THAT ICEBERG THAT SUNK THE TITANIC WOULD HAVE MELTED AWAY...

SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE : THE ICEBERG THAT SUNK THE TITANIC  The story article begins with an explanation of SNOWFLAKES and SNOW FALL... How ICEBERGS form... and how little was known about icebergs back when the Titanic collided with one that might have only lasted a few more weeks of cold ocean. 

Excerpt: When the Titanic sank in 1912, it plunged an astounding two and a half miles and hit the seafloor at more than thirty miles per hour. The ship's ocean grave was so remote that its location remained a mystery until 1985, when a team that had the benefit of government-developed submarines and deep-water crafts was able to take some blurry snapshots.  It took seventy-tree years, almost an entire human lifespan, to find the most illustrious and fascinating shipwreck of all time.

WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR OF THE SEA ? ANTARCTICA

 film by Greenpeace

RICHARD BRANSON

"Billionaire adventurer Richard Branson on Tuesday unveiled a new single-person submarine that he said will be used to set new world records by exploring the five deepest parts of the world's oceans.

Branson said that over the next two years, the solo craft will go to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic's Puerto Rico Trench and South Sandwich Trench, the Diamantina Trench in the Indian Ocean and the Molloy Deep in the Arctic Ocean."

Link to the full article above!

TODAY IS JULES VERNE'S BIRTHDAY : LES VOYAGES EXTRAORDINAIRES

Les Voyages Extraordinaires is the work of Dennis Kytassaari and we are linking to his page, which has a full list of the work of this famous author, who we mermaids love (though we think he may have neglected to mention us) such as "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."



"1870. ... Ships are disappearing all over the world and it believed to be caused by a sea monster. Prof. Pierre Aronnax, author of the book The Mysteries of the Ocean Deep, his companion Conseil and Canadian harpooner Ned Land are hired by the U.S. government to help put and end to this mystery by joining an expedition on the Abraham Lincoln. After months of searching the Abraham Lincoln finds its quarry and in the ensuing collision, Prof. Aronnax, Conseil and Ned Land are thrown overboard. In their efforts to survive, the trio find themselves on the surface of the “monster” itself, which turns out to be a submarine. Captain Nemo allows them to remain alive on board his submarine, the Nautilus, as his permanent guests, meaning he will never allow them to leave and reveal his secrets. The Captain uses this meeting with Prof. Aronnax, whose book he has read, to begin a new cruise through the oceans and seas of the world, so that he can show Prof. Aronnax where his book was lacking in details; meanwhile, Ned Land’s primary interest is in escape."



Jules Gabriel Verne
8 Feb 1828 to 24 Mar 1905