I think it matters that we Scandinavians, by tradition and perhaps even by genetics, are more accustomed to cold weather and rough seas.
It is also most likely that women and children could not endure cold weather and rough seas as men. But then the researcher here does not have a thinking cap...............
“It is also most likely that women and children could not endure cold weather and rough seas as men. But then the researcher here does not have a thinking cap”
- I guess most people who do research on survival rates and such things for profession are well aware that men, in many ways, are better physically equipped than women and children when it comes to surviving extreme temperatures, scarcity of food etc.
Journalists often misread or deliberately misinterpret scientific reports.