"In Ghosts of the Titanic, firsthand accounts and oceanic findings join to create the most vivid picture yet of the incredible night the Titanic went down. Offering new conclusions about the sinking and new insights into human nature in the face of disaster, Pellegrino draws signposts from the past for the future. ". "Using the latest technology to penetrate the ship's grave - where strange bacteria and a water temperature only two degrees above freezing have kept many of the ship's artifacts and even food from decay - Ghosts of the Titanic re-creates those last horrifying moments onboard the doomed liner and reveals fascinating details about life on the bed of the Atlantic. "--BOOK JACKET.