Not everybody was satisfied; relatives of Collins, who had heard during the evidence of trouble between De Long and the meteorologist, did not believe that the whole truth had been told, and termed the enquiry a "whitewash".
Ikke alle var tilfredse: slægtninge til Collins, der havde hørt under beviset om problemer mellem De Long og meteorologen, troede ikke på, at hele sandheden var blevet fortalt og kaldte undersøgelsen en "hvidvaskning".