The Titanic's wreckage does not contain any human remains for these strange reasons

The Titanic continues to amaze and intrigue people a century after it sank. Something about the ship's disaster-struck maiden voyage in 1912 has continued to spark curiosity, leading to more interesting observations being made many years later. There have been many stories and theories surrounding the Titanic's sinking, with one of the more puzzling ones being the strange lack of human remains inside the shipwreck, according to IFL Science. James Cameron, the renowned director of the iconic Titanic movie, has visited the disaster site 33 times.

In an interview with The New York Times, he revealed that despite thorough explorations, he has encountered "zero human remains" at the site. Cameron mentioned that he did see shoes and clothes that could possibly hint at a body being there at some point in time. However, the director did not see any human remains during his survey of the shipwreck. This absence of human remains has sparked numerous theories attempting to explain the phenomenon. A plausible explanation is that the lifejackets worn by passengers after the disaster could have meant that individuals stayed afloat for a long time and eventually were swept away by a storm or water currents.

And even if there were bodies around the site of the wreck, a storm could have dispersed them further away from the area. As for chances of any bodies being found within the ship, that can be explained by the sheer depth at which the ship rests. Deep-sea explorer Robert Ballard explained in an interview with NPR: "The issue you have to deal with is, at depth below about 3,000 feet [914 meters], you pass below what's called the calcium carbonate compensation depth. And the water in the deep sea is under-saturated in calcium carbonate, which is mostly, you know, what bones are made of." 

Since the Titanic rests below the calcium carbonate compensation depth, any human bones would have dissolved into the water. There are many people who believe that sealed-off parts of the ship may contain bodies because of the lack of oxygen-rich water. Given these factors, it is highly unlikely that any human remains will be found at the site. There could have been remains at some point in time, but even those would have been long gone by now.

Another interesting story related to the sinking of the Titanic is how American author Morgan Robertson accurately predicted the disaster in his novella, "Futility," 14 years before the disaster. The novella described a steamship called "Titan" that seemed very similar to the actual Titanic. It even mentioned how the ship was deemed "unsinkable." Robertson even got the dimensions and seating capacity correct. He wrote down how Titan sank after a collision with an iceberg in April, the same month that the Titanic sank. The author also provided a comprehensive account of how many lives were lost because of the lack of lifeboats, propelling the literary work into a lot of fame.