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[@The_PaleHorseman]

I was born june of 85, Dr. Ballard was my hero as a kid. Other kids looked at me like I was crazy, even made jokes. At 18 i left Kentucky and Joined the U.S. Navy and have since, obtained my dual major in anthropology and History because Dr. Ballard inspired me as a kid! Thank you Dr. Ballard!

[@TT-rz5td]

Good for you! That is awesome.

[@aaronkoeppe9057]

He was my hero as a kid too and read the different ship wrecks but out of all of the titanic was and still is my favorite

[@DeorsaWisteriaVenustiano]

Have you had the pleasure of meeting him? I'm sure it would mean the world to you.

[@aaronkoeppe9057]

@@DeorsaWisteriaVenustiano i havent but i would love to!

[@AshayDoshi]

hope that degree comes in handy after the zombie apocalypse

[@33Dannyb]

It’s crazy to think that Titanic sits in complete darkness 24/7. Alone at the ocean floor.

[@fiftycentbrandkillmonger7060]

33Dannyb waiting for the morning that will never come, the China waiting for hot meals to be served on still stacked neatly. Forever frozen in 1912, 107 years later still on her maiden voyage 😢 May she Rest In Peace

[@MizterMoonshine]

pool still full xddd

[@georgebamber6871]

Crazy that the olympic could be in the can in cuboard

[@resetplayz53]

For the titanic it’s still 1912 April 14th and everyone is enjoying life down there 🙂 (In a good way, not dying)

[@devynglass3781]

I know

[@Taushathetech]

I love his respect for the Titanic as being a graveyard. He deserves to be the one to find it.

[@chiasanzes9770]

That's not a grave anymore because over 100 years has gone Titanic sunk.

[@Taushathetech]

@@chiasanzes9770 definitely is. There are people still alive that have relatives that went down with it. Its literally like opening a grave from 1912 and calling it not one. Just because the bodies have deteriorated doesn't make the site any less of a grave.

[@charleswilliams2945]

She is a inspiration to the world of she had never endure the horror that happen she would have never been iconic everything have a story wether it's iconic or not but titanic is inspiring legendary

[@Camibug]

@@chiasanzes9770 What? There are still relatives of survivors alive. It really was not very long ago the last survivors passed away. There is absolutely no reason to treat this as anything other than a grave. These people are turning it into a looting site. The only part of me that is torn is when it comes to artifacts. I have always loved the ocean, particularly sharks and the Titanic. When I was young my mom took me to a titanic museum with artifacts from titanic which made me even more passionate. I know it’s important for people to see and experience pieces of history. The idea of an underwater museum is amazing, maybe even VR? I also am torn about bringing up artifacts to preserve them, as long as it isn’t damaging any of the titanic. I don’t know how I feel about that. I know the looting and stealing is wrong though, as is damaging the Titanic and leaving trash. Inexcusable.

[@MarkJMonaghan]

@@Taushathetech I had a family member on the titanic Thomas O’brian sadly lost in the sinking his wife Hannah Godfrey passed away 2nd September 1912 and they have one child born just after the sinking of the titanic, her daughter Marion died in 1993 aged 81 with one daughter and two sons who I know are still alive but have not met yet

[@mosesmarlboro5401]

It makes me unbelievably sad that over the next couple of hundred years, all that will be left of Titanic is a rust stain on the floor of the Atlantic

[@AvengerII]

It's a process of decay. It was GOING TO HAPPEN regardless of whether people found the wreck or not. The problem with Ballard's thesis is that the ship is GOING TO DETERIORATE regardless of what we do. It is in a part of the ocean that is acidic, has high currents that stir water through wrecks and ACCELERATES the deterioation, and the microbial life THRIVES on devouring steel. SO, do you salvage what CAN be salvaged to have SOMETHING to show of the ship generations from now, or do you just let it rust away and people forget the lesson FOR GOOD? The thing Ballard doesn't tell you is that prior to 1986, he WANTED to salvage the Titanic. It was in his business proposals! They were going to salvage the debris field for sure, the ship itself I don't know. He was beat to it by the French (who he ticked off in 1985; IFREMER depends on private donations and he LEAKED the photos basically FOR FREE) and investors in 1987. BTW, because he was working with the US Navy in 1985 and 1986, he was NOT ALLOWED to do any kind of salvaging because it's against US Navy regulations to do that. So let THAT sink in. Ballard doesn't always tell the full story...

[@jerryjohnson4625]

If I died on the Titanic, I believe I would want them to bring as much stuff to the surface as they could, excluding some things. That is how they will be remembered. Not only stories the visual reminders that it really did happen and here is what is left. I would love to go see a Titanic exhibit but haven't done that yet.

[@MegaDirtyberty]

@Anon Anon Why are you anally retentive?.

