RMS Titanic with the plot bearing a number of similarities to the "Titanic" disaster. In the novel the ship is the SS "Titan", a four-stacked liner, the largest in the world and considered unsinkable. And like the "Titanic", she sinks after hitting an iceberg and does not have enough lifeboats. Only recently has the significance of "Titanic" most notably been given by Northern Ireland where it was built by Harland and Wolff in the capital city, Belfast. While the rest of the world embraced the glory and tragedy of "Titanic", in its birth city, "Titanic" remained a taboo subject throughout the 20th
Wreck of the RMS Titanic objects. A joint Russian-Canadian-American expedition took place in 1991 using the research vessel "Akademik Mstislav Keldysh" and its two "MIR" submersibles. Sponsored by Stephen Low and IMAX, CBS, "National Geographic" and others, the expedition carried out extensive scientific research with a crew of 130 scientists and engineers. The "MIRs" carried out 17 dives, spending over 140 hours at the bottom, shooting of IMAX film. This was used to create the 1995 documentary film "Titanica", which was later released in the US on DVD in a re-edited version narrated by Leonard Nimoy. IFREMER and RMS Titanic Inc., the successors to the