After The Ditching

摘要

Cold is a nasty, unrelenting enemy. You will not survive more than one hour in water colder than 40 deg. F. Even in water as warm as 60 deg. F, you will only survive for about six hours. When flying over cold water, the only solution is to deploy a life raft and wear an immersion suit. Even properly suited, you definitely want to get into the life raft as soon as possible.