Ice begins to melt when its surroundings rise above its freezing point, that being 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius). Depending on the salt content and the presence of other substances, that freezing point may be an even lower temperature.
Another highly probable cause of death was injury. Because some of the bodies retrieved from the water by the recovery ships had been too badly damaged to preserve through embalming and consequently had to be buried at sea, itâs very likely that some passengers died as a result of catastrophic injuries.
8. The iceberg that sank the Titanic had been floating around the north Atlantic for about 3,000 years and came from a glacier in Greenland. 9. Titanic's wreckage was discovered more than 70 years after the ship sank, at a depth of 12,000 feet below the surface of the ocean and split into two pieces. 10. The wreckage was discovered during a 1985 expedition, about 13.2 miles from the shipâs last known location.