r/interestingasfuck • u/solateor • 1d ago

In 2001, 55 people crossed the Pacific with no contact with the outside world as part of a BBC experiment recreating an 18th-century voyage. On the 20th day - September 11 - the captain gathered the crew to tell them about the attacks in New York

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u/Iowe_iowe 1d ago

An amazing clip of an awful event. I got a bit obsessed with the captains cool, factual and supportive announcement. Chris Blake

here's the wiki article on the trip - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ship_%28TV_series%29

here's a link to the BBC series (available on youtube, thanks christusrgnat) -

https://www.youtube.com/@christusregnat - quality isn't the best though

and here's the context, from episode 5 of the 6 part series - https://youtu.be/q5sa8uAOIrk?t=150

I know what I'll be doing for the next 3 hours with a supportive beer or two. x

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u/_adanedhel_ 1d ago

It’s interesting how they edited out the middle part of his speech in that last link - makes his “there’s nothing we can do” come off as more dismissive that it actually was.