Titanic Museum allows people to experience how cold the water was on the sinking night
The Titanic Museum in Tennessee, USA, has gained attention for letting visitors experience the freezing -2¡ãC water, the same temperature as the Atlantic Ocean when the Titanic sank. A viral video showing visitors plunging their hands into the icy water has sparked debate online, amassing over 2 million views.
In a sombre tribute to the RMS Titanic's awful end, the Titanic Museum in Tennessee, USA, has recently gained attention with a dramatic new feature. The museum, an intricate half-scale recreation of the ill-fated ship, allows visitors to experience what it was like to be on the water on the terrible night of April 15, 1912.
What does the Titanic Museum offer?
At the Titanic Museum you can find this basin filled with water, set to the exact temperature that the people in the surrounding waters would have had to swim in after the ship sank.
¡ª Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 11, 2024
The ocean temperature was about 30¡ãF.pic.twitter.com/38e9jjXjEh
Visitors to the museum have had the unique opportunity to dip their hands in water that has been chilled to -2¡ãC, the same temperature as the Atlantic Ocean on that tragic night.
The museum, which has over 400 real Titanic artefacts and covers more than 22,000 square feet, provides a variety of interactive experiences. One such feature¡ªa bucket of water kept at an ice temperature of -2¡ãC¡ªhas recently become a topic of controversy. The experience seeks to recreate the intense cold encountered by passengers when the Titanic sank.
A viral video circulating on social media shows the reactions of three daring visitors who tested their endurance by plunging their hands into the frigid water.
How did people on the internet react?
The video, posted on X by the account Spellbinding Odyssey and later reposted by Massimo, has received more than 2 million views. The video has garnered a lot of attention, prompting a variety of opinions online.
That's (I think) -2C for anyone non-Americans. ?
¡ª Kol Tregaskes (@koltregaskes) September 11, 2024
That's -1 C temperature water, freezing you.
¡ª Ashok_Writes (@Ashoks_Musings) September 11, 2024
Can feel how hard it was for the Titanic travellers ??
They were around icebergs. I'm guessing it would have been freezing. ??
¡ª Cryptomancer ? (@phfoong) September 11, 2024
Wow ,I feel really bad for those people what they had to suffer before they died or were rescued ¡. ? ?
¡ª Debbie kassa (@DebbieKassa) September 11, 2024
I wouldn¡¯t mind experiencing that!
¡ª dreamdisturber ??? (@dreamdisturber) September 11, 2024
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