To the famous Titanic ship lying on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, a new expedition will go to track the destruction of the liner, reports Associated Press.
dives will be organized by Oceangete Expeditions. Experts will go down to the ship on deep-water carbon fiber and titanium devices equipped with high-definition cameras and multipath hydrolytrics. As part of the expedition – archaeologists and marine biologists.
They intend to conduct an annual chronicle of the deterioration of the state of the ship before the underwater ecosystem will finally destroy the “Titanic”. “The ocean takes it, and we must documented it before it disappears or becomes unrecognizable,” said Stokkton Rush, head of OceangeTon Expeditions.
Titanic studies will help to predict the fate and other sunken ships at large depths. Also, researchers expect to learn more about the Atlantic ecosystem next to the liner. According to Rush, hundreds of species of the ocean inhabitants were noticed at this place. Another object of attention will be fragments of the ship and various artifacts from it, including the personal belongings of passengers scattered around the “Titanic” by two kilometers. In OceangeTe, they promised not to take anything.
In the financing of the expedition, about 40 private sponsors were also treated in exchange for the opportunity to descend to “Titanic” and manage hydroacoustic equipment. It cost them, according to the publication, from 100 to 150 thousand dollars for one dive. One of the sponsors noted that compared to the flight into space on the Blue Origin ship, assessed by 28 million dollars, “This is cheap.”
Previously, the “Titanic” researchers predicted that the liner could collapse over the next few decades. In his body, a large number of holes, the “Voronieu nest” disappeared (observational post forward writing), and the cult railing of the ship’s nose can be collapsed at any time.
The death of “Titanic” occurred on the night of April 15, 1912 in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 600 kilometers southeast of Newfoundland Island. The shipwreck happened as a result of a collision with Iceberg, more than 1,500 passengers died, about 700 managed to escape.