1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:04,037 --> 00:00:07,574 Titanic, the world's most famous ship. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:09,076 --> 00:00:11,678 Sunk over 100 years ago 5 00:00:12,713 --> 00:00:15,048 and rediscovered in 1985. 6 00:00:16,617 --> 00:00:21,755 She fascinates like no other wreck and still has secrets to reveal. 7 00:00:21,822 --> 00:00:24,925 There's sometimes about this story that grips people. 8 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:28,195 Everybody finds something in this disaster, 9 00:00:28,262 --> 00:00:31,365 it's so varied and so all-encompassing. 10 00:00:32,599 --> 00:00:36,670 It's nearly 15 years since anyone dived down to see Titanic. 11 00:00:37,538 --> 00:00:40,107 The world is anxious to know what'shappened to her. 12 00:00:41,008 --> 00:00:43,208 There could be a couple of major portions of the Titanic 13 00:00:43,243 --> 00:00:44,545 that might have collapsed. 14 00:00:48,482 --> 00:00:51,718 Now, a new expedition is heading for the wreck site. 15 00:00:51,785 --> 00:00:53,053 Okay, good to go. 16 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:54,121 Good to go. 17 00:00:55,289 --> 00:00:59,526 World-leading experts armed with state-of-the-art technology. 18 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,895 Let's send this bad boy to the bottom. 19 00:01:01,962 --> 00:01:04,898 It's a race against time to answer questions... 20 00:01:04,965 --> 00:01:06,500 Okay, Tom, last check. 21 00:01:06,967 --> 00:01:07,968 Roger that. 22 00:01:09,203 --> 00:01:13,140 And preserve Titanic for future generations... 23 00:01:13,207 --> 00:01:14,675 - Two minutes. - Two minutes. 24 00:01:14,741 --> 00:01:16,410 Before it's too late. 25 00:01:16,476 --> 00:01:18,145 Let's go back to Titanic. 26 00:01:18,212 --> 00:01:20,214 Prepare to dive. Prepare to dive. 27 00:01:32,759 --> 00:01:35,762 Pressure Drop, all stations bridge. 28 00:01:35,829 --> 00:01:38,999 ETA over the wreck is approximately 10 minutes from now. 29 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:42,669 The team is arriving at the Titanic wreck site. 30 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:49,042 The ship lies three miles down in the icy depths of the north Atlantic ocean. 31 00:01:58,118 --> 00:01:59,653 Okay, so, welcome, everyone. 32 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,788 We wanted to meet this afternoon 33 00:02:01,855 --> 00:02:06,293 to go over the dive plans for the next two days, uh, 34 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:07,637 so you have two pieces of paper. 35 00:02:07,661 --> 00:02:10,497 The team gathers to go over their mission. 36 00:02:10,564 --> 00:02:14,635 A plan to carry out a series of dives to Titanic over the coming week. 37 00:02:15,369 --> 00:02:17,714 The first thing I'm gonna do when I get down to the bottom is, 38 00:02:17,738 --> 00:02:19,578 as I mentioned, I'm gonna just go thrusters off 39 00:02:19,606 --> 00:02:21,475 and I'm gonna see what the drift is. 40 00:02:22,009 --> 00:02:25,245 Victor Vescovo has put this expedition together. 41 00:02:25,312 --> 00:02:28,015 There could be a couple of major portions of Titanic 42 00:02:28,081 --> 00:02:29,416 that might have collapsed. 43 00:02:29,483 --> 00:02:31,163 Most people are very interested in the bow, 44 00:02:31,351 --> 00:02:33,120 because the bow is still quite discernible 45 00:02:33,187 --> 00:02:35,889 as the bow of the Titanic, and I am hopeful 46 00:02:35,956 --> 00:02:40,694 that it hasn't significantly collapsed, which would be unfortunate. 47 00:02:43,764 --> 00:02:48,468 Nobody has dived down to Titanic in nearly 15 years. 48 00:02:48,535 --> 00:02:53,407 So, Victor's major concern is what may have happened since she was last examined. 49 00:02:53,473 --> 00:02:57,811 From the first time this wreck was seen in 1985, with each expedition, 50 00:02:57,878 --> 00:02:59,913 we've observed the condition of the wreck. 51 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,016 Victor has gathered world-leading experts 52 00:03:03,083 --> 00:03:05,319 to ensure this mission is a success, 53 00:03:05,385 --> 00:03:08,956 including Titanic specialist, Parks Stephenson. 54 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:13,293 I've always seen the wreck as truly 55 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,063 the last surviving witness to the disaster, 56 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:17,731 almost like a crime scene. 57 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:19,633 Well, that one will be fine. 58 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:23,437 I'm just gonna... I have to get dimensions of the first platform that we have, 59 00:03:23,504 --> 00:03:26,039 but I'm pretty sure that it won't fit in there. 60 00:03:26,106 --> 00:03:27,941 Microbial ecologist Lori Johnston 61 00:03:28,008 --> 00:03:30,444 is another key member of the team. 62 00:03:30,511 --> 00:03:34,181 She's responsible for collecting important data on the wreck's condition. 63 00:03:35,249 --> 00:03:39,953 From '98, I was able to dive on Titanic, uh, six different times. 64 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:42,890 Uh, the last time I personally saw it was 2005. 65 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:46,860 So it'll be very interesting to see the amount of deterioration. 66 00:03:49,429 --> 00:03:51,465 Okay, Roger that, can you confirm the connectors? 67 00:03:55,969 --> 00:03:57,371 Okay, roger that. 68 00:03:57,437 --> 00:04:00,307 This is the deep submergence vehicle, the Limiting Factor. 69 00:04:00,374 --> 00:04:04,244 It's the deepest diving submersible in the whole world, 70 00:04:04,311 --> 00:04:08,348 and she is an absolute wonderful sub and a beast. 71 00:04:08,415 --> 00:04:09,550 She is so tough. 72 00:04:10,517 --> 00:04:11,818 The Limiting Factor 73 00:04:11,885 --> 00:04:14,821 was specially designed by the team for missions like this. 74 00:04:15,122 --> 00:04:17,758 Okay, Tom, last check, we're gonna just have Tim, 75 00:04:17,824 --> 00:04:19,793 or maybe you can just secure your own hatch. 76 00:04:19,860 --> 00:04:22,429 Roger that. Securing hatch now. 77 00:04:22,496 --> 00:04:25,999 When Victor isn't piloting the sub, Patrick Lahey will be. 78 00:04:26,066 --> 00:04:27,067 Okay, Tim. 79 00:04:27,134 --> 00:04:30,037 First thing is the pressure hull, which is made of titanium. 