Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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The next best thing to Leo

Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, May 7, 2009

He may not know Leonardo DiCaprio, but Robert Ballard did discover the wreck of the Titanic.

Ballard, the famed deep-sea explorer, spoke at the Peabody Museum of Natural History late this afternoon to a packed auditorium. He shared a lifetime of experiences investigating the ocean’s mysteries — from ancient shipwrecks to undersea black smokers — for the final installment of a lecture series celebrating the opening of the Peabody’s Hall of Minerals, Earth and Space.

Many in the diverse audience gasped and whistled as Ballard showed images of...

#1 By 0Y9 2:22a.m. on May 8, 2009

I'm sure this is just a coincidence, but everyone in that photograph looks terrifying.

#2 By SY'09 3:05a.m. on May 8, 2009

I second the above comment...terrifying

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