More than 100 years since it sank - and several decades since Leo and Kate experienced their romance - the Titanic enjoys a great interest in people. Meanwhile, the real ship rests 3,800 meters down at the bottom of the Atlantic, 400 nautical miles off the coast of Canada, and can be visited by a limited group of people.
US company OceanGate is currently recruiting divers for the annual Titanic Expedition, which starts in May 2023. Fewer than 250 people have seen the Titanic and the surrounding debris field in person since the wreck was discovered, according to OceanGate.
The company will train some ordinary people who want to see it up close. You just need to be over 18, trained enough to dive and of course have 250,000 euros for the training fee.
The expeditions are part of a "multi-year study of the Titanic and its unique biodiversity ecosystem," OceanGate adds.
People with thalassophobia (persistent fear of large, deep and often dark bodies of water) we do not believe would want to participate.
