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An iceberg is a mass of ice that has broken off from a glacier and is afloat in the sea. They are in fact pieces of glaciers detached from the parent mass by the action of the sea and by their own accumulating weight. They present the strangest and most picturesque forms, are sometimes miles in length, and rise to a height of perhaps 250 or 300 feet above the sea, the portion above water being calculated at about an eighth of the whole. Icebergs consist of clear, compact, solid ice, with a bluish-green tint. Their cavities contain fresh water, from the melting of the ice. They are frequently encountered in the North Atlantic and in the southern seas as well, and have caused many a wreck - the most famous perhaps being the Titanic which sank after striking an iceberg. The ice that forms on the surface of the sea, called field-ice, is porous, incompact, and imperfectly transparent. The field-ice forms in winter and breaks up in summer. A small field is called a, floe; one much broken up forms a pack. A piece of ice that breaks off from an iceberg is called a calf.
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Henry James Jukes (known as Jim Jukes) was an English engineer. He was born in 1873 and died in 1912. He was an engine room greaser on the ship Titanic, and died when the Titanic sank in 1912.
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Peter Boyd-Smith is an English maritime historian and the world's leading expert on the Titanic. He was born in 1947. Peter Boyd-Smith operates an ocean liner and aviation memorabilia shop called 'Cobwebs' at Northam in Southampton and also lectures and advises navies and shipping companies worldwide on maritime history, particularly with regard to the Titanic but also in respect of historical accuracy regarding individual ships.
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William Thomas Stead was an English journalist. He was born in 1849 at Embleton, Durham and died in 1912. The son of a Congregational minister he was educated at Silcoates School, Wakefield. Leaving a merchant's office to edit 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington in 1871 he left there in 1880 to be an assistant editor of the 'The Pall Mall Gazette' and in 1883 became editor. He left 'The Pall Mall Gazette' in 1889 and in 1890 founded 'The Review of Reviews', and in 1895 started a penny Masterpieces Library. He was a passenger on board the Titanic and drowned when it sunk in 1912.
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Dorothy Gibson was an American actress, singer and dancer. She was born in 1889 at Hoboken, New Jersey and died in 1946 She survived the sinking of the Titanic and went on to write and star in the 1912 film 'Saved from The Titanic' that tells the story of the disaster through the eyes of a survivor - herself.
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Kate Winslet is an English actress. She was born in 1975 at Reading, Berkshire. Best known for her starring role as 'Rose DeWitt Bukater' in the 1997 film 'Titanic', Kate Winslet's first roles were in television and started in 1990 with an appearance in 'Shrinks' before playing 'Reet' in the 1991 British television series 'Dark Season' before later starring in the 1994 film 'Heavenly Creatures'.
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Basalt is an igneous rock, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated. It is usually of a greenish black colour, or of some dull brown shade, or black. It constitutes immense beds in some regions, and also occurs in veins or dikes cutting through other rocks. It has often a prismatic structure as at the Giant's Causeway, in Ireland, where the columns are as regular as if the work of art. It is a very tough and heavy rock, and is one of the best materials for macadamising roads.
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Leucoxene is a nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron.
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A Night To Remember is an epic drama starring Kenneth More. It is the story of the sinking of the Titanic, as seen through the eyes of its second officer. A Night To Remember was directed by Roy Baker.
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Britannic is a war drama starring Edward Atterton, Amanada Ryan, Jacqueline Bisset and Ben Daniels in a story about the sinking of the sister ship to the Titanic during the Great War. Britannic was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith in 2000.
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