Titanic ((install)) Site

The Titanic lay undisturbed 12,500 feet below the surface until , when a joint French-American expedition led by Jean-Louis Michel and Robert Ballard discovered the wreck. The images of the ghostly bow and scattered debris reignited a global obsession. Today, the Titanic serves as:

Why does the Titanic still matter?

Since its discovery in 1985 by Robert Ballard, the Titanic has been a site of intense scientific study and historical preservation. Titanic

It asks us: In the face of our own "icebergs"—climate change, political instability, technological overreach—how will we act? Will we be like the band, playing art to the end? Like the Strauses, loyal to love? Or will we be like the lifeboats that rowed away, refusing to look back? The Titanic lay undisturbed 12,500 feet below the

Four days after departing Southampton for New York, the Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Since its discovery in 1985 by Robert Ballard,

: Approximately 1,500 people perished, including Captain Edward J. Smith, whose body was never recovered. The Wreckage Today