[@sassytbc7923]

MosesMarlboro that is the way of life and death

[@sassytbc7923]

AvengerII sometimes there are things that can’t be said when you want them to be

[@SittingFox-yo2oo]

When I see that this was uploaded 7 years ago, I still feel like that would be 2005-2009ish. Nope. It’s 2013.

[@user-ls9ff4cu9x]

Time flies

[@Oyiq_Thoyibah]

Yeahh... Time flies so fast...

[@marwwa56]

omg same !!!!

[@betterthanyesterday3912]

Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana

[@seanhiggins9806]

Very disrespectful that the salvagers did that. He’s is right that it’s a cemetery.

[@aldenunion]

Any bodies were so lite and it is so deep the pressure destroyed any humanity long before it reached the bottom....3600 metres,almost 12,000 feet beneath the surface. Thinking this way,the entire area off coast of New Foundland is a gravesite when in reality ,nothing made it down that far before being swept in a multitudes of undertow and scattered. I imagine 30 miles around the wreck site has remains of a sort,relics to.

[@usernameww]

Salvagers only wanted to preserve parts of the titanic, if there intention was only want to loot the titanic, it will still be expensive to even go down there

[@thebluescar5045]

The bodies have been crushed long ago before even going to the bottom , maybe at 845 or less meters deep. The strongest human bone can go down that deep but it will implode and get crushed too shortly. it's 3600 meters down. It's not a grave if there is no dead bodies on it. Yes people died on it, it is a sad story, but most of the bodies floated on water, so the chunk of water where Titanic sunk is a grave . But the bodies on it disappeared long ago

[@PantheaArthea]

It's absolutely disguisting people are leaving garbage so close to the Titanic. This makes me so mad.

[@bbence86]

They could use sand as ballast. Nobody would notice a thing.

[@ahriman46]

@@stevenharlick9606 Always gotta be the french

[@jimbobaggans1564]

That is horribly rude! They shouldn't be setting down on the Titanic anywhere and causing any damage to the site at all! They probably already have the ships bell. It's not right.

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

I'm sure ALL the fish in the Atlantic feel the EXACT same way about the Titanic itself...

[@leighc2715]

@@jimbobaggans1564 yeah, they recovered the bell in 1985.

[@crunchb3rry]

This guy has the coolest life.

[@ROOKTABULA]

crunchb3rry Yup, for sure! Other than his son's death.

[@rodriguezh81ridriguez57]

crunchb3rry he does have a cool life 😎😷👍

[@RingoDixie]

He has a son? Aww so sad :(

[@ltaldrich8270]

@@RingoDixie I went to high school with his two sons, and unfortunately his older son was killed in a car accident shortly after his graduation which was a year of so after Doctor Ballard discovered the Titanic. He must have been or 18 or 19.

[@terrybardy2923]

he's a real life Captain Nemo.

[@skyhawk2958]

I met Dr. Ballard in 1986. He is like the professor of inner space, as Carl Sagan is of outer space.

[@sassytbc7923]

I was honored to have met Dr. Ballard as well. He is the nicest person ever... and quite interesting to talk to.

[@maryellenshock]

Cool!

[@lune78]

Every time I hear Dr. Ballard talk about Titanic, it makes me glad he's the one who found the wreck. He's always treated Titanic with the respect it deserves.

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

Has Bob Ballard ever lost the remote or his keys? Guy finds everything.

[@justinb954]

lmao!

[@VictorBalestrin]

If he ever did, he most likely started to look where he was absolutely sure they weren't ;)

[@stevegaines1]

He'd have to lose em to find em.

[@FutureRailProductions]

He can't even find Amelia Earhart's plane.

[@mattheww2797]

Seems to have lost his hair

[@SeanRCope]

He’s always been a hero to me. A great Navy Officer and scientist. I’ve been watching him since the beginning.

[@lulesW]

The love && respect Mr. Ballard has for the Titanic is amazing, more people like him please.

[@musicpipe]

Did they show the actual footage of the name on both sides of this ship ... wonder why ? ... seems like the logical and hugely important first step. Mr. Ballard omitted the most crucial peace of footage ... I smell a big fat rat !!! P.S. Looks like the stern was blown clean Off ... Iceberg my a..

[@Gokulosestoavirus]

@@musicpipe Feel free to fund your own project and disprove him. Make sure you get your findings peer reviewed, and validated by a vast majority of universities in order to make sure your debunking holds any merits. If you reject this. Then you don’t buy into your own bs.

[@blamehollywood65]

I remember when Bob Ballard found the Titanic and the the Bizmark, honestly the greatest sailor and explorer of our time. This mans passion and drive is to be admired.

