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.
1898年,英國(guó)作家摩根•羅伯森寫(xiě)了一本名叫《徒勞無(wú)功》的小說(shuō).小說(shuō)寫(xiě)了一艘號(hào)永不沉沒(méi)的豪華巨輪,名為泰坦號(hào)(Titan),從英國(guó)首航駛向大洋彼岸的美國(guó).這是人類航海史上空前巨大也最是豪華的客輪,船上裝備了當(dāng)時(shí)力所能及的一切華貴設(shè)施,滿船裝載的都是有錢(qián)的乘客,人們?cè)谶@巨輪上盡情地享受著.但是,這艘巨輪首次出航就在途中撞上冰山,悲慘地沉沒(méi),許多乘客葬身海底.