(旅遊)大西洋墓園

加拿大紐芬蘭東南隅這個遙遠的海角，是被遺忘的世界角落。它是僅兩名燈塔管理員和一些海豹的家。

一百年前，瑞斯角這個地方是收發歐洲和紐約兩地新聞與訊息的電報台。這些訊息藉由海底電纜發送，這在一百年前被視為十分先進的技術。世界其他地方仍在使用摩斯密碼。

1912年四月十四日晚間十點二十五分，瑞斯角是第一個收到鐵達尼號遇難訊號的地點。當時接獲沉沒中的鐵達尼號傳來訊號的是一名14歲的男孩，他獨自一人被留下來看守電報台。這名電報員拚命通知鐵達尼號周遭的其他船艦卻並未成功。

由於尖銳的岩石、冰山和狂風大浪，這個地方現在以「大西洋的墓園」聞名。許多其他船隻也葬身在該地域的海底。這間電報小屋現在是一間小型的電報歷史博物館。

(Travel)The Graveyard of the Atlantic

The cape on the far southeastern edge of Newfoundland Canada is a forgotten corner of the world. It is home to just two lighthouse keepers and some seals.

One hundred years ago this place, Cape Race, was a telegraph station which sent and received news and messages between Europe and New York. The messages were sent through undersea cables which was seen as a very advanced technology one hundred years ago. The rest of the world was still using Morse code.

Cape Race was the first place to receive the distress call from the Titanic on April 14th 1912 at 10.25pm. The person who received the call from the sinking Titanic was a 14-year-old boy who had been left alone to look after the telegraph station. The radio operator tried very hard to alert other ships in the area of the Titanic but was unsuccessful.

This area is now known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic because of its sharp rocks, icebergs and heavy seas. Many other boats also lie at the bottom of the sea in this region. The radio hut is now a small museum for the history of telegraphy.

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