New Video of the Wreck of the Titanic Released
2023-02-17
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1The size of the ship and the shoes seized Robert Ballard's attention when he saw the wreckage of the Titanic from a submarine deep below the sea.
2"The first thing I saw coming out of the gloom...was this wall, this giant wall of...steel that rose over 100 and some feet above us," Ballard told the Associated Press.
3"I never looked down at the Titanic. I looked up at the Titanic. Nothing was small."
4In 1986, Ballard and a group of explorers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution helped find the famous passenger ship.
5The Titanic struck a huge piece of ice and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912.
6This week, Woods Hole released a video of the wreckage recorded by the explorers more than three kilometers below the ocean's surface.
7Ballard saw the Titanic's windows.
8"It was like people looking back at us. It was pretty haunting actually," he said.
9There were no human remains left, but he saw shoes, including what appeared to be the shoes of a mother and a baby.
10"After the Titanic sank, those that went into the water that didn't have lifejackets died of hypothermia and their bodies came raining down," he said.
11The Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912.
12The vessel was on its first trip from Southampton, England, to New York City.
13The Woods Hole team, in partnership with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, discovered the final resting place of the ship in 3,780 meters of water on September 1, 1985, using an underwater camera.
14The newly released video was from a second research trip the following year.
15There had been earlier efforts to find the sunken ship.
16But the 1985 discovery and the 1986 trip were made possible by underwater vehicles that could withstand the severe conditions, said Woods Hole engineer Andy Bowen.
17"The water is near freezing temperatures and probably the biggest challenge is the remoteness of the location, and in particular the harsh environment with regard to the pressure our equipment is exposed to," he said.
18"We had a small memorial service for all those that had died.
19But we were there, we were at this spot," Ballard said.
20The video is part of the 25th-anniversary release of the Academy Award-winning movie Titanic.
21"More than a century after the loss of Titanic, the human stories embodied in the great ship continue to resonate," James Cameron, the film's director, said in a statement.
22Ballard said the story of the Titanic continues to interest people to this day for many reasons.
23It was at the time the world's largest passenger ship and was supposed to be unsinkable.
24Its passengers included some of the world's wealthiest and most famous people.
25After it sank, the world heard remarkable stories of heroism and bravery by the crew and passengers.
26He said: "I think everyone wonders in their own mind 'If I were there, what would I have done?'"
27I'm Mario Ritter, Jr.
1The size of the ship and the shoes seized Robert Ballard's attention when he saw the wreckage of the Titanic from a submarine deep below the sea. 2"The first thing I saw coming out of the gloom...was this wall, this giant wall of...steel that rose over 100 and some feet above us," Ballard told the Associated Press. "I never looked down at the Titanic. I looked up at the Titanic. Nothing was small." 3In 1986, Ballard and a group of explorers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution helped find the famous passenger ship. The Titanic struck a huge piece of ice and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912. This week, Woods Hole released a video of the wreckage recorded by the explorers more than three kilometers below the ocean's surface. 4Ballard saw the Titanic's windows. "It was like people looking back at us. It was pretty haunting actually," he said. There were no human remains left, but he saw shoes, including what appeared to be the shoes of a mother and a baby. 5"After the Titanic sank, those that went into the water that didn't have lifejackets died of hypothermia and their bodies came raining down," he said. 6The Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912. The vessel was on its first trip from Southampton, England, to New York City. 7The Woods Hole team, in partnership with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, discovered the final resting place of the ship in 3,780 meters of water on September 1, 1985, using an underwater camera. The newly released video was from a second research trip the following year. 8There had been earlier efforts to find the sunken ship. But the 1985 discovery and the 1986 trip were made possible by underwater vehicles that could withstand the severe conditions, said Woods Hole engineer Andy Bowen. 9"The water is near freezing temperatures and probably the biggest challenge is the remoteness of the location, and in particular the harsh environment with regard to the pressure our equipment is exposed to," he said. 10"We had a small memorial service for all those that had died. But we were there, we were at this spot," Ballard said. 11The video is part of the 25th-anniversary release of the Academy Award-winning movie Titanic. 12"More than a century after the loss of Titanic, the human stories embodied in the great ship continue to resonate," James Cameron, the film's director, said in a statement. 13Ballard said the story of the Titanic continues to interest people to this day for many reasons. It was at the time the world's largest passenger ship and was supposed to be unsinkable. Its passengers included some of the world's wealthiest and most famous people. After it sank, the world heard remarkable stories of heroism and bravery by the crew and passengers. 14He said: "I think everyone wonders in their own mind 'If I were there, what would I have done?'" 15I'm Mario Ritter, Jr. 16Rodrique Ngowi and Mark Pratt reported this story for the Associated Press. Hai Do adapted it for VOA Learning English. 17______________________________________________________________________ 18Words in This Story 19gloom -n. partial or total darkness 20feet -v. (pl.) an English unit of measurement equal to .3 meters 21haunting -adj. sad or beautiful in a way that is unforgettable 22lifejacket -n. a device that floats and is worn to prevent people from drowning 23hypothermia -n. (medical) a condition in which the body's temperature becomes too low 24challenge -n. a difficult problem 25remoteness -n. the state of being far away from anything or anyone 26location -n. the place of something 27century -n. one hundred years 28resonate -v. to have a special meaning or importance to someone in a way that lasts 29____________________________________________________________________ 30We want to hear from you. 31We have a new comment system. Here is how it wo 32Each time you return to comment on the Learning English site, you can use your account and see your comments and replies to them. Our comment policy is here.