80 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:34,474 Hull's about 90 mm thick, which is three and a half inches in thickness, 81 00:04:34,541 --> 00:04:37,077 and it has three view ports. 82 00:04:37,144 --> 00:04:40,647 Two that are on the top looking out through the port 83 00:04:40,714 --> 00:04:43,083 and starboard sides and then one lower view port 84 00:04:43,150 --> 00:04:46,353 that gives you a great view of the areas on the sea floor. 85 00:04:47,487 --> 00:04:49,523 - Good. - Turning starboard. 86 00:04:55,896 --> 00:04:57,297 I mean, everything is so tight, 87 00:04:57,364 --> 00:04:59,132 you know, everything is in tight corners. 88 00:05:00,234 --> 00:05:04,905 The team's fitting the sub with a super-high-resolution 4K camera. 89 00:05:04,972 --> 00:05:08,442 It's been specially commissioned for this mission to film the wreck 90 00:05:08,509 --> 00:05:10,744 in the best definition possible. 91 00:05:10,811 --> 00:05:13,413 It's big, but delicate. 92 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,251 Having this camera here means that we're gonna have to be very, very careful. 93 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:20,487 It's gonna make it a lot more difficult for the launch and recovery, 94 00:05:20,554 --> 00:05:23,323 and we're gonna have to be really, really careful. Really careful. 95 00:05:26,393 --> 00:05:30,430 So the hazards are, you know, we are going deep, 96 00:05:30,497 --> 00:05:33,567 and the fact that we're diving around a human-made object, 97 00:05:33,634 --> 00:05:38,805 we're around a wreck structure with potentially strong current. 98 00:05:40,407 --> 00:05:44,178 This wreck has been down there for 107 years, 99 00:05:44,244 --> 00:05:47,080 so, uh, it's inherently unstable, 100 00:05:47,147 --> 00:05:49,550 and she lies across the current, 101 00:05:49,616 --> 00:05:52,786 uh, which is running up to two knots at a time. 102 00:05:52,853 --> 00:05:57,224 Diving around a wreck presents a unique set of risks and concerns. 103 00:05:57,791 --> 00:06:00,394 The primary one being entanglement, you know, 104 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:03,897 a wreck can have things like ropes and obstructions 105 00:06:03,964 --> 00:06:07,534 and things of that nature that present a hazard to the craft. 106 00:06:07,601 --> 00:06:12,606 The idea is to go here, and then we'll come up here and pretty much, I mean, 107 00:06:12,673 --> 00:06:15,976 everyone has told me not to get too close and to be extremely careful, 108 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:17,811 because there are still wires. 109 00:06:18,378 --> 00:06:20,614 The success of the first dive is vital. 110 00:06:20,681 --> 00:06:23,817 It will allow the team to plot additional dives. 111 00:06:23,884 --> 00:06:26,920 Failure, and the expedition could end abruptly. 112 00:06:28,155 --> 00:06:29,756 Cool. If no one's got any questions, 113 00:06:29,823 --> 00:06:36,396 then our next gig is 6:45 up on the foredeck, uh, tomorrow morning. 114 00:06:40,601 --> 00:06:43,971 Preparation is over. Tomorrow, the team will attempt 115 00:06:44,037 --> 00:06:47,140 to dive to the most famous ship in history. 116 00:06:56,450 --> 00:07:01,388 Weather conditions now are worse than they were on the forecast yesterday. 117 00:07:04,625 --> 00:07:08,095 The first dive is due to be launching in less than an hour. 118 00:07:11,532 --> 00:07:13,700 But conditions aren't looking good. 119 00:07:14,635 --> 00:07:17,004 The crew's having to secure equipment. 120 00:07:17,638 --> 00:07:20,440 So, the biggest waves you can see coming through now are probably four, 121 00:07:20,507 --> 00:07:23,911 four and a half meters, which is pretty much double 122 00:07:23,977 --> 00:07:27,581 the maximum limit for the... To operate the sub. 123 00:07:38,592 --> 00:07:39,760 So, you called it. 124 00:07:39,860 --> 00:07:42,696 It's not a nice decision to make, and no one wants to make it, 125 00:07:42,763 --> 00:07:45,899 - but it's the one that needs to be made. - Yeah, I agree. 126 00:07:45,966 --> 00:07:47,467 And the people downstairs know? 127 00:07:51,104 --> 00:07:53,207 The first launch is aborted. 128 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:58,212 If the bad weather doesn't pass soon, the entire mission will be in jeopardy. 129 00:07:58,278 --> 00:08:00,714 Let's go down and announce it to everybody. 130 00:08:09,022 --> 00:08:12,559 - Okay, good to go. - Good to go. 131 00:08:12,626 --> 00:08:15,829 Next morning, there's a break in the weather. 132 00:08:15,896 --> 00:08:17,197 Setting five minutes. 133 00:08:17,831 --> 00:08:19,366 Five minutes, okey-doke. 134 00:08:27,107 --> 00:08:28,375 The dive is on. 135 00:08:29,309 --> 00:08:31,245 We're going to the Titanic. 136 00:08:32,913 --> 00:08:33,914 Weather's not bad. 137 00:08:34,281 --> 00:08:37,093 It was rougher last night, I thought it was gonna be rough this morning, 138 00:08:37,117 --> 00:08:38,385 but it's laid down a bit, 139 00:08:38,452 --> 00:08:40,320 so I'm comfortable with this, 140 00:08:40,387 --> 00:08:43,056 we can launch in this. Let's send this bad boy to the bottom. 141 00:08:44,758 --> 00:08:49,196 This will be the first ever solo dive to Titanic. 142 00:08:49,263 --> 00:08:51,031 - Two minutes. - Two minutes. 143 00:09:01,008 --> 00:09:04,077 Good luck, Victor. Say hello to the old girl. 144 00:09:04,144 --> 00:09:07,681 I will. Let's go back to Titanic. 145 00:09:19,893 --> 00:09:23,030 You're clear to dive, clear to dive. 146 00:09:23,096 --> 00:09:24,765 Roger that, LF is clear to dive, 147 00:09:24,831 --> 00:09:26,900 I've got a green board, pumps are now in. 148 00:09:35,976 --> 00:09:38,011 It will take Victor one and a half hours 149 00:09:38,078 --> 00:09:39,780 to reach Titanic's depth. 150 00:09:40,647 --> 00:09:43,350 As you drop, light starts to fade, 151 00:09:43,517 --> 00:09:46,119 hazy greenish at first, and then gives way to black, 152 00:09:46,186 --> 00:09:48,488 black, black, until it's pure black. 153 00:09:50,724 --> 00:09:52,526 There's nothing really much to see. 154 00:09:52,593 --> 00:09:54,561 So you descend into blackness. 155 00:10:02,669 --> 00:10:06,874 The wreck is nearly three miles down where extreme water pressure 156 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:10,277 will push the sub and camera technology to the very limit. 