Expedition like never before headed to Titanic wreckage site

The story of the Titanic has captivated the world for more than 100 years and now, its namesake company, RMS Titanic Inc, will conduct their first expedition to the wreckage in 14 years.

The voyage will also be the first since the deadly Oceangate submersible disaster and we'll use modern technology to create a 3D scan of the wreck site.

Titanic spokesperson and historian James Penca said technology has advanced tremendously in the time since the company's last visit to the site and he said there is a lot that can be learned in just 24 hours down there.

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"We are bringing some of the most incredible cameras and incredible sensors down to the wreck to see the Titanic like never before," he told Today.

"The Titanic is deteriorating and she will not be here forever.

"There are certain parts of her deteriorating faster, so a big part of this mission is seeing the lay of the land, seeing how she's doing so we can know how to act in the coming years when it comes to recovery of artefacts and future visits."

James said they already have two remotely operated vehicles that have been combing the debris field almost four kilometres below the ocean surface and they have cameras that can 3D scan and see through layers of dirt much more clearly than they could 14 years ago.

"It's so much more than we could even a year ago," he said.

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"It is a lot of unbelievable technology and some unbelievably smart people who made this happen.

"It's unbelievable, we're so used to seeing Titanic as the shipwreck in our minds when we think of a shipwreck that she's sitting upright, that she's sitting so preserved, this is not normal, it is an anomaly of epic proportions that we get such a beautiful shipwreck sitting in the way that she is."

Watch the full chat with James in the video above