内容简介

Mearly 20 YEARS AFTER MAKING THE world's most famous underwater discovery,Robert D.Ballard retruns to Titanic to record the most dramatic images of the wreek yet seen-and to expose evidence of new dangers that impericl the legndary ship.
As Ballard prepares for the expedition,he takes us back to the clear,starry night of April 14,1912,when tons of icy water inundated the huge vessel and dragged it and 1,523 souls to a deep-sea grave.He explores the natrual events and human mis-judgments that eld to catastrophe,the drama that contributes to the mythology,and the people who make Titanic's story live on,from confident Captain E.J.Smith,who perished with the ship eh ardently proclaimed safe,to a retired London justice of the peace who recalled playing with her teddy bear on Titanic's sunny decks-then pulling away in a lifeboat,leaving her father on the dying vessel.
Ballard chronicles early attempts to find Titanic,including a 1953 mission using echolocation,a precuror to the sonar imaging of today.Then,as he and his team return to the site in May 2004,Ballard briefs us on the "million-dollar video game"of Titanic's prow…of artifacts that con-jure scenes of human pathos…of changes carsed by natural edterioration and by humans salvagers:Countless artifacts have been taken,submersible tracks crisscross the site,and new damage reveals:Countless artifacts have been taken,submersible tracks crisscross the site,and new damage reveals where manned mini subs have parked on Titanic to give passengers a better view.
作者简介:
Robert Ballard，is president of the Institute for Exploration and the author of several bestselling boods,including Explorations,The Discorery of the Titanic,and The Discorery of the Bismarck.He lives in Mystic,Connecticeu.
Michael Sweeney is a professor of journalism at Utah State University and co-author of On the More and author of From the Front and Secrets of Victory,2001"choice"academic title.He lives in Logn,Utah.