As fate would have it, while the OceanGate Expeditions Titan mini-submarine disappeared into the Atlantic, I didn’t see Cameron’s eternal film on TV while visiting a tourist visiting the remains of Titanic (that would be too much of a coincidence). but one about two sisters trapped in a cage while descending to observe great white sharks, which is also intrigued. In the film, titled 47 Meters Away (2017), the girls – one of whom shied away from adventure: the importance of saying no, even when they make fun of you – fell to the seabed when the Winch rope broke that was holding the cage, and the plot revolved around how they managed to survive poorly, with their oxygen running out, surrounded by bloodthirsty sharks and with the nerves you could imagine while they from above tried to save her. Saving the distances, a first thought that comes to mind before the two stories is: but who would think of getting into such a mess when it’s so good at home?
More information
Going underwater for pleasure (scientific research is another matter), to see great white sharks and being crammed into a claustrophobic iron prison has something in common with going down in a cramped submersible to view the remains of this large shipwrecked animal the legendary ocean liner is . First of all, you have to pay for both experiences. You also sign a document in which you are aware of the risk and release the organizing company from responsibility. And also that in both cases you want to live (and then, of course, tell about it) an extraordinary adventure accessible to only a few (of course, much less if we refer to the immersion in the Titanic, a very exclusive $250,000 excursion ). one ticket, about 230,000 euros). Another similarity is that the experience can go wrong and then the problem, as seen in the shark movie and in this case, is huge.
Aside from the fact that it might surprise us that someone would be willing to hop on a mini-submarine for a lot of money and be taken almost four kilometers deep to get a dangerous look inside a 111-year-old to throw ruin (the ocean liner has sunk). 1912) the matter confirms the great attraction and attraction of the Titanic. This fascination comes not only because people go there to see it (Robert Ballard discovered it in 1985, using the US Navy-funded search for the lost nuclear submarines USS Scorpion and USS Thresher, and since then, the visits have followed each other ) Rather, the story of the lost submersible on the way to the mythical sunken ship as a voyeur triggers a very special tickle in all of us.
The combination of the double tragedy (let’s face the worst: the rescue is very complicated) gives the event an aura of unbeatable drama. Shipwreck while visiting the shipwreck, the Reoca. One element that cannot be overlooked is that wealthy people travel in the mini-sub, all first class, so to speak, and it is already known that part of Titanic’s morbidity is that she carried some of the wealthiest wealthiest of her time carried as passengers (Guggenheim). , Astor…). The “The Rich Drown Too” element, come on.
The OceanGate expedition submersible Titan on a previous descent.HANDOUT (AFP)
The component of hubris, hubris, and pride is present in both the mini-sub and the ocean liner. The Titanic defiantly boasted that nothing could beat her, and in the daring and expensive dives of the small paid submarines that frequently visit the shipwreck, we see the same blind faith in technology and the same haughty challenge to Poseidon and his kingdom. Tourist departures to the Titanic have been criticized (not research departures like the ones that produced the new cartography of the wreck) for harming the preservation of the remains and disturbing the site, which is still the scene of tragedy and the final resting place of many victims (though only… very little remains of it).
Years ago, damage to the ship’s structure was reported from the comings and goings of submarines and even the habit of landing on the remains. Thousands of objects have been recovered from the wreck, nourishing collections, exhibitions and museums, but many things remain. Not, of course, the Heart of the Sea (Kate Winslet’s jewel in the film), nor the cursed mummy that is said to have traveled on board, lying so happy and dry in the British Museum in London.
The “Titanic”, 3,800 meters deep in the North Atlantic. RMS TITANIC INC
Notwithstanding the lost submarine/Titanic economic conjunction worthy of a novel by the long-awaited Michael Crichton and another Cameron film, the ocean liner’s resurgence in the news and the interest it has garnered proves that the ship maintains its gravitational pull. Based mainly on the fact that it sank and that so many people drowned, and on the romantic legend that the film nurtured from the bow – and not so much because of the supposed mysteries: in reality everything is quite clear -; but also in that it proposes an exciting, mirroring story: what would we, each of us, have done if we had boarded? Would we have been heroes or villains of history? Those who deserted their place in the boats, or those who, despite bad manners and using traps, rushed to board? Would we have acted just as bravely or cowardly? How would we have survived the disaster and the long two hours and 40 minutes it took the ship to sink, and that’s a long way?
We would probably be among the majority wearing life jackets to stay afloat in the icy sea and sink into inexorable hypothermia. This is how the largest percentage of the sinking’s more than 1,500 casualties (and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack), the 2,200 passengers and crew died. It’s said that the sound Titanic’s survivors never forgot, alongside the orchestral playing and the metallic belch of the huge ship as it sank, was the sound of those unfortunate castaways dying by the hundreds as they breathed their last. This is the real Titanic soundtrack and not Celine Dion’s pretty song. Let’s hope the sounds discovered by the mini-submarine search teams this Wednesday are more encouraging.
All the culture that goes with it awaits you here.
subscribe to
babelia
The literary novelties analyzed by the best critics in our weekly bulletin
GET IT
Subscribe to continue reading
Read without limits