157 00:10:13,313 --> 00:10:18,252 Surface, LF, present depth one one two zero, 158 00:10:18,318 --> 00:10:22,489 heading zero three seven, life support good. 159 00:10:22,556 --> 00:10:26,927 Roger, LF, understand your depth is one one two. 160 00:10:26,994 --> 00:10:30,430 4k cameras have seldom filmed so deep before, 161 00:10:30,497 --> 00:10:34,668 and even if this one survives the journey, what will be left to film? 162 00:10:43,677 --> 00:10:46,380 Surface, LF, present depth 163 00:10:46,446 --> 00:10:50,651 three eight zero eight at bottom, 164 00:10:51,018 --> 00:10:53,353 heading one eight zero. 165 00:10:53,420 --> 00:10:57,124 The first manned dive in nearly 15 years is underway 166 00:10:57,191 --> 00:11:00,727 to the world's most famous ship, Titanic. 167 00:11:01,228 --> 00:11:06,366 If we arrive on site and the light starts to reveal massive collapse, 168 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:11,071 either like I'm predicting, or even worse, 169 00:11:11,138 --> 00:11:15,108 I'm sure there's gonna be an instance of regret. 170 00:11:20,547 --> 00:11:23,817 Titanic was the most luxurious liner in the world. 171 00:11:23,884 --> 00:11:27,855 When she set sail in April, 1912, heading for New York, 172 00:11:27,921 --> 00:11:31,692 over 2,000 passengers and crew were on board. 173 00:11:34,161 --> 00:11:39,233 Four days into her maiden voyage, she it an iceberg and sank. 174 00:11:39,299 --> 00:11:42,369 Around 1,500 people lost their lives. 175 00:11:42,436 --> 00:11:45,739 There's something about this story that grips people. 176 00:11:45,806 --> 00:11:50,143 The way the disaster played out, the length of time that it played out, 177 00:11:50,210 --> 00:11:54,882 allowing all these different human dramas and different classes of people, 178 00:11:54,948 --> 00:11:58,118 everybody finds something in this disaster. 179 00:11:58,185 --> 00:12:01,321 It's so varied and so all-encompassing. 180 00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:09,563 It looks like the edge of something. 181 00:12:09,630 --> 00:12:11,665 This current keeps pushing me. 182 00:12:14,301 --> 00:12:18,405 Where Titanic rests is incredibly dangerous. 183 00:12:18,472 --> 00:12:22,776 Strong currents swirl around the wreck, making it extremely difficult 184 00:12:22,843 --> 00:12:25,512 for Victor to reach and film his target. 185 00:12:25,579 --> 00:12:27,481 I'm heading one eight zero. 186 00:12:27,548 --> 00:12:30,350 I'm being very careful, I don't wanna run into anything. 187 00:12:38,058 --> 00:12:40,594 Where is it? I can't see it. 188 00:12:43,530 --> 00:12:47,301 There doesn't appear to be anything here. 189 00:12:47,367 --> 00:12:49,403 I have a bad feeling about this. 190 00:12:57,878 --> 00:12:59,079 There we go. 191 00:13:00,747 --> 00:13:02,049 There she is. 192 00:13:06,787 --> 00:13:11,258 Oh, my gosh, I'm at the bow. I'm at the bow of the Titanic. 193 00:13:22,035 --> 00:13:27,841 Surface, LF has gone to bow of Titanic. 194 00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:30,010 Bow of Titanic. 195 00:13:32,079 --> 00:13:33,080 Yeah. 196 00:13:35,015 --> 00:13:40,153 Just seeing the wreck outside the view port, wow, amazing. 197 00:13:54,801 --> 00:13:57,638 Victor can now begin the team's next objective, 198 00:13:57,704 --> 00:14:01,708 to film the wreck and collect data to assess its condition. 199 00:14:06,747 --> 00:14:08,649 Coming up along the side here, 200 00:14:08,715 --> 00:14:14,421 I can see rust formations hanging from the famous handrails, 201 00:14:14,955 --> 00:14:20,327 and there you can see some of the A deck square windows. 202 00:14:23,096 --> 00:14:25,999 Victor pilots the sub along the ship's exterior. 203 00:14:26,066 --> 00:14:29,536 Curtains of corrosion can be seen envelopingport holes. 204 00:14:32,739 --> 00:14:38,445 When Titanic was first discovered in 1985, she was in remarkable condition, 205 00:14:38,512 --> 00:14:42,282 but her stern and bow were located 600 meters apart, 206 00:14:42,349 --> 00:14:44,852 having broken up on their descent. 207 00:14:46,553 --> 00:14:49,823 As Victor heads past the bow, towards the stern, 208 00:14:49,890 --> 00:14:53,560 there's evidence of human tragedy all around. 209 00:14:53,627 --> 00:14:55,829 Wow, the sea floor is just... 210 00:14:55,896 --> 00:14:58,599 It's littered with debris from the ship breaking up 211 00:14:58,665 --> 00:15:00,734 as it descended through the water column. 212 00:15:00,801 --> 00:15:07,441 I can see tiles, some even intact bottles, what looks to be crockery. 213 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:13,046 There also seems to even be a perfectly preserved pair of trousers. 214 00:15:19,786 --> 00:15:23,690 I think I'm approaching the stern, I've got a big old sonar return. 215 00:15:27,194 --> 00:15:28,996 I see you on the sonar, girl. 216 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:35,369 Can you see this? That's the stern. 217 00:15:36,737 --> 00:15:39,740 Wow, just savaged. 218 00:15:41,008 --> 00:15:45,279 Yeah, this is concerning, there's jagged metal protruding 219 00:15:45,345 --> 00:15:51,051 almost from all directions, and I can feel a strong current 220 00:15:51,118 --> 00:15:53,320 pushing me towards the wreckage sometimes. 221 00:15:57,991 --> 00:16:01,061 The dive has just become much more dangerous. 222 00:16:10,904 --> 00:16:14,508 A deep-sea sub is investigating the wreck of Titanic. 223 00:16:15,442 --> 00:16:17,744 Wow, just savaged. 224 00:16:18,545 --> 00:16:21,748 At the stern, a powerful channel of fast-flowing water 225 00:16:21,815 --> 00:16:24,651 now jeopardizes the safety of the dive. 226 00:16:25,319 --> 00:16:29,556 I can feel a strong current pushing me towards the wreckage sometimes. 227 00:16:30,524 --> 00:16:32,759 After several hours fighting dangerous conditions, 228 00:16:33,694 --> 00:16:35,929 Victor decides it's time to return to the surface... 229 00:16:36,763 --> 00:16:38,999 Surface, this is LF ascending. 230 00:16:39,066 --> 00:16:41,101 For the safety of the mission. 231 00:16:43,370 --> 00:16:45,172 I am exhausted. 