Turn to starboard left Titanic facing north. The abnormal refraction at Titanic’s wreck site also led to the failure of Californian to come to her aid.
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The hidden cause of the Titanic disaster: thermal inversion and the Titanic
The hidden cause of the Titanic disaster. In this blog post Tim Maltin and Professor Andrew T. Young reveal the real cause of this tragedy, 104 years after the event – abnormal refraction.
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What was the cause of the Titanic disaster – why did it collide with a huge, white iceberg on a completely clear, starlit night? Was it abnormal refraction?
Continue readingA Very Deceiving Night: The Californian Incident
One of the most extraordinary elements of the Titanic story is that she sank within sight of a rescue ship, the Californian, which ignored her distress signals.
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