Where do Icebergs go?


            Icebergs are huge masses of ice which have broken away from glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. They gradually melt away as the upper part is warmed by the sun and the lower part by the warmer waters into which they drift.



            An iceberg may be as much as 250 feet high, although only oneĀ­ ninth is above the surface of the sea. It can be a hazard to shipping.



            The worst disaster was to a British passenger liner, the Titanic. This fine ship was thought to be unsinkable, because she had a double skin and 15 watertight compartments. In April, 1912, the liner struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Despite her double skin and watertight compartments she was holed and quickly sank. Of the 2,207 people on board, more than 1,500 were drowned.



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