![]() ![]() It is used by marine mammals such as whales and dolphins, as well as bats. This is also a technique used by animals, known as echolocation. The speed of sound is constant, so by measuring the amount of time between a chirp being emitted and hearing its echo, a vessel can calculate the distance to the reflecting object. It can be used for navigation, communication and mapping, most frequently in underwater vessels.Īctive sonar, used by the Bangor researchers to map the seabed and identify the Mesaba wreckage, involves emitting pulses of sounds and listening for echoes. Sonar-sound navigation and ranging-uses sound waves to measure the distance between a sound source and various objects in its surroundings. The remains of the Titanic were found in 1985, but the Mesaba's wreck has only now been positively identified. Bangor University / iStock / Getty Images Plus The Titanic sank in 1912 and the Mesaba was torpedoed during the First World War. Her photographs and the Underwood & Underwood contract can be viewed on the Smithsonian Institution’s website.The SS Mesaba's wreck as seen on sonar (left) and an artist's impression of the Titanic (right). They negotiated a deal for $10 so that Underwood & Underwood could develop and use the photographs, what the Smithsonian Institution today called “a pittance.” Palmer may not have realized at the time that the pictures would be worth so much more money. With her new camera, Bernice took pictures of the iceberg that sliced open the Titanic’s hull below the waterline and also took snapshots of some of the Titanic survivors.Īfter arriving back in New York, Palmer was approached by an employee with Underwood & Underwood, a New York photography agency. It raced to the scene of the sinking and managed to rescue over 700 survivors from the icy North Atlantic. Carpathia had scarcely cleared New York, when it received a distress call from the White Star liner Titanic on 14 April. In early April, Bernie and her mother boarded the Cunard liner Carpathia in New York, for a Mediterranean cruise. Canadian Bernice “Bernie” Palmer received a Kodak Brownie box camera, either for Christmas 1911 or for her birthday on January 10th, 1912. In 1900, the Eastman Kodak Company came out with the handheld box camera known as the “Brownie.” An immediate hit, more than 100,000 were sold in its first year. The Natural Museum of American History published that Palmer carried a handheld camera on the ship that responded to the Titanic’s distress call: While an old camera with “horrifying Titanic photos” was not found in the deep ocean, it is true that a young girl named Bernice Palmer shot photographs of the iceberg that ripped open the Titanic, resulted in its sinking. ![]() Had a camera from the early 20th century been recovered near the ocean floor after around 100 years, the images could certainly not be recovered. The remaining wreckage from the Titanic was estimated to be 12,600 feet (3,840 meters) underwater. We previously covered other stories about arbitrage, including one that falsely said Alex Trebek’s family was “in tears” after they saw his net worth following his death, another that claimed a dangerous vacation spot was in California (it wasn’t), and yet another that misled readers into believing former actress and model Evelyn Nesbit was part of Wild West history. The advertisers aim to make more money on the slideshow clicks than they spent to advertise the story in the first place. The strategy is to provide something interesting in the advertisement, often something that is highly misleading, and then to land readers on a slideshow-style story where they must click sometimes hundreds of times to finish the slideshow. ![]() This is what’s known as advertising arbitrage. The advertisement was placed by Floor8, and clicking on it led curious readers to a Floor8 story with a title different than the advertisement: “Here’s What the Last Days of the Titanic Were Really Like.” The story was originally published by Two Red Dots, and mentioned nothing about an “old camera” being “found in the deep ocean.” It’s unclear if Two Red Dots was related to Floor8. Since at least November 2020, an advertisement promoted on the Taboola advertising platform read: “Old Camera Found In The Deep Ocean Reveals Horrifying Titanic Photos.” A website, Floor8, appeared to take a frame from the 1997 film and change it to appear black and white. Speaking of Cameron, even the film’s shooting was marked by a questionable occurrence, in which a chef on set laced the seafood chowder with PCP, causing some cast and crew to be sick. The Titanic’s story perhaps became more popular than ever with James Cameron’s release of the 1997 blockbuster epic of the same name. The history of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 has been plagued by tall tales, conspiracy theories, and urban legends.
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