The reason the Titanic hit an iceberg and sunk has been hotly debated for the past century.
在过去的一个世纪里,人们对泰坦尼克号的沉没原因议论纷纷。
While some say it was due to human error, others say the unusual appearance of a large iceberg in a region of the Atlantic Ocean was the main factor.
有些人认为是人为原因所致,而有些人则认为是大西洋海域出现的冰山异常所致。
But now a paper claims it was not one or the other, but rather adverse weather conditions that drove icebergs south farther than usual.
但是最近一篇研究否定了两者,认为当时恶劣的天气状况造成的冰山位置比以往偏南,导致了事故的发生。
The paper 'The iceberg risk in the Titanic year of 1912' was published in the journal Significance.
这篇题为“1912年泰坦尼克号遭遇的冰山风险”的论文发表在Significance期刊上。
It describes how the distance the iceberg that sunk the Titanic had drifted south was much farther than would have been expected at the time.
论文中称当时泰坦尼克号撞上的那座冰山所在位置比往年偏南,并给出了偏离的具体距离。
While they admit stresses on the crew might have been a factor, they say the surprising appearance of such a large iceberg meant the ship’s fate was down to poor luck.
文中还提到,虽然船上工作人员的失职也是一个原因,但是突然出现的巨大冰山似乎也预示了泰坦尼克号命中注定的厄运了。
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