The story of the Titanic and the iceberg has grown into a legend of the sea. It took her discovery in 1985 to begin to find the truth behind the myth. One of the things that makes the Titanic so fascinating is that she represented the best of technology when she set sail on her ill-fated voyage in 1912, and it took the best of technology in the form of sonar, satellite tracking, and deep-dive technology to locate her grave 73 years later. In the early 1900's, waterborne transportation was the norm; today, satellites are taken for granted by our society. But we tend to forget the immense effort that these two technologies require to operate to their maximum potential. Until recently, the technology did not exist to locate, photograph, and explore this ship that rested two and a half miles down on the ocean floor.
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1912年4月15日,载着1316号乘客和891名船员的豪华巨轮“泰坦尼克号”与冰山相撞而沉没,这场海难被认为是20世纪人间十大灾难之一。1985年,“泰坦尼克号”的沉船遗骸在北大西洋两英里半的海底被发现。美国探险家洛维特亲自潜入海底在船舱的墙壁上看见了一幅画,洛维持的发现立刻引起了一位老妇人的注意。已经是102岁高龄的罗丝声称她就是画中的少女。在潜水舱里,罗丝开始叙述她当年的故事。