Iceberg

Iceberg The Titanic tragically hit an iceberg on the voyage to America on April 14, 1912 and the iceberg was spotted in the crows nest by Frederick Fleet. The precise size of the iceberg that hit the ship, the Titanic, is unknown to all. But according to an early newspaper article, the iceberg was approximately 50 to 100 feet high and 200 to 400 feet long. The iceberg the Titanic hit was part of a Greenland Glacier.

Greenland Glaciers are constantly moving all over the sea, sometimes as much as sixty-five feet per day. As the glaciers move across the icy waters, large pieces of the glaciers break off into the Labrador Sea, and eventually get caught in the cold Labrador Current. Once it meets with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, most icebergs melt quickly in the hot waters. Between 10,000 and 15,000 icebergs break off every year, but only about 500 of them make as far south as North Atlantic shipping lanes. As much as eighty five percent of and icebergs bulk is under water and because of the strong currents that can push on the outer side, it is not common to see an iceberg moving against a strong wind. Icebergs are composed almost entirely out of fresh water, and as the iceberg melts, the center of gravity can change. It was amazing how far that iceberg went. Usually icebergs are never get as close as the iceberg that hit the Titanic went. I guess it was just a twist of faint.

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