Robert Ballard

Hurricane Douglas swirls ‘uncomfortably close’ to Hawaii

By AUDREY McAVOYJuly 27, 2020 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — Heavy rain and wind gusts battered Maui on Sunday as Hurricane Douglas swirled off the coast of Hawaii and officials urged residents to take shelter...

National Geographic aims to solve Amelia Earhart mystery

July 24, 2019 GMT

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The deep-sea explorer who discovered the wrecked Titanic is tackling an aviation mystery: Amelia Earhart's disappearance.

Robert Ballard and a National Geographic expedition will search for her plane next month near a Pacific Ocean atoll that's part of the Phoenix Islands.

Titanic director Cameron backs bid for 5,500 items from ship

By GREGORY KATZJuly 24, 2018 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Filmmaker James Cameron and Titanic discoverer Robert Ballard are backing a bid by a group of British museums to acquire a collection of 5,500 artifacts from the sunken vessel...

Robert Ballard’s Titanic search a Cold War cover story

Gabe LaMonica - Special to The Washington Times The Washington TimesJune 24, 2018 GMT

The mission in 1985 was straightforward: Scour the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to locate the resting place of the Titanic.

But even some members of the crew had no idea of the top-secret classification of their search or its true aim: to find and inspect the only two U.S.