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Is the Titanic Iceberg still around?
What do you think, there is ice out there that's thousands of years old..
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Could be. It's an interesting thought. Bet the paint transfer would long gone, though.
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Seriously? I'm reasonably sure that chunks of glacier that break off and drift out to sea are doomed to melt within months to a few years, depending on their size and where the sea currents push them.
It takes thousands of years for the snow to compact down and form a glacier, then for the glacier to creep out to the coast and calve. Once the iceberg is floating it is the beginning of the end. The Titanic has outlasted the ice that sunk her.
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You take an ice-cubed sized chunk of this stuff and put it into your scotch and it will stay there all night. And sometimes it's still there in the morning. So I would not be at all surprised if the glacial ice that sunk the Titanic is still floating around today.
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There was a little red paint on my ice cube in my Gin and Tonic...
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There's nothing cheap about my friend with the glacial ice. Nothing at all.
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Must be a mighty fine scotch that you pour over glacial ice....
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If I remember correctly, the iceberg the Titanic hit was already pretty far south and continuing on that direction. They float out further and further south, and once they get past a certain point, they start melting fast.
yea.. here's where she lies: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=49%C2%B0+56'+49%22+W,+41%C2%B0+43'+32%22+N&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl
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That ice berg would be long gone but... From Kiss the girls...
Futican. Sorry? Fu-ti-can. It's Japanese. You wouldn't know it. It's in the Japanese character to do this sort of thing. They build these special ships... and sail them to the farthest navigable extremes... and look for the bluest iceberg they can find... and they tow it back. And one is able to drink something... that was last in liquid form about 30,000 years ago. Expensively clean. What does it taste like? Like water.
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![]() Re: no impurities in glacial ice, that might be a bit naive to believe. Mountain Goat: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
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Glacier ice is the best, had it in my drinks lots and some times the booze is gone and the ice is still there, like there for days. If you ever stand in front of a glacier you better be dressed warmly cause the cold radiates off it big time. We set the rig up about 1000 ft. away from a glacier that was about 3-400 ft. tall at the face, the wind that was blowing down off that ice was flippin cold, we had to wear jackets and long underware, the other drills that were away from the ice - the guys worn shorts and t-shirts. We tried permafrost rock in our drinks a few times too, the cold lasts for days as well.
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To, don't forget that the arctic ice cap is shrinking. I suspect that means it's melting at a not inconsiderable rate. Technically, I don't think "cold" can radiate. What's actually happening is that the berg is sucking the heat out of the air, the water and you. You and the surroundings are radiating your heat at the berg.
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