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The Lookouts Spot the Iceberg

Clip: Season 17 Episode 6 | 1m 23sVideo has Closed Captions

Experts explain the protocol Titanic crew would have followed upon sighting an iceberg.

Experts explain the protocol Titanic crew would have followed upon sighting an iceberg dead ahead, beginning with three piercing rings of the crow’s nest bell.

11/04/2020

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