A new Titanic expedition has recently uncovered new illustrations of the well-known shipwreck, 12,500 feet underneath the surface of the North Atlantic, which includes the stained-glass window frame.

A Mail Online report specified that the OceanGate Expeditions announced early this week that it completed the first of several dives to the hull aboard Titan of Titanic, a next-generation carbon-fiber-and-titanium submersible.

Stockton Rush, the company president, called the dive "the result of years of purposeful" persistent initiative. He added, they needed to overcome tremendous engineering, "operational, business and finally COVID-19 challenges to get there."

Commenting on their latest Titanic expedition, the company executive also said he is proud of his team, not to mention grateful for the support of their many partners.

The five-person submersible recorded fragments, too, of floor tile, as well as other debris from the luxury liner, which collided with an iceberg and sank while on its maiden voyage in 1912, taking the lives of over 1,500 passengers and crew members.

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The 'Dive' 

The dive, The Columbian reported, is one of the many planned to the Titanic over the succeeding month and then yearly, to document the rate of decay of the ship, examine the marine life discovered on this artificial reef, and draft a GIS map of the artifacts discovered there.

The company expressed hope to develop a 3D image of what remains of the ship through the use of 4K video and innovative sonar and laser technology.

Selected aspiring mission specialists, according to a GeekWire report, can pay a maximum of $150,000 to join the crew as they continue their investigation and documentation.

The guests, the report added, spend roughly one week aboard the support vessel of the Titan, the Horizon Arctic, and get a chance to take part in a dive.

Renata Rojas, a civilian taking part in this venture, considered the "six-figure priced tag" a bargain, relatively speaking.  

He said somebody paid $28 million to join Blue Origin on its space mission, "not even the moon," and this, he added, is quite cheap in comparison.

Titan's Hull

A previous iteration of the Titan's hull did not pass muster with experts, who expressed concerns it might not stand up to the extreme pressure on the ocean floor.

The engineers of OceanGate developed a new hull with NASA's guidance. Reportedly, the company raised over $18 million from investors for the development of the vessel and brought the Titanic expedition to fruition.

According to mission specialist PH Nargeolet, a former French naval commander and veteran submersible pilot, the Titan is an outstanding demonstration that technological advancement and safety can go hand-in-hand.

The veteran submersible pilot added, he has completed two deep dives in the Titan submersible, with the first one at 5,600 feet and the second, to the Titanic at 12,600 feet.

He elaborated, he has tremendous confidence in this submersible, not to mention the professionalism of the OceanGate Expeditions crew.

However, continued trips to the most famous shipwreck in the world have stimulated controversy that experts have believed salvage missions and other expeditions over the decades, including the well-known 2001 dive of filmmaker James Cameron, have further weakened the 108-year-old hull's integrity.

Related information about an expedition to Titanic is shown on Blast World Mystery's YouTube video below:

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