underwater archaeology

Describes some of the important finds in marine archaeology and what they have revealed about ships and the people who built and sailed them.

Describes the development of underwater archaeology and the information it has discovered concerning early shipwrecks and their cultures.

Describes the salvage and preservation of the Swedish warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628.

Dr. Robert Ballard leads an expedition to photograph the wreckage of the R.M.S. Titanic, 2 1/2 miles below the surface of the Atlantic. Includes newsreels and photographs of the Titanic before the wreck.

Author Clive Cussler discusses his real-life adventures as founder of the National Underwater Marine Agency, focusing on twelve incidents in which the agency sought and found sunken ships, each prefaced by a creative dramatization of the ship and the way it met its end.

Author Clive Cussler discusses his real-life adventures as founder of the National Underwater Marine Agency, focusing on twelve incidents in which the agency sought and found sunken ships, each prefaced by a creative dramatization of the ship and the way it met its end.

Combines historic accounts of the building, launching, and loss of the "Titanic" with new information gleaned about the disaster in 2005 by a team of researchers in Mir submersibles, who have concluded that the ship broke apart while still nearly horizontal and sank before most passengers knew what was happening.

Discusses the use of new technology in efforts to retrieve artifacts from the ocean floor, the exploration of shipwrecks such as the Vasa, Mary Rose, and Titanic, and the recovery of the Challenger spacecraft.