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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Titanic mystery solved: The optical phenomenon that caused crew to see iceberg too late
Tim Maltin is interviewed on Science Digest, June 2022. “Titanic famously sank in on April 15, 1912, after striking an
Continue readingHow the Titanic was taken down by a mirage
Author and historian Tim Maltin in Fox Weather on the unusual atmospheric conditions. “The reason why we’re all fascinated by
Continue readingTitanic: the unsinkable ship
Historian Dan Snow talks to Tim Maltin about the Titanic tragedy and how certain myths arose about the voyage. “On
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On the 110th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we speak to historian Tim Maltin to discuss the infamous
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Why ‘Superior Mirage’ images are echoes of Titanic tragedy
The above photograph of a Superior Mirage near the Isle of Skye in Northwest Scotland, with the Isle of Harris
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Mirage text from 1820 sheds new light on Titanic disaster
In 1820, polar explorer and scientist William Scoresby published “An account of the Arctic regions with a history and description
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