The mission involved tricking the Soviet Union into thinking that the US military was only searching for the doomed ocean liner when in reality it was also looking for two missing nuclear submarines. The story behind the discovery of the Titanic wreck in 1985 involved the US Navy. By releasing this footage, WHOI is helping tell an important part of a story that spans generations and circles the globe.'Īround 1,500 people died during the ship's maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City 'Like many, I was transfixed when Alvin and Jason Jr. 'More than a century after the loss of Titanic, the human stories embodied in the great ship continue to resonate,' ocean explorer and filmmaker James Cameron said in a statement. The footage is being released in conjunction with the 25th anniversary release of the remastered version of Titanic on February 10. Nine months later, a WHOI team returned to the site in the famous three-person research submersible Alvin and the remotely-operated underwater exploration vehicle Jason Jr., which took iconic images of the ship's interior. A team from Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in partnership with the French oceanographic exploration organization IFREMER, discovered the final resting place of the ship in 12,400 feet of water on September 1, 1985, using a towed underwater camera.

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