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Revisiting Titanic

A film crew interviewed David Gallo, WHOI’s Director of Special Projects, on Dyers Dock in October 2011 for a documentary about the RMS Titanic. Gallo served as co-expedition leader on the 2010 Titanic expedition during which researchers conducted the first comprehensive survey of the wreckage, mapping the ship’s hull in high definition and three dimensions with cameras from the Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory. Two REMUS autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) designed by the Oceanographic Systems Lab also surveyed the wreck and the surrounding debris field for signs of deterioration and undersea life. The program will air in April 2012, marking the centennial of Titanic‘s sinking. (Photo by Erin Koenig, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)