Titanic, new SOS 30 years after the discovery of the wreck
Exactly thirty years ago, on September 1, 1985, the ocean explorer Robert Ballard was faced with what would prove to be the most important discovery of his life: the wreck of the Titanic, lying on the bottom of the Atlantic at a depth of 3,800 meters.
The discovery of one of the most famous wrecks in the world has given rise to years of research, operations to recover the artifacts on the ship and a surge in local tourism, all along with the growing concern to understand how to preserve the remains of the transatlantic...