Just as those dolphins in Seal Cove had seen that Mother Earth's waters may be unkind, 22 crew members of a Spanish trawler learned the same lesson, the hard way. Their vessel caught fire approx. 400km east of Newfoundland (supposedly they were fishing thw whole time in international waters), and sunk in near zero Celsius waters and subzero air temperatures in approximately 20 minutes. The Canadian coast guard ship Leonard J. Cowley was in the area (considering to approach the vessel with Fisheries Observers) when the distress call came out. 10 minutes after the call, the Cowley was there; 10 minutes after the trawler was gone ... shortly afterward all crew were onboard the Cowley, safe.
Glad to be a landlover, these days...
Cheers,
Not-a-FisherMen