June 2: Dr. Robert Ballard (left) kneels on the deck of the NOAA research vessel Ronald H. Brown and applies finishing touches to the recently repaired tether connecting the Hercules and Argus ROVs. Heavy seas may have damaged the tether earlier that day when the ROVs ascended from the wreck of the Titanic. Assisting him is the ship's bosun, Bruce Cowden.
Repaired Tether
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June 2: Dr. Robert Ballard (left) kneels on the deck of the NOAA research vessel Ronald H. Brown and applies finishing touches to the recently repaired tether connecting the Hercules and Argus ROVs. Heavy seas may have damaged the tether earlier that day when the ROVs ascended from the wreck of the Titanic. Assisting him is the ship's bosun, Bruce Cowden.