Having gone through winter sea survial training in Alaska while in the Coast Guard, jumping into 20 degree water in dungrees, this song makes me shiver. We were told while patrolling the Baron Sea that if we fell overboard the ship woud turn around and try to retrive our body. BRRRRR!
I get so tense when I hear this song but I refuse to turn it off out of respect for the men lost. And same - we wore Mustang suits and were told if we fell overboard, the temps were such that they only had a few minutes to try to save us from the water and wouldn’t be successful. I have a picture I took as the storm was hitting us. There is a wall of water beside the boat so high you can’t see the sky. The worst part was going over the top of the waves and swells when the ship plunged down.