Melting Icebergs

Quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt “The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself”. Franklin was the longest term president ever. Franklin’s childhood was a great experience to start his future. Franklin was born on January 30th, 1887 and lived most of his years in HYDE Park, New York. Franklin was educated by tutors till age 14. In 1896 he moved to Massachusetts and went to a private school called the Groton school for boys. In 1900 he graduated from Groton school for boys. He…

The Titanic was big and a lot was put into it. (www.titanicfacts.net) The Titanic started its voyage at 11:40 pm april 14 1912 and sunk 2:20 am. The Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean near Canada. It took 74 years to find the titanic. The iceberg that sunk the titanic was believed to be 50 to 100 feet high. It devastated a lot of people and surprised everyone.(www.titanicfacts.net) (www.histortyoftetitanic.org) (www.huffingtonpost.com)…

The passengers aboard the RMS Titanic were about 2,223 people who sailed on the maiden voyage. They sailed from Southampton to New York City. With many great deaths that occurred on this “unsinkable ship”, many authors used this event as a background for a great story, but were the details of the event accurately portrayed? When writing Dangerous Waters, it is clear that Gregory Mone did his research and showed the event accurately. The book Dangerous Waters by Gregory Mone was a heart…

Survivors and Deaths The Spedden Story One Survival story, was about Douglas that was the only child of Frederic and Daisy Spedden when they boarded the Titanic. An hour after the shuddering collision, Douglas, his mother, Daisy, and two servants went into lifeboat 3. The dad was also allowed to get into a lifeboat when they let men get into lifeboats early on. They had all fortunately survived! Sadly Douglas’s life was cut short on August 6, 1915, two years after the Titanic crashed.…

Isador Strauss was born on February 6, 1845 and was the co-owner of Macy's department store with Nathan, his brother. He was born into a Jewish family, and had 5 other siblings. He was educated at the Collinsworth Institute in Talbotton, GA. In 1871, he married Rosalie Ida Blun. He eventually moved to New York he became involved with Macy and C.O. He and his wife traveled back to Europe on the “Amerika” for one last time before going back to New York for good. To get back to New York, Strauss…

On May 10,1996 there were more climbers on the South side of Mount Everest than ever before. That same day a terrible blizzard hit Mount Everest. There were still climbers trying to summit. But, unfortunately 8 climbers got lost and died in the blizzard on Mount Everest. A few climbers summited, but not all made it back. The teams that were on Mount Everest the day of the blizzard were a Taiwanese team of 13. A South African team of 21. A nine-man assemble team of British. An American team…

Everyone thought the ship was unsinkable! The Titanic hit the iceberg below the waterline, which made this ship helpless. It sent the Titanic to the bottom of the sea in just 2 ½ hours. The length of the Titanic was almost 900 feet. The Titanic weighted 46,000 pounds, With the weight of the passengers, the crew, cargo…

The new Titanic is officially unsinkable, unlike the original. Thanks to our friend, Climate Change, all of the icebergs have melted away. Climate Change has helped us increase the Earth’s temperature as much as 3°F to 12°F, allowing for over 15% of the arctic ice to melt for every 2°F temperature increase! The atlantic ocean is now safe and clear of those massive, killer icebergs. And the news even gets better! If you fear sharks eating you, there’s no need to worry about swimming in the ocean…

Who is responsible for the sinking of the titanic? This is important to know because the titanic's sinking was one of the most memorable tragedies in history. This has taught multiple ship makers what and what not to do. The audience should care because one day you might be asked this question as well. Captain Smith was responsible for the sinking of the titanic because he ignored multiple ice warnings, was at a party during the sinking getting drunk, and left the steering wheel unattended which…

passengers into deep enough consideration. They neglected safety standards and procedures which proved to be the cause of death of many of the passengers on board. On the early morning of April 15th, 1912, that passenger filled ship collided with an iceberg causing over 2,200 passengers to struggle to survive through hypothermia, drowning, lifeboat scarcity, and other conditions that occurred while the ship sank down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The most prominent cause of death…