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Marine & Maritime12 Artefact conservation: Multimedia

Task 7 for Unit :2BMMS Charles Biddle

Titanic's graveyard

What happens to skeletal remains under the ocean? Dr Robert Ballard explains what happened to the human remains on the Titanic site.

Published on May 21, 2012

National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Robert Ballard discovered the Titanic and wants to preserve the most famous ship in history from plunder and decay.

Titanic

Uploaded on Dec 18, 2007

Breathtaking... Nearly 20 years after first finding the sunken remains of the R.M.S. Titanic, marine explorer Robert Ballard returned in June 2004 helped by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Ocean Exploration to study the ship's rapid deterioration.

Nautilus dive highlights : ship artefacts

Published on Jul 19, 2013

Video courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust and the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment

The Monterrey Shipwreck is a mystery. Exactly how old is it? Whose ship was it? How did it sink? What stories can it tell? These artifacts – clothing, cooking equipment, weapons, and the ship’s own equipment not only provide clues to the identity of the shipwreck, but also tell stories of the crew and the activity that was occurring during early 19th century. On our July expedition in the Gulf of Mexico, we conducted a survey of this shipwreck site with our ROVs. These are the highlights.