RMS Titanic is exactly where it’s been for the last 114 years, gently rusting on the North Atlantic seabed, 12,500 feet below the ocean’s surface. And yet, long after everyone involved in the tragedy has died, this ocean liner is still making headlines.
The exclusive salvage rights to the wreck of the Titanic are held by Atlanta-based company Premier Exhibitions, which runs RMS Titanic Inc. They make money by exhibiting artifacts retrieved from the wreck to the public billing themselves as “the only exhibition with Titanic artifacts recovered from the ocean floor”. These range from small possessions once owned by passengers all the way to chunks of the ship’s hull.
