Over a course of twenty days, this Titanic exhibition used a variety of remote-controlled submersibles in order to complete an unprecedented archaeological analysis of the three to five kilometre debris range along with the ship's bow and stern which were situated half a kilometre away from one another. The ship's wreckage was originally discovered by the (WHOI) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Argo - an unmanned deep-sea vehicle -  on the 1st September 1985. This machinery allowed archaeologists and the general public to experience the uncovering of the Titanic. This was made possible as the Argo produces the real-time images of the infamous wreckage in black and white via kilometres of cable networks. The use of sonar in regard to the WHOI Argo, was developed to practice safer methods for avoiding the various hazards of oceanwaters, particularly those of this wreckage.

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 In 1987, another submersible (manned), the Nautile, owned by the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, recovered over 1800 artefacts from the wreckage. These discoveries were all possible due to underwater archaeology, particularly that of manned submersibles capable of reaching depths of approximately six kilometres. These artefacts on board the wreckage of the infamous Titanic have allowed modern day historians to better understand the overall situation upon the wreckage of this ship as well as to enable insight into the various levels of society and general life a century ago.