There was an interesting article on Yahoo News today talking about a brand new expedition to the Titanic wreckage site. The new expedition is expected to be the most “advanced scientific mission” to the Titanic wreck since it was initially discovered.

Scientists plan to use computer imaging technology to thoroughly scan what remains of the Titanic on the bottom of the ocean in an effort to “bring it back to life”. While the scientists will not be bringing back any actual treasure from the Titanic site, they hope to bring back enough data to provide a brand new look into the enormous cruise liner.

Here is the article in its entirety:

RICHMOND, Va. – A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world’s most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will “virtually raise the Titanic” for the public.

The expedition to the site 2 1/2 miles beneath the North Atlantic is billed as the most advanced scientific mission to the Titanic wreck since its discovery 25 years ago.

The 20-day expedition is to leave St. John’s, Newfoundland, on Aug. 18 under a partnership between RMS Titanic Inc., which has exclusive salvage rights to the wreck, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. The expedition will not collect artifacts but will probe a 2-by-3-mile debris field where hundreds of thousands of artifacts remain scattered.

Some of the world’s most frequent visitors to the site will be part of the expedition along with a who’s who of underwater scientists and organizations such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Organizers say the new scientific data and images will ultimately will be accessible to the public.

“For the first time, we’re really going to treat it as an archaeological site with two things in mind,” David Gallo, an expedition leader and Woods Hole scientist, told The Associated Press on Monday. “One is to preserve the legacy of the ship by enhancing the story of the Titanic itself. The second part is to really understand what the state of the ship is.”

The Titanic struck ice and sank on its maiden voyage in international waters on April 15, 1912, leaving 1,522 people dead.

Since oceanographer Robert Ballard and an international team discovered the Titanic in 1985, most of the expeditions have either been to photograph the wreck or gather thousands of artifacts, like fine china, shoes and ship fittings. “Titanic” director James Cameron has also led teams to the wreck to record the bow and the stern, which separated during the sinking and now lie one-third of a mile apart.

RMS Titanic made the last expedition to site in 2004. The company, a subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions Inc. of Atlanta, conducts traveling displays of the Titanic artifacts, which the company says have been viewed by tens of millions of people worldwide.

“We believe there’s still a number of really exciting mysteries to be discovered at the wreck site,” said Chris Davino, president of and CEO of Premier Exhibitions and RMS Titanic. “It’s our contention that substantial portions of the wreck site have never really been properly studied.”

RMS Titanic is bankrolling the expedition. Davino declined to state the cost of the exploration other than to say it will be millions of dollars.

The “dream team” of archaeologists, oceanographers and other scientists want to get the best assessment yet on the two main sections of the ship, which have been subjected to fierce deep-ocean currents, salt water and intense pressure.

Gallo said while the rate of Titanic’s deterioration is not known, the expedition approaches the mission with a sense of urgency.

“We see places where it looks like the upper decks are getting thin, the walls are thin, the ceilings may be collapsing a bit,” he said. “We hear all these anecdotal things about the ship is rusting away, it’s collapsing on itself. No one really knows.”

The expedition will use imaging technology and sonar devices that never have been used before on the Titanic wreck and to probe nearly a century of sediment in the debris field to seek a full inventory of the ship’s artifacts.

“We’re actually treating it like a crime scene,” Gallo said. “We want to know what’s out there in that debris field, what the stern and the bow are looking like.”

The expedition will be based on the RV Jean Charcot, a 250-foot research vessel with a crew of 20. Three submersibles and the latest sonar, acoustic and filming technology will also be part of the expedition.
“Never before have we had the scientific and technological means to discover so much of an expedition to Titanic,” said P.H. Nargeolet, who is co-leading the expedition. He has made more than 30 dives to the wreck.
Bill Lange, a Woods Hole scientist who will lead the optical survey and will be one of the first to visit the wreck, said a key analysis will be comparing images from the first expedition 25 years ago and new images to measure decay and erosion.

“We’re going to see things we haven’t seen before. That’s a given,” he said. “The technology has really evolved in the last 25 years.”

