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Robert Ballard: Finding the Titanic, 30 years on.
A famous deep sea explorer, Dr Robert Ballard, and his exploration team were following a "debris trail" when they found the boiler of the sunken 'Titanic'.
After initial excitement, the 73-year-old said: “One of our watch technicians looked at the clock and said: she sinks in 20 minutes."
"That little innocent comment reminded us that we had finally located all those lost souls".
This clip was originally from 5 live Daily’s 'I Was There' programme on 4th September 2015.
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