The Titanic, thought to be nearly impregnable when it was built, was the largest ocean liner in service at the time. The hunt for the world's most elusive shipwrecks Its release “marks the first time humans set eyes on the ill-fated ship since 1912 and includes many other iconic scenes,” the WHOI adds. This newly released footage showcases the 1986 expedition. The following year, a team from the WHOI made the first trip to view the sunken vessel by using a three-person submersible named Alvin and the newly developed remotely operated vehicle Jason Jr. “By 1985, WHOI had developed new imaging technology, including Argo, a camera sled that was towed from the research vessel Knorr and captured the first photographs of the ship beneath more than 12,400 feet of water,” reads a press release from WHOI. While several efforts were made to find the Titanic after the ship sunk during its maiden voyage, it wasn’t until September 1985 that a team led by Robert Ballard in partnership with Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer (IFEMER) were finally able to discover the wreckage. Shot by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) just months after explorers found the wreckage in 1985, the emotive clips feature images of the ship, including its famous bow section, deck and equipment.Ĭaptured about two miles (three kilometers) below the ocean’s surface, the 80-minute video of uncut footage, most of which had not been previously released to the public, shows the interior of the ship, as well as marine life swimming around it. Rare video footage showing the wreck of the Titanic ocean liner on the floor of the Atlantic has been released more than a century after the ship hit an iceberg and sunk.
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