On the occasion of the anniversary of the Titan submarine, the world rethinks the exploration of the deep sea
When five men died on June 18, 2023, in the implosion of the submarine Titan during a dive to the Titanic's resting place, Paul-Henri Nargeolet's knowledge was also lost. It was the Nargeolet's 38th dive on the sunken liner. Known as Mr. Titanic, he helped recover thousands of artifacts that have been displayed in museums and at events around the world.A year later, the company he worked for as director of underwater research is preparing a July expedition that will employ a pair of robots instead of people aboard submersibles to search for more treasure to recover in the future.Jessica Sanders, president of the RMS Titanic which is organizing the expedition, said: "There is an art to artefact recovery and a human element that technology can never replace - and it shouldn'...