232 00:17:08,395 --> 00:17:10,030 Hi. 233 00:17:13,333 --> 00:17:15,769 - Oh, finally, eh? - Titanic, done. 234 00:17:17,938 --> 00:17:20,841 - Bow and stern. - Good one. Good one. 235 00:17:21,275 --> 00:17:23,977 The dive is completed, the sub's pulled in, 236 00:17:24,044 --> 00:17:26,413 but really my work starts now. 237 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,349 Uh, all of the analysis work that goes into the footage, 238 00:17:29,416 --> 00:17:32,419 I've got to try and get that done and get things identified, 239 00:17:32,486 --> 00:17:35,289 so, um, it's gonna be two busy days for me. 240 00:17:40,027 --> 00:17:42,596 In a way, it was the most difficult dive I've ever done, 241 00:17:42,663 --> 00:17:46,600 simply because of the scale and the very strong currents and visibility. 242 00:17:46,667 --> 00:17:48,068 So, it was very much 243 00:17:48,135 --> 00:17:52,406 diving into the unknown and, uh, coming back with new information. 244 00:17:52,472 --> 00:17:54,675 The condition of the wreck and, uh, you know, 245 00:17:54,741 --> 00:17:56,543 what had happened in the last 10 years. 246 00:17:58,445 --> 00:18:01,215 The first dive has been a great success, 247 00:18:01,281 --> 00:18:04,318 it's revealed Titanic is continuing to decay, 248 00:18:04,384 --> 00:18:06,420 but she's still intact. 249 00:18:06,486 --> 00:18:11,725 This new information is allowing the team to begin the next phase of their mission, 250 00:18:11,792 --> 00:18:15,062 a more detailed forensic investigation. 251 00:18:15,128 --> 00:18:19,433 Yeah, that's A deck promenade, and this is the B deck here, 252 00:18:19,499 --> 00:18:21,502 C deck port holes here. 253 00:18:21,568 --> 00:18:24,404 This is starboard side. 254 00:18:25,272 --> 00:18:29,676 Oh, this is badly corroded up here, look at that, oh, it's gone. 255 00:18:29,743 --> 00:18:32,913 - What's gone? - Right, look at A deck, right after... 256 00:18:32,980 --> 00:18:36,016 Titanic specialist Parks is studying the footage 257 00:18:36,083 --> 00:18:37,885 to assess the state of the ship. 258 00:18:37,951 --> 00:18:40,988 - What collapsed? It's part of the... - It's the A deck. 259 00:18:41,054 --> 00:18:42,756 By comparing the footage 260 00:18:42,823 --> 00:18:46,627 with images recorded after Titanic was first found, 261 00:18:46,693 --> 00:18:51,398 he can see the bow is still recognizable, 262 00:18:51,465 --> 00:18:54,501 but the stern is showing greater break up. 263 00:18:54,568 --> 00:18:57,471 The stern was absolutely shattered on impact, 264 00:18:57,538 --> 00:19:02,242 and so it is a mass of steel and cables and fragments, 265 00:19:02,309 --> 00:19:05,045 and I don't think it's been properly conveyed just how dangerous 266 00:19:05,112 --> 00:19:07,414 that area is and, frankly, how unrecognizable. 267 00:19:12,486 --> 00:19:15,923 Strong currents swirling around and eroding metal 268 00:19:15,989 --> 00:19:19,560 are partially responsible for Titanic's deterioration, 269 00:19:19,626 --> 00:19:24,464 but experts think there is another reason for the ship's uneven rate of decline. 270 00:19:25,966 --> 00:19:28,468 Titanic is unique 271 00:19:28,535 --> 00:19:32,539 in the fact that it is dominated by bacteria. 272 00:19:35,075 --> 00:19:38,645 Microbial ecologist Lori Johnston is one of the only people 273 00:19:38,712 --> 00:19:42,416 in the world who can fully understand what is happening. 274 00:19:42,883 --> 00:19:46,086 On previous expeditions, Lori investigated a phenomenon 275 00:19:46,153 --> 00:19:49,590 only seen on some of the deepest wrecks in the world. 276 00:19:50,057 --> 00:19:53,060 Titanic is teeming with microscopic life. 277 00:19:53,994 --> 00:19:56,930 Titanic, obviously, had bacteria when it went down, 278 00:19:57,264 --> 00:20:00,634 and they basically have become the dominant organism. 279 00:20:03,737 --> 00:20:05,405 The bacteria thrive in areas 280 00:20:05,472 --> 00:20:08,542 where metal is damaged like buckles or fractures. 281 00:20:09,710 --> 00:20:12,813 It is here that rusticles first form. 282 00:20:13,313 --> 00:20:18,252 The term "rusticle" was sort of coined when the Titanic was found, 283 00:20:18,318 --> 00:20:21,788 and it looks like rust-colored icicle. 284 00:20:21,855 --> 00:20:23,991 They're very sophisticated structures 285 00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:27,027 because they're made up of microscopic organisms. 286 00:20:27,094 --> 00:20:30,531 So, when you put a rusticle under the microscope, 287 00:20:30,597 --> 00:20:34,701 the features in them are extremely detailed. 288 00:20:34,768 --> 00:20:38,839 These organisms have adapted to eat metal and their feed rate 289 00:20:38,906 --> 00:20:43,210 looks set to intensify, increasing the rate of decay. 290 00:20:43,744 --> 00:20:46,947 The bacteria themselves seem to be increasing 291 00:20:47,014 --> 00:20:50,150 simply because there's nothing there that can out-compete them 292 00:20:50,217 --> 00:20:54,421 and because there's so much steel there, and they're just in their glory, 293 00:20:54,488 --> 00:20:57,391 taking out all of the elements under the sea. 294 00:21:01,962 --> 00:21:05,065 This is a worrying discovery, 295 00:21:05,132 --> 00:21:07,034 but there is one advantage, 296 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:11,271 the breakup allows the team to see inside new areas of the wreck. 297 00:21:18,912 --> 00:21:21,481 I can show you how I've put it together, 298 00:21:21,548 --> 00:21:24,751 which is, um, mainly using a process called photogrammetry, 299 00:21:24,818 --> 00:21:29,556 so we've basically reconstructed the path of the submarine. 300 00:21:34,895 --> 00:21:38,398 So, this is what Victor was looking at on his first dive. 301 00:21:39,633 --> 00:21:43,737 The bow going down the starboard side. 302 00:21:50,377 --> 00:21:52,012 Ah, that's amazing. 303 00:21:53,180 --> 00:21:55,816 Creating this scientifically accurate model 304 00:21:55,883 --> 00:21:57,818 is one of the team's core objectives. 305 00:21:58,218 --> 00:22:01,588 It's allowing Parks to view Titanic from all angles, 306 00:22:01,655 --> 00:22:04,024 to see things in far greater detail 307 00:22:04,091 --> 00:22:08,128 than what is possible from diving or studyingvideo footage. 308 00:22:08,195 --> 00:22:11,331 Oh, okay, rotate back around, okay, and then bring it up. 309 00:22:11,398 --> 00:22:16,470 Okay, that's good, I mean, oh, that is something else. 310 00:22:16,537 --> 00:22:20,908 Even this early in the process, the model is allowing Parks to investigate 311 00:22:20,974 --> 00:22:24,745 stories from Titanic in unprecedented detail. 