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Find out why the Titanic wreck is covered with soft bodied organisms.When objects fall into the sea, they begin to change their nature and the decay processes build up complex matrixes that can be protective or injurious. Subtle changes take place in the ocean chemistry in deep water. At the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, marine organisms cannot deposit calcareous skeletons so the Titanic wreck is covered with non-protective soft bodied organisms like sea-squirts and anemone.
There is a huge chemical difference between the mudline and the low oxygen area of the open-ocean and this power accelerates decay. A maritime conservator's job is to take highly reactive objects from the marine environment and move them into a stable state and in so doing, retain the maximum values associated with their original purpose.
Presenter Dr Ian MacLeod has held instruments that the band were playing on Titanic as the ship sank and identified goods being carried by a visitor to Australia who was in Sydney in 1911. He writes lots of scientific papers and poetry that captures both the tangible and intangible. He is a Fellow of five learned societies and is passionate about decay.
- Cost: Free with general admission to WA Maritime Museum. Admission fees apply to visit JAMES CAMERON: CHALLENGING THE DEEP exhibition.
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WA Maritime Museum, Museum Cafe, Victoria Quay Rd, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia,Perth, Western Australia, Fremantle
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