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[00:00.68] The expedition team is getting ready to leave Providence port in Rhode Island to spend twenty days exploring the Titanic.
[00:09.71] The wreck lies 3,800 metres beneath the waves.
[00:12.90] The team will study it using two underwater robots.
[00:16.08] They're fitted with an array of cameras to create a detailed 3D scan, and sensors including a magnetometer, which will reveal what lies beneath the sediment for the first time.
[00:26.18] The team will be focusing on the debris field where the contents of the ship are scattered across the sea floor.
[00:32.29] The crew will also place a memorial to PH Nargeolet.
[00:35.74] The veteran underwater explorer was supposed to be leading this expedition, but was one of five people who died on board the Titan submersible, which imploded as it descended on a dive to the Titanic last year.