Davino said he anticipates future salvage expeditions to the wreck, and Gallo said he doesn’t expect the science will end with one trip.

“I’m sure there will be future expeditions because this is the just the beginning of a whole new era of these kind of expeditions to Titanic — serious, archaeological mapping expeditions,” Gallo said.

RMS Titanic is still awaiting a judge’s ruling in Norfolk, Va., on the 5,500 artifacts it has in its possession.
The company is seeking limited ownership of the artifacts as compensation for its salvage efforts. In its court filing for a salvage award, the company put the fair market value of the collection at $110.9 million.

U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith, a maritime jurist who is presiding over the hearings, has called the wreck an “international treasure.”

-Taken from Yahoo News

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Handcraftedmodelships.com offers a fully assembled Jaws Orca replica model from the critically acclaimed movie Jaws. This particular model comes ready for display in your model ship collection, and goes great with other famous ships from blockbuster movies, such as Pirates of the Caribbean, for instance. The Jaws Orca model is twenty inches in length, six inches in width, and seventeen inches in height, making it a modestly sized model with ease of transportation. The amazing details of this handcrafted wooden model boat are as accurate as possible to the Jaws Orca ship that it is based on. Striking resemblances can be seen in the deck details, metal propeller, and wooden sorting tray. The finished model is attached with a nameplate on a wooden base, and features “Orca” painted on the back of the boat.

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Jaws The Movie – Critical Reception

Jaws is a critically acclaimed film from 1975 directed by Steven Spielberg. It won Academy Awards in the categories of Film Editing, Music, and Sound. In 2008, Jaws was deemed the fifth greatest film ever made, by Empire magazine. Furthermore, the United States Library of Congress voted Jaws to be “culturally significant”, and had it preserved in the National Film Registry.

Jaws – Plot

The new police chief of an island resort town, Amity, finds the washed up body of a summer vacationer. The cause was determined to be from a shark, but the Mayor instead has it ruled a motorboat accident, so as not to deter the 4th of July tourists. When the bodies start piling up, a shark hunter by the name of Quint offers to kill the shark for $10,000, but is turned down by the money hungry mayor. When another shark is caught and killed, the mayor celebrates, believing it to be the shark responsible for the grizzly killings. However, that is not the case, as more people fall victim to the real culprit’s deadly teeth. Finally, the mayor hires Quint to hunt the shark, who gathers a crew and sets off in the Orca ship to track down and kill the great white.

The Jaws Orca – Creating History

Jaws became the first film to usher in the “summer blockbuster” Hollywood trend. Traditionally, films would open slowly by showing in select theaters in select cities. However, Jaws used a national marketing campaign which utilized television advertising to open Jaws on hundreds of screens across the country simultaneously. Due to these unheard of practices, Jaws is forever credited as being a historical film in the context of changing the film industry.

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The Deadliest Catch is a popular television series broadcast on the Discovery Channel, which showcases a series of crab fishing vessels as they engage in crab fishing over the deadly dangers lurking above and below in the Bering sea. Kodiak is a new Deadliest Catch ship model that is available at Handcraftedmodelships.com in addition to the other four Deadliest Catch model ships.

This model ship is coming soon to the Deadliest Catch category at handcraftedmodelships.com. Just like the other Deadliest Catch models, it will be handcrafted from scratch using the finest woods, such as birch, maple, and yellow siris. The quality of the Kodiak ship model will reference its inspiration from the actual Kodiak Deadliest Ship. Therefore, it will be thoroughly researched to create the most authentic model ship possible.

History of The Kodiak

The Kodiak is the newest addition to the Deadliest Catch fleet. It’s led by Captain “Wild” Bill Wichrowski (playing off the wild west theme of Kodiak). Captain “Wild” Bill is a notorious figure in the fishing industry who has seen pressure put on him from politicians, as well as fish and game regulators, to get him to clean up his act in the Dutch harbor. The nickname of “Wild Bill” was earned by his reputation of being a captain who abides by older, and more controversial ways. His lack of respect for the new found laws of fishing have made him a skipper who is struggling to fit into today’s more corporate industry. Due to this, Captain Bill quit his Bering Sea crab fishing exploits in 2005 when new corporate rules and quotas began interfering too much with his methods for him to make a comfortable living. However, he couldn’t ignore the amount of money to be made in the Bering Sea, and despite the new rules and quotas, the wild captain has returned with a crew of veterans and newcomers alike to attack the Bering Sea in a way that has never seen before.

