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Hmmm, interesting question actually. The ice-berg may have been REALLY big and so it would've been hard to put people on it.
Have I got the right idea about your question? |
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Posted on: 2003/12/23 2:43
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You've got the right idea...The movie portrayed the iceberg as being pretty big (and then it disappeared) but I don't know from actual accounts what size it really was....I believe only one tenth of an iceberg is actually above water correct? Even so...a little land is better than freezing water right? Just didn't figure to me...
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Posted on: 2003/12/23 4:36
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The wind was still too, but i suspect that the edges of the iceberg were not easy to climb onto because the ice blocks that one could stand on without it whipping over must be big. If any of the unlucky passengers acquired some kinds of steel hooks that extend their hand to climb these things and just stand on it, they would have made it when the rescue operation took place.
I don't remember that any of this happend. If my theory is correct some one please confirm. i don't really know how ice bergs behave since i am not sea man. |
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Posted on: 2003/12/23 5:22
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i think the answer is simple, because they would have died very quickly, heres some info:
[b:68d65b5b36]How close can you get to an iceberg? It is dangerous to approach an iceberg because it can calve or roll creating a huge disturbance in the water which can upset a boat. There is no rule for safe space because certain icebergs may have long underwater rams which pose an even greater threat to an unwary vessel. Usually a minimum distance of the iceberg length should be kept though at this distance safety cannot be guaranteed. It is even more dangerous to attempt to get on an iceberg. Falling ice is a threat and a rolling berg can dump you in the very cold water before collapsing over on top of you.[/b:68d65b5b36] |
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Posted on: 2003/12/23 9:12
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since were on the subject of icebergs, you might like this article:
http://www.thisishampshire.net/hampshire/southampton/titanic/SOTON_TITANIC_NEWS30.html |
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Posted on: 2003/12/24 4:29
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I was thinking the same thing. When I first saw the movie, I was like "Jump on the iceberg! Jump! Jump!" And now I see what the iceberg could've done. O.O; Stupid me.
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Posted on: 2003/12/27 5:47
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Please recall that the ship encountered the berg at least a half-hour before they started putting people off. It was behind the ship a ways by that point. It made a lot more sense to head for the [i:283501e419]Californian[/i:283501e419], which at least they could see (as it had lights) than to make for a cold slippery iceberg "somewhere in that direction".
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Posted on: 2003/12/29 20:55
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