Deep Submergence Vehicle Mir

Dozens of tourists, scientists, salvagers, and filmmakers have visited the Titanic site since Robert Ballard discovered the great wreck on September 1, 1985. Here, the Russian Deep Submergence Vehicle Mir is see as it is recovered following an expedition to the Titanic in 2003.

This year, new international steps will be enacted to protect the site when the Titanic comes under the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage beginning April 15, 2012, the 100th anniversary of its sinking.