The team had to battle the elements of the Atlantic to gather the data, using submersibles named Romeo and Juliet that captured a third-person view to map the site while not disturbing the wreckage.

The rusted wreck’s secrets have been revealed in detail like never before as it lies 3,800m (12,500ft) beneath the Atlantic Ocean’s surface, 400 miles from south of Newfoundland, Canada.Įxperts will be able to see the ship unobscured by water and zoom into different parts, raising hopes that many unanswered questions will now be addressed as to why the ship hit an iceberg between Southampton and New York, killing 1,500 people in April 1912.ĭivers and research teams have explored the Titanic on numerous occasions since it was discovered in 1985, but a lack of visibility has meant cameras have only shown small parts of it.

For 100 years, the Titanic has lain frozen in time on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, its wreckage cloaked in pitch black water clouded with mud that has obscured much of its detail.īut no longer, as the largest underwater three-dimensional scan in history may be about to unlock the secrets of how the Titanic sank, including the exact point where it struck an iceberg.

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