During the rest of the afternoon and evening, we managed only two more argo passes over the wreck because of bad weather. but we did discover to our surprise and sadness that the ship was broken in two-her stern was missing. where the back of the ship should have been, our video images faded into a confusing mass of twisted wreckage.

—exploring the titanic,
robert d. ballard

use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word “stern.” write one to three sentences explaining your definition.