[@seandempsey9396]

And most people don't realise that it was a French team who first descutherd the titanic in 1976 with the use of sonna but was unable to dive the reck as no one had the technology to dive that deep he then got funding from the French marine biology museum and Dr Ballard joined forces and developed a diving Bell witch was named norteel and was capable of diving to the sea bed of the Atlantic ocean the first dive was in 1985/6 and a tv documentary of the expedition was shown on uk television in late 80s early 90s and showed that titanic was in one piece and sitting upright although she did brake her back in two places when she hit the seabed. That first documentary has misteriesly fanished . You must remember that when a ship stops it's engines the ship doesn't come to a complete stop by the very way that the oceans water is always moving therefore titanic would have been drifting in a forward motion and as as she took on water she would have been pulled down and forward and so the stern would not have lifted out of the water to the degree that is shown in james Camerons film also eye witness stated at the inquiry held in London that titanic did not break in two. The truth is we will never know the truth because the Americans will not let us know.

[@prinz5816]

@@seandempsey9396 The Titanic did break in half.. wdym

[@mrkipling2201]

Of course it broke in half and sunk. Eyewitness accounts from survivors said exactly the same thing.

[@Abbeville_Kid]

@@seandempsey9396I really have to know what you’re smoking…

[@케네디]

​@@seandempsey9396 외국도 대가리 빠가는 널려있노ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@victorsamsung2921]

12:51 When Robert Ballard got emotional, hearing it in his voice breaking, when talking about the mom and her daughter laying on the ocean floor.

[@countalucard4226]

I remember when it was found Dr. Ballard was on "Nightline" and Ted Koppel asked him "would you want them to raise the Titanic" and he said "Hell Yes"

[@AndrewWithana]

This guy deserves a medal !!! One of the best heartfelt presentations ever!!!!

[@Zahiri301]

When I was 7 years old, my father told me about the story of Titanic Sank. I was crying a lot when I heard about the story.

[@EileenD519]

I have followed Dr. Ballard since I was 8 years old. I became infatuated with the titanic after learning that my great grandfather helped build it in Ireland. I also learned I had family aboard the titanic and they too perished the night it sank. The titanic is a graveyard and of all the explorers I felt that Dr.Ballard was the only one who really acknowledged that and respected not only the ship but the lives lost as well and I feel that is evident in this video as he is pleading for awareness and compassion and for help to preserve what little is left and how fast it is deteriorating. If something is not done soon the titanic will be a pile of ashes on the ocean floor and that would be tragic on top of everything else in its history. I hope he gets the help and preservation needed to keep titanic from being gone forever and I hope these other explorers stop dumping their trash and robbing this gravesite.

[@valinormons1128]

I remember the Titanic from my early life, "A Night to Remember" I always thought that someone would find her but she was down deep. And then I remember Dr. Ballard found her, and now he wants to save her. I wish him well.

[@maryellenshock]

Horrible movie!

[@MrMrliamo]

I would listen to him speak all day

[@CaptainFantastik1]

No way I'd be parking a heavy sub anywhere on those decks after it's been down 100 years

[@Prof_Tickles92]

Ballard and his crew actually parked the Alvin on the deck. It’s in the ‘86 documentary. He felt bad but at the time they didn’t have a choice, and they weren’t aware of how brittle it was.

[@hamidahmed8076]

OMG at 0:45 poor person! you can tell there was a body that disintegrated over time! 😢

[@sirkaiserwilhelm5411]

That was just ocean life not a skeleton

[@greghartshorne6621]

@@sirkaiserwilhelm5411 I didn’t know ocean life wore shoes like that🙄

[@sirkaiserwilhelm5411]

@@greghartshorne6621 ocean life got drip

[@hadorstapa]

I was really touched when he interpreted those shoes and other artefacts lying together as a sailor and then the other as a mother and daughter, maybe holding hands. I knew there were no bodies left, but I hadn't understood that other items could be giving us those kinds of insights. So tragic, and deserving of respect.

[@trezianneseronick6036]

I am watching this because of what happened to the Titan submersible. Much respect to Bob Ballard 🫡

[@tabletop77]

I just find it amazing that if RMS Olympic hadn't been scrapped in 35-37 and had been looked after you'd have a near identical ship to wander round and marvel at.

[@cutercills9x9productions9]

Well if WSL had more money, they would have given the Olympic a similar fate to Queen Mary; used as a hotel and museum. Too bad it was the great depression.

[@Daniel-yk6mm]

I agree with dr Robert ballard just leave her alone RIP Titanic

[@BADALICE]

There is a great lesson to be learned from this "Classic" disaster. Including fraud and deception. After all it's actually HMS Olympic down there.

[@LynxStarAuto]

Bad Alice 🙄Lets try and learn the proper names of the vessels first, before we entertain wild theories.😒

[@BADALICE]

@@EarlD803 I wish I could find that documentary it was very compelling. It even showed Olympic painted on the side of the sunken vessel. Whear the paint had come away. As well the number of windows on the bow of the two ships are different. I can't find the video. It was probably just a dream.

