The Bermuda Triangle
Jonathan Ramos
CWP 102
Final Paper
May 2, 2011
Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle has acquired the name “The Devil’s Triangle”. We can owe this to people’s suspicions of its evils. There are many stories about aircraft and ships along with the people, allegedly disappearing mysteriously and other stories about people stating that they were warped through time after only being in the region of the Bermuda triangle for less then 5 minutes and arrived at a totally different location then where they were a second ago. Disappearances happen randomly every year. Society put the reasons for these mysterious phenomena’s on the paranormal or activity by extraterrestrial beings but some say that there stories are exaggerated over time and numerous official agencies have stated that the number and nature of disappearances in the region is similar to that in any other area of ocean. Believe or not what you may hear from stories and from word of mouth, but there's only one way to find out for certain what actually happens once you enter the Bermuda Triangle.
It has been said that the "Devil's Triangle" is one of the two places on earth that a magnetic compass does point towards true north. Normally it points toward magnetic north. The difference between the two is known as compass variation. The amount of variation changes by as much as 20 degrees as one circumnavigates the earth. If this is the case and a compass variation or error is not cared for, a navigator could find him far off course and in deep trouble. Another environmental factor is Gulf Stream. It is extremely swift and turbulent and can quickly erase any evidence of a disaster. The unpredictable Caribbean-Atlantic weather also plays its role. Sudden thunderstorms and water spouts often spell disaster for pilots and captains of ships. Finally, the topography of the ocean floor varies from extensive shoals around the islands to some of the deepest marine trenches in the
CWP 102
Final Paper
May 2, 2011
Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle has acquired the name “The Devil’s Triangle”. We can owe this to people’s suspicions of its evils. There are many stories about aircraft and ships along with the people, allegedly disappearing mysteriously and other stories about people stating that they were warped through time after only being in the region of the Bermuda triangle for less then 5 minutes and arrived at a totally different location then where they were a second ago. Disappearances happen randomly every year. Society put the reasons for these mysterious phenomena’s on the paranormal or activity by extraterrestrial beings but some say that there stories are exaggerated over time and numerous official agencies have stated that the number and nature of disappearances in the region is similar to that in any other area of ocean. Believe or not what you may hear from stories and from word of mouth, but there's only one way to find out for certain what actually happens once you enter the Bermuda Triangle.
It has been said that the "Devil's Triangle" is one of the two places on earth that a magnetic compass does point towards true north. Normally it points toward magnetic north. The difference between the two is known as compass variation. The amount of variation changes by as much as 20 degrees as one circumnavigates the earth. If this is the case and a compass variation or error is not cared for, a navigator could find him far off course and in deep trouble. Another environmental factor is Gulf Stream. It is extremely swift and turbulent and can quickly erase any evidence of a disaster. The unpredictable Caribbean-Atlantic weather also plays its role. Sudden thunderstorms and water spouts often spell disaster for pilots and captains of ships. Finally, the topography of the ocean floor varies from extensive shoals around the islands to some of the deepest marine trenches in the