The Titanic iceburg

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[Stuart2007]

Is there any record as to when (if) the Titanic iceburg finally melted?

I remember hearing something that due to current flows of the NAGS that iceburgs can do a tour quite far down and the bigger ones that don't melt totally can end up drifting back up North.

Anyone know anything about this?

Stu

[ozziesailor]

i was watching a documentry about it about 2 weeks ago the iceberg when titanic hit apparently according to the documentry was on its last legs and about 1 yr after the sinking it completely melted. the documentry was on SBS in Australia if anyone is wondering

[Stuart2007]

Thanks for that. I was a bit sceptical about the theory of burgs coming south and then heading back north.

There's several currents other than the well known gulf stream and, so I understand, when its mass is reduced enough it can get caught by the current and taken back north again.

Must see if I can find that documentary- most are broadcast internationally at some point.

Stu

(PS I've just found a nice bit of an iceburg- currently sitting in a nice neat-scotch

[LucAtC]

Hello Stu,
To the NW Atlantic, it looks indeed like the cold East Greenland current follows the coasts: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Greenland_Current
To see the direction of the streams, I put the position of Titanic sinking on two map extracts.
No too readable, but anyhow, one can infer that indeed the iceberg must have taken the path of the Gulfstream, after having come from the North.
The first extract is from Wikipedia, the second of the December pilotchart 106.
Regards,
Luc

[Stuart2007]

Hello Stu,
To the NW Atlantic, it looks indeed like the cold East Greenland current follows the coasts: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Greenland_Current
To see the direction of the streams, I put the position of Titanic sinking on two map extracts.
No too readable, but anyhow, one can infer that indeed the iceberg must have taken the path of the Gulfstream, after having come from the North.
The first extract is from Wikipedia, the second of the December pilotchart 106.
Regards,
Luc

Hi Luc- So it IS possible that iceburgs can do that? You are a mine of information, sir. I'm afraid I've spent too much time watching late night documentaries and they usually ask more questions than they answer!

Stu

[Alex201]

Lately I've followed an ice navigation course at college, I've seen on a map that the titanic accident is pretty much south than the average ice-accident in the north atlantic.

So I don't think that iceberg did last much longer...