# Why didn't the Titanic's personnel evacuate to the iceberg?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 18, 2012, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-the-titanics-personnel-evacuate-to-the-iceberg/619137 "2012-04-18T08:06:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-the-titanics-personnel-evacuate-to-the-iceberg/619137/101 "2015-09-09T00:14:46Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> I think when one hears a band that’s been playing ragtime an other popular tunes all voyage suddenly start playing hymns like “Nearer my God to Thee,” one would appreciate the gravity of the situation.

With your gravity comment, you made a pun without realizing it.😃

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