The Crew of the Kodiak

The Kodiak is helmed by a crew of mixed experience seamen under the command of Captain “Wild” Bill Wichrowski. The other crew members consist of: Engineer Adam McCalden, Deckhand Dereck Santi, Deckhand Tony Castillo, Deckhand Melvin Koso, and Greenhorn Zack Larson. This is in stark contrast to his previous crews of all Samoan men. However, the wild captain sees it as a chance to learn and connect with a different kind of crew.

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Attempting to find the wreckage of Titanic, and raise her from the ocean floor, had been an idea circulating around since shortly after the sinking. Until September 1, 1985, no attempts to do so were successful. The joint American-French expedition, led by Jean-Louis Michel (Ifremer) and Dr. Robert Ballard (WHOI), managed to find the wreck by way of a side-scan sonar from Knorr and Le Suroit. The French ship Le Suroit began searching a 150-square-mile target zone on June 1985 using a deep-search sonar. Le Suroit covered 80 percent of the zone, with the American ship Knorr covering the remaining 20 percent. Titanic was discovered at a depth of 2.5 miles, and more than 370 miles south-east of Mistaken Point, Newfoundland. This was about 13 miles from where fourth officer Joseph Boxhall determined where Titanic was originally located. Ballards crew used approximately 2.33 miles worth of rope in their attempt at surfacing Titanic. In 1986, the first manned dives to the wreck were conducted by Ballard in the submersible Alvin.

In 1982, Ballard requested funding from the U.S. Navy for his Titanic project, but was only given it on the condition that he first examine the sunken U.S. nuclear submarines USS Thresher and USS Scorpion in a covert manner. The discovery of Titanic’s wreckage led to arguments of whether or not she had split during her descent being put to rest at last, as it was visibly seen that she, indeed, did split apart. The stern lied about 600 meters away from the bow, and faced opposing directions. Her bow had hit the ocean floor under the fore peak, and went sixty feet deep into the ocean floor silt. The bow was still mostly intact, aside from parts of the hull that had collapsed. The collision apparently had forced water out of Titanic through its hull, blowing off one of the steel covers weighing about ten thousand tons. The stern section appeared to be in worse condition than the bow, as it had been torn apart during its descent most likely. This is probably due to air that was trapped inside of it being antagonized by conflicting pressures between the outside and inside, causing an implosion. Damage was likely increased due to the sudden collision with the ocean floor, causing the decks of the stern to collapse.

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The band of Titanic is one of the most mysterious and legendary tales that comes from the ill fated ocean liner. Titanic’s eight-member band was led by Wallace Hartley, and upon panic of the passengers during Titanic’s sinking, assembled in the first-class lounge to play in an effort to keep everyone calm. As the ship continued to plunge, the band moved to the forward half of the boat deck, and continued playing even when their doom became apparent. All members of the Titanic band died that night while playing. However, the final song they played is still up to much debate.

Mrs. Vera Dick, a first-class Canadian passenger reported that the final song played by the band was the hymn “Nearer, My God, to Thee”. However, reports indicate that Mrs. Dick had left by way of lifeboat an hour and twenty minutes previously, and could not have been there to witness the final song played by the band. Although, the band’s leader, Hartley, did say once to a friend that if he were on a sinking ship, “Nearer, My God, to Thee” would be among the songs he would play. Harold Bride, one of the wireless operators, reported in 1912 that he had heard the song “Autumn” just before the ship sunk to the depths of the sea. This account of Harold Bride was popularized in the Walter Lord book A Night to Remember. Despite this, neither the hymn “Autumn”, or the closest version to it, waltz “Song d’Automne”, were in the White Star Line songbook for the band. This still remains the best testimonial as Bride was the only person who could have possibly heard the band’s last song, as he floated off the deck just before the ship went down.

