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The iceberg risk in the Titanic year of 1912: Was it exceptional?
Author(s) -
Bigg Grant,
Billings Steve
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2014.00746.x
Subject(s) - iceberg , engineering , forensic engineering , history , archaeology , oceanography , geology , sea ice
The sinking of the Titanic is typically blamed on human, design and construction errors. But what of the iceberg that did the damage? Was it a lone berg, or one of many in the area? And should it have been that far south? Earth systems scientist Grant Bigg and systems engineer Steve Billings assess the data.