Does anybody feel a little concerned about the looting of the Titanic? Surely
the implications are that anyone can just go to a historic shipwreck and loot
it, not to mention the issues around disturbing graves. Isnt this the kind of
behaviour that maritime archeologists have been trying to prevent?
The failure of the current expedition is more concerning as having disturbed
the site with no sucess they plan to come back and try next year, creating no
doubt more damage to the site. In Australian waters this site would have been
protected by the Historic Shipwrecks Act.
Iain Stuart
University of Sydney