An undersea expedition unearths a mysterious nude aboard the wreckage of the Titanic--a drawing of Rose DeWitt Bukater, then seventeen and vacationing aboard the "unsinkable" ship with her unctuous, moneyed fiance. While Rose falls in love with Jack Dawson, a free-spirited artist and third-class passenger who ignites the unquenchable fires of passion inside her, the hubris of the ship's crew tempts them to test the cross-Atlantic speed record--smack into an iceberg.