Since the hulking ship was found upright and split in two sections in 1985, less than 400 miles off Newfoundland, it has captivated historians, archaeologists and others

Vacationers paid $250,000 to take a submarine worked by OceanGate Expeditions 2.4 miles down to see the destruction of the Titanic

New film of the Titanic destruction delivered last week by a business investigation organization shows the bound boat in striking subtlety and featured that the world for rich travelers reaches out to space, yet in addition the remote ocean

Multiple Blue Rings
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The one-minute clasp was shared by OceanGate Expeditions, an organization that takes paying travelers in subs to wrecks and submerged gullies. For the Titanic endeavor this late spring, visitors paid $250,000 to bring a submarine down around 2.4 miles to where the destruction lays on the seabed.

No public entity is going to fund going back to the Titanic

Since the hulking ship was found upright and split in two sections in 1985, less than 400 miles off Newfoundland, it has captivated historians, archaeologists and others. Stockton Rush, the president of OceanGate, said private exploration was needed to continue feeding this fascination.

OceanGate has now led two expeditions to the site and has one planned for 2023. The dives last about eight hours, including the estimated 2.5 hours each way it takes to descend and ascend.

The team also documents the wreckage with high-definition cameras to monitor its decay and capture it in detail.

But the high-quality footage of the ship’s bow, anchor and an anchor chain does not impress everyone.

Paul F. Johnston, curator of maritime history at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, was not awed by the footage and said that the OceanGate trips were “people paying a lot to be ballast.”

it brings attention to the underwater world and to shipwrecks in general, but there’s not that much to be learned from Titanic that we don’t already know.

More than 1,500 of the Titanic’s passengers died, raising ethical questions about disturbing a site that may also function as a graveyard. About 700 people survived.

More than 1,500 of the Titanic’s passengers died, raising ethical questions about disturbing a site that may also function as a graveyard. About 700 people survived.

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