The iceberg responsible for sinking the Titanic was 100,000 years old

According to a recent study, the giant iceberg responsible for sinking the Titanic could have been the result of snow that fell into southwest Greenland about 100,000 years ago.

The observations were taken when Grant Bigg from Sheffield University in the UK combined observations obtained from 1912, the year in which the Titanic sank, and modern data on ocean currents and winds.

As per a report from the 'Sunday Times', Bigg used a computer model which can calculate the icebergs' paths in any given year.

"We take what we know about ocean currents, then add in meteorological readings for that year to calculate the prevailing winds," he said.

He applied those methods to 1912, which pointed to the iceberg emerging from around Qassimiut on the southwest Greenland coast.

In the mishap that happened on April 14, 1912, at least 1,517 people had died, because the ship collided with a glacier estimated to be 400 feet in length and 100 feet above the ocean surface. However, as per the new studies, the iceberg had been melting into the water for months prior to the incident, and was around 1,700 feet long and 75m tonnes in weight.

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