IFE engineer Dave Lavalvo (in red) removes a rusticle experiment station from the Hercules
Rusticle Experiment
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IFE engineer Dave Lavalvo (in red) removes a rusticle experiment station from the Hercules "bio box" and hands it to microbiologist Dr. Roy Cullimore, who placed it on the Titanic's bow in 1998 for future rusticle analysis. It was retrieved from the depths earlier today (June 2).