312 00:22:24,811 --> 00:22:28,749 The way the 3D has rendered here and has that corner... 313 00:22:28,916 --> 00:22:30,284 - Yeah. - You really... 314 00:22:30,350 --> 00:22:32,586 I mean, it really feels like the ship here. 315 00:22:35,422 --> 00:22:40,327 On the night Titanic sank, more than 2,000 passengers were onboard. 316 00:22:40,394 --> 00:22:42,429 The crew rushed towards the lifeboats, 317 00:22:42,496 --> 00:22:46,099 to be lowered into the water using a small crane called the davit. 318 00:22:46,166 --> 00:22:50,404 On the model, Parks is intrigued by one davit in particular. 319 00:22:52,139 --> 00:22:53,607 Right in this very area, 320 00:22:53,674 --> 00:22:58,078 uh, First Officer Murdoch was desperately trying to load 321 00:22:58,145 --> 00:23:01,815 the last lifeboat into the davit, so that it could be launched properly. 322 00:23:01,882 --> 00:23:04,184 You can see that this davit is cranked in. 323 00:23:04,251 --> 00:23:06,687 It's the only one on the wreck that's like that. 324 00:23:06,753 --> 00:23:07,754 Right. 325 00:23:07,821 --> 00:23:11,225 Um, that really supports the account 326 00:23:11,291 --> 00:23:15,462 that Murdoch was trying to launch the last lifeboat 327 00:23:15,529 --> 00:23:18,198 when he and his crew were swept away by the water. 328 00:23:20,334 --> 00:23:25,005 The photogrammetry has provided vital evidence of the davit's position, 329 00:23:25,072 --> 00:23:28,976 proving that this lifeboat was never launched. 330 00:23:29,042 --> 00:23:33,247 This really... I mean, I can almost visualize the scene, 331 00:23:33,313 --> 00:23:38,018 seeing it in this lighting and at this angle. So... 332 00:23:42,055 --> 00:23:45,692 That's just... That's, um... That's pretty, uh, touching. 333 00:23:48,362 --> 00:23:51,064 There were just 20 lifeboats in total, 334 00:23:51,131 --> 00:23:54,168 only enough for around half the passengers. 335 00:23:57,604 --> 00:24:00,340 There's another personal story related to Titanic 336 00:24:00,407 --> 00:24:03,577 that has fascinated Parks for years. 337 00:24:03,877 --> 00:24:08,182 It's connected to one of the ship's mostfamous passengers, 338 00:24:08,248 --> 00:24:10,217 Benjamin Guggenheim. 339 00:24:10,284 --> 00:24:14,788 He was one of America's wealthiest and most prominent businessmen, 340 00:24:14,855 --> 00:24:17,224 who was said to have dressed up in his best 341 00:24:17,291 --> 00:24:19,726 and prepared to go down like a gentleman. 342 00:24:21,562 --> 00:24:24,731 This is what Guggenheim's state rooms would have looked like, 343 00:24:24,798 --> 00:24:27,734 Titanic's most opulent living quarters. 344 00:24:29,369 --> 00:24:32,139 Located on the port side at the point of destruction 345 00:24:32,206 --> 00:24:33,841 where the ship split in two, 346 00:24:36,009 --> 00:24:40,080 the state rooms were torn off and fell to the sea floor, 347 00:24:41,481 --> 00:24:44,518 where they remain to this day, undiscovered. 348 00:24:45,853 --> 00:24:49,790 Now, using the sub, Parks is determined to find them. 349 00:24:58,966 --> 00:25:03,036 The free boat is engaged, would you like me to engage surfacing? 350 00:25:03,103 --> 00:25:06,039 The team is preparing the sub for the next dive 351 00:25:08,275 --> 00:25:11,745 to locate the remains of Titanic's most opulent cabin, 352 00:25:11,812 --> 00:25:14,147 where one of the ship's most famous passengers, 353 00:25:14,214 --> 00:25:17,551 Benjamin Guggenheim, spent his final days. 354 00:25:19,052 --> 00:25:20,921 I'm the only member of my family, 355 00:25:20,988 --> 00:25:25,893 going back to where my great great grandfather last stood. 356 00:25:25,959 --> 00:25:28,829 So, there is something quite powerful about that, I guess, 357 00:25:28,896 --> 00:25:31,465 and kind of getting closer to the rest of the family 358 00:25:31,532 --> 00:25:34,768 and maybe paying one last homage. 359 00:25:35,302 --> 00:25:38,906 Sindbad is Benjamin Guggenheim's great great grandson. 360 00:25:38,972 --> 00:25:41,475 He's joined the expedition to discover more 361 00:25:41,542 --> 00:25:45,245 about the final hours of his ill-fated relative. 362 00:25:45,312 --> 00:25:47,347 - Now, these are the decks... - Oh, I see. 363 00:25:47,414 --> 00:25:50,450 They're laying on top of each other, what you're seeing are the ribs 364 00:25:50,517 --> 00:25:52,095 that support the underside of the decks... 365 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,855 - Right. - And then it appears to be 366 00:25:54,922 --> 00:25:56,857 shell plating underneath. 367 00:25:56,924 --> 00:26:00,394 Previous expeditions revealed an image that Parks thinks 368 00:26:00,460 --> 00:26:03,564 could be Guggenheim's missing state rooms. 369 00:26:03,964 --> 00:26:07,568 He wants to dive down on the wreck to investigate further. 370 00:26:07,634 --> 00:26:10,337 Well, Parks is one of the world's leading historians on the Titanic, 371 00:26:10,404 --> 00:26:13,774 and he's the kind of individual that can look at a piece of wreckage 372 00:26:13,841 --> 00:26:17,077 and identify where it was on the ship and why it's interesting. 373 00:26:18,312 --> 00:26:23,517 Each piece, its position, its condition, tells a story. 374 00:26:29,223 --> 00:26:31,058 Parks also wants to record 375 00:26:31,124 --> 00:26:34,328 high-resolution footage of some specific features on the bow 376 00:26:35,295 --> 00:26:37,564 to add to the photogrammetry model. 377 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,537 Once again, Victor will pilot the sub. 378 00:26:43,604 --> 00:26:45,839 Parks will join him to observe. 379 00:26:45,906 --> 00:26:48,809 I feel the need to go down there myself, 380 00:26:48,876 --> 00:26:52,079 owe it to those who perished in the disaster, 381 00:26:52,446 --> 00:26:55,382 to maybe step out of the comfort zone a little bit, 382 00:26:55,449 --> 00:27:00,988 take an acceptable amount of risk and, um, experience it for myself. 383 00:27:01,989 --> 00:27:05,692 The sub will dive to the wreck site, travel over the bow, 384 00:27:05,759 --> 00:27:07,961 then out across the debris field, 385 00:27:08,028 --> 00:27:10,764 searching for the mysterious piece of metal. 386 00:27:14,935 --> 00:27:17,104 Here comes the water, cap's on, are you ready? 387 00:27:17,171 --> 00:27:19,540 Yeah, Roger that, my hatch is secure. 