Titanic, the Untold Story

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The Titanic, underwater

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WELCOME F ROM T H E MU S E UM D I R E C TO R Every great story has a timeless quality about it—layers of meaning and mystery that allow us to tell it again and again, learning something new each time. The story of the Titanic is iconic—an epic tragedy, a sudden and senseless loss of life, and a reminder of the limits of technology and human achievement. Yet it is also a story of discovery and exploration, of searching for truth and answers in the deepest and most forbidding part of the ocean. We now have a new chapter to add to that story. It is a chapter that was tucked away as classified information for many years and provides a fascinating window into the Cold War era. Many thanks to our colleagues at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, the National Archives and Records Administration, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Naval History and Heritage Command, Lightstorm Entertainment, 21st Century Fox archives, and the many collectors and lenders who are sharing important artifacts and images that have helped bring this exhibition to the National Geographic Museum.

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Robert Ballard, left, and crew studying a diagram of the Titanic; below, the remotely operated vehicle Alvin

THE TITANIC AND THE COLD WAR—two seemingly unrelated

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subjects that have more to do with one another than it first appears.

In 1985, the world was stunned by the announcement that Robert Ballard, Ph.D., and his colleagues had discovered the wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic, 73 years after its sinking. But the circumstances surrounding the landmark find were kept top secret until 2008, when the full story was revealed. Ballard’s search for the Titanic was actually the cover story for a classified Navy mission to investigate the remains of two nuclear submarines that sank in the 1960s.

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PHOTOS: ABOVE, COURTESY LIEUTENANT JOHN R. HOLLAND, U.S. NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND; RIGHT, U.S. NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND; OPPOSITE TOP, EMORY KRISTOF

The United States commissioned several classes of advanced nuclear submarines during the Cold War. The U.S.S. Scorpion was an example of a Skipjack-class submarine, the fastest, quietest, and deepesttraveling submarine class at the time. The Thresher-class submarine, named after the U.S.S. Thresher, was developed shortly thereafter and proved to be a significant improvement over the Skipjack class, with better sonar, diving depth, and silencing capability. The complex mission of these subs was to deter nuclear attack, mount antisubmarine warfare, and covertly gather intelligence about Soviet activities, but disaster befell both the Scorpion and the Thresher.

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The tow sled, Argo; left, the U.S.S. Scorpion; below, the U.S.S. Thresher

On April 10, 1963, the Thresher sank during a deep-diving test 220 miles off the coast of Boston. The Navy determined that a power failure caused an electrical short aboard the Thresher, sparking an implosion that sank the submarine. Five years later, the Scorpion was lost under more mysterious circumstances. The sub was returning from naval exercises in the Mediterranean when it was sent on a top secret mission to investigate a Soviet flotilla of warships and submarines off the coast of Portugal. The Scorpion communicated that it had completed its mission and was headed home. It never arrived. Some speculated that the Scorpion had been destroyed by the Soviets in retaliation for spying.

In 1982, Ballard, an oceanographer and Navy Reserve commanding officer, met with Admiral N. Ronald Thunman about funding a new unmanned deepwater exploration sled, the Argo. Thunman said the Navy would fund the project on one condition: He wanted Ballard to use it to explore the Thresher and Scorpion wreck sites.

The mission was threefold: determine if the nuclear reactors had leaked radiation; collect forensic evidence to determine the cause of the Scorpion wreck; and reclaim any nuclear weapons to keep them from falling into the wrong hands.

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The Knorr research ship; below, the Alvin; below right, Ballard and crew, circa 1986

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But the Cold War continued. To divert suspicion about Ballard’s activities, the top secret mission needed a cover. The Titanic was somewhere between the two subs; if anyone asked, Ballard could say he was looking for the famous shipwreck. And after he completed his work for the Navy, he was welcome to explore what he wanted with the remaining time and money.

