Saturday, June 03, 2006

Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces: A very interesting show: based on an expedition conducted last summer to the wreck of the Titanic, it documented the discovery of two consecutive pieces of the ship's double hull some distance from the main site.

I especially enjoyed the revised "breakup" theory that incorporated these relatively undamaged pieces with the shredded steel in the upper portions of the ship around the break. Basically, the story told by all that steel isn't consistent with the - albeit, dramatic - raising of the stern 30 degrees in the air prior to the break. The revised theory - and, of course, it's just a theory at this point - tells of a much swifter sinking, once the upper decks started to split.

Fascinating, and freshly horrifying. Reading blogs at work? Click to escape to a suitable site!
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