Rare, haunting footage showing the wreckage of the Titanic ship was revealed Wednesday. For years, researchers and explorers scoured the sea in search of the doomed ship, which sank in the North Atlantic in 1912.
The footage was taken in July 1986, when WHOI-led researchers aboard the HOV Alvin used cutting-edge imaging technology and a remotely operated vehicle, the Jason Jr., to film the Titanic’s exterior and rooms inside the ship. It depicts, among other things, the ship’s bow, a chief officer’s cabin, a promenade window, leftover debris and a chandelier still hanging from a ceiling against a backdrop of dark water.
The Titanic was touted as unsinkable in the media before its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York. But it struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912, and slowly plunged nearly 12,500 feet into the North Atlantic Ocean. Only about 700 of the 2,227 passengers and crew on board survived, according to theThe shipwreck is located about 350 miles southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
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