Weeping rusticles, a 15-ton anchor hangs from the port side of the ship. The starboard anchor was deployed for stops in Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland, but this one was never used. A fallen section of the bow’s steel railing lies nearby on the sediment of the seabed.
Titanic anchor
Weeping rusticles, a 15-ton anchor hangs from the port side of the ship. The starboard anchor was deployed for stops in Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland, but this one was never used. A fallen section of the bow’s steel railing lies nearby on the sediment of the seabed.
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Ghostwalking in Titanic
Wandering room to room through the sunken wreck, the explorer and filmmaker finds himself at home among the spirits.
This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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