Cold. The Sea is cold, It doesn't matter where on Earth this happened the sea is cold it could happen in the Caribbean and the sea would still be cold.
I mean......to be fair, thats probably the best thing he could have done/said. He realizes in that moment that he's in the path of danger. Step 1......get the fuck out of there. Worry about step 2 when you're safe.
So I’m not a boat person but I was under the impression that the law of the sea requires other boats to aide people in the water. Like I think it’s a requirement. I’m pretty sure it’s the reason why tankers and whatnot stop and help ships in distress. Could be just something I heard as a kid though.
I have no context on how this situation happened, but I'm going to guess there where a few signs the capsized boat captain ignored. Hope the whale wasn't injured.
I saw that that happened off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, but this is saying Great Britain? That's a Humpback, and I've seen them off the coast of NH