[@gavinslatter]

Bad Alice that’s a lie

[@BADALICE]

@Sypha Flowen What do we have here? A multiple choice question? Is that supposed to be an "a" option at the top? Assuming it is, let's see if I can figure this out. His Majesty is busy reading the royal mail, so the answer must be C. Shut up.

[@jeffreycenga7676]

Has anyone ever considered asking Dr. Ballard to try and find MH370??

[@RokushoHasashi]

Yeah good question

[@scottiebones]

You won't find it, trust me it's not there.

[@kymymedia]

@@scottiebones LIAR

[@JawadSoomro]

I was also thinking about that.

[@taraswertelecki7874]

It's going to be thousands of pieces of rapidly corroding metal, the biggest and heaviest of which will be engines and landing gear.

[@SirParcifal]

I love the titanic - it's history - the time era - the clothing etc - love it

[@darcyrae9564]

Me too I find it so incredibly interesting. I have this strange morbid curiosity about all of it.

[@Laurynas_S]

I totally agree with you, I think we need to raise more stuff related to the Titanic back to the surface and preserve it this way than left it at bottom of the ocean to slowly erode. This way generations of people would have a chance not only read and learn about it but also see that little part of history with their own eyes. They can keep personal stuff like closes and luggages, stuff that belong to somebody, other then that is need to be recovered from the of the ocean.

[@TT-nc3qh]

Laurynas S. Raise it all, stop pretending you care about personal objects, raise as much as possible to get the stories and preserve the history forever

[@user-jj7uc9gg7b]

T T That's the issue. Raising the ship would make it crumble into pieces. It's too unstable.

[@sorrenblitz805]

No. We should just window-shop. It's a memorial landmark, and the people who died don't deserve to have their resting place scoured and plundered. Just see it, look at it, witness it, that's history enough.

[@Soul-qo4jk]

Laurynas S. I feel like if they tried to raise the titanic it would dissolve as the hulk has been eroding for more than 100 years

[@ineptsolaris]

I think people forget that the wreck is actually a grave. We should not raise a single ‘artefact’ from the wreck - it is a great injustice to those who perished. It should ultimately be permitted to decay naturally.

[@vanessam8197]

It's funny how KZbin ad was a cruise☹️ No thank you, KZbin

[@LP64000]

Dr. Robert Ballard.... True literal legend.

[@xFishyCrackerCakesx]

I went here on a tour of Ireland not too long ago. This year in 2018! This exhibit really is something. There’s so much information and some really chilling stories. It’s pretty intense.

[@marka.200]

Thank you for posting. Great video. The title is a little misleading, I don't recall Mr. Ballard calling to restore the Titanic, but rather to preserve and extend the site into a proper museum exibit.

[@DamonNomad82]

I am firmly on "Team Ballard" when it comes to views on how the wreck of the Titanic should be treated. It is the grave of hundreds of people, and should never have been robbed or vandalized.

[@mikikiki]

Robbed? How is taking plates and forks robbing a graveyard?

[@roymeadows1708]

Fascinating piece..I`m totally in love with all things titanic..

[@johnpersechini4951]

This guy is such a great story teller. Had me laughing many times too.

[@samansiddiquie1902]

Such a great speaker

[@clairefunnell8481]

Agreed. Titanic is a gravesight. I'm against landing on the deck. Watching from Toronto Canada April 2021. Bob is cool.

[@riparianlife97701]

I'm most shocked that salvage companies are using weights to pull down diesel-filled lift bags, then jettisoning the ballast to have the bags lift pieces of the shop. That ballast can fall and crush or obscure artifacts.

[@AvengerII]

How ELSE are they supposed to lift things? Use a 3-mile long crane for everything? That has it own dangers. They've done things like that, btw, and they've had cranes fails SPECTACULARLY at high depth. If you think the ballast and lift bags are dangerous, cranes are even BIGGER! A minisub itself can't lift too high a cargo from the bottom. They have to use other things.

[@Cyberpuppy63]

@@AvengerII You don't need a crane to use lift bags. Presumably, a crane would be used to hoist parts into a recovery vessel.

[@AvengerII]

@@Cyberpuppy63 I know that! They lifted the "Big Piece" from the Titanic with diesel-filled ballooon bags! They HAVE used 2-mile long crane systems to lift bigger items than that hull piece from the bottom. A claw/capture device was used to lift a Soviet submarine from 10,000ft+ down in the early 1970s. That was a ballistic missile sub, MUCH bigger than a minisub like the Alvin. The stress on the equipment is incredible and you don't want to be anywhere near them when they fail. The claw device used on the Glomar Explorer (?; spy ship sponsored by Howard Hughes) still partially failed.

