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The Mystery Around Death Of The Captain Of Titanic

  • Captain E.J. Smith was last seen at 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, 1912.
  • Even after 40 years at sea without any casualties for Smith, the death count was over 1500 on the night of 14th April.
  • At least five of the Titanic’s 16 watertight compartments was flooded.
  • 20 lifeboats, with a total capacity of 1,178, couldn’t accommodate  2,200 passengers and crew members. 

Commander Edward J. Smith was the captain of the infamous ship ‘The Titanic’. Smith’s body was never discovered and his final...

https://mfame.guru/the-mystery-around-death-of-the-captain-of-titanic/

Watch: The green icebergs phenomenon may be explained

The video, published by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), seeks to explain the ever-lasting phenomenon of green icebergs in the Antarctic. Researchers recently proposed a new idea that may explain why some Antarctic icebergs are tinged emerald green rather than the normal blue, potentially solving a decades-long scientific mystery.

The green icebergs have been a curiosity to scientists for decades, but now glaciologists report in a new study that they suspect iron oxides in rock dust from...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-the-green-icebergs-phenomenon-may-be-explained/

International Ice Patrol starts operations, informing for icebergs

The Coast Guard International Ice Patrol announced that it’s starting operations for the 2019 ice season as from February 5, 2019 and will resume production of the North American Ice Service (NAIS) daily iceberg warning products from its operations center in New London, Connecticut.

Mainly, NAIS provides iceberg warning from February to August, in the timeframe when icebergs are a great threat to transatlantic shipping.

In the meantime, the Canadian Ice Service generates the iceberg warning...

https://safety4sea.com/international-ice-patrol-starts-operations-informing-for-icebergs/

Watch: Chinese icebreaker collides in iceberg, Antarctic

Chinese icebreaker ‘Xue Long’ collided on an iceberg in Antarctic, during its 35th Antarctic research mission, on January 19. After the collision the icebreaker avoided any mechanical casualties and according to the Ministry of Natural Resources there were no injuries reported concerning the crew onboard.

Specifically, the collision took place off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

The icebreaker was conducting three knots in conditions with extreme fog at the time the collision occurred. Xue...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-chinese-icebreaker-collides-in-iceberg-antarctic/

Study analyzes sea level variation off Greenland

Dr. David Holland of New York University, in collaboration with Dr. Natalya Gomez at McGill University, are leading an investigation of sea level variations in the Disko Bay region of western Greenland.

A shore-based system compares the direct arrival of GPS signals to the signals reflected off the sea surface to obtain sea level. The presence of sea ice and icebergs complicates the measurements. A shore-mounted camera provides information about the surroundings and the presence of sea ice and...

https://safety4sea.com/study-analyzes-sea-level-variation-off-greenland/

NASA: Capture of perfectly rectangular iceberg in Antarctic

Under its Operation IceBridge, NASA captured a photo of a very sharp-angled, tabular iceberg floating among sea ice in the Antarctic Peninsula, on 16 October 2018.

Operation IceBridge is NASA’s longest-running aerial survey of polar ice, designed to assess changes in the ice height of several glaciers draining into the Larsen A, B and C embayments. During the survey, IceBridge senior support scientist Jeremy Harbeck spotted the iceberg just off of the Larsen C ice shelf.

I thought it was pretty...

https://safety4sea.com/nasa-capture-of-perfectly-rectangular-iceberg-in-antarctic/

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