The questioning of whether or not the band played “Nearer, My God, to Thee” as their final farewell is thought to have originated as a myth from the wrecking of SS Valencia in 1906 in Canada, which may have had an impact on Mrs. Dick’s selective memory. Furthermore, two versions for “Nearer, My God, to Thee” exist, including a British version and an American version that have very different musical settings. In the film A Night to Remember, the British version is used; while the 1953 film Titanic incorporates the American version as its swan song.

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The Deadliest Catch is a popular show aired on the Discovery Channel which follows the exploits of the crews of several crab fishing boats on their conquests of the Bering sea. The danger presented while on these boats is real, and the Time Bandit along with the four other Deadliest Catch ship models shown on the television show are manned by capable crews prepared for anything. The Time Bandit is just one out of the four Deadliest Catch models that are available at Handcraftedmodelships.com.

Time Bandit Model Ship

The Time Bandit is a fully assembled model crafted from the finest woods, such as birch, maple, and yellow siris. Similar to the other ship models shown on the Deadliest Catch show, Time Bandit was handcrafted from scratch using thorough research methods to perfectly replicate the original vessel. Time Bandit stands at 14″ in length, 4″ in width, and 12″ in height, and is handcrafted to match the actual model portrayed on Deadliest Catch. While the Time Bandit is modestly sized just as the other models, she shows a huge attention to detail and accuracy in her handcrafted design. This is because she is researched and meticulously handcrafted for hundreds of hours to match the attributes of the real Time Bandit. The actual Time Bandit boat has a rich history, and model ship collectors who are fans of the show will want to pick up the Time Bandit for a fantastic addition to their own model ship collection.

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History of the Time Bandit Ship

The Time Bandit was built for the Hillstrand fishing business in 1991. An interesting fact about Time Bandit is that it was named by its creator after the 1981 movie of the same name. This particular crabbing vessel holds 137 pots for storing the crabs caught at sea.

The detail of the Time Bandit model is authentically researched from the actual Deadliest Catch Time Bandit helmed by Captain Johnathan Hillstrand. Hillstrand is considered to be a gentle, yet firm, leader. Knowing the dangers proposed from the Bering Sea, he makes his crew’s safety a prime concern. However, this doesn’t stop him from pulling practical jokes on the crew, such as: flour bombs, seal bombs, and using buckets of water to unexpectedly douse crewmen. The other crew members consist of: Captain Andy Hillstrand, Engineer/Cook Neal Hillstrand, Deckhand Scott Hillstrand, Deckhand Eddie Uwekoolani, Deckhand Mike Fourtner, and Deckhand John Jorgensen.

The Deadliest Catch model ship Time Bandit is a huge catch for fans of the Discovery Channel series. The Time Bandit model ship will allow fans to have a replica of Captain Hillstrand’s famous king crab vessel in their nautical decor rooms next to the other Deadliest Catch models. Handcraftedmodelships.com offers Time Bandit at the affordable price of $49.99 (marked down from $89.99). Be sure to pick up this model, whether you are a follower of the exploits of the Deadliest Catch crew on the Discovery Channel, or are just interested in collecting model ships of considerable quality.

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The Deadliest Catch is a popular show on the Discovery Channel that features the exploits of crab fishing vessels through treacherous waters and unknown dangers in the Bering sea. Wizard is among the four Deadliest Catch ship models that are available at Handcraftedmodelships.com.

This model is not a kit, as it comes display-ready for placement in your nautical room. As with all the other ships in the Deadliest Catch category, Wizard was handcrafted from scratch using the finest woods, such as birch, maple, and yellow siris. Also, the actual Wizard fishing vessel exudes a rich history that is highlighted by the model ship itself in its thoroughly researched, and expertly crafted design. Wizard stands at 14″ in length, 4″ in width, and 12″ in height. While Wizard is modestly sized, she spares no shortcomings in her vivid attention to detail. Look at the real Wizard ship and the model from Handcrafted Model Ships to see for yourself:

