It wasn't until Robert Ballard discovered the wreck in 1985 that we found out the survivor accounts had been right. Ballard first found the front of the ship, then the rear 600 meters away to the west. "Most of what we know about the Titanic is wrong," says Stephenson, who has been ...
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While the Titanic has been examined in detail since the wreck was discovered in 1985, the sheer size of the ship has meant that prior to the digital scan, cameras had only ever been able to capture the decaying wreckage in snapshots. ...
Titanic's Last Secrets, to be published next month, describes the work of Richie Kohler and John Chatterton, wreck-diving historians who believe two recently discovered pieces of the Titanic's bottom prove the ship's stern never rose high in the air the way many Titanic experts, including ...
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Eau de Titanic; How tiny vials of scent found intact in the 88-year-old wreck are about to be turned into a historic perfume.Byline: CAROLINE GRAHAM;LESLEY SAUNDERS Two-and-a-half miles beneath the ocean's surface, it...Graham, Caroline...
The Royal Family’s Connection to the Missing Titanic Submersible As the internet remains riveted by the missing submersible near the wreck of the Titanic, there’s one world leader who is definitely paying close attention: King Charles.
Halomonas titanicae The wreck of the Titanic is disappearing because of a microorganism called Halomonas titanicae. This organism is a halophile, meaning that it thrives in high salt environments, and it feeds on iron. The microbe was discovered in 2010 and is responsible for the deterioration of...
One of the world's first deep-sea human submersibles, Alvin, was built in 1964. Alvin made more than 4,400 dives, including dives to find a lost hydrogen bomb in the Mediterranean and exploring the wreck ofthe Titanic. The sub, which is owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by WHOI...
When you look closely at some of the great sad movie death scenes, you notice that they aren't all the same. While the vast majority of famous death scenes involve human beings -- like Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack in Titanic -- there are plenty of cases where an animal's demise has left...