The more than 80 minutes of footage on the WHOI YouTube channel chronicles some of the remarkable achievements of the dive led by Robert Ballard.
The Institucin Oceanogrfica Woods Hole (WHOI) has released previously unseen video of the 1986 dive that first filmed the remains of the Titanicthe giant ocean liner that collided with an iceberg and sank in the frigid North Atlantic in April 1912.
The more than 80 minutes of footage on the WHOI YouTube channel chronicles some of the remarkable achievements of the dive led by Robert Ballard which took iconic images of the interior of the ship. Some 1,500 people died during the ship’s maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City.
A team from the Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in partnership with the French Organization for Oceanographic Exploration French research institute for the exploitation of the seadiscovered the ship’s final resting place at a depth of 12,400 feet (3,780 meters) on September 1, 1985 using a towed underwater camera.
Nine months later, a WHOI team returned to the site in the famous three-crew investigative submersible. Alvin and the remotely operated underwater exploration vehicle Jason Jr.. to take the first images of the shipwreck.
The release of the images coincides with the 25th anniversary premiere of the remastered version of the award-winning film. Academy Award‘Titanic’.
“More than a century after the loss of the Titanic, the human stories embodied in the great ship continue to resonate,” said oceanic explorer and filmmaker James Cameron it’s a statement. “Like many, I was transfixed when Alvin and Jason Jr. ventured inside the wreck. By posting this video, WHOI is helping to tell an important part of a story that spans generations and spans the globe.”
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