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MANY reasons have been advanced for the drowning of the crew of the Rye lifeboat, but there is one which I have not seen referred to, and which, I think, must be to a great extent responsible. The first time I realised the importance of this was when standing on the rocks overhanging the rapids below Niagara. I noticed that the water was mixed to a great depth with air bubbles, and this seemed to me to throw light upon the failure of swimmers to survive the passage of these rapids.
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OWENS, J. Low Buoyancy of Surf. Nature 122, 845 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122845b0
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