By July 1984, Argo was ready for its first sea test, exploring the wreck site of the Thresher. Argo’s advanced digital mapping and imaging systems allowed Ballard to see even the smallest pieces of debris from the Thresher strewn over a mile-long trail. From this, he learned how ocean currents affect sinking debris. Using information about that debris field, Ballard set sail again the following summer to explore Scorpion’s final resting site.

Ballard and his crew, along with French researchers and a National Geographic photography and film crew, boarded the research vessel Knorr in the Azores, an archipelago in the mid-Atlantic. But only Ballard and just a few other naval intelligence officers on the ship knew their true mission. Somehow, Ballard and the other Navy intelligence officers were able to keep the real mission secret.

Once they’d fully mapped the site, Ballard had just 12 days left to explore. Relying on the information he’d learned from locating the

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Left, telemotor from the Titanic; right, a piece of the hull; below, a map of the debris field

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two subs—sea currents create a debris field when a ship sinks, carrying lighter material farther away—Ballard turned his ship toward the last known location of the Titanic. Using Argo, he began to search for the Titanic’s debris field. After only nine days, he located it, just as he had with the two submarines. On September 1, 1985, Ballard called Thunman on the Navy telephone, saying simply, “We found it.”

National Geographic magazine featured the landmark discovery on the cover of its December 1985 issue. Ballard returned to the wreck site in 1986 with National Geographic photographer Emory Kristof.

They deployed Jason Jr., a remotely operated vehicle tethered to Alvin, one of the world’s first deep-ocean manned submersibles.

This expedition provided some of the first underwater photographs of the interior of the ship.

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USED TO EXPLORE THE INTERIOR OF THE TITANIC IN 1986. It was a prototype for Jason.

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or even home offices and

OCEANOGRAPHER Robert

schools. Although telepresence

Ballard’s desire to stop “commut-

technology isn’t new, its use in

ing” to the ocean floor—traveling

oceanographic exploration is

five hours, round trip—we may

relatively recent.

never have found the Titanic, been able to piece together the

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Scorpion’s final hours, or learned

Filmmaker James Cameron has

so much about underwater geol-

long been obsessed with ocean

ogy, history, and archaeology.

exploration. Best known for his films The Abyss, Titanic, and

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Like space, the world below the

Avatar, Cameron made multiple

surface of the ocean isn’t hospi-

underwater dives to visit and

table to humankind. But thanks

film the sunken Titanic in the

to satellite-connected deep-sea

1990s. By 2012, he had his sights

unmanned submersibles, we can

set on a new underwater goal:

now tele-transport to the ocean

to reach the ocean’s deepest

depths in real time. Robots,

point, the bottom of the

driven by land-based researchers,

Mariana Trench, some 6.6 miles

are capable of traveling as deep

below the surface. On March 26,

as 20,000 feet under the sea

2012, the filmmaker—also a

to scan the ocean floor. Using

National Geographic Explorer-

satellite transmissions and

at-Large—piloted his one-of-

super-bandwidth internet,

a-kind submersible, Deepsea

they transmit data in real time

Challenger, to set a world record

to shore-based research centers

for the deepest solo dive, cap-

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Exploring the deep-sea warm water reefs

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generation of explorers.

explore the ocean from land, others prefer to see the ecology

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undersea firsthand, at depths

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that are unfriendly to the human

be a famous explorer to visit

body. National Geographic Ex-

the ocean floor: A new class of

plorer Michael Lombardi, who

personal underwater devices

specializes in the study of deep-

can be operated with nothing

sea warm-water reefs, created

more than a gaming console.

an underwater habitat that

The Trident, developed by

lets divers stay down longer.

National Geographic Emerging

It works by allowing divers to

Explorer David Lang, travels at

decompress inside their habitat,

four knots per hour underwa-

and then return to the ocean for

ter and comes equipped with

more study.

a high-resolution camera. This class of personal drone opens

We’ve entered a new age of

the ocean floor to all of us.

ocean exploration. Ballard said, “We can move the spirit and

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EXPLORE MORE! Taste of the Titanic J U LY 2 5

from pioneering ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau’s expeditions—during this

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Experience the golden age of transatlantic

Senior Photo Archivist Sara Manco and

steamship travel through a one-of-a-

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kind culinary journey provided by top D.C. restaurants and bars. Sample food from the haute cocktails served in the

Insider Tour and Reception: Titanic

first-class dining room to the rustic fare

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in the third-class saloon.