[@tahadesigns4688]

there has to be a live video of a dive from the moment it leaves the top of the ocean till the second it goes back up

[@malindagarza8762]

Dr robert Ballard was the reason I got in to titanic. Back I 1985 the greatest discovery was made and for me it was awesome that I had to learn more about the ship. And when I found out I sank in April 14 1912. With 2000 souls on board. I was sad because children and babies parished also. Ever since I had been a titanic adventure.

[@parentsbasement7734]

The salvagers are horrible people, if ya went to where their families are laid to rest and opened up their grandma's casket and took her rings I'm sure they would have a problem

[@PhelesDragon]

There’s a rotting ship at the bottom of the Atlantic that’s totally unusable and serves no purpose. Humans: RESTORE IT

[@j.markenglish5747]

Kinda ironic. He is understandably irked about current day people leaving garbage behind on the sea floor yet later he finds the ancient mariner thanks to their trash being tossed to the sea floor.

[@umbrellacorpsoldier1]

I concur man, and I he wants to save the titantic from those bastard treasure hunters. They are destroying the wreck more and more with their visits down there, and taking the stuff down by the wreck, im just sickened inside. Ballard is a man who respects the titanic and wants to save it, I just hope they can.

[@awakentotruthmichaelsmith4698]

Amazing how similar the deep sea and outer space can be

[@Amperzand]

7:10 So Robert Ballard *literally* thinks outside the box!

[@gregmerritt4278]

I was a 14 year old kid when they found the titanic and it was a exciting time when she was found. I watched every time when it was talked about on the news. Very exciting times. Thank you Dr Ballard and everyone involved in the project. You helped shaped a kids life with my love of ships and history

[@BoogerCompany]

That’d be cool to go undersea to see the Titanic But ONLY to view out of respect, hence museum aspect.

[@marquesdunn4934]

Heard you....but a museum is much more safer to observe the ship in person than a very dangerous tour at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean..Anything goes wrong down there a it will be your final resting place for $100,000

[@Cutlass_Rudd]

Its 2.5 miles deep, you need very special equipment to get down there and its very dangerous. But that depth is keeping the real riff raff scavengers away. Most of the stuff brought up is in various museums. There wouldnt be anything left of it if it was only in 300 feet of water.

[@TitanicLighthouse]

We invite all descendants to join in supporting the restoration of the Titanic Memorial Lighthouse. Proposed opening 110th anniversary April 15, 2022.

[@cyberquasar2267]

I actually never noticed that the clothing in the ship was from human remains :O omg thats so scary

[@tondriasanders6306]

Dr. Ballard is such a funny guy! He had me rollin! I’m very excited about the museum. It’s now on my bucket list

[@Bondek1996]

remember hearing about the crow's nest a few years ago. So sad what subs are doing to the ship.

[@gregorytaylor9117]

Titanic diving crew 1970,sept . Gt. Bob ballard a lye.

[@Vichedges]

@@gregorytaylor9117 Is that English?

[@makivaka2078]

My favorite movie and ship of all time and a breath taking underwater story, much love and respect for those who fell with the most beautiful looking ship till this day, the TITANIC.

[@maxwaller2055]

*watching at 9:26 PM Pacific Standard Time on Saturday, 4 January 2020*

[@HokageAlex]

Ayeeee 2020 gang

[@jasonshiers5771]

I've met this guy, he signed my copy of the discovery of the Titanic. I was only about 14 at the time I'm now 45.

[@Getstr8cash]

So 1990?

[@maryellenshock]

Jealous!

[@xPikkupstix]

The most fascinating story I've ever heard. Thank you for the fine, forensic analysis Mr. Bodine. haha but really, I would pay 100k to travel to the site

[@jimdraven2432]

I find it sickening that ANY item has been taken from this site, & even worse that people leave garbage there. It's disgusting

[@drfrenchfrythe3rd]

She would never be able to be raised. It’s just not possible and will destroy her. If the deck gets destroyed by prop wash and subs landing on them it wouldn’t survive being on the surface or walked on etc.

[@MannyN420]

If crane technology was super advanced than any other technology about 50 to 80 years ago, then it would be possible to raise the Titanic since there wouldn't be to much rust and decay making it stronger than it is today.

[@catalinadog157]

MANNY NAVA what?

[@cookingsauce8274]

@@catalinadog157 hes saying if people had the technology a long time ago then they could've lifted it bc it wouldn't have been in such a bad state. Even tho I don't see the point of raising her bc it's a grave site and we should respect the people who died that day.

