The scientists are starting to speculate that the ship actually hit a
rock and not an iceburg tongue.

The are commenting that the damage appears to be under the ship and that
the chances of a tongue of ice actually being attached to an iceburg and
yet able to get under a ship are very slim.

The also talked about poor maps and navigational aids in that area and
the possibility of shallow rocky areas.

schreef in bericht
...

For some good explanations of the why and how she sank read the
comment in this thread from the WoodenBoat Forum.
Those by Mike Mason and John Hardemann both NA's..


Blast I left out the URL!

Mea Culpa.

http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulleti...ad.php?t=72339

Thanks Dave, impressive, the only thing that made me feel bad was, nobody
spoke about passengers;-(
On the other hand a couple of nono's who only wanted their name shown, and
thanks god a couple of people who used their brains and had expierience and
knowledge of ships.
It's always difficult to find out who's the Good, the Bad or the Ugly.
The last thing I heard was that the ship was not hit by an iceberg but by a
rock under water.
Most importent thing to me is that all people are rescued, maybe with help
of the calm weather, but so what, it was a hell of a job and I'm proud of
all the people that made this story to a good ending for the passengers and
the crew.
--
Groeten
Bouler (The Netherlands)