Join Titanic discoverer and National

and drinks from the actual Titanic menu,

After-Hours: Titanic SEPTEMBER 21 Presented in Partnership With Brightest Young Things

Geographic Explorer-at-Large Robert Ballard, Ph.D, for an intimate guided tour of our immersive exhibition, and hear his firsthand account of how a top secret Cold War mission led to the sunken ship’s discovery. Then, mingle with National

Your heart will go on during this colossal

Geographic experts who will share exclu-

after-hours campus takeover by Bright-

sive content from our archives.

est Young Things, featuring guest DJs, National Geographic Explorer lightning talks, a photobooth and caricature artist,

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a costume contest, access to the “Titanic:

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the deepest part of our oceans is giving

era-themed cocktails, and more.

us insights into other ocean worlds­— helping to unlock the mysteries of those

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worlds—including whether we are alone in the universe—with oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Robert Ballard, NASA scientist and

We’re combing through our expansive

National Geographic Explorer Kevin

archives to share rarely seen video, imag-

Hand, and Woods Hole Oceanographic

es, and artifacts from 100 years of deep-

Institution scientists Chris German, Tim

sea exploration—like exclusive photos

Shank, and Julie Huber.

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RO B E RT BA L L A R D ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST

itus research scholar at Woods Hole

ACCOMPLISHED DEEP-SEA EXPLORERS,

Oceanographic Institution, and a Na-

Robert Ballard, Ph.D., is best known for

tional Geographic Explorer-at-Large.

his historic discoveries of hydrothermal vents, the sunken R.M.S. Titanic, and the wreck of the German battleship

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Bismarck. Ballard served in the U.S.

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Navy as an intelligence officer and

FOR THE THRESHER

was a Navy Reserve commander. He

AND THE SCORPION,

is a pioneer in the development of

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deep-submergence and telepresence

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technology, and his vessel Nautilus is

I was a naval intelligence officer and an

connected to the University of Rhode

oceanographer. This was not my first ro-

Island’s Inner Space Center by way of a

deo, but it’s the only one I can talk about.

satellite link—and from there to the rest

I wanted to develop Argo, but the Navy

of the world. Ballard hopes to educate,

wanted to know about the status of the

inspire, and mentor the next genera-

nuclear reactors on the two submarines.

tion of ocean explorers. He is director

We found that both submarine reactors

of the Center for Ocean Exploration at

had automatically shut down, so there

the University of Rhode Island’s Gradu-

was no radioactivity. We then went in

ate School of Oceanography, president

the wreckage and captured fish, be-

of the Ocean Exploration Trust, emer-

cause multiple generations of marine

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organisms have come and gone around

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those submarines. Turns out the vessels

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had no impact on the ecology, which was good news. In the case of the Scorpion,

Imagine Lewis and Clark with a flash-

they wanted me to do a forensic analysis

light. That’s the Nautilus: It can go to

so investigators could determine what

great depths. Its vehicles are flying

killed the Scorpion. I was in a very dicey

along the bottom, and it comes across

situation because I had French research-

something, like a crazy creature no

ers and National Geographic camera-

one’s ever seen—that’s very common.

men on board who weren’t supposed

We might get on the phone and call an

to know what I was doing. We headed

expert at home. That expert can boot

to the Scorpion, which was south of the

up their laptop computer and see what

Azores. The Titanic was west. Would

we’re seeing on nautiluslive.org. They

they notice? No, they didn’t!

can even drive the vehicle (although it’s easier to navigate from the back seat).

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*This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

D I S C O V E RY A N D W H Y ?