[@Vichedges]

@@cookingsauce8274 Crane technology? It wouldn't matter if the wreck had just happened yesterday....the ship is blown apart and structurally destroyed. It's miles below the surface. If it were moved there's no way it would stay together long enough to make it to the surface and no way of telling what would happen when stress was put on the wreck. You're talking about thousands of tons of twisted broken metal. It's basically a scrap heap that looks like a ship. The only way to bring it up would be in pieces and the cost of doing that would be so high it's practically impossible. The cost of bringing it up in any way would be so high it's impossible but the only physically possible way would be to do it piece by piece. As far as it being a grave site I don't get why people are so respectful of Titanic but we have no problem taking car crashes or plane crashes and moving them. Nobody goes to a museum and gets squeamish about looking at stuff taken from tombs or battlefields, etc. I personally don't care one way or the other if they bring stuff up, but I do find people who use "it's a grave site" as a reason not to salvage stuff hypocritical. What if we did that every time there was a disaster and just left stuff where it fell? When a tornado hits a community of homes and kills people we don't go "leave it alone, people died there" we rebuild it. When a car crash happens and someone dies we don't leave the car where the accident happened. We take it and recycle it. We don't tell people never to visit Omaha beach because thousands of soldiers died there. The only difference between the Titanic and any other place where people have died is people romanticize the Titanic.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Dr. Ballard was one of my idols when I was a kid. I always wanted to meet him.

[@jillianw3399]

Leave her alone. We can live with only seeing pictures and videos of her.

[@tb6444]

???

[@IVANGEBER]

Saul Rosenberg ship is always been a she. Please learn english more

[@tacticalbuttsex4669]

Think i still have that national geographic magazine somewhere i was obsessed with the titanic when i was young as an adult its still really fascinating

[@joeg.1119]

I wish the titanic could be brought back up to the surface...

[@rimaman8681]

no its a mass cemetary its sacred they canttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!! just make another one and they have

[@tjfSIM]

Other than the moral/ethical reasons, it simply wouldn't withstand the movement and would disintegrate into lots of smaller fragments. Possible they could reassemble some of those pieces at the surface but really it should be left alone in its resting place.

[@Bad-dl2ks]

It’s impossible at this point.

[@scottmoore1614]

Not possible. Too fragile.

[@falco5429]

Bruh imagine going inside the original titanic and hear whispers of the lost lives

[@TylerHaight]

I met Robert ballard last year

[@sran438]

Tyler Haight he is my dad

[@ITAswinS]

Lol ray

[@historyboy08]

Seeing what people are doing to the the Titanic is disrespectful. That is a cemetery for 1500 people who went down with her on that unfaithful day, April 15, 1912. People should respect it. I don't believe they would love to see their lost ones' tombs being pissed on now, would they?

[@countalucard4226]

For many years when I was growing up Titanic was just a ship that sank on its maiden voyage and no one ever found it. Many people knew nothing about it unless it was something that interested them. It was only when it was discovered that it became so well known to many. Then the movie caused an explosion of interest. Like Ballard stated the U.S. Navy had no interest in finding it.

[@ReallyBadSeed]

Titanic will soon fall apart and fade away. As much as possible should be recovered from her to serve as a historical monument to the people and as a means of informing future generations. We just need to have everyone and their mom stop leaving behind plaques on it......as having 25 plaques from various expeditions just cheapens it.

[@ReubenWalton]

10:09 is that the end of the stern where everyone clung to?

[@malcolmmorin]

It took me 5 minutes to find out that was Robert Ballard. I didn't recognize him at first. Seeing footage of him from 1985 then 2012, you see how much he's changed in 27. XD

[@MrRunYimmy]

I've shown interest in the Titanic for years! People wrecking the ship, and leaving their junk and garbage just makes me sick!!

[@amandajackson4359]

It upsets me deeply 😢 to see rubbish dumped by beloved titanic Love you forever titanic 💙 your never be forgotten I won't forget you ♥️

[@Pisti846]

The people are long gone and soon so will the Titanic. Time to preserve what can be salvaged rather than let it all turn to rust.

[@JuicyJuggalette45]

That's another reason yes! Why not preserve some to cherish rather than letting it just rot and break down.

[@crucesignatus8158]

The Titanic is a GRAVE - treat it with reverence & respect & LEAVE IT IN PEACE

[@jemcolo5778]

Cruce Signatus he not talking abouthe site

[@JacobSeed_2018]

Cruce Signatus Preserving the ship is ok, not the site, just the ship! No underwater museum either. Titanic sister Britannic should be that.

[@crucesignatus8158]

Bradley Woltz You are splitting hairs

[@gilliebrand]

Amazing, a stunning watch, thank you for putting this on KZbin.

[@Titanic19127]

Well it's better to bring some things to the surface rather than letting them decompose

[@PAVANZYL]

Like human remains? Why?

[@m1a1abramstank49]

PAVANZYL There ain’t no human remains, and I doubt he means that. He’s more implying of the objects that will give a glimpse of history later on

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

@@PAVANZYL Human remains haven't been in the Titanic's wreck for decades - they were all gone years before the wreck was even discovered.

