Photo / F.G.O StuartAs survivors of the Titanic sinking floated in the freezing waters of the northern Atlantic Ocean, glowing lights spread across the sky. Photo / Nova Scotia ArchivesMore than 100 years later, new research suggests it was those very lights — the northern lights – that helped bring the Titanic to her untimely demise. The Aurora Borealis, or northern lights, over central Ontario in Canada. Captain Rostron drove the Carpathia full speed into the dark icefield in which the Titanic had met with disaster. Zinkova suggests the weather event could also have had something to do with inadvertently leading the Carpathia to the crash site.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 17, 2021 22:41 UTC