“The big icebergs that drift into warmer water melt much more rapidly under water than on the surface, and sometimes a sharp, low reef extending two or three hundred feet beneath the sea is formed. If a vessel should run on one of these reefs half her bottom might be torn away.” IfsShouldTwoSometimesBigsMightRunningThreeWaterHalfSeaFeetLowsHundredBottomSurfaceTornVesselExtendingReefsIceberg Author:Edward Smith
