'We Don't Want Another Titanic.' 1,000 Icebergs Drifted Into Shipping Lanes in 2017, Coast Guard Says
By Jennifer McDermott / AP December 14, 2017
(NEW LONDON, Conn.) — About 1,000 icebergs drifted into the North Atlantic shipping lanes this year, marking the fourth consecutive “extreme†ice season, U.S. Coast Guard officials said Thursday.
The Connecticut-based Coast Guard International Ice Patrol, which monitors iceberg danger in the North Atlantic and warns ships, held its annual meeting in New London to discuss 2017 and look ahead to 2018.
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