"Senan Molony caused a worldwide media flurry in 2017 by revealing publicly that there was an uncontrolled coal bunker fire aboard Titanic. Experts held the fire would have significantly weakened a forward bulkhead, the failure of which hastened the sinking. Indeed, a shipyard worker aboard the Titanic from Southampton to Cherbourg is said to have warned passengers about the ship's defects. Titanic might otherwise have lasted into daylight, with hordes...

"In Titanic, early fluent readers will learn about the science behind the ill-fated voyage of this "unsinkable" ship. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they explore what we have learned in the wake of this disaster. An infographic illustrates parts of the Titanic, and an activity offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about the Titanic using our safe search engine that...

Presents the compelling story of how the Andrea Doria, a majestic, 697-foot Italian luxury liner bound for New York City, was rammed broadside by another luxury liner, the Swedish-American Stockholm, just off Nantucket Island. Rare photos and illustrations, along with eyewitness testimony, provide a complete account of the Andrea Doria's story. Breathtaking film footage shows the ship as it slips beneath the waves, after hours of heroically struggling...

For years, the focus of the Titanic disaster has been on the notorious iceberg that gouged the ship as it cruised through the North Atlantic in April 1912. But was the iceberg the only thing that contributed to the sinking of this legendary vessel? This eye-opening program explores the explosive theory that the doomed liner may have had a fatal design flaw, one which could have caused it to sink even if it had not struck the iceberg.

"More than one hundred years after the "unsinkable" Titanic sunk after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic, the tragedy continues to haunt us. That's partly thanks to the movies--notably James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster, Titanic--that have turned the story into a sort of modern myth. In fact, when it comes to the events of April 15, 1912, untangling fact from fiction has become increasingly difficult. Was the captain drunk? Was the ship...

"The real story: Titanic puts the hit film to the test to see if its most dramatic moments hold water against recent discoveries about the events of April 15, 1912. To get to the truth, we dive into frigid waters with an expert on extreme survival, follow a man who smashes ships into icebergs for research purposes, board the world's first virtual Titanic to retrace the final moments before impact, and more. By separating fact from fiction, The real...

Amelia Earhart: (May not be appropriate for sensitive audiences. Concerns plane crash.) Did she survive the crash and live out her final days as a castaway on a remote Pacific island? Did she, as others claim, crash in the Marshall Islands, get captured by the Japanese and get put to death as a spy? Or did Amelia return to the US under an assumed name -Irene Craigmile - yet deny it until the end? Apollo: In July 1969, 600 million people around the...