The iceberg sank the Titanic with a lifespan of 100,000 years

Scientists believe the iceberg, the culprit that pierced and sank the Titanic in 1912, originated in the snowy southwest of Greenland and fell into the sea more than 100,000 years ago.

Using observations from 1912 and modern data on ocean currents and wind directions, Grant Bigg, professor of Earth system science at Sheffield University, England, built computer models to calculate the route of icebergs in a certain year.

Titanic ship before sinking.(Photo: Alamy).

Bigg announced the discovery of the 100,000-year date of the iceberg at the Cambridge Science Festival yesterday."We use understanding of ocean currents, then add meteorological data of that year to calculate the prevailing wind direction. Applying the above technique for 1912, we discovered icebergs. from Qassimiut in the southwestern coast of Greenland, " Sunday Times quoted Bigg.

According to the International Business Times, when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912, 1,517 people were killed, the iceberg was about 122m long, 30m above the sea surface and an estimated mass of 1.5 million tons. . However, the ice sheet had melted during the months drifting over the sea. Bigg estimated that the ice sheet was bigger when it fell into the sea, 518m long and weighed 75 million tons.

The iceberg sank the Titanic.(Photo by Henry Aldridge & Co).

One theory is that the iceberg sank the Titanic from the glacier in 1908, when winter with warmer temperatures increased the melting phenomenon. Other theories include the effects of sunspots, high tide and super moon in 1912.

The most recent study shows that 1912 was a dangerous year for the maritime industry, when icebergs moved further south than normal. "There are many reports of the appearance of large ice sheets before and after the collision , " Bigg said.

One of the scariest images of disaster was taken back by the head of the department on the ship Prinze Adelbert. He photographed the iceberg the morning of the sinking of the Titanic. The waitress saw a red paint trail below the ice sheet, evidence of its contact with the Titanic. At that time, he did not know that the iceberg was the culprit who sank the ship. But the location, traces on the iceberg and the description of the survivors confirmed this.