Who needs trips to space?
The world’s largest luxury steamship struck an iceberg back in 1912 and subsequently sank 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. The 883-foot behemoth has since been quietly dissolving on the ocean floor for the past century as bacteria and underwater currents eat away at its remains. Expeditions like this provide vital insight into the current condition of the wreck and the rate of decay. It’s also a chance to see the vessel that scientists estimate will be completely gone by 2037.
With the largest viewport of any deep-diving sub, multiple external cameras and a spate of other high-tech gadgets,and everyone aboard will have an active role in surveying the wreck.OceanGate Expeditionsis an integral part of our efforts to study and document the wreck site,” Stockton Rush, president of OceanGate Expeditions, said in awill teach us over the next 110 years.”Expedition will start on June 15.
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