Coming up on Day 11 of the 12 Days of Riskmas, when it comes to most major disasters, what you will find is that it’s never a BIG BANG that triggers the impacts but, rather a litany of small misses that – cumulatively – create a risk exposure too large to absorb.

In today’s episode, I look at a how a simple pair of binoculars – a canary in the coalmine - might have changed the outcome of the doomed voyage of Titanic.

The Risktory Podcast is created, hosted and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin.

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12 Days of Riskmas
Day 1 – Ana Reyes + Pat Harkleroad - https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/12-days-of-riskmas-day-1-ana-reyes-and-p
Day 2 – Charles Ponzi - https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/12-days-of-riskmas-day-2-charles-ponzi
Day 3 – Stanislav Petrov - https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/12-days-of-riskmas-day-3-stanislav-petro
Day 4 – COVID Grudge Match - https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/12-days-of-riskmas-day-4-covid-grudge-ma
Day 5 – Iwo Jima - https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/12-days-of-riskmas-day-5-iwo-jima
Day 6 – Joy Westmore - https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/12-days-of-riskmas-day-6-joy-westmore
Day 7 – Powder Monkeys - https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/12-days-of-riskmas-day-7-powder-monkeys
Day 8 – Ruby Bridges - https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/12-days-of-riskmas-day-8-ruby-bridges
Day 9 – Berlin Conference 1884 - https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/12-days-of-riskmas-day-9-berlin-conferen
Day 10 – The Code Breakers - https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/12-days-of-riskmas-day-10-the-code-break
Day 11 – The Missing Binoculars - https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/12-days-of-riskmas-day-11-the-missing-bi
Day 12 – Miracle on Ice - https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/12-days-of-riskmas-day-12-miracle-on-ice

Related Episodes
https://www.spreaker.com/user/jacintheagalpin/titanic

Bibliography
https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/binoculars-aboard-titanic.htm#:~:text=There%20were%20binoculars%20aboard%20the,locker%20wasn't%20on%20board.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Blair_(mariner)#:~:text=her%20first%20voyage.%22-,Key%20to%20the%20binoculars,nest%20locker%2C%20presumably%20by%20accident.&text=The%20absence%20of%20binoculars%20being,subsequent%20inquiries%20into%20the%20sinking.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/secrets-titanics-sinking-missing-binoculars-14240279