David McLain / Aurora Photos, Conservator Dennis Piechota enters data in his Apple Powerbook on the deck of the Knorr, a 280-foot oceanographic research vessel used by Bob Ballard on his 2003 Black Sea Expedition. Piechota was in charge of preserving artifacts recovered from ancient shipwrecks in deep water off the coast of Turkey.
David McLain / Aurora Photos, Crewmembers work to recover Hercules after a dive at the Skerki Bank off Western Sicily. The state of the art remotely operated vehical designed for deep sea archeology was used by Bob Ballard during his 2003 Black Sea Expedition aboard the Knorr, a 280-foot oceanographic research vessel. Ballard found the Titanic aboard the same vessel.
David McLain / Aurora Photos, Bob Ballard adddresses his crew in the main lab aboard the research vessel Knorr at the start of his 2003 expedition to the Black Sea.