Titanic: A Century Later Mystery Cache
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The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates, but between April and October you may be able to see modern cruise liners coming and going from Victoria from this spot.
To find the cache, you're going to have to answer some questions about maritime safety. Some relate to safety practices in place at the time of the disaster, and some relate to changes made to help prevent such a tragedy from happening in the future.
Each answer has a corresponding number. You'll have to determine the correct answer, then fill in that number in the corresponding spot in these coordinates:
N48 25.ABC W123 25.DEF
A. The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (or SOLAS) is a treaty that governs the maritime safety of merchant ships, and came about because of the Titanic disaster. In what year was the first version of the treaty passed?
• 1912 (1)
• 1914 (4)
• 1920 (8)
• 1922 (5)
B. Under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), passenger ships must carry enough lifeboats and liferafts to accomodate what percentage of passengers?
• 50% (8)
• 75% (3)
• 85% (9)
• 100% (4)
C. Everyone knows Titanic hit an iceberg. What agency was created to help prevent such collisions in the future?
• Atlantic Iceberg Survey (2)
• International Ice Patrol (0)
• Joint Atlantic Maritime Patrol (7)
• Oceanic Ice Agency (9)
D. The United States passed the Radio Act of 1912 after the sinking of Titanic. Under this act, how many hours a day must a ship monitor their radio for distress calls?
• 24 (0)
• 18 (4)
• 12 (7)
• 6 (9)
E. At the time of Titanic's sinking, the international Morse code distress signal was SOS. The radio operators of Titanic also sent out an older distress code still in use by British ships. What was it?
• SSSDDD (2)
• NC (8)
• CQD (5)
• SOE (0)
F. What do the letters in SOS stand for?
• Save Our Ship (3)
• Send Out Succour (1)
• Save Our Souls (6)
• They have no official meaning (8)
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Haqre sebag bs ynetr obhyqre. Cyrnfr eruvqr vg jryy.
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