Subscribe NARRAGANSETT, R.I. – May 11, 2021 – He found the resting place of the Titanic, John F. Kennedy's PT-109, the aircraft carrier Yorktown and numerous other modern and ancient shipwrecks, as well as hydrothermal vents and their exotic ecosystem that lives off the energy of the Earth instead of the sun. Now marine explorer Robert Ballard is looking back at his 50-year career of discovery by publishing a memoir, Into the Deep, recounting the backstories of many of his greatest adventures. The University of Rhode Island oceanographer said that while he isn't ready to stop exploring the marine world just yet, now is the time to tell his story.