RMS Titanic's Final Resting Place
12,500 ft (3810 m)

Painting above © Peter Selgin, courtesy of Urban Desires
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In 1985, Dr. Robert Ballard led a team of researchers in a joint French-American expedition and found the final resting place of the R.M.S. Titanic. He and his colleagues returned one year later with the DSV Alvin and a specially designed robot, the Jason Jr., to explore the ship.

The Bow of the Titanic: (580 Kbytes mpeg) courtesy of Dr. Robert D. Ballard and the JASON Foundation for Education.

Wreck of the Titanic: Sung by Doc Hopkins (406 Kbytes au format) from the Southern Folklife Collection Holdings

Edgar Park's Journal describing the last hours of the Titanic

Titanic-related Web Sites and Information

1. The Titanic: E ncyclopedia Smithsonian
2. Titanic's Lost Sister< /a> - NOVA online
3. R.M.S. Titanic; international maritime memorial; findings and purposes - Congressional find ings and recommendations Site
4. The Grave of the Titani c from The Gulf of Maine Aquarium
5. The 3D Titanic
6. Titanic Tidbit s
7. The Unsinkabl e Titanic
8. Titanic-Titanic.com- an incredible array of links and information about the Titanic including a Titanic Discussion Forum

Titanic-related Organizations

1. The Titanic Historical Society (THS)
2. Ulster Titanic Society including a un ique account from a Titanic witness who has never before been heard on the Inter net.
3. Scandinavian Titanic Soci ety has now begun its work and welcomes new members.

Student Sites about the Titanic

1. The Tit anic in the classroom from the Department for Education and Children's Servi ces (Australia)
2. The Tit anic in the classroom - more from DECS Australia
3. Titanic Buff's Ho mepage
4. Titanic and her Sister s - a great site with easy to follow topics

Newspaper and Magazine Accounts

1. R.M.S. Tit anic - 83 Years later - An online exhibit highlighting the potential of news papers as sources for historical and cultural research.
2. Images of the Titanic From Maryland Newspapers
3. `Owning' the Titanic - an a rticle about the company, RMS Titanic Inc.
4. Greek divers tell of finding Tit anic's sunken sister
5. Titanic exhibit just doesn't float

Art, Books, Film, Video, Music, Dance and Literature

1. Inside the Titan ic - The News with Brian Williams on MSNBC
2. The Last True St ory of Titanic by Jim Clary
3. TITANIC - Women and Children First - a book commemorating the women and children involved in the tragedy by Judith B. Geller
4. TITANIC IN 3-D MOVIE from the National Geographic Society
5. Titanic in Drea m & Legend - paintings and story by Peter Selgin from Urban Desires
6. 1:40 a.m. Titanic Time, Apr il 15 1912 and the R.M.S. Titanic (Miniature series) by marine artist Jim Clary
7. A Treasury of Titanic Tales - an illustrated narrative of human interest stories from the Titanic
8. Titanic - A New Musical - great site about the new Broadway musica l plus many historical Titanic-related items.
9. Titanic. Destination ...Cyberspa ce
10. The Sinking of the Titanic a recording by Gavin Bryars
11. Search the Digital T radition Folk Song Database for all songs that contain the word Titanic.
12. Words to yet another version of the Wreck of the Titanic
13. Titanic - The second part of the trilogy created in 1992 for the first Biennial Internat ional Dance Festival by Frédéric Flamand
14. Lifeboat - a short story that tells of the sinking of the Titanic by James W. Herndon
15. W hat if they found a survivor of the Titanic? - a review of a play at Theatr eWorks' Stage II
16. Secrets of the Titanic, History's Greatest Shi pwrecks Collection and Last Voyage of the Lusitania videos from National Geographic
17. A Night T o Remember - the movie
18. Titanic (1997) - new movie by Jam es Cameron.
19. Titanic - t he Movie Webisode with interviews and great background features about the mo vie.
20. The Ti tanic - a nice painting
21. The "Unsinkable" Titanic - a nice painting from a Canadian site
22. RMS Titanic - a few pictures from New Zealand
23. The sinking of the R. M.S.Titanic - a 3-D computer model
24. The Titanic Tragedy - A recently re-released audiobook.
25. Titanic: A Voyage of Discovery - a n ew interactive CD-ROM website
26. Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy by John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas
27. The Riddle of the Titanic An Astonishing Reassessment That Will Shock the World by Dan van der Vat and Robin Gardner
28. Titanic...That Night, The Unt old Story by Jim Clary
29. Superstitions of the Sea< /a> by Jim Clary contains "startling new facts on the Titanic"

Museums, Organizations and Individuals Associated with the Titanic

1. Dr. Robert D. Ballard
2. Secrets of the Deep a lecture by Dr. Robert Ballard at the Nation al Geographic Society - February 10, 1998
3. The Deep Submergence Laboratory Homepage< /a>, and the Deep Submergence Operations Gro up at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutio n
4. Pho tograph of Jason Jr.: Underwater ROV
5. Harland and Wolff Tec hnical Services Ltd. - the builder of the Titanic
6. Homepage ( unofficial) of the White Star Line (in German) and in english.
7. Maritime Museum of the Atl antic in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Museum contains artifacts from Titanic and so me of the victims were buried in Halifax.
8. The Marine Museum at Fall River - contains the twenty eight foot model of the Titanic used in the 1952 movie TI TANIC.
9. United States Coast Guar d International Ice Patrol
10. Michael E.Humphreys - apprentice baker meant to get on Titanic at Queensto wn, Apr 1912, age 19 went off drinking, missed it!
11. Titanic's Radio op erators
12. Encyclopedia Titanica: -T itanic Research, Passenger and Crew Biographies, Pictures, Titanic Articles
13. Titanic Memoria l Sites - Titanic memorials throughout the United Kingdom.

Titanic-related Artifacts, Memorabilia and Nostalgia

1. The Titanic's Tender "Nomadic"
2. RMS Titanic, inc.- incl udes information about the exhibitions and memorabilia.
3. Titanic International- an organization dedicated to the research of ocean liners
4. New Steamship Consultants - Ocean Li ner Memorabilia Resources including pictures of some very Rare Titanic Memorabil ia.
5. Titanic - Ocea n Liner Memorabilia
6. The Titanic Rises in Hobart - spend a luxurious night in The Empire Suite of the Titanic on your next visit to Hobart, Tasmania.
7. The morning sky that greeted the survivors of the Titanic. [800x600 - 11 Kbytes]
8. Titanic Wreck Model Pictures
9. Titanic Reproductions - br ass uniform buttons for the captain and crew of the R.M.S. Titanic.

Titanic-links from other Titanic Websites

1. Links to Other Titanic Sites from Jim's Titanic Site
2. Web Topics - Sh ipwrecks include a number of links plus good descriptions.
3. Links f rom the Titanic WebSite
4. Links by Cat egory

Search the Internet for Titanic-related information

1. AltaVista
2. Excite
3. HotBot
4. InfoSeek Guide
5. Lycos
6. Magellan Internet Guide
7. MetaCrawler
8. Open Text
9. Yahoo

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