Our discovery of hydrothermal vents in 1977 was a massive game changer in science. Prior to that discovery, the scientific community believed all life was dependent upon the sun and that for a planet to support life it had to be located around a friendly star where the temperature is just right. That all changed when we discovered a complex ecosystem with large animals in large numbers and with great diversity that were not living off the sun, but off the energy of Earth itself. We always knew that life on Earth began in the sea, but we did not know where and how it got a foothold. This discovery answered that question.

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The “unsinkable�

Titanic at port; below right, lifeboats on their way to the Carpathia; Captain Rostron of the Carpathia

Right: Dr. Moropoulou and her team share the images with church leaders.

T H E DA R I N G RESCUE OF T H E T I TA N I C Conservators used groundpenetrating radar to scan for voids in the structure.

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PHOTOS: LEFT, COURTESY OF JOSEPH H. BAILEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE; BOTTOM LEFT AND RIGHT, GEORGE GRANTHAM BAIN COLLECTION, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DIVISION

THE MAGNIFICENT SHIP HAD BEEN DEEMED “UNSINKABLE.” Despite this claim by the White Star Line—the company that designed and built the ill-fated Titanic—the liner was still outfitted with more lifeboats than were required by law. And though the number of seats on the Titanic’s lifeboats totaled fewer than the number of people aboard, these small vessels were meant only to ferry passengers and crew to larger ships that would take them to safety, should the unthinkable occur. And it did: On the night of April 14, 1912, as the Titanic was making its maiden voyage across the Atlantic towards New York, the now famous cry rang out: “Iceberg, dead ahead!” The ship’s wireless operators sent out distress signals to any and all ships in the vicinity that could help.

One of the ships that raced to the Titanic’s aid was the Carpathia, which made its way through the icy waters and saved hundreds of the Titanic’s passengers. In fact, the distress signal reached the Carpathia’s wireless operator, Harold Cottam, just as he was preparing to turn in for the night, a fateful 10 minutes later than usual.

Upon hearing the Titanic’s signal, Cottam alerted the Carpathia’s captain, Arthur Henry Rostron, who immediately instructed the crew to set off in the direction of the Titanic and make rescue preparations, bringing blankets and medical supplies up to the deck. As the Carpathia came into view, the Titanic’s surviving passengers and crew members burned papers and other objects in an effort to capture the ship’s attention through the dark night.

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TOP LEFT, COURTESY JOSEPH P. BAILEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE; RIGHT TOP AND BOTTOM, GEORGE GRANTHAM BAIN COLLECTION, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DIVISION; RIGHT MIDDLE, COURTESY JOSEPH P. BAILEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE; FAR RIGHT, RAYMOND WONG/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

Captain Rostron later said that he feared his ship had arrived too late, but that when he finally saw a lifeboat from the Titanic floating eerily through the waves, he was relieved to realize that his crew could save at least some of the sunken ship’s passengers.

The Carpathia transported just over 700 survivors to New York, where many reached land with nothing to their names but the nightmare they had just endured. Funds were set up for the victims, the U.S. government launched a formal inquiry, and ships were sent to recover bodies and personal effects from the frigid North Atlantic waters. The crew of the Carpathia was honored with medallions for their heroism that night. Just six years later, the Carpathia itself would sink during World War I, after being hit by a German submarine torpedo.

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T I TA N I C LO R E AND LEGEND The story of the Titanic has continuously captured imaginations and been commemorated in countless books, plays, movies, and songs.

Below are a few well-known works dedicated to or inspired by the tragic sinking.

SAVED FROM THE TITANIC (silent movie – 1912) THE TITANIC (song by Ernest Stoneman – 1924) CAVALCADE (play – 1931) THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN (book – 1949) TITANIC (movie – 1953) A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (book – 1955; movie – 1958) Top, the Titanic in the Belfast shipyard; middle, aboard the Carpathia; below, waiting for survivors.

THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN (Broadway musical – 1960) TITANIC (miniseries – 1996) TITANIC: A NEW MUSICAL (Broadway musical – 1997) TITANIC (movie – 1997) T I TA N I C

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John Astor and the future Madeleine Force Astor in 1911; right, Molly Brown.

T H E PA S S E N G E R S O F T H E T I TA N I C THE R.M.S. TITANIC was trans-

were passengers of all classes and

porting roughly 2,220 people to

crew members of all ranks.

New York on the night of April

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14, 1912, when the unthinkable

The Titanic accommodated three

happened. The “unsinkable” ship

passenger classes. Those trans-

hit an iceberg and, less than three

ported in first class enjoyed an

hours later, sank beneath the

opulent dining room, a lounge,

waves, taking with her more than

reading rooms, a gym, a Turkish

1,500 souls. Among those saved

bath, and a smoking room—but

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they paid dearly for such amenities. The most expensive suite aboard the ship cost £660 (about $81,000 today). Among the firstclass passengers were politicians, businessmen, entertainers, and other wealthy individuals.

Second-class passengers—mostly middle class, such as professors and tourists—had similar accommodations, but fewer amenities.

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Many of the third-class passengers were emigrating, hoping

FIRST- CLAS S PAS SENGERS:

to start new lives in the United

MADELEINE ASTOR: John Jacob Astor, one of

States or Canada, including many

the richest men in the world at the time, was

women traveling alone with

traveling home with Madeleine, his new wife,

children. They enjoyed modest

after their extended honeymoon. She made it

luxuries, including a dining room,

to the lifeboat, but he was unable to join her

which other ocean liners of the

due to a rule dictating women and children

day did not offer their third-class

should be rescued first.

passengers.

MARGARET BROWN: Perhaps the most faIn its time, the Titanic was the

mous of the surviving Titanic passengers, “the

world’s largest ship—it was more

Unsinkable Molly Brown” was widely renowned

like a floating city than a boat.

for her courage on the night of the tragedy, for

Just over 900 crew members

later helping to organize a relief fund for sur-

were required to sail and manage

vivors, and for recognizing the Carpathia crew

the ship on its maiden voyage.

who valiantly saved hundreds of lives.

The crew’s roles varied from keeping the engines running

CHARLOTTE CARDEZA: Cardeza famously

to serving champagne to the

stayed in the most expensive suite on the

guests. These are the stories of a

Titanic, along with her son, Thomas, and two

few passengers and crew mem-

servants. Hers was the most extensive list of

bers highlighted in “Titanic: The

lost property, at a total of 20 pages, with items

Untold Story.”

including a seven-carat pink diamond ring.

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SECOND- AND THIRD-CLASS PASSENGERS: HILDA MARIA HELLSTRÖM: Originally booked on another ship, Hellström was transferred to the Titanic after a coal strike kept the first ship in port. She was en route from Sweden to live with an aunt in Illinois. After arriving in New York on the Carpathia, Hellström remained terrified of water and never saw her family in Sweden again.

MARION WRIGHT: The 26-year-old Wright was traveling to America to marry Arthur Woolcott.

After they were reunited in New York, strangers

Marion Wright and Arthur Woolcott

provided gifts for their wedding and a fellow survivor served as bridesmaid.

CREW: JACK PHILLIPS AND HAROLD BRIDE: Phillips was the senior wireless officer aboard the Titanic, and Bride was his junior officer. They were employees of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company and not the White Star Line, although they wore the same uniforms as the rest of the crew.

On the night the ship sank, Phillips was furiously submitting a backlog of personal messages from

Jack George Phillips

passengers, as the wireless system had been down for hours. After the ship struck the iceberg, both Phillips and Bride worked tirelessly to send messages to nearby ships in hopes of rescue. Both were rescued, but only Bride survived.

WALLACE HARTLEY: The bandleader aboard the Titanic, Hartley had his musicians continue playing as the ship sank to keep the passengers calm and provide comfort. Their last song was reportedly the hymn “Nearer, My God, to Thee.”

Wallace Henry Hartley

About 30,000 people attended his funeral.

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