Robert D. Ballard

Robert D. Ballard, best known for discovering the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985 and the battleship Bismarck in 1989, is the president of the Ocean Exploration Trust. He is also director of the Center for Ocean Exploration at the University of Rhode Island.

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The vast unknown deep sea floor

Why We Must Explore the Sea

Robert Ballard, the famed explorer who discovered the wreck of the Titanic, ponders what else is on the ocean floor