Painting by Ken Marschall, courtesy of Madison Press Books
Submarines frequently crashing into the Titanic and crushing the deck is a big problem. The explorer who found her in 1985 is working on a treaty to
protect her and establishing rules for visiting.
From: Guardian: Visits damaging Titanic
The explorer who found the remains of the Titanic nearly two decades ago has complained about the damage done by visitors and souvenir hunters.
"We saw numerous cases where submarines had struck the Titanic ... oval shapes where they had landed and crushed the deck," Mr Ballard said in a
telephone interview.
He is working on a treaty designating the ship an international maritime memorial and establishing rules for visiting without causing damage.
Titanic's remains has become a popular place to visit after she got discovered in 1985. As we all know, she went down with more than 1,500 people in
1912 after colliding with an iceberg.
And now souvenir hunters are bugging her and giving her headaches. Why can't they just leave her alone?
[edit on 2006/4/30 by Hellmutt]