History of The Wizard

The Wizard began her career at the close of World War II as a U.S. Navy yard oiler. She was built in Brooklyn, NY, in 1945. However, never being commissioned into service, Wizard languished in Boston Harbor until she was bought by John Jorgenson in 1978. She wasn’t even named Wizard until Jorgensen gave her that name in memory of his grandfather’s long-liner. Jorgenson then had her converted into a crab boat, and had her work the Bering Sea fisheries with Keith and Monte Colburn, both of whom worked under Jorgenson on the Wizard in 2005. Several changes were added, such as salt-water circulation to maintain the catch, and more holding tanks for keeping up with the heavy load of king crabs. Becoming more experienced, Keith and his wife, Florence, decided to buy Wizard in hopes of being able to keep her consistent in her high production. The current crew of Wizard is lead by Captain Keith Colburn, Relief Captain Monte Colburn, First Mate Gary Soper, Engineer Lenny Lekanoff, Deckhand Travis Lofland, and Deckhand Lynn Guitard. When not in her 3 – 6 catch seasons, Wizard resides in her home port of Seattle, WA.

The Real Wizard Ship

The detail of the model Wizard is authentically researched from the actual Deadliest Catch Wizard helmed by Keith Colburn. This gives the model ship its uncanny realism, as it closely resembles minor details down to the 12 pots on the deck, metal propeller, and wooden sorting tray. The actual Deadliest Catch Wizard ship comes complete with a 155 ft house aft vessel, 250 pots, and 400,000 lbs of king crab capacity.

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Another of the famous Deadliest Catch models is the Northwestern. This model ship is based on the popular Discovery Channel show, Deadliest Catch, that follows the crews of several fishing boats as they hunt for crab in the Bering sea. The Northwestern is one of four other Deadliest Catch ship models shown on the television show and available at Handcraftedmodelships.com. Each one of these models is given great attention to detail in order to reflect the greatness of their real world counterparts and crew members.

Northwestern Model Ship

The Northwestern, just like the other Deadliest Catch model ships, comes fully assembled and ready to be displayed in your model ship collection with the other Deadliest Catch models. Just like the other ship models shown on Deadliest Catch, Northwestern was handcrafted from scratch using the finest woods, such as birch, maple, and yellow siris. Northwestern stands at 14″ in length, 4″ in width, and 12″ in height, and is handcrafted to perfectly match the actual ship seen on Deadliest Catch. Just like the other models, the Northwestern is rather small in size, but she more than makes up for it with her fine attention to detail and accuracy. The Northwestern model ship was researched meticulously and worked on for many hours before being shipped to a customer’s door. In keeping with the actual Northwestern’s reputation and rich history, the expertly crafted and designed model of Northwestern is a reputable model ship that any enthusiast would love in their collection.

Just look at the exquisite detail put into the Northwestern boat model when compared to the original fishing vessel:

History of the Northwestern

The Northwestern was built in 1977 in the Seattle Marco Shipyards for fishing for crab off the Alaskan coast. This vessel became one of the first to fish for Snow crab during the 1980s, in addition to also capturing Blue King crab, Red King crab, and Brown King crab. When crab was in high demand in the early 90s, the Hansen family had the Northwestern extended twice to be able to hold more pots for catching crab. The Northwestern is the only ship of the Bering Sea fleet that can attest to suffering no losses at sea. This is especially remarkable considering that deaths during the productive season average at one fisherman death per week.

The detail of the Northwestern model is authentically researched from the actual Deadliest Catch Northwestern helmed by Captain Sig Hansen. Hansen began fishing at the age of 14, and while still in high school he served as a deckhand on a salmon gillnetter. Gaining experience working on boats, and from his father, a Norwegian fisherman, Sig was well prepped for his future as head of the Northwestern. The rest of the crew consists of: Deckboss/Engineer Edgar Hansen, Deckhand/Engineer Norman Hansen, Deckhand Nick Mavar, Deckhand Matt Bradley, and Deckhand Jake Anderson.

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The Deadliest Catch is a popular show on the Discovery Channel which follows the crews of several king crab fishing boats on the Bering sea. Cornelia Marie is one of four Deadliest Catch ship models shown on the television show that are available at Handcraftedmodelships.com. Each model is created to match the detail of the actual boat, and make great collectible items for followers of the television show.

