Ballard explored this landform when he was a scientist at Wood's Hole
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Another name for 3rd class
steerage
What was the rule for boarding the lifeboats?
women and children first
Body or frame of the ship without its superstructure and accommodations?
hull
Length of the Titanic
882 ft
Ballard's favorite book as a child that gave him a love of the sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Class that brought maids, nannies, & butlers
1st class
What was the closest ship that heard the distress signals and came to their rescue?
Carpathia
The very fragile reddish-brown stalactites of brown dust, hanging off the side of the ship called?
rusticles
2 places they picked up 3rd class passengers before sailing to New York
Queenstown, Ireland
Cherbourg, France
Underwater submarine that could go 13,000 ft
Alvin
Class that had teachers, doctors, lawyers, nurses, and businessmen
2nd class
Which ship ignored the telegraph messages when the ship was in distress and why?
California and they thought they were having a party-fireworks, telegraph operator shut off the messages
The area between the bow and stern sections of the Titanic where many objects from the ship were found?
debris field
2 sister ships to the Titanic
Brittanic, Olympic
Artifacts Ballard gathered from the wreck of the Titanic
nothing, only memories and pictures
3 accommodations for 1st class
gym, smoking room, library, swimming pool, Turkish bath, dining rooms
3 reasons that the ship sunk?
not "unsinkable", hit an iceberg, ignored the iceberg warnings, not enough lifeboats, wireless operator went to sleep, no binoculars to see icebergs
What are accommodations?
places on the ship that people can use for activities
Book that gave a premonition that the Titanic would sink
Wreck of the Titan
The Navy cover-up that allowed Ballard to have a ship to find the Titanic
looking for a Russian submarine that sunk during WWI
What was the sleeping arrangements for 3rd class?
bunk beds arranged by male/female
J. Bruce Ismay did this to put the ship in a position to hit an iceberg
full speed ahead, even in the dead of night
The metal that they used for the Titanic and the sonar submarine?
titanium
Reason the 2nd class was full of passengers
closed 2 other ships, reboarded 2nd class to Titanic