The deep-sea Titanic will soon disappear! Researchers have found the causes
The Titanic is slowly disappearing completely. Metal-eating bacteria and ocean currents are eating away at the Titanic, which is dormant under the sea. The 'crow's nest' on the pyramid where those who had warned of the huge iceberg just before the collision had stood was already gone. It is known that a new expedition will be launched in a few days, including tourists to the deep-sea Titanic.
'The Titanic is floating in the ocean with no return. Stockton Rush, president of the Oceangate Company, which is exploring the Titanic sinking area in the North Atlantic, explains the purpose of the mission, saying that we need to gather as much information as possible before it is complete.
The 109-year-old Titanic is being challenged by bacteria as well as seawater. Bacteria dissolve kilograms of iron that are part of the Titanic every day. The Titanic is expected to sink in the ocean in a few decades without significant remnants.
Since the discovery of the Titanic under the sea in 1985, the wreckage of the ship has undergone several changes. The poles of the 30-meter-long Titanic, which was protruding, collapsed. The part called the crow's nest on the flagpole where those in charge of monitoring the ship's trajectory stood completely disappeared. The gymnasium near the curved staircase collapsed. A 2019 expedition found that the visible bathtub had disappeared when the wall of the captain's cabin collapsed.
The Ocean Gate Company will explore with state-of-the-art HD cameras and sonar equipment. As part of the deep-sea mission, each part of the ship and its contents will be classified. This may help researchers calculate the lifespan of objects submerged in the deep sea. Oceangate also aims to gather information on marine life on the Titanic.
Forty more tourists, including archaeologists and oceanographers, are being taken to the bottom of the ocean to see the Oceangate Titanic. They will also be given the opportunity to take turns operating sonar equipment. Tourists pay between $ 1 million and $ 1.5 million to see the Titanic.
The Oceangate mission has no goal of retrieving any parts of the Titanic. It is therefore unlikely that there will be significant controversy surrounding this mission. RMS Titanic, which previously owned the wreckage of the ship, was controversial in its attempt to recover the radio from the Titanic. The RMS Titanic argued that it should be found as a radio that received a distress message from the Titanic. But the US government went to court against this. The U.S. claimed that the ceasefire was in violation of an agreement with Britain to keep parts of the Titanic underwater.