Titanic's 3D Scan Reveals New Details in National Geographic Documentary 'The Digital Resurrection'

A revolutionary digital scan of the Titanic wreck is providing unprecedented insights into the ship's final moments. The first full-sized 3D scan, captured in 2022 by Magellan Ltd. in partnership with Atlantic Productions, reveals remarkable details about the ship's structure and the damage incurred when it struck an iceberg in 1912. This scan was studied for a new National Geographic documentary, "Titanic: The Digital Resurrection," which premieres April 11, 2025. The digital scans offer a new view of the boiler room, confirming eyewitness accounts of engineers working to maintain power until the end. The scan indicates that the iceberg didn't create massive gashes but rather a series of small punctures, each about the size of an A4 sheet of paper, spread across six watertight compartments. The Titanic was designed to stay afloat with only four compartments flooded. The documentary features Titanic analysts Parks Stephenson, metallurgist Jennifer Hooper, and master mariner Captain Chris Hearn, who analyze the digital twin to reconstruct the ship's final moments. The 3D model, composed of 715,000 images, allows experts to challenge long-held assumptions and uncover new details about the disaster. The digital twin preserves the wreck in perfect detail as it appeared in 2022, marking a new era in underwater archaeology.