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Icebergs

July 3, 2019 by Kane Dane

The Norse word ‘iceberg’ translates, not surprisingly, into ‘mountain of ice’. The mountain of ice that Titanic tragically encountered in April, 1912 was first formed over 5,000 years ago, when layer after layer of snow and ice were compressed and crushed by yet more falling snow to form part of the immense Greenland Glacier. These glaciers are …

Replica Titanic

June 26, 2019June 24, 2019 by Kane Dane

Ever since the release of James Cameron’s movie ‘Titanic’, there has been a whole host of schemes and projects all promising the same thing: the re-creation of a faithful replica of Titanic. Many people even set-up websites proclaiming to have a company which was going to build a new, all-improved Titanic , only for these sites to disappear weeks …