I would hazard a guess that 32 degree water and ice floes have something to do with the drowning Alaskans.
I grew up in the deep south before integration and at the city pool, they opened it up for the black kids at certain hours every day. That was always a wild time to be there. They would gather outside the tall fence waiting the hour. We would all head for the far side of the pool. Lifeguard would open the gate and they would rush en masse and dive in to the near side. Then it was lots of fun with hundreds of kids splashing everywhere and the black kids doing dives we never attempted. I don't remember any sinking or drowning, they all were great swimmers.
Interesting. Regardless, it seems every time I see ‘statistics’ being reported on about the poor or minorities, someone’s after more of my $$.
Ya know? I call this ‘natural selection’...