New Year’s Day brought the world a fresh look at the sinking of the Titanic, and it has nothing to do with the claim the boat that sank off Newfoundland was actually Titanic’s sister ship, the Olympic. In Titanic: The New Evidence, a documentary aired January 1 on England’s Channel 4, modern animation techniques are […]
Titanic 100
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Titanic 100 events announced
[image-1] Yesterday’s Titanic 100 launch was a perfect time to ask the question that was on everyone’s mind this week. Not that Fringe Fest stuff, what is this, yesterday? Is Ken Pinto indeed bringing an iceberg into Halifax Harbour? Um, no. Apparently some totally lame naysayers claim an iceberg can stir up “metals and poisons into the harbour,” said a disappointed Ken Pinto to an equally disappointed Stephanie Johns. There were some serious talks with iceberg towing companies, though. “They’re towing icebergs out there all the time,” Pinto says. The Titanic Centennial proposed events include “a major conference, a wake