Is This 112-Year-Old Photograph the Iceberg That Sank the Titanic?

A unique photograph may have captured a chunk of ice that was behind the most famous maritime disaster in modern history.

The image that was reportedly rediscovered is now on sale. It allegedly shows the exact same iceberg which caused the Titanic’s sinking in the early morning hours of April 15, .

The photo was likely taken by John Snow Jr., a Nova Scotian funeral director. This happened just two days after Titanic sank.

Snow Jr. was at the sinking site because he had traveled on the C.S MacKay Bennett as chief embalmer for the funeral company John Snow & Co.

It was April 16 ^the of 1912, which was the first day that the ocean liner sank slowly and gently for nearly three hours before it suddenly broke in two, then plunged beneath the waves around 2:20 AM on April 15 ^the.

The ship sank with over 1,500 people on board. However, the exact number is still unknown.

The Cunard Carpathia was the first vessel that arrived to assist in the rescue effort. It picked up 710 survivors around dawn the following morning.

Snow Jr. and his ship were called to the wreckage to retrieve any floating bodies that they could, for transportation back to land and proper transfer to the families.

The undertaker was able to take a small photo, measuring 3 inches by 5 inches, of a small piece of iceberg that floated near where his ship conducted body retrieval. The underwater part would have been larger.

The embalmer framed it and added the caption “Titanic” to the picture.