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In the Titanic disaster, are there any traces of human life?

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 In the Titanic disaster, are there any traces of human life?

Thirty-five years have passed since people began diving on the Titanic's wreck. According to the salvage firm that holds the salvage rights, no human remains have been recovered. There is still disagreement about how much radio equipment can be recovered from the wreckage of the world's most famous disaster. Could the wreckage still include the bodies of passengers and crew from a century ago? 

As part of an ongoing legal struggle to stop the planned expedition, lawyers for the U.S. government have addressed this issue in court. Some archaeologists believe there are still ruins in the area, according to the article. They further claim that the company's diving strategy does not take this possibility into account. According to Paul Johnston, director of maritime history at Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, "Fifteen hundred individuals died in the accident". Some human bones must be buried deep in the earth, away from any currents, you can't possibly tell me.



Marconi's wireless telegraph system on the Titanic will be shown by RMS Titanic Inc. A distress signal from the sinking ocean liner was sent out by the satellite, which assisted in the rescue of 700 passengers in lifeboats. As a result of the ship's badly corroded ceiling and skylight, an autonomous submersible would be required to retrieve the equipment. In addition to the suction dredge, manipulator arms might be used to cut electrical cables.

According to RMS Titanic Inc., human remains would have been discovered after about 200 dives.

According to David Gallo, a marine biologist, and advisor to the firm, "it's not like taking a shovel to Gettysburg". According to unwritten rules of thumb, if you see human remains you must switch off the cameras and decide what to do next. What's at issue is how Titanic's victims should be remembered, and whether an expedition should be permitted to visit the ship's wreckage. 

This 2004 image provided by the University of Rhode Island’s Institute for Exploration and Center for Archaeological Oceanography and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Ocean Exploration shows the shoes of one of the possible victims of the Titanic disaster. A company’s plan to retrieve the Titanic’s radio has sparked a debate over whether the famous shipwreck still holds human remains.(Institute for Exploration and Center for Archaeological Oceanography/University of Rhode Island/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration via AP)


As of May, the expedition was allowed by a federal court in Norfolk, Virginia. Rebecca Beach Smith, a U.S. District Judge, said that retrieving the radio "would contribute to the legacy left by the indelible loss of the Titanic, those who survived, and those who lost their lives" US government launched a legal challenge in June alleging an effort would violate federal law and an agreement with Britain that recognizes wreckage as a memorial site, according to court documents. "Any human remains" and "the hull" should not be touched, said U.S. lawyers.

Currently, the case is being heard by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals located in Richmond, Virginia.

From England to New York, it hit an iceberg and went down in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912. The wreckage was discovered in 1985, and it has been preserved ever since. Those on both sides of the human remains discussion believe that the problem is being played down — or exaggerated — to support a certain point of view on the topic. "The government's view is based more on emotion than research," said Bretton Hunchak, president of RMS Titanic Inc. According to Hunchak, "issues like these are utilized purely to gain popular support". A visceral reaction is felt by everybody.

This 2004 image provided by the University of Rhode Island’s Institute for Exploration and Center for Archaeological Oceanography and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Ocean Exploration shows the shoes of one of the possible victims of the Titanic disaster. A company’s plan to retrieve the Titanic’s radio has sparked a debate over whether the famous shipwreck still holds human remains.(Institute for Exploration and Center for Archaeological Oceanography/University of Rhode Island/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration via AP)

We always regarded the wreck as an archaeological site as well as a burial site with reverence and respect," Hunchak explained. There is no way to know whether or not human remains exist.

 Gallo believes that the last vestiges of individuals who have passed away likely vanished decades ago. In the deep oceans, protein is limited and bones disintegrate because of seawater's chemistry, Gallo said. As a result, marine animals would have eaten away the flesh. Under the ocean floor, the Titanic lies at a depth of 2.4 miles (3.8 kilometers). Human remains from a 2009 Air France aircraft that crashed into the Atlantic were also found at comparable depths.



A former employee of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and a participant in many Titanic research missions, Gallo explains, "But that doesn't happen very often". There must be human remains, according to archaeologists who testified in court in support of the government's argument. There might be "remains inside or outside the wreckage" in regions without oxygen, Johnston wrote to the court. Johnston stated in an interview that the business doesn't want "anyone to think about human remains. They want people to think, "Wow, that's really great. New items are available for public viewing.'

This 2004 image provided by the University of Rhode Island’s Institute for Exploration and Center for Archaeological Oceanography and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Ocean Exploration shows the shoes of one of the possible victims of the Titanic disaster. A company’s plan to retrieve the Titanic’s radio has sparked a debate over whether the famous shipwreck still holds human remains.(Institute for Exploration and Center for Archaeological Oceanography/University of Rhode Island/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration via AP)

National Park Service Submerged Resources Center Chief David Conlin also issued a statement opposing the expedition in his own right. If there are no human remains onboard the ship," Conlin told AP, "that would be scientifically stunning." He stated that wrecks older than the Titanic had included crew or passenger remains. A Confederate submarine, the H.L. Hunley, sunk in 1864, and eight sailors' bodies were found. Human remains were also discovered in a wreckage of a ship from the first century B.C. on the Greek island of Antikythera.



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