Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the expedition reported shortly after the discovery that the Titanic was in "museum shape," the videotape shows that the stern is missing, and the Angus' still photos show wreckage, including a giant crane and a ship's telegraph, littering the ocean floor. Why the stern disintegrated remains a mystery. Ballard pointed out that there is no evidence on the ocean floor of any great impact, which suggests that the huge ship settled gently to the bottom. Only two of the Titanic's four mighty smokestacks remain in place; the others collapsed, perhaps when the ship's boilers exploded...
...wasn't hard. Harvard didn't fire anyone, or even give a stern warning to any of the accused...
...Each image proved more remarkable than the previous one. A small flagpole stretched forlornly from the tip of the bow. Lifeboat bays yawned, empty. Much of the Titanic was in "pristine" condition, but portions of the hull seemed to show the lethal gash inflicted by the iceberg, and the stern of the ship had been wrested from the main body. No human remains were seen. In one alarming incident, Argo scraped against a Titanic smokestack, but the sub emerged intact. At week's end the crew packed up and headed for shore...
...came quickly. Just an hour and a half after the first boat got away, the stern of the Titanic towered up out of the water. The passengers in the lifeboats could hear the screams of those they had left behind. And the crashing sound of everything breaking loose, the five grand pianos, the ice- making machine, dozens of potted palms. At 2:20, with a few of her red and green running lights still aglow, the Titanic suddenly slipped beneath the waves. Nobody knows exactly how many lives she took with her. The best estimate...
...wasn't hard. Harvard didn't fire anyone, or even give a stern warning to any of the accused...