Cornelia Marie Model Ship

Like the others, Cornelia Marie is a fully assembled model that comes ready for display in your Deadliest Catch model ship collection. Similar to the other ship models shown on Deadliest Catch, Cornelia Marie was handcrafted from scratch using the finest woods, such as birch, maple, and yellow siris. Cornelia Marie stands at 14″ in length, 4″ in width, and 12″ in height, and is handcrafted to match the actual model portrayed on Deadliest Catch. Details such as the 12 pots on the deck, metal propeller, and wooden sorting tray, make the Cornelia Marie ship model an authentic representation. The Cornelia Marie is modestly sized, but this doesn’t sacrifice the attention to detail and accuracy. The authenticity of the model ship is due to the thorough research involved in creating the Deadliest Catch models. Also, the actual Cornelia Marie fishing vessel exudes a rich history that is highlighted upon by the model ship itself in its thoroughly researched, and expertly crafted design. See the comparison below between the actual Cornelia Marie and the model built by Handcrafted Model Ships:

History of Cornelia Marie

The Cornelia Marie was manned by Captain Phil Harris. Sadly, Captain Phil Harris passed away last February due to serious health issues. He became well just long enough to travel with his crew on the Cornelia Marie one last time before suffering a stroke that would prove fatal. The rest of the Cornelia Marie crew consists of Engineer Steve Ward, Deckhand Josh Harris, Deckhand Jake Harris, Deckhand Freddy Maugatai, and Greenhorn Ryan Simpson.

Cornelia Marie was built in Alabama in 1989 as one of the final boats done by Horton Boats. Her actual measurements are 128 feet in length and 28 feet in width. Furthermore, she can carry an outstanding 28,500 U.S. gallons of fuel, with an additional 3,000 gallons of water. The kinds of crustaceans sought after by the Cornelia Marie are King crab, Tanner crab, and Snow crab. The detail of the Cornelia Marie model is authentically researched from the actual Deadliest Catch Cornelia Marie. This gives the model ship its stunning realism, as it closely resembles even the minor details seen on the actual ship.

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Construction of the Titanic Hull

The Titanic was originally thought to have sunk from the iceberg cutting a gash into Titanic’s hull. However, sonar technology has discovered from the buried impact point of the ship that the iceberg actually hit the hull causing it to buckle, and thus let water flow freely into Titanic. While the steel plating used for Titanic was arguably the best carbon ship plate available at the time, detailed analysis of small pieces of the steel plating from Titanic’s wreck hull discovered that the one to one and a half inch thick plates were composed of a metallurgy that loses elasticity in icy waters, thus becoming brittle and susceptible to cracks. The steel plating was determined to have a high content of phosphorous and sulfur. The high content of phosphorus is known to create fractures, while sulfur forms grains of iron sulfide that make cracking easier, and the lack of manganese makes the steel less ductile.

Impact

Many speculate that Titanic could have been spared had it hit the iceberg head on instead of attempting to maneuver around it. The resulting impact from a head on collision would have probably been absorbed by the naturally stronger bow, only killing a few of the passengers near the bow. Furthermore, a forward collision would have likely have resulted in only two – four compartments flooding, which the Titanic was designed to be able to handle.

Speed

Another cause of the disaster according to the British Inquiry read “that the loss of the said ship was due to collision with an iceberg, brought about by the excessive speed at which the ship was being navigated”. The Titanic was thought to be travelling at her normal cruising speed of 22 knots, less than her top speed of 24 knots. Maintaining normal speed was a common practice in iceberg prone areas, as it was thought that icebergs of a threatening stature could be seen in enough time to be avoided successfully. The sinking of the Titanic caused the British Board of Trade to begin regulating the speed of vessels traveling in iceberg waters. Popular culture speculates that J. Bruce Ismay instructed Captain Smith to increase speed in order to make an early landfall, and this can be seen in the blockbuster hit Titanic, that was released in 1997. However, little to no evidence suggests this being a possibility.

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