The group was hired by the French but persuaded by the US government to steal the mineral for the United States. Using clues found by Koplin, Seagram determines that the byzanium - a chunk worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars in 1912 figures - was mined in the early part of the 20th century by a group called The Coloradans, including Joshua Hayes Brewster. While making his way back to his hidden boat Koplin is shot and captured by a Russian guard but is rescued by the story's protagonist, Dirk Pitt. There he discovers that the byzanium ore has already been mined. After satellite data pinpoints the most likely source of byzanium, Meta Section sends Sid Koplin to a small island off the northern coast of the USSR. The immense power needs of the Sicilian Project can be met only by an extremely rare mineral called byzanium. One result: the Sicilian Project, which uses sound waves to stop incoming ballistic missiles. Gene Seagram leads the top-secret Pentagon program Meta Section, which secretly attempts to leapfrog current technology by 20 to 30 years. When no method can be found of extracting the mineral under more than 12,000 feet (3,700 m) of water, Pitt and his crew set out to do the impossible: raise the Titanic.ĭr. 75 years later it is discovered that Titanics hold contains a shipment of a rare mineral, the only available supply in the world large enough to power a top-secret and vital United States defense program. In 1912, the RMS Titanic sunk to the bottom of the North Atlantic in one of history's most infamous maritime disasters. Although it starred respected and popular actors and boasted a big budget, the movie was a box office bomb and received little critical or popular praise.

The film was produced by Lord Grade's ITC Entertainment. The book was adapted into a 1980 feature film, Raise The Titanic, directed by Jerry Jameson. Raise the Titanic! was the third published book to feature the author's protagonist, Dirk Pitt. It tells the story of efforts to bring the remains of the ill-fated ocean liner RMS Titanic to the surface of the Atlantic Ocean in order to recover a stockpile of an exotic mineral that was being carried aboard.

Raise the Titanic! is a 1976 adventure novel by Clive Cussler, published in the United States by the Viking Press. For the film, see Raise the Titanic (film).

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