Hello everyone,
Long time reader, first time poster.
There has been much discussion over the superior mirage/refraction theory (which I find compelling) and the effect this may have had on the crew's ability to spot the iceberg; not to mention it could also explain the error in Titanic's...
Hello,
after a few months of an extensive research I published the first two of the four part series on Titanic's mirage theory.
My articles are now now available online free of charge.
https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wea.3243...
I have read a few accounts with state that Frederick Fleet in the Crow's Nest saw a "haze" in the horizon a minute or so he spotted the actual iceberg and rang the warning bell. Does anyone know if that was a verbatim quote by Fleet or Lee or assumption by a writer based on statements by either...