388 00:27:19,606 --> 00:27:21,675 Roger that, hatch secure. Here we go. 389 00:27:21,742 --> 00:27:24,077 Roger that. I'm just gonna put a little bit more on here. 390 00:27:24,144 --> 00:27:26,079 If Parks' theory is correct, 391 00:27:26,146 --> 00:27:31,151 it'll be an incredible discovery, connecting a family across generations. 392 00:27:32,586 --> 00:27:35,422 Clear to go ahead and start pumping. 393 00:27:35,489 --> 00:27:37,090 There goes the swimmer. 394 00:27:38,692 --> 00:27:39,760 LF. LF. 395 00:27:40,727 --> 00:27:42,162 This is the LF, go ahead. 396 00:27:42,896 --> 00:27:44,898 You're clear to, uh, start pumping. 397 00:27:44,965 --> 00:27:48,535 Roger that, the swimmer is clear, I have armed thrusters. 398 00:27:48,602 --> 00:27:50,170 We're beginning to pump in now. 399 00:28:04,051 --> 00:28:06,386 The sub begins its long descent. 400 00:28:09,823 --> 00:28:11,225 Benjamin Guggenheim was born 401 00:28:11,291 --> 00:28:15,562 into a wealthy mining family in Philadelphia in 1865. 402 00:28:17,965 --> 00:28:20,968 He was 47 years old when Titanic sank, 403 00:28:21,034 --> 00:28:24,204 leaving behind a wife and three young daughters. 404 00:28:29,209 --> 00:28:34,548 Surface, LF, depth three eight zero five, heading three one zero, 405 00:28:34,615 --> 00:28:38,519 life support good, wreck on sonar. 406 00:28:38,585 --> 00:28:42,523 Roger that, LF, understand, uh, three eight zero five meters, 407 00:28:42,589 --> 00:28:45,359 heading three one zero degrees with life support good 408 00:28:45,425 --> 00:28:47,794 and wreck on sonar. Congratulations. 409 00:28:47,861 --> 00:28:50,063 The sub has reached the wreck site. 410 00:28:52,499 --> 00:28:56,069 Ha, it's murky. You can look down there and see pretty well. 411 00:28:56,136 --> 00:28:57,538 I can see it, yeah. 412 00:28:59,673 --> 00:29:01,508 The visibility is better looking down. 413 00:29:01,575 --> 00:29:03,610 - It is. - There's the Marconi room, 414 00:29:03,677 --> 00:29:06,880 - one of the windows, one of the skylights. - Let's see here. 415 00:29:06,947 --> 00:29:10,517 Before searching for the remains of the Guggenheim state rooms, 416 00:29:10,584 --> 00:29:12,252 the team films additional footage 417 00:29:12,319 --> 00:29:15,589 of other important features for later analysis, 418 00:29:15,656 --> 00:29:19,259 including the area around the captain's quarters. 419 00:29:19,326 --> 00:29:21,795 Okay, I can barely see it. 420 00:29:21,862 --> 00:29:24,598 I can barely see it, yeah, it's devastated. 421 00:29:24,665 --> 00:29:27,034 I see a glimpse of the tub. 422 00:29:34,908 --> 00:29:37,177 Next, the team turns their attention 423 00:29:37,244 --> 00:29:39,346 to the search for Guggenheim's state rooms. 424 00:29:42,149 --> 00:29:46,019 The debris field is 15 square miles in size. 425 00:29:46,086 --> 00:29:51,191 Finding a single piece of metal is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. 426 00:29:53,493 --> 00:29:54,761 Is this the bigger piece? 427 00:29:54,828 --> 00:29:57,731 - No, it's not the bigger piece. - What is this? 428 00:29:57,798 --> 00:29:59,967 I don't think it's Guggenheim either. 429 00:30:03,937 --> 00:30:07,307 Parks is searching for specific structural features 430 00:30:07,374 --> 00:30:10,377 that coincide with the state room's location aboard the ship. 431 00:30:10,911 --> 00:30:15,649 This is key to confirming the identify of the mystery object in the image. 432 00:30:19,786 --> 00:30:21,906 We're getting close to something up there on the left. 433 00:30:22,055 --> 00:30:24,458 - Yep. - 40 meters. 434 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,463 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, eyes out, eyes out, eyes out. 435 00:30:29,530 --> 00:30:30,697 Okay. 436 00:30:33,967 --> 00:30:36,336 This might be the Guggenheim piece. 437 00:30:37,471 --> 00:30:39,873 - You see all that ribbing? - Yeah. 438 00:30:42,409 --> 00:30:44,178 This might be the Guggenheim piece. 439 00:30:44,244 --> 00:30:47,014 - I'm gonna translate left. - Please, translate left, yes, please. 440 00:30:50,951 --> 00:30:52,853 Yeah, here we go, this is it. 441 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,722 This is it, this is Guggenheim's state room, right here. 442 00:30:58,792 --> 00:31:00,594 - Right along here. - Found it. 443 00:31:02,930 --> 00:31:05,532 That's the state room right there. 444 00:31:05,599 --> 00:31:07,167 That's Guggenheim. 445 00:31:09,636 --> 00:31:11,538 Good job. Teamwork. 446 00:31:14,408 --> 00:31:18,278 Surface to LF, present depth three eight zero two, 447 00:31:18,345 --> 00:31:20,647 life support good, at Guggenheim. 448 00:31:20,714 --> 00:31:23,250 Roger, LF, at Guggenheim. 449 00:31:23,317 --> 00:31:24,518 Congratulations. 450 00:31:31,091 --> 00:31:32,359 Turn off the flow. 451 00:31:32,426 --> 00:31:33,427 Roger that. 452 00:31:34,061 --> 00:31:36,430 The search is over for the remains 453 00:31:36,496 --> 00:31:38,866 of Benjamin Guggenheim's state rooms. 454 00:31:44,671 --> 00:31:46,740 I can't believe you found it. 455 00:31:46,807 --> 00:31:48,842 The odds of this were astronomical, 456 00:31:49,409 --> 00:31:54,014 but, um, it just so happened in this case, 457 00:31:54,081 --> 00:31:58,752 your great great grandfather's state room was situated in an area 458 00:32:00,087 --> 00:32:03,390 that had identifiable features, um... 459 00:32:03,457 --> 00:32:07,261 Yes, the odds were astronomical. 460 00:32:11,298 --> 00:32:15,569 That... That chaos is really what's, uh, for me, 461 00:32:15,636 --> 00:32:18,805 uh, really, the most traumatizing, I think, you know, 462 00:32:18,872 --> 00:32:21,432 when you're there, when you see this and everything, it's just... 463 00:32:21,575 --> 00:32:22,943 It's just very powerful. 464 00:32:23,010 --> 00:32:25,012 One thing it does show, that at the end, 465 00:32:25,078 --> 00:32:27,814 it did not matter what class you were from, they all died equally. 466 00:32:27,881 --> 00:32:29,716 Exactly, yeah. Absolutely. 467 00:32:32,486 --> 00:32:37,291 In those rare instances where we can provide identification 468 00:32:37,357 --> 00:32:43,263 of a piece to a descendant of someone who perished, 469 00:32:43,330 --> 00:32:45,799 I think it's very much appreciated. 