Titanic Sunk During Average Iceberg Year

[knocker]

 

Old Coast Guard records are throwing cold water on a long-standing explanation for the loss of the Titanic: the suggestion that the fateful journey took place in waters bristling with icebergs, making 1912 an unlucky year to sail the North Atlantic.

 

http://www.livescience.com/44754-titanic-1912-iceberg-theory-challenged.html

[The PIT]

Mmmmm comparing then with now. Would be interesting to see the iceberg count before 1900 if there is one. I may ask them if there was a count.

Edited April 11, 2014 by The PIT