[@BADALICE]

I agree completely. Salvage everything possible. If I were in the salvage business and had the capability, I'd be down there cutting that thing wide open and taking everything and anything of value. It can't be appreciated down there.

[@Camibug]

In some ways I agree, it is important to save those artifacts so they can be preserved, especially if they’re at risk of decomposition as is. However, it shouldn’t be done at the cost of damaging the Titanic, surrounding area, shouldn’t be taken for profit, and should be used for museums/education. Any salvage efforts need to be very well regulated to prevent more damage. As of right now these people are causing much more damage to the ship and artifacts.

[@brianleverock8078]

Fantastic video on what Robert Ballard found and it took 73 years to find this shipwreck. To be honest, I'm surprised this type of thing isn't performed on several other shipwrecks throughout the the world and the Titanic has by far, the biggest reputation in regards to this idea. Like Ballard did say years ago, we know more about skies than we do about about our own oceans. We have had the technology for a long time. Might as well use it.

[@jmua8450]

Dr Ballard and the crew who discovered the Titanic should have never given out the actual location.

[@Prof_Tickles92]

It was only delaying the inevitable. Someone else would’ve found out. He withheld the location of the battleship Bismarck when he found it in 89, but about seven years later another exploratory expedition figured out the location and found it, and went public.

[@blocpartyrocker]

what a stupid comment.

[@AvengerII]

Uh, you KNOW THE FRENCH were there and more than one person MEMORIZED the coordinates because they knew Ballard would try to keep it to himself. The guy is a bit of an egotist and people have noticed he uses the word "I" a bit too much. The submersible guys are also NOT fans of Ballard because if he got his way, Alvin and other minisubs would be out of business. There were things they discovered on Titanic they only found out using the minisubs. The "telepresence" ROVs do have their own sets of limitations and they're not perfect, either.

[@danielflanard8274]

@@AvengerII Hmm, interesting. I respect him greatly for all he's contributed toward ocean exploration and the field of maritime archeology. He deserves the acclaim he receives and many of his expeditions only succeeded due to his unique approach of things, but I definitely detect the err of arrogance and narcissism you mention. I think the decades of successes are starting to get to his head.

[@Penryn87]

AvengerII he found the titanic and the Bismarck. He can use “I” all he wants.

[@palestein]

It's funny - nobody expected to see the ship in two parts - even Bob Ballard. Surely he'd read the testimony from hearings at the time, even though some survivors swore it broke in two near the surface. I think at the time that nobody would admit that a British ship could break in half, so their testimony was likely discredited or ignored.

[@Struwex]

18:40 thats the olympic , i would expect him too know that

[@LadyOaksNZ]

All my life I have been betwixt by the Titanic... its like someone close to me who was aboard. Prof Ballard is BOSS 💯💯💯⚘⚘⚘

[@umbrellacorpsoldier1]

I concur it is grave robbing pure and simple. Its those damn treasure hunters who destroy this wreck.

[@aldenunion]

Entire Oceans of the world are gravesites...What is the diff if from 249AD or BC or 1912? Everything on Ocean floor is a gravesite.. Every wreck people died..

[@arashjan]

Dr Ballard is an inspiration

[@marcman951]

Why would anyone down vote this video? This guy has lived an awesome adventure of a life. Thanks for the upload

[@shawnward2569]

I remember being in fifth grade when Robert Ballard found the titanic in 1985 I was at my desk in the classroom and the principals told our teachers to turn the TVs on during class and announced that the titanic has been found but the thing was I didn't know what the titanic was until I got a book in the library and found out it was a ship I was a young child then in elementary school in fifth grade and years later I bought titanic collections to movies books magazines and a coin that was on the titanic I bought from Littleton coin

[@ohgoditsjames94]

I'm a firm believer that absolutely nothing should be touched or moved. These things that have been frozen in time for 104 years and when we see them we're essentially looking back into the past. I have many books of the wreck and I also got the 2005 book, I was 11 at the time and I was infuriated to discover people had been landing on it and accelerating its decay and thus disturbing things that have been frozen in time and haven't moved prior to our interaction. Not to mention the fact that it's a grave and dropping rubbish and ballast weights is also insulting. The hull plates themselves as far as I am aware are actually in very good condition, the rusticles only cover the surface of the steel which helps preserve the core of the metal. If we stop poking around and possibly find a solution of killing the bacteria that forms the rusticles without touching the ship then she should still be there for a long time.

[@x-fun3149]

James Smith Execpt the small things. The wreck will be gone due to corrosion

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

+James Smith. Hear hear! This site is the last resting place of 1500 people. It is hallowed ground. I've always been totally against ANY form of looting. This has been my biggest fear since the day she was found. I'm a big fan of Professor Ballard however, as the only thing he takes away is knowledge and photographs. Imagine, if people came along and started pulling bits off Arizona, putting them in an exhibition and making money from it? SACRILEGE!

