On Friday, a team of scientists, historians, and imaging experts departed for the Titanic wreck in an attempt to take the most detailed pictures yet of the historic vessel.
The BBC reported that the group will use state-of-art technology to examine every aspect of the Titanic to gain new information about its sinking.
This will be the first mission to the Titanic since last year’s OceanGate incident, which resulted in the deaths of five men who were trying to visit the vessel.
A memorial service for the victims will be held at sea.
One of the victims was Paul-Henri Nargeolet, the head of research for RMS Titanic Inc. He was supposed to lead the expedition.
A plaque will be placed on the seabed in his honor. Despite the tragic incident, the team members are still determined to continue with the mission.
Rory Golden, a historian and friend of Nargeolet, said that the expedition was motivated by the scientist’s passion for exploring the Titanic.
The expedition is being carried out by the US company that has the exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic.
The goal of the mission is to collect high-quality images of the Titanic and create a 3D model of the wreck.
According to David Gallo, the expedition’s co-expedition lead, the team aims to achieve a precise and clear picture of the Titanic.
The expedition’s base will be located in the North Atlantic. The ship Dino Chouest will spend about 20 days above the Titanic’s wreck, which is about 3,800 meters deep.
It will be a very emotional time for the team members as they remember the tragic incident that happened on April 15, 1912.
Besides books and documentaries, there have also been various films about the Titanic.
Although the site where the ship sank has been the subject of numerous studies since 1985, there is still a lot of mystery surrounding it.
For instance, there are areas of debris field that have not been thoroughly inspected.
Two six-ton remotely-controlled vehicles will be deployed on the mission to examine the Titanic.
One of these will be equipped with an array of cameras, while the other will have a laser scanner.
They will be able to track the ship and its various components back and forth across a 1.3 kilometer-by-0.9 kilometer area of the seafloor.
According to Evan Kovacs, the project’s imaging program’s technical director, the team’s cameras should be able to produce high-quality images of the Titanic.
He said that if the various elements working together seamlessly, such as the weather, the ROV, and the camera, are all aligned correctly, the team should be able to capture amazing images of the Titanic.
