What Happened to the Iceberg After It Sank Titanic?

It was early 1912. A giant chunk of ice broke off from a glacier in southwest Greenland. The ice was formed by snow that had fallen about 100,000 years before the event. It was the time when mammoths still roamed the highlands. planet the

iceberg

began its journey it was a huge object over 1700 feet long it weighed around 75 million tons it was also a very peaceful chunk of ice it stayed away from ships and busy transportation routes not that there were many around where it was located the

iceberg

was born and then somehow it floated much further south and other icebergs our iceberg was lucky others melted long before reaching these latitudes fifteen thousand to thirty thousand icebergs that move away from the glaciers of greenland only one percent manages to reach the Atlantic, which is why it is so surprising that in April our iceberg the traveler was already more than five thousand miles from the Arctic Circle, even after melting in the water for months, this block of ice he still weighed an impressive figure of a year and a half. million tons, it is almost double that of the Golden Gate Bridge.

The top of the iceberg rose above the ocean surface by more than 100 feet and yet, if you noticed it floating next to your ocean liner, it would have seemed harmless, but only at first. It looks like just a small part of a huge piece of ice. The largest part of any iceberg is always hidden beneath the surface. Normally, barely a tenth of it is visible above the water and the iceberg we are talking about was no exception for several days. Before our iceberg reached the Atlantic Ocean, a magnificent ship left the port. It was a luxurious steamship that carried more than 3,000 passengers and crew members.

At that time, it was the largest ship ever built. The ocean liner was called the Titanic. It was considered unsinkable in At the beginning of its journey it almost collided with the steamship New York. Fortunately, the Titanic managed to pass the other ship by a couple of feet to prevent the people crowding the liner's decks from letting out a collective sigh of relief. Little did they know

what

was happening. waiting for them in the near future as the iceberg approached the area that the

titanic

was going to cross on its way to new york. It

happened

on april 14 when the ship was in the north atlantic ocean 370 miles from newfoundland around 11 40 p.m. those who were still awake on board the

titanic

fell pushed by a mysterious and powerful force those who had already gone to bed were catapulted to the ground both the passengers and the crew members screamed in panic and confusion minutes before the commotion began an iceberg had appeared right in front of the ship it was our errant iceberg why the crew had not noticed it before there may have been several reasons, I will tell you about them a little later anyway once the liner collided with a huge piece of ice it was condemned, unable to divert its course, the ship broke, at least five of the hull compartments began to fill with water at an alarming speed.

The titanic's compartments were not covered at the top, which is why the water overflowed and began to flood each one of the front of the ship began to sink causing the rear to rise vertically into the air and then with a deafening roar the liner split in half the rest is history but few people know

what

happened

to the iceberg afterwards that the ship hit it, brings us back To the question of why no one had seen the mountain of floating ice until it was too late, let us follow the events of that fateful day around 6 p.m.

Captain Smith finally decides to change the course of the Titanic. He's been receiving iceberg warnings all day. begins to head further south but the speed remains the same at 9:40 pm another ship informs the Titanic about a vast ice field full of icebergs unfortunately this message never reaches the bridge of the liner around 11 pm another ship Titanic steamer on the radio say that the ice has surrounded them causing their ship to stop. This message is also ignored while most of the passengers on the luxury cruise ship have already retired to their rooms at 11:35 the sailors on the top of the titanic they notice the iceberg they ring the bell three times which means that something is ahead then they call the bridge the engines reverse and the doors of the supposedly watertight compartments close just five minutes later the enormous starboard liner collides with the Iceberg The mail room begins to fill with water Soon other reports arrive They do not sound encouraging At least five other compartments are flooded, it is clear that the Titanic is just a few hours away from sinking.

The night was exceptionally calm, with no moonlight, no wind and no waves and as the waves did not break against the iceberg it was difficult to perceive the giant, but there is also a theory that what

sank

the Titanic was a black bird if you had to. To draw an iceberg, I bet it would be a huge chunk of white ice covered in snow, but those who have visited Antarctica know that icebergs come in millions of shades and can have multi-colored designs. or striped like candy, icebergs can also be black, there are two ways in which an ice fragment of such an unusual color can form: first, the ice can be extremely pure, without air bubbles or cracks of any kind, In this case there is nothing to scatter the light, the iceberg will absorb everything and look black or an erupting volcano can cover a glacier with volcanic ash, then the ice that breaks off from this glacier will also be dark in color.

The experts do not know the real reason why the iceberg of the titanic looked so dark or if it really was like that but one of the sailors who was in the crow's nest testified that the ice was black the other said it was gray or dark gray there is nothing exciting or mysterious about The so-called black birds are icebergs that roll after their top melts which changes the weight distribution, if their bottom is soft enough to absorb light, they look dark and are usually not exposed in the air long enough for white frost to accumulate, but let's say this theory is incorrect and the iceberg is not. it's actually black and yet the only reason you see things is because light reflects off of them, the less light there is the less likely you are to notice anything.

The surface of the ocean will always reflect the light of the moon and stars, but a nearly vertical, irregularly shaped iceberg will have less chance of doing so, which is why it will look almost black against the bright surface of the water at night. Icebergs can be quite difficult to detect without radar. In any case, our iceberg was not noticed in time. The Titanic crashed into it and spelled the end of the story. apparently it was not on April 15 the German liner SS Prinz Aliber was sailing through the North Atlantic; He was traveling a few miles from the place where the Titanic had sunk several hours before the chief steward of the German ship, who had not yet learned of the disaster, saw an iceberg.

What caught his attention was a fairly large streak of red paint running along the base of the iceberg surprised the man took a photo of his discovery he thought the paint meant a ship had hit the iceberg during the last 12 hours the next person to see the infamous chunk of ice and take his photo was the Captain of the ship used to lay telecommunications cables in deep water. The ship was sent to help in the area where the Titanic had sunk. The captain later claimed that the iceberg he had seen had been the only one in that area besides the red paint.

It was difficult to connect the dots. In 2015, one of these photographs sold at auction for more than $32,000 and still experts are not sure if the image actually shows the infamous block of ice, it could be another innocent iceberg. that was floating nearby at that moment