Re: Small World

[Travis Siegel]

I read an article somewhere (can't remember where, maybe science  
news) describing the process of patching the transatlantic cable.   
They used a ship (a rather large one) and it had hooks that dropped  
down to the bottom of the ocean, grabbed both ends of the broken  
cable, and brought it up to the surface.  They patched it (don't  
remember how) then dropped it again.  It fixed the cable, though the  
article didn't say for how long.  It's interesting though, how much  
technology has progressed since then.  These days, they can tell you  
not only that the cable is broken, but where it is broken, and that I  
find interesting.  Anyone know how that's done?

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