Titanic relic from the deep
Prince George Free Press
When you hold it, the nearly 100-year-old brass compass feels heavier than metal. You want to handle it gingerly, like glass. And respectfully, like an Egyptian tomb artifact.
The old navigational relic had laid undisturbed for decades in its watery grave on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean until rescue teams recovered it, along with thousands of other artifacts taken from the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
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