CHAPTER XXV
OTHER GREAT MARINE DISASTERS
DEADLY DANGER OF ICEBERGS—DOZENS OF SHIPS PERISH IN
COLLISION—OTHER DISASTERS
Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters | ||
THE danger of collision with icebergs has always been one of the most deadly that confront the mariner. Indeed, so well recognized is this peril of the Newfoundland Banks, where the Labrador current in the early spring and summer months floats southward its ghostly argosy of icy pinnacles detached from the polar ice caps, that the government hydrographic offices and the maritime exchanges spare no pains to collate and disseminate the latest bulletins on the subject.
CHAPTER XXV
OTHER GREAT MARINE DISASTERS
DEADLY DANGER OF ICEBERGS—DOZENS OF SHIPS PERISH IN
COLLISION—OTHER DISASTERS
Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters | ||