Newfoundland university threw open its doors to Titanic dive operator, emails show – Winnipeg Free Press
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A research institute at Newfoundland and Labrador's Memorial University threw open its "proverbial doors" last year to the company that owned the doomed Titan submersible, less than a year before the vessel suffered a catastrophic implosion while diving to the Titanic shipwreck.
Memorial University signed an agreement with OceanGate promising students and faculty opportunities ‘to join OceanGate expeditions to support research endeavours’
The school said Tuesday that the term "expeditions" used in the memorandum of understanding was meant generally and did not specifically refer to missions aboard the Titan.
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