Many areas have already crumbled, and erosion is feared to have affected significant parts of the wreck. Scientists will also try to determine how quickly the Titanic is disintegrating. Every one is a bit of evidence of how the ship sank." "It's also to gain information of archaeological importance from maybe hundreds of thousands of artefacts on the seabed. The pay-off is to let people explore and experience the Titanic on their own," said David Gallo, Director of special projects at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts. "We are raising the Titanic in a virtual sense. The organisers say that they will not collect any artefacts out of the hundreds of thousands scattered on the ocean floor, but will instead build an interactive "video map" of the wreck that will be available to the public online. 18 in partnership with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. The expedition, organised by RMS Titanic Inc, which has exclusive salvage rights to the wreck, will leave St. A three-week mission will see the team probing a three square mile area two and a half miles beneath the ocean using modern submersible robots, advanced imaging equipment and high definition cameras the first such attempt since the Titanic wreck discovery in 1985. In a challenging deep-sea expedition to the floor of the Atlantic, a “dream team” of scientists, maritime archaeologists and oceanographers will virtually raise the Titanic by making the first detailed 3D map of the famous wreck.
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