How the Titanic Was Found

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Published 2024-07-08
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The Titanic sank in 1912, but the wreck of the ship wasn't discovered until many decades later. This video explores why it took so long to find the wreck and delves into the competitive race between several explorers aiming to be the first to locate it.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Cyclically
    This guy is always cooking the most exquisite 3 michelin star documentaries regularly
  • @lakxxya
    That poor monkey definitely felt betrayed
  • @riggyrain
    @5:15 "he donated 300k in exchange for the equipment and crew needed" 😂😂 sounds like a standard purchase to
  • @Corristo89
    The Navy didn't expect Ballard to actually find the Titanic. He found the two lost subs, Scorpion and Thresher, as agreed and then actually did what he wanted to do. But the Navy was also happy because the Titanic would generate so much media hype that they could investigate their two subs in peace while everyone else was busy blowing their minds over the Titanic.
  • @PunkRatSoda
    "The scientists told Grimm directly it was either them or the monkey, and to their surprise Grimm actually chose the monkey" is something I did not expect I would hear in a serious essay video
  • Neo, you are without a doubt one of the best creators on this platform. You teach and inform people on many different topics in a simple yet very effective way. Thank you
  • So the titanic did report its coordinates wrong by a lot. It's lucky that the current and wind went south so the lifeboats were pushed in front of the RMS Carpathia path. The RMS Carpathia was also closer to the titanic than originally thought which is why it was able to save people, even by accident. That's lucky
  • Grimm wanted to find Noah's Ark, AND bigfoot, AND Loch Ness monster, AND proof of a hollow earth?? The guy sounds like an absolute nutjob
  • the fact that they found something propeller looking but they have no idea what it is till now shows that we have absolutely no idea what is down there. a whole different world to find out about
  • @mikedicenso2778
    As much as Dr. Ballard hated Jack Grimm, he did give him credit by noting that one of Grimm's submersibles had actually passed over one of the sections of the ship, and very close to the other, but their sonar didn't detect anything. Ballard noted that if only Grimm and his scientists had used the same video search technique he eventually did for Scorpion, Thresher, and Titanic, Grimm would have found Titanic first.
  • @Gunbudder
    i know someone that has a piece of the hull. they are OBSESSED with the titanic to a degree that upsets people. they are convinced they are a reincarnation of one of the passengers who died, and even had an idea of which one. that ship really gets to some people in a way i will never understand
  • @BubblegumYamper
    I'm sorry I nearly blacked out from laughing at the Titan illustrations. The drama, the tension; exquisite. Peak cinema. I enjoyed the rest of the video too
  • @jazzensemble
    I got to see the drone sub that took the pictures of the titanic when I was little. They encased the electronics in a non conductive oil so it could withstand the water pressure. I even got to meet Bob Ballard and learn about the expedition. His idea to look for debris fields with wider lines was such a key part of finding the wrecked ship.
  • @jj-if6it
    I've been a Titanic buff since I was a kid, even before the movie came out. I never understand how he found the ship til you broke it down in this video. Thanks! Your channel is awesome
  • @T0ast_705
    NEO is one of the best YouTube documentaries
  • @mattp8997
    Titanic fascinates me so I've seen a lot of Titanic content. When I saw the title of ur video I was gonna skip it cause I figured I knew most of the stuff u would present. Thankfully I hovered over it for a second and was hooked because u were telling me things I didn't know. I'm only half way thru but there's already a lot of stuff I didn't know, nice video.
  • @rey273
    i love that actual art is being used here instead of ai crap. thank you for supporting artists