I intend to rule that out as an option. Sinking our vessel, would ultimately lead to more complications then it would solve.
[There would also be no way to be certain that any of the rescued crewmembers would A. have their journals with them, or B. manage to survive long enough without food or water in order to be picked up by a rescue team. Being stranded in a lifeboat could be an exceptionally nasty, slow, and agonizing way to die.]
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[An attempt at levity?]
I intend to rule that out as an option. Sinking our vessel, would ultimately lead to more complications then it would solve.
[There would also be no way to be certain that any of the rescued crewmembers would A. have their journals with them, or B. manage to survive long enough without food or water in order to be picked up by a rescue team. Being stranded in a lifeboat could be an exceptionally nasty, slow, and agonizing way to die.]