In an age where space tourism is a reality, it should come as no surprise that companies are looking to expand tours in the other direction, down into the deepest abysses of our oceans.
London based travel company Blue Marble Private have announced plans to run submarine tours to the wreck of the infamous Titanic, that currently lies four kilometres below the surface of the Atlantic.
At 600 kilometres off the coast of Canada, tours will set said from Newfoundland and make the voyage out to the final resting place of the ship that was deemed ‘unsinkable.’
However you’ll have to have pretty deep pockets to afford the deep sea adventure, as Blue Marble confirm their sell out first dive has cost each individual $150,000 NZ.
The Titanic’s exact location was the subject of much interested over the course of the 20th century, with the wreck eventually being located in 1985.
Since then, teams of scientists have visited the wreck, but they now warn it could be lost forever in the next 15 to 20 years.
Extremophile bacteria are throught to be eating away at the shipwreck, meaning there could be little left of it in years to come.
During the course of the eight day tour, passengers will experience upto three days of diving, with each lasting around three hours at a time. These dives will take in the main landmarks of the 269-metre long vessel, as well as the huge debris field where numerous artifacts can be seen.
Blue Marble Private founder Elizabeth Ellis says:
“During the dive, your crew may conduct 3D and 2D sonar scans or search for one of the ship’s giant boilers, enormous propellers, and other landmarks of this famous vessel.”
She added that a further trip is already being planned for the summer of 2019.
