ROBERT D. BALLARD is among the most accomplished and well known of the world's deep-sea explorers. He is renowned for his historic discoveries of hydrothermal vents, the sunken RMS Titanic , the German battleship Bismarck , and numerous other contemporary and ancient shipwrecks around the world. During his long career he has conducted more than 120 deep-sea expeditions using the latest in exploration technology, and he is a pioneer in the early use of deep-diving submarines. In 2003, President George W. Bush presented him with the National Humanities Medal in the Oval Office of the White House.
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