I recently received the following email response from one of the IIP: "On and off over the years, I've spent some time studying the movement and deterioration of icebergs at sea. Although I am aware of the reported weather conditions on the night the Titanic struck the iceberg, I can't remember very many clear, starlit nights. It seems that every time I came upon an iceberg it was snowing or foggy, mostly foggy. As you probably know, we rely heavily on radar, both in our aerial reconnaissance on the rare times we are on ships...Our expertise is in airborne surveillance, mostly using radar." They did suggest contacting some of the Masters of the
ships that provide support for the oilfields off Newfoundland.