A photo of the iceberg the Titanic is believed to have hit, taken only a few days after the crash. (Credit: Stephan Řehořek, Wikimedia Commons)
A new study has found that the number of icebergs is on the rise in recent years. As the polar ice sheets are shrinking, the number of icebergs is increasing. It is becoming more likely that these icebergs will make it as far south as Newfoundland.
The study also claims that the risk of coming across an iceberg today is greater than it was for the Titanic.The ship sailed in 1912, a year that had an unusually high number of iceberg sightings.
Original research paper published in the journal Weather on April 9, 2014.
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