encyclopedia titanica

Litter bugs on the high seas are fouling the Titanics watery grave with beer cans plastic cups even soap boxes a century after the unsinkable luxury liner went down experts said Wednesday Contrary to popular belief the wreck of historys greatest maritime disaster is not swiftly rusting away 12400 feet 3780 meters under the North Atlantic In fact it looks likely to stay intact for many decades to come The basic hull remains very strong and very solid James Delgado director of the marine heritage program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA a US federal agency told AFP You still have wood and fabric preserved inside said Delgado who personally saw the Titanic up close from inside a Russian Mir submersible vehicle during a August 2010 expedition to precisely map its vast debris field