National Geographic: Secrets of the Titanic Page #2

Year:
1986
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by sonar devices and remote TV cameras

towed along the bottom

over 2 miles down.

But Titanic and not lie where

she was thought to be.

TV pictures revealed only a

monotonous plain of sediment

sometimes enlivened by a

sluggish fish or empty beer bottle.

Days of futile search dragged on.

It is 1 a.m., September 1st, 1985.

The search has been going on

for 56 days.

#1:
Wreckage. Bingo. Yeah!

#2:
Somebody ought to go get Bob.

#3:
Bob's gone love this.

#4:
This is it! Look at that thing.

All:
Oh, alright! Yahoo!

#1:
What is it?

#2:
I don't know but it's manmade.

#3:
There's more stuff coming.

#4:
lt's the boiler!

#1:
Yes, yes, that's fantastic!

#1:
I'll be goddam.

The sucker exists! Gooddam!

#2:
Has Cathy got the champagne?

There was an immediate outpouring

of excitement

a bunch of kids yelling and

screaming and jumping up and down,

very unprofessional.

And then the whole force of

actually being at the very spot

where this tragedy had

taken place and seeing the ship,

it was very... everyone just cracked.

Emotionally everyone just went down

into a big trough.

And we had a simple

quiet service on the fantail.

We felt better and

it was that time realized that

I was deeply affected by it.

When we came back I wouldn't

talk about the Titanic for 4 months.

I just wouldn't talk about

it with anybody.

I just went and hid.

But Ballard's

Woods Hole laboratory soon

recaptured the thrill of discovery.

Reviewing pictures taken by

remote cameras,

Ballard was eager to get a

closer look.

Ballard was confident that the

submarine Alvin couldn reach the wreck

and the U.S. Navy agreed

to sponsor an expedition.

They say the name of the ship is on

one of the capstans.

Oh, it is?

On the top, yeah.

It should be visible.

We'll have to go and take a look.

A tiny TV camera serves as the

single eye of Jason Jr.,

a robot submarine developed for the

navy in Ballard's lab.

Jason is ideal for exploring wrecks;

getting TV pictures in places

too confined and dangerous

for manned submarines.

Preparing for the Titanic expedition

Jason and his operator, Martin Bowen,

go into intensive training.

Jason is powered by 4 electric motors.

He can venture as far as 200 feet

away from Alvin, the manned submarine.

Jason is much like a dog on a

long leash,

moving on commands from his master.

Here in the lab it's easy to navigate

but deep on the Titanic wreck,

in pitch darkness

it will be another matter.

Often Martin's only viewpoint

will be Jason's electronic eye.

Now some 11months after Ballard

discovered Titanic's resting place

he is returning aboard Atlantis II.

It's clear by now

that no one knew Titanic's precise

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