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Bernice "Bernie" Palmer (January 10, 1893 – February 11, 1989) was a Canadian photographer known for taking the photographs of the Titanic disaster survivors and the iceberg believed to have caused the sinking of the ship in April 1912.
Various ships were in the vicinity of the accident, or at the site where the lifeboats were found. Crew members or passengers on such ships took photographs of icebergs. Some of them were said to have been the iceberg that sank the Titanic. The crew of the SS Birma also photographed what they believed to be the iceberg that sank the Titanic.
One such photo showing an iceberg that, experts say, the massive Titanic ocean liner may have likely struck before sinking to the bottom of the Atlantic, is the first one believed to be taken by a ...
A few days later, a passenger on a passing ship reported seeing a woman's body floating in the ocean and holding on to the body of a large dog. [7] It was only in later years that Isham's name came to be associated with the story, as she was the only first class woman lost in the disaster whose whereabouts during the disaster were unknown.
A photograph can be worth more than 1,000 words -- especially if it's an image related to the Titanic. Photograph of the alleged iceberg that sank Titanic sells for staggering sum Skip to main content
The RMS Titanic departs Southampton on April 10, 1912. (Wikipedia) It riveted the world more than a century ago, yet photographs depicting the iceberg that may have caused the greatest nautical ...
She bought her second class ticket for £13. Titanic left Southampton on April 10, 1912. When on the fourth day of the voyage the ship struck an iceberg, Funk lost her life after (an unconfirmed story holds) giving up her lifeboat seat to a mother and a child. [2] [3] [4] Her body, if recovered, was never identified.
The statue was spotted in photos taken during a 1986 expedition, "but a tradition of secrecy around the Titanic wreck ensured her location would remain unknown," RMS Titanic Inc. said.