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Robert Ballard
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Into the Deep
The legendary explorer of Titanic and Lusitania reveals the secret military missions behind his famous exploits and unveils a major new discovery on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Titanic find. Best known for finding the wreck of the Titanic, celebrated adventurer Robert Ballard has a lifetime of stories about exploring the ocean depths. From discovering new extremophile life-forms thriving at 750°F hydrothermal vents in 1977 to finding famous shipwrecks including the Bismarck and PT 109, Ballard has made history. Now the captain of E/V Nautilus, a state-of-the-art scientific exploration vessel rigged for research in oceanography, geology, biology, and archaeology, he leads young scientists as they map the ocean floor, collect artifacts from ancient shipwrecks, and relay live-time adventures from remote-controlled submersibles to reveal amazing sea life. Now, for the first time, Robert Ballard gets personal, telling the inside stories of his adventures and challenges as a midwestern kid with dyslexia who became an internationally renowned ocean explorer. Here is the definitive story of the danger and discovery, conflict and triumph that make up his remarkable life.
The Discovery of the Titanic
Highlights the first-hand account of the exploration of the Titanic shipwreck
The Lost Ships of Robert Ballard
The stories of the great lost liners and warships-Titanic, Lusitania, Empress of Ireland, Bismarck, Quincy, and others-are filled with drama, suspense, romance, and tragedy. Today those fabled ships that lie on the ocean floor comprise and extraordinary underwater museum. In this large and splendidly illustrated volume, underwater explorer Robert D. Ballard gives a guided tour of these ghostly wrecks and tells their complete stories. Book jacket.
Return to Titanic
Nearly 20 years after making the world's most famous underwater discovery, Ballard returns to the Titanic with the most advanced instruments in underwater exploration to provide the clearest, most dramatic images of the ship ever seen.
Deep-sea Explorer
A biography of oceanographer, Robert Ballard and his underwater exploration of the shipwreck of the Titanic.
Finding the Titanic
Describes the voyage of the Titanic, the accident that caused it to sink, and the rescue of those who survived
Robert Ballard's Lusitania
by Robert Ballard In May 1915, a German torpedo sank the sleek Cunard liner, Lusitania, taking 1,195 civilian lives. The sinking turned world opinion against Germany, and the deaths of 123 American passengers was the first step in bringing the United States into the First World War. Rumours of conspiracies and cover-ups surround the liner, and over 80 years later she is still a ship of mystery. In 1993 Robert Ballard led an expedition to the wreck of the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland in search of the answers. Ballard s conclusions are authoritative and provide a fascinating, definitive account of what happened on that fateful May afternoon. incredibly rich in illustration Diver Magazine
Exploring the Lusitania
Explores the controversies surrounding the sinking of the cruise ship in 1915
