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In just over two and a half hours, the Titanic filled with water and sank. On the deck, the Titanic's crew helped passengers into the lifeboats.
The Titanic had only 20 lifeboats rather than the 48 that would have been necessary to save all the people onboard. The Titanic's owners and the British Board of Trade thought that having too many lifeboats crowded the deck and would make people believe the ship was unsafe. Hundreds of people were thrown into the icy cold Atlantic water and died of hypothermia. While it was sinking, the Titanic radioed to other ships in the area but was only able to reach the R.
Carpathia which was 93 kilometers 58 miles away. The Carpathia arrived about four hours later, at a. According to the layer of the MapMaker Interactive, linked above, what was the sea surface temperature in the area where the Titanic sank? The temperature where the Titanic sank was slightly above freezing. Based on the ocean current layer of the MapMaker Interactive , was the current that pulled the iceberg into Titanic 's path a cold or a warm current?
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