Michael Cundiff
Member
G'Morning Eric:
As always I appreciate your input. The *pair of shoes* reference I made was from a segmented interview with Dr. Ballard, one of which orgin escapes me now. You realize the abundance of TITANIC documentaries...but it was one with regards to the embattled salvage issue. Perhaps it was the *extended* "Secrets of the Titanic" (Nat'l Geo). The added 19 minutes is primarily an interview with Ballard. Or, it may have been the PBS exclusive..."Battle for the Titanic". I particulary enjoyed this one, Ralph White was quick to note that Ballard *needs* to extend credit to the others who participated on the U.S. expedition team of '85. Perhaps his reason for disclosing the wreck's coordinates to IFREMER.
And yes I am familiar with the Sept. '85 TV interview of your aforemention. Something to the effect of "The ship rests on a gently sloping incline overlooking a canyon...her mighty stacks pointing upward". I recall the '85 U.S. team even thinking that they had retrieved some TITANIC funnel paint, as the ARGO camera sled had had a brief encounter.
As we are all aware now, the stacks were violently detached during the sinking/break-up!
Have a good day...me, I'm off to work.
Michael Cundiff
USA
As always I appreciate your input. The *pair of shoes* reference I made was from a segmented interview with Dr. Ballard, one of which orgin escapes me now. You realize the abundance of TITANIC documentaries...but it was one with regards to the embattled salvage issue. Perhaps it was the *extended* "Secrets of the Titanic" (Nat'l Geo). The added 19 minutes is primarily an interview with Ballard. Or, it may have been the PBS exclusive..."Battle for the Titanic". I particulary enjoyed this one, Ralph White was quick to note that Ballard *needs* to extend credit to the others who participated on the U.S. expedition team of '85. Perhaps his reason for disclosing the wreck's coordinates to IFREMER.
And yes I am familiar with the Sept. '85 TV interview of your aforemention. Something to the effect of "The ship rests on a gently sloping incline overlooking a canyon...her mighty stacks pointing upward". I recall the '85 U.S. team even thinking that they had retrieved some TITANIC funnel paint, as the ARGO camera sled had had a brief encounter.
As we are all aware now, the stacks were violently detached during the sinking/break-up!
Have a good day...me, I'm off to work.
Michael Cundiff
USA