET
OVER TO THE OPEN WATER PATCH

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS
CONCENTRATION OF ICE HERE.

OKAY. READY, PILOT?

READY.

OKAY, LET'S START
THIS EXERCISE NOW.

COMING UP THERE NOW.

THE SIMULATOR
CAN IMITATE

A WIDE VARIETY OF SHIP TYPES,

AND REALISTIC GRAPHICS
PROVIDE A DETAILED VIEW

OF AN OCEAN COVERED WITH
DIFFERENT KINDS OF ICE.

IT EVEN FEELS REAL.

THE SIMULATOR IS MOUNTED
ON A HYDRAULIC BASE

TO CREATE THE MOTIONS
A SHIP WOULD EXPERIENCE AT SEA.

OKAY, I'M GOING
FOUR KNOTS, IS THAT FINE?

THAT'S,
THAT'S GOOD SPEED.

IS THAT, UH,
FIRST-YEAR ICE OR OLDER ICE?

THIS IS FIRST-YEAR ICE,
BUT WITHIN THAT AREA

THERE IS THE EVIDENCE
OF, OF SOME BERGY BITS.

THE BERGY BIT IS WHEN
THE PIECE OF GLACIAL ICE

IS NO MORE THAN FIVE METERS
ABOVE THE SEA SURFACE.

AND SO THAT BECOMES MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT TO DETECT,

BECAUSE IT'S MUCH LOWER
IN THE WATER.

AND A GROWLER IS EVEN SMALLER.

IT'S GOING TO BE ONE METER
OR LESS ABOVE THE SEA SURFACE.

BUT BELOW THE SEA SURFACE
IT'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT.

AND THEN THEY'RE VERY,
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DETECT

EVEN IN, IN DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS.

WE DON'T KNOW
HOW THICK THIS ICE IS.

THE REALISTIC VIEWS
MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS

TO HONE THEIR
ICE RECOGNITION SKILLS.

YOU'RE COMING
INTO CONTACT,

JUST BRING YOUR PITCH TO ZERO,

AND THAT WAY YOU'RE
NOT USING ANY FORCE,

AND SHE'S JUST GOING
TO DRIFT INTO IT.

AND SO WE'RE,
WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY IN

UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET INTO IT,

THEN WE'RE BETTER
ABLE TO READ IT.

THE SHIP MAKES CONTACT
WITH THE OUTER EDGE

OF THE SIMULATED ICE FIELD.

AND AS YOU'RE MAKING
YOUR SPEED ADJUSTMENTS,

JUST WORK IN INCREMENTS, AND
THAT WAY YOU HAVE MORE CONTROL

OVER HOW THE SHIP IS MOVING,

RATHER THAN DOING
LARGE ADJUSTMENTS.

ONE OF THE ETHOS
OF THE CENTER

IS TO MAKE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE;
MAKE PEOPLE SWEAT.

THE SITUATIONS ARE DESIGNED
TO BE AS REALISTIC AS POSSIBLE,

BECAUSE A MISTAKE MADE HERE
AND A LESSON LEARNED

IS SOMETHING THAT WON'T
HAPPEN IN REALITY

WHERE PEOPLE'S LIVES
ARE ON THE LINE.

I'M GOING TO CHANGE
DIRECTION TO 215, CONNELLY.

Connelly: 215.

COMING OUT
OF THE ICE NOW.

OKAY, GOOD.

NO MATTER WHATEVER
MISTAKE YOU MAKE,

AT THE END OF THE DAY,

IT'S, YOU'RE STILL
IN A CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT

AND YOU GO HOME.

IF YOU'RE AT SEA AND
YOU MAKE THAT SAME MISTAKE,

HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ALIVE

TO EVEN REFLECT ON IT
IN THE FUTURE.

THE FINAL REPORT INTO
THE SINKING OF THE MV EXPLORER

PRAISES THE CREW'S RESPONSE
TO THE EMERGENCY,

ESPECIALLY CHIEF ENGINEER
JERZY PAWLOWSKI.

HIS QUICK-THINKING SOLUTION
TO THE SUDDEN POWER OUTAGE

MADE IT POSSIBLE TO SAFELY
DEPLOY THE LIFEBOATS.

CHIEF ENGINEER,
AS WE SAID, HE WAS THE HERO,

AND HE RIGGED UP SOMETHING,

AND HE GOT GOING WHAT
THE CAPTAIN NEEDED.

KEEP HER STEADY
ON THIS COURSE FOR NOW, OK?

THE REPORT
CRITICIZES THE CAPTAIN

FOR ENTERING THE ICE FIELD.

THE DECISION OF THE
CAPTAIN TO ENTER THE ICE FIELD

AT BEST WAS FLAWED;

AT WORST WAS RECKLESS.

DESPITE THE ORDEAL,

DOREEN HORWOOD
DOESN'T BLAME HIM.

BY THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENING,

LESSONS HAVE BEEN LEARNT,

AND IT IS A BLESSING THAT
NOBODY LOST THEIR LIVES.

I'M SURE THE CAPTAIN DIDN'T
WANT TO SINK THE SHIP.

I CAN'T REALLY ATTRIBUTE
SORT OF BLAME.

IT WASN'T PURPOSEFUL.

I THINK THAT
HE MADE A MISTAKE.

I THINK THAT HE HAD
A MISUNDERSTANDING

OF THE CAPABILITIES OF
THE, THE SHIP THAT WE WERE ON.

HE'S A REALLY GOOD CAPTAIN.

I WOULD GLADLY SERVE
WITH HIM AGAIN.

I THINK I'VE GOT A VERY
DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TO LIFE

BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED.

SMALL THINGS DON'T,
DON'T WORRY ME ANYMORE.

I THINK WHEN YOU'VE BEEN
THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT

YOU TEND TO TAKE A FAR MORE
LAID-BACK ATTITUDE

TO LIFE IN GENERAL.

I DO FEEL LUCKY
TO STILL BE HERE.

I THINK IF THERE'S
A LESSON FROM IT,

IT'S REALLY JUST TO, TO NOT
LET SMALL THINGS BOTHER YOU.

AND PRETTY MUCH
EVERYTHING IS SMALL.