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Submersible Tourism: A Nightmare for Regulation, or the Catalyst for a Cleaner Ocean?
The call of the deep is an innate yearning in the human mind to explore the mysteries of the ocean and venture deeper. On June 18, 2023, five people dove to explore the legendary wreck of the Titanic on OceanGate’s Titan submersible. The Titan went missing en route to the wreck of the Titanic and the disappearance of the deep-sea submersible triggered a days-long, multinational search and hoped-to-be rescue operation. Unfortunately, all five passengers of the Titan submersible died on their voyage. Global headlines ranged from sympathy for the families of the deceased, to casting aspersions on OceanGate and the whole endeavor. The Titan submersible incident called into question the…