Live from the Dive Reports from the Lost Liners Empress of Ireland and Titanic

Nautical Research Group, Inc. will be reporting LIVE from our diving expeditions to two of the "Lost Liners" this summer. Daily reports on our dive, augmented with history and video clips will be included from both of the dive sites.  From June 27th - July 3rd, we will be diving to the Empress of Ireland, which is sometimes referred to as Canada's Titanic. The Empress sank on May 29, 1914 in fourteen minutes and claimed over 1100 passenger lives - more than Titanic and Lusitania. Our second Lost Liner will be the famous RMS Titanic and we will be broadcasting via satellite from the Russian research vessel, Akademik Keldysh, which will be stationed over the wrecksite of the Titanic. Every other day, the two MIR submersibles will descend over 12, 600 feet of cold North Atlantic waters to the remains of this once-proud liner. We will be commencing our live reports from the Titanic expedition on July 6th - 18th. Since this expedition is a scientific research venture, at NO time will any items be salvaged nor recovered. Additionally, the submersible will take close-up shots of various areas of the ship without ever coming in contact with Titanic. By close-up examination of Titanic, we can observe its rate of decay and provide vital information that the scientific community can use to protect and preserve the ship. This weblog can be syndicated using RSS or by direct bookmark access from your browser.