When the Titanic was sunk by an iceberg, why didn't the people on board take refuge in the iceberg?

In 1912, the "unsinkable" Titanic sank at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on its first official voyage, making it the most tragic maritime disaster in human history in terms of casualties. In the sinking, 1,517 of the 2,224 crew members and passengers lost their lives forever.

When this unprecedented luxury ship will sink because of a very high speed and iceberg collision, the collision caused the hull to rupture, the seawater continued to pour into the sinking accident.

So some people questioned since the ship was hit and sunk by the iceberg, why did those victims soak in the sea instead of climbing to the iceberg to wait for rescue?

This is a very interesting question, in theory, if those victims can climb to the iceberg, then perhaps they can save a life, provided that they can be prepared to dry warm clothing, otherwise wet stay on the iceberg, and soak in the seawater the same end, that is, freezing to death.

But the reality is that the situation at the time, climbing to the iceberg to wait for rescue this road simply does not work.

First of all, the Titanic completely sank when the distance from the iceberg has been a certain distance.

At that time, the Titanic and the iceberg is not a head-on collision, but the starboard side of the ship hit the mountain. The collision occurred at 23:40, and it was not until 23:50 that the engines were stopped at the order of the captain.

So, the Titanic continued to travel for more than 10 minutes after the "close contact" with the glacier.

At that time, the Titanic's speed was about 45 kilometers per hour, and after it came to a complete stop, it was already about 7 kilometers away from the iceberg.

Such a long distance, the people on board could not swim over it?

Besides, even if the people on board are all swimmers, physical strength is extraordinary, can ignore the cold water for long-distance swimming, in the vast ocean, they should how to find the iceberg?

You know, the sea can not provide lighting, that day because poor vision led to the failure to find the iceberg early before hitting it.

So at that time those who fell even if they want to go to the iceberg refuge, it is difficult to find the iceberg, instead of running around in the vast ocean, rather than waiting for rescue in place.

Secondly, even if the iceberg is near, it is also very difficult to climb.

Assuming that the victims of the Titanic successfully came to the bottom of the iceberg, they are also very difficult to climb up. Climbing icebergs is not as simple as the usual play mountaineering, icebergs are not only steep and slippery, but the key is also very cold. Even if it is a professional climbing team, you have to bring climbing equipment to go up. Climbing with bare hands is almost impossible because you will soon be frozen, thus losing the ability to move.

Finally, even if they do go up the iceberg, it is difficult for search and rescue personnel to find them in the first place.

Search and rescue personnel in the search and rescue, certainly give priority to rescue in the vicinity of the wreck. In the middle of the night, who would have thought that there would be living people on the iceberg several kilometers away?

So, if they climb to the iceberg to take refuge, the next day after dawn to be found is good luck. If bad luck, it does not know until the year the monkey will be found.

Half a day, in fact, the Titanic on the shipwrecked people, the best way to survive is to find a board or something like Ruth to wait for rescue, and then look forward to the rescue team to hurry over. To take refuge on the iceberg, the most feasible way is to jump up at the moment of impact.