How finding the Titanic 40 years ago transformed deep-sea exploration | NYGazet

Bob Ballard is still exploring the ocean seafloor 40 years after discovering the Titanic’s final resting place in the Atlantic.

Forty years ago, in the early hours of September 1, grainy black-and-white images of a metal cylinder appeared on the video feeds in the command center of Knorr, a research vessel searching the Atlantic seafloor for the world’s most famous shipwreck:... [10547 chars]