[@virginiadewan7979]

Premieresoldat s

[@jopflah416]

Premieresoldat Arizona in US territorial waters, nearly on land. Titanic in open ocean which nobody owns. SALVAGE! Ballard I’m sure has become wealthy because of Titanic, doesn’t want anyone els to profit

[@markdaniels7174]

James Smith, "possibly find a solution of killing the bacteria"? Too late. They now estimate that because of all that bacteria the Titanic will be completely gone by 2030, just a rust-colored spot on the floor. "Possibly find a solution to killing the bacteria" is a desperate dream - "wouldn't it be nice?" - but there's no solution yet and really no time left. She WON'T be there "for a long time." She'll be gone very very soon, alas.

[@benberlin57]

what I wouldn't give to meet Dr. Ballard and go see this museum and maybe the Titanic herself.

[@rillianr-moise4652]

r.m.s titanic I love you

[@AgentOmega777]

+Rillian R-Moise R.M.S Titanic, I love you too

[@toft8270]

Rillian R-Moise You're in love with titanic? Wtf. It is literally METAL. METAL! ARE YOU A MECHANOPHILIAN?!?!?!

[@toft8270]

Were you serious about that?

[@forgerfortyseven3525]

@@toft8270 have a look at the pic its a kid

[@jhonrelreformado5491]

Hillo

[@Corristo89]

8:19 I just love that grin on his face xD If Jean-Louis Michel's search hadn't been blown off course slightly, then he'd be the one going around the world, talking about the discovery of the Titanic. "Luck is when misfortune falls upon another" as they say (Horace).

[@RickRufus1]

There is water still in the captain's bathtub

[@daverichardson7994]

@@canvasofart40 yeah I member lol , oops someone forgot to turn the water off lol

[@ReubenWalton]

That’s from the James Cameron movie right? Doesn’t Brock Lovett or the bigger guy with the glasses 🤓 and the beard 🧔 say that?

[@brianxsmallwood]

What your saying has alot of merit, but I would like to point out, because of the interest and exploration of the Titanic, we are learning more about deep sea deterioration of man made objects so we can build cables that won't rust and deterioate underwater (for electric/internet), how to find sunken vessels such as damaged submarines for rescue missions, and preserving history for generations to learn from. There is much resources in the deep sea, and the Titanic keeps our interest there.

[@fifagaming4844]

Why raise her? She's been down there for so long. The titanic has an important place in history. Leave her alone.

[@SouthernPacific8984]

"The titanic has an important place in history." exactly, that's why it should be preserved before it turns to dust.

[@nigtcreature1837]

No. Ships have been called "she" for centuries. Most ships are refereed to as "she" due to them being symbolized as femininity. Like a womb, they carry people in them. They're strong and powerful. Kind of like an actual woman. But sometimes it can be due to the captain growing a close bond to the ship, and think of it as a daughter.

[@stevefranklin8052]

@Lori Loud cars have always been referred as she. Also

[@jillianw3399]

@Lori Loud the titanic will always be a she or her.

[@jamesshunt5123]

Fifa Who the h*ll says ANYTHING about raising her?? And even if they wanted to it's *impossible* What's wrong with you??

[@keithchristy9579]

It's so interesting,I hope you could publish more programs about the Titanic,and update us what's going on,I can't imagine what I see under the sea about Titanic,I just hope that our incredible engines will find out a way to get Titanic out of the sea before its to late

[@armenio1947]

Awesome and wonderful video, thank you so much for sharing

[@justinb954]

i'll never forget the day that i pulled that copy of national geographic with the newly found titanic in 1985. i was a obsessed kid!!

[@macjwave3324]

incroyable tout ce qui nous font partager jsuis fan meme si je comprends pas ,je le vois....

[@vassferenc82]

Big RESPECT Dr Ballard 🚢

[@robertsandberg3042]

12:43 - 13:00 So sad. Look up "John Harper Titanic Hero" for some insight into that aspect of Titanic's sinking.

[@AfroHairScience]

Absolutely ASTOUNDING! I am so inspired.

[@karlacorona8738]

the titanic is cool

[@captainsinclair7954]

Bob Ballard is one of the greatest explorers of his generation.

[@ThomasGrillo]

Very disheartening to hear of the damage being done to the Titanic site by inconsiderate treasure hunters, and "techno-tourists". While I feel some artifacts need to be recovered, and brought to responsible historical museums, the site needs to be preserved and protected as the place of rest which it is.

[@awakentotruthmichaelsmith4698]

Unfortunately the time will come when it is all but gone. The great engines will likely stand for hundreds of years to come, but in another 50 years much of the wreck will likely be unrecognizable