Sometimes things go awry

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This week, Carl describes the San Francisco Bay’s most significant ferry accidents, the most notable of which served as the inspiration for the first chapter of Jack London’s The Sea-Wolf. Carl explains how ferries are typically a safe mode of transportation, and what exceptional conditions caused accidents to occur.

Carl on the Bay
Carl on the Bay
Sometimes things go awry
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NATALIA GUREVICH
Natalia Gurevich is currently working towards her masters degree in journalism at UC Berkeley, with a focus on narrative writing. She has most recently reported on Oakland crime, criminal justice and law stories for Oakland North, and previously worked for a policy-based weekly journal, CQ Researcher, in Washington DC.

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