470 00:32:46,667 --> 00:32:49,870 We all like to remember those, like, fairy tales of him, 471 00:32:49,937 --> 00:32:51,805 uh, dressed in his best, as he said, 472 00:32:51,872 --> 00:32:55,475 sipping brandy and just going down heroically, 473 00:32:55,542 --> 00:32:59,479 I guess, but, yeah, what I'm seeing here, 474 00:32:59,546 --> 00:33:01,715 like the crushed metal and everything, 475 00:33:01,782 --> 00:33:04,084 is just showing me a very different reality. 476 00:33:12,159 --> 00:33:15,062 Finding Guggenheim's state rooms allows the team 477 00:33:15,128 --> 00:33:18,932 to add another crucial part to their photogrammetry model. 478 00:33:21,068 --> 00:33:23,904 And then we're coming up now to the top. 479 00:33:23,971 --> 00:33:26,240 Okay, there's the overhang from A deck. 480 00:33:26,306 --> 00:33:28,542 Additional data from the most recent dive 481 00:33:28,609 --> 00:33:30,577 has now been added to the model. 482 00:33:30,644 --> 00:33:33,680 It's allowing Parks to understand other areas of Titanic 483 00:33:33,747 --> 00:33:35,215 in far more detail... 484 00:33:35,282 --> 00:33:38,652 It took us a while to recognize this. 485 00:33:39,019 --> 00:33:42,322 Including the cabin of Captain Edward John Smith, 486 00:33:42,890 --> 00:33:45,792 who famously went down with his ship. 487 00:33:47,227 --> 00:33:50,631 When Titanic was rediscovered in 1985, 488 00:33:50,697 --> 00:33:55,903 the contents of Captain Smith's bathroom were revealed to be largely intact, 489 00:33:55,969 --> 00:33:58,138 including his private bathtub. 490 00:33:59,773 --> 00:34:04,244 It's a tiny, but very tangible, detail of the lives of individuals 491 00:34:04,311 --> 00:34:06,880 who lived and worked aboard the ship. 492 00:34:07,814 --> 00:34:10,083 So Parks wants to see how it's faring. 493 00:34:11,185 --> 00:34:16,023 This entire overhead has now collapsed since we last saw it. 494 00:34:16,089 --> 00:34:22,062 Only a small sliver of the captain's bath tub remains. 495 00:34:22,129 --> 00:34:29,036 This collapse was exactly the kind of, uh, failure that we were expecting to find, 496 00:34:29,102 --> 00:34:31,772 and I expect this kind of collapse 497 00:34:31,839 --> 00:34:36,310 is gonna continue in various areas around the wreck in the years to come. 498 00:34:38,378 --> 00:34:41,748 The captain's quarters have lost their battle with decay. 499 00:34:45,986 --> 00:34:47,087 You can see... 500 00:34:47,154 --> 00:34:50,224 Next, Parks turns his attention to another area of the ship 501 00:34:50,290 --> 00:34:53,460 that's of great interest, the Marconi room. 502 00:34:55,128 --> 00:34:57,431 As the biggest and best ship of her day, 503 00:34:57,497 --> 00:35:00,634 Titanic contained state-of-the-art technology, 504 00:35:00,701 --> 00:35:04,638 including the famous Marconi radio transmitter. 505 00:35:04,705 --> 00:35:08,208 The set aboard Titanic was among the first of its kind ever built. 506 00:35:11,512 --> 00:35:14,515 It was housed in the Marconi room, located on the boat deck 507 00:35:14,581 --> 00:35:16,817 between the first and second funnels. 508 00:35:18,785 --> 00:35:20,087 The transmitter was used 509 00:35:20,153 --> 00:35:24,224 to receive warnings of icebergs and send distress messages, 510 00:35:24,291 --> 00:35:28,629 something ships hadn't been able to do until the end of the 19th century. 511 00:35:28,695 --> 00:35:32,466 My biggest fear is my favorite part of the wreck, 512 00:35:32,533 --> 00:35:34,468 the Marconi wireless telegraph room, 513 00:35:34,535 --> 00:35:39,339 is gone and any hope of recovering that transmitting apparatus and restoring it 514 00:35:40,474 --> 00:35:44,411 is no longer... Is no longer a possibility. 515 00:35:48,081 --> 00:35:51,218 On a previous expedition, Parks saw the Marconi room 516 00:35:51,285 --> 00:35:53,520 and its contents were in good condition. 517 00:35:53,587 --> 00:35:56,056 Now, he wants to view its current state in detail, 518 00:35:56,123 --> 00:35:59,993 as he couldn't see it clearly during his dive with Victor. 519 00:36:02,196 --> 00:36:05,265 I wanna go in here. I wanna see what that is, I wanna get in here. 520 00:36:05,332 --> 00:36:08,402 I can actually see rusticles hanging down inside, 521 00:36:08,468 --> 00:36:10,804 so that indicates there's a whole space in here. 522 00:36:12,673 --> 00:36:15,742 Parks is hoping the photogrammetry will allow him 523 00:36:15,809 --> 00:36:18,078 to see the Marconi room in far greater detail. 524 00:36:19,513 --> 00:36:22,749 The area that I'm interested in is right in this area right here. 525 00:36:22,816 --> 00:36:25,219 - Now, your data set falls off here... - Yeah. 526 00:36:25,285 --> 00:36:30,090 But, um, these holes right here are of special concern to me 527 00:36:30,157 --> 00:36:32,860 because this looks like the beginning of... 528 00:36:32,926 --> 00:36:35,996 - Now, now, pull out a little bit. - Sure. 529 00:36:36,063 --> 00:36:38,999 The three-dimensional photogrammetry is revealing 530 00:36:39,066 --> 00:36:42,302 a new depression in the roof of the Marconi room. 531 00:36:42,402 --> 00:36:43,737 It's gonna continue to fall, 532 00:36:43,804 --> 00:36:45,964 and there's gonna be... And next time we come out here, 533 00:36:46,006 --> 00:36:48,208 there's gonna be a new hole next to that one. 534 00:36:49,142 --> 00:36:53,080 We are definitely in a race against time here. 535 00:37:00,888 --> 00:37:03,790 An investigation into the condition of Titanic 536 00:37:03,857 --> 00:37:06,260 is revealing a mixed picture. 537 00:37:06,693 --> 00:37:09,563 Some of the wreck's features have deteriorated... 538 00:37:09,696 --> 00:37:12,599 - I see a glimpse of the tub. - Yeah. 539 00:37:12,666 --> 00:37:14,968 I can barely see it, and, yeah, it's devastated. 540 00:37:15,569 --> 00:37:17,638 Whilst others have barely changed. 541 00:37:17,738 --> 00:37:22,409 Overall, the wreck seems to be holding up surprisingly well. 542 00:37:22,476 --> 00:37:27,514 There are some areas of concern, advanced deterioration, 543 00:37:27,714 --> 00:37:31,251 and, uh, we're going to be assessing those going forward, 544 00:37:31,318 --> 00:37:34,121 uh, to try and get better predictions on how much longer 545 00:37:34,188 --> 00:37:35,722 the wreck will be with us. 546 00:37:39,092 --> 00:37:41,762 We wanted to take this moment to remember those 547 00:37:41,828 --> 00:37:45,465 that have, uh, perished the night that Titanic sank. 548 00:37:45,532 --> 00:37:48,702 As the expedition enters its final stages, 549 00:37:48,769 --> 00:37:51,772 the team is honoring Titanic's victims. 550 00:37:51,839 --> 00:37:54,508 And, um, we'll take a moment's silence. 