THE Titanic is breaking apart again, but this time it’s happening 4 kilometres below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Now explorer Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreck 19 years ago, is returning to the ship to find out why.
Last year, scientists of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) discovered that the wreck of the liner was deteriorating during a series of dives using the Russian Mir 1 submersible. “Structures are degrading on the ship,” says Craig McLean director of NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration in Silver Spring, Maryland. “We need to determine the causes.”
McLean says…
