Titanic

Lookout Frederick Fleet spotted a dark shape directly in the ship's path. He rang the warning bell three times and phoned the bridge: "Iceberg, right ahead."

Charles Joughin, the ship's baker, survived by treading water for over two hours — in the freezing Atlantic. How? He claimed he was "very drunk" on whiskey. Titanic

At 11:40 PM on April 14, 1912, the temperature had dropped to near freezing. The sea was eerily calm—a "glassy calm"—which made icebergs difficult to spot because there were no breaking waves at their bases. Lookout Frederick Fleet spotted a dark shape directly

, with stops in Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland, before heading for New York City. Titanic Narrative Essay - 1009 Words | Bartleby right ahead." Charles Joughin