551 00:38:11,358 --> 00:38:15,229 With the ceremony complete, the team preparesfor their next dive. 552 00:38:15,295 --> 00:38:17,631 It's a good opportunity to think 553 00:38:17,698 --> 00:38:20,501 about the site itself and to start planning the dive. 554 00:38:20,567 --> 00:38:25,839 I wanted to go beyond the dive, uh, to talk about a science program 555 00:38:25,906 --> 00:38:28,008 about the permanent conditions. 556 00:38:28,642 --> 00:38:33,113 The dive will help the team understand andpredict Titanic's future. 557 00:38:34,014 --> 00:38:36,650 They've taken a number of different types of metal, 558 00:38:36,750 --> 00:38:41,989 and then they've subjected them to different kinds of, uh, activity. 559 00:38:42,055 --> 00:38:44,858 Some of them have been subject to torsion, 560 00:38:44,958 --> 00:38:48,028 uh, some of them have been heat-treated with a welder, 561 00:38:48,095 --> 00:38:49,229 some have been riveted. 562 00:38:49,396 --> 00:38:52,065 Some... So, they're trying to replicate 563 00:38:52,132 --> 00:38:55,135 all the different kinds of metal that you might find on a ship 564 00:38:55,202 --> 00:38:57,204 and then subjecting it to the sort of forces 565 00:38:57,271 --> 00:38:59,306 that a ship in distress might suffer. 566 00:39:01,542 --> 00:39:04,845 The team wants to place the data platformnext to the wreck. 567 00:39:06,046 --> 00:39:09,616 It's a non-invasive but scientific way to record decline. 568 00:39:11,018 --> 00:39:14,755 The platform is made of steel, just like Titanic. 569 00:39:14,821 --> 00:39:17,858 The bacteria will start populating that steel source, 570 00:39:17,925 --> 00:39:21,895 so then we can bring that up after X number of years, 571 00:39:21,995 --> 00:39:23,830 it's considered a long-term experiment, 572 00:39:24,331 --> 00:39:27,868 and analyze it to, again, correlate that 573 00:39:27,935 --> 00:39:30,370 back to the deterioration rate of the wreck. 574 00:39:34,274 --> 00:39:37,477 You can see the very obvious manipulator arm, that's very powerful, 575 00:39:37,544 --> 00:39:40,848 but it can function all the way down to full ocean depth. 576 00:39:42,416 --> 00:39:44,451 The sub's manipulator arm will be used 577 00:39:44,518 --> 00:39:46,820 to place the steel platform on the sea floor, 578 00:39:47,521 --> 00:39:49,990 but doing this, 3 miles down, in the dark 579 00:39:50,090 --> 00:39:53,126 and with strong currents, won't be easy. 580 00:39:53,193 --> 00:39:55,229 It'll be a challenge, there's no doubt about it, 581 00:39:55,295 --> 00:39:57,497 but, um, I'm up for the challenge. 582 00:39:57,564 --> 00:40:00,133 - Good luck, guys. - Thanks, Victor. 583 00:40:03,003 --> 00:40:05,806 Kelvin is going to be operating the manipulator arm. 584 00:40:08,375 --> 00:40:10,811 And for this dive, Patrickis piloting the sub. 585 00:40:13,814 --> 00:40:16,450 - You got her? - Yep. Bring this bad boy down. 586 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:23,056 The sub will be supported by a remotely controlled lander 587 00:40:23,156 --> 00:40:26,460 that will safely transport the data platform to thesea floor. 588 00:40:26,894 --> 00:40:29,263 You've got three swimmers below, 589 00:40:29,329 --> 00:40:31,064 you can start to pump and dive. 590 00:40:31,431 --> 00:40:33,867 Roger that. Turning pumps on now. Okay? 591 00:40:33,934 --> 00:40:35,402 - Yep. - Okay. 592 00:40:46,446 --> 00:40:50,150 Having arrived at the wreck, the team preparesto release the platform. 593 00:41:00,494 --> 00:41:04,531 But, at this depth, just the simplest of actions isfraught with difficulty. 594 00:41:10,070 --> 00:41:11,171 Looking good. 595 00:41:14,408 --> 00:41:18,245 The next task is to drop the platformin a safe place, 596 00:41:18,312 --> 00:41:22,015 as close to the wreck as possible sorusticles can latch on. 597 00:41:23,483 --> 00:41:25,419 Yeah, so bring it down to the ground here. 598 00:41:26,486 --> 00:41:27,721 Is that close enough? 599 00:41:29,456 --> 00:41:30,591 Looks pretty close. 600 00:41:31,859 --> 00:41:33,460 Here, let me get the arm going again. 601 00:41:43,103 --> 00:41:44,471 Yeah, yeah. Yep. 602 00:41:44,638 --> 00:41:47,407 How about that? 603 00:41:51,512 --> 00:41:54,248 When the platform is retrievedin years to come, 604 00:41:54,314 --> 00:41:57,150 on a new expedition, the rusticles captured 605 00:41:57,217 --> 00:41:59,753 will be vital in predicting Titanic's future. 606 00:42:05,425 --> 00:42:10,197 The team's mission is complete, and the first manned dives to Titanic 607 00:42:10,264 --> 00:42:13,467 in nearly 15 years have come to an end. 608 00:42:16,837 --> 00:42:18,906 Thanks very much, Frank, for getting us back. 609 00:42:24,244 --> 00:42:27,281 The expedition has led to the creation of the most accurate 610 00:42:27,347 --> 00:42:30,083 photogrammetry model of the wreck ever built. 611 00:42:42,496 --> 00:42:45,766 Titanic as no one has seen her before. 612 00:42:50,871 --> 00:42:55,142 And now she's beginning a new life as anartificial reef. 613 00:42:56,310 --> 00:42:59,847 Home to an abundant and diverse array ofmarine creatures. 614 00:43:01,415 --> 00:43:04,084 Honestly, there's more life on Titanic now 615 00:43:04,151 --> 00:43:07,020 than there was when she was floating on the surface. 616 00:43:09,423 --> 00:43:13,193 But, in time, as Titanic's decline continues, 617 00:43:13,260 --> 00:43:15,062 she will becomeunrecognizable. 618 00:43:15,729 --> 00:43:18,599 There's lots of varying opinions on Titanic. 619 00:43:18,665 --> 00:43:21,368 Is there any way thatwe can preserve it? 620 00:43:21,435 --> 00:43:27,107 But, I sometimes feel that people miss the point of the recycling aspect. 621 00:43:27,174 --> 00:43:31,311 This is a natural process. It was built through iron ore, 622 00:43:31,378 --> 00:43:34,882 uh, and the earth is reclaiming that iron ore from Titanic. 623 00:43:36,450 --> 00:43:39,319 It's a shipwreck that's returning to nature, 624 00:43:39,386 --> 00:43:43,757 but that doesn't mean that we're done exploring Titanic yet. 625 00:43:43,824 --> 00:43:46,927 This deterioration has now opened up new possibilities 626 00:43:46,994 --> 00:43:48,395 to learn more about the wreck. 627 00:43:51,498 --> 00:43:56,170 We went down there to look, to document, and to assess. 628 00:43:56,236 --> 00:44:00,274 The results of this expedition wildly exceeded our expectations.