Thermal map Titanic sinking. For six years from 2006 to 2012 I travelled the world looking for ships which passed
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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.
Continue readingA Very Deceiving Night: Seeing stars
Titanic passenger Lawrence Beesley noticed very bright stars night night of crash, he gives us the best description of the extraordinary weather that night.
Continue readingA Very Deceiving Night: Seeing the inversion
Titanic passengers testified to manifestations of strong thermal inversion on the night the ship sank after it hit the iceberg.
Continue readingWhat caused the Titanic disaster?
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: Thermal Inversion
Log books and Greenwich Mean Noon Observations from more than 75 ships which passed through the area where the Titanic sank give thermal inversion evidence.
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