This episode has been in the works for many months, for there is a LOT of material out there about scientist and oceanographer Robert Ballard, one of the discoverers of the wreck of Titanic in 1985 and a veritable explorer of the deep. In this episode I present a biographical sketch of his astounding life and career but also historicize it, as well as try to take you as a listener back to that moment of discovery aboard the ship Knorr in 1985. The wreck is an integral part of the cultural history of Titanic, as is Ballard, who become known as a "submarine cowboy" for his work finding shipwrecks around the world.

For more information about Ballard's expeditions past and present: https://nautiluslive.org/expedition

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