There’s gold in them there landfills, so let’s not rubbish them

Tourists are wrecking the Titanic. An iceberg did it first time around. Now it’s holiday-makers with enough money to pay for an underwater visit.

There’s gold in them there landfills, so let’s not rubbish them

One couple even got married in a tiddly submarine on the bow of the ship. (Wonder if they had an army of bouncers to keep non-paying photographers away?)

The Titanic tourists disturb sediment, surround the maritime grave with crushed Coke cans tossed from the ships on the surface, and de-stabilise the structure, which is already dripping with what are picturesquely called 'rusticles'.

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