More than a century after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is publishing never-before-seen images of what was once the world’s largest ship.
The haunting video was captured in 1986, when the WHOI made 11 dives nearly 12,500 feet below the ocean’s surface to explore the wreckage.
Alvin, a three-person submersible, was used to bring humans to the wreck site for the first time, while a remote-controlled vehicle named Jason Jr. was used to enter the sunken ship.
“Like many, I was paralyzed when Alvin and Jason Jr. ventured to and within the wreck,” James Cameron, who directed the hit movie Titanic and has explored the oceans, said in a statement ahead of the film’s release.
“By posting this video, WHOI is helping to tell an important part of a story that spans generations and spans the globe.”
The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg on her maiden voyage from England to New York City.
This image provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows the deck of the Titanic 12,500 feet (3.8 kilometers) below the ocean surface, 400 miles (640 kilometers) off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, in 1986. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)
The ocean liner sank on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City after hitting an iceberg in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912.
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Recovery efforts began immediately, but it was not until September 1985 that the WHOI finally located the remains in association with the Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer.
“The water is close to freezing and probably the biggest challenge is the remoteness of the location and in particular the harsh environment in terms of the pressure our equipment is exposed to,” said Robert Ballard, who led the discovery from 1985 and captured images of the Titanic in 1986, he told the Associated Press on Wednesday.
In this image provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a remote underwater vehicle examines an open window of the Titanic 12,500 feet (3.8 kilometers) below the ocean surface, 400 miles (640 kilometers) off the coast of Newfoundland , Canada, in 1986. . (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)
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