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Old 01-26-11, 11:18 AM   #1
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Originally Posted by Growler View Post
After 93 years, are there actually human remains of the crew left? Ballard noted that his survey of Titanic showed no remains, and that ship went down only a scant 6 years before this one - in deeper, colder water suspected to harbor less marine life than 27m would. It may be a moot point; even if there are remains of those poor souls left, I wonder if they've be capable of making the transition to a land-side burial.
Well they found bury-able remains on the CSS Hunley and that sank over 50 years earlier and in a lot warmer water than what you'd find in Cork Harbor, so it's quite possible i'd say.
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