Tourists can dive to the Titanic wreck for $100,000 in 2019
- 5 years ago
ATLANTIC OCEAN — The world's most famous shipwreck is going to be accessible to tourists next year, provided they've got really deep pockets.
According to Metro UK, deep-sea exploration company OceanGate is charging $105,129 for the chance to join a submarine mission to the wreck of the ill-fated ship.
That's roughly the cost of a first class ticket on the Titanic in 1912, after inflation.
For that much money, tourists will get to call themselves 'mission specialists' as they join exactly one dive on the 11-day mission. The dive to the wreck site entails taking a seven-hour trip in the Titan submersible.
According to the description on the OceanGate website, they also get to "assist the expedition crew in one or more support roles aboard the surface vessel, and aboard Titan during a dive."
Spots are limited — there are only six missions scheduled, and nine positions available per mission. The first four missions are also already full.
According to Metro UK, deep-sea exploration company OceanGate is charging $105,129 for the chance to join a submarine mission to the wreck of the ill-fated ship.
That's roughly the cost of a first class ticket on the Titanic in 1912, after inflation.
For that much money, tourists will get to call themselves 'mission specialists' as they join exactly one dive on the 11-day mission. The dive to the wreck site entails taking a seven-hour trip in the Titan submersible.
According to the description on the OceanGate website, they also get to "assist the expedition crew in one or more support roles aboard the surface vessel, and aboard Titan during a dive."
Spots are limited — there are only six missions scheduled, and nine positions available per mission. The first four missions are also already full.