Titanic

The wreck of the Titanic, North Atlantic - darkometer rating : 10 - --------------------------------------- UPDATE 23 June 2023: a deep-sea submersible (called "Titan") taking tourists down to the wreck of the Titanic has been lost; all five on board perished. For more details of this tragic story see this separate DT Blog Post . Not only is this an immense tragedy for the victims and their bereaved loved ones; it will quite likely also spell the end for this form of extreme deep-sea dark tourism for multimillionaires. At the moment I cannot imagine such tourist dives ever resuming. But we’ll see … -------------------------------------- Titanic ... the "mother" of all shipwrecks! Relic of one of the greatest tragedies persisting in public perception, subject of countless books, movies, documentaries, etc. – and in 2012, the centenary of the ship's sinking, the legend saw yet another surge of media attention … and tourist activities. Special cruises to the spot where she sank were scheduled, new exhibitions opened in various places – and: exclusive dives to the wreck itself resumed. Of course it was only a very small handful of very moneyed "tourists" that have ever been down to the bottom of the Atlantic in special deep-sea submersibles to see the wreck with their own eyes. It requires a hi-tech expedition.