New Delhi: The Titanic, which made waves with its inaugural run in 1912, sank in its maiden journey but its wreckage was discovered only 25 years
ago. Now, companies have come forward to offer visit to the ship wreckage for adventurous travellers.
Tourists have a penchant for adventure will have the opportunity to visit the wreckage by diving 2.5 miles down in the ocean.
OceanGate Expeditions is offering 6 expeditions this coming summer. Each trip will include exclusive submarine tour of the wreck where guests, in group of 3 can spend up to 10 hours exploring the site.
The famous ship, sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton (UK) to New York City in 1912 after hitting an iceberg. It is located 2.5 miles beneath the water and about 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland ( Canada).
According to Fox News, the project by OceanGate Expeditions will train ‘citizen scientists’ as ‘mission specialists’ for a mission of rare undersea research and expedition on the wreckage of the Titanic.
“The support of Mission Specialists is vital to our multi-year exploration, research and digital preservation effort. They will have the unique opportunity to serve in active expeditionary roles alongside oceanographic scientists, archaeological researchers, and Titanic oceanograph veterans throughout the missions. This team will document this historic site for generations to come,” Fox News quoted Stockton Rush, President, OceanGate Expeditions, as saying.
1st Titanic Trip in May – July 2021
A journey of about 12,467 feet below the surface of the ocean will be taken down by the expedition team, for which, an Ocean Gate Sub would be used.
The first schedule will be inaugurated by late-May through mid-July and there are six missions scheduled for it. Each mission will last 10 days and will involve unfettered, eight- to 10-hour, 5-crewmember submersible dives that will be transporting citizen scientists and explorers to the wreck-site.
Another set of series will run in summer 2022 according to OceanGate.
