National Geographic: Secrets of the Titanic Page #2
- Year:
- 1986
- 275 Views
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.
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.
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
screaming and jumping up and down,
very unprofessional.
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
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.
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;
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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