For some background, in 1981, 82, and 83 oil tycoon Jack Grimm funded multiple expeditions to find the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
While the expeditions did not bear fruit at the time, due to technical problems and poor weather, with what we now know about the wreck site, we know that his search pattern took him directly over the stern section, and only a malfunctioning magnetometer kept him from detecting the Titanic’s stern.
How would things be different if Grimm has been the one to discover the wreck before Ballard?
Especially in terms of salvage rights as Dr. Ballard famously did not claim salvage rights for the wreck, leading to others making that claim.
While the expeditions did not bear fruit at the time, due to technical problems and poor weather, with what we now know about the wreck site, we know that his search pattern took him directly over the stern section, and only a malfunctioning magnetometer kept him from detecting the Titanic’s stern.
How would things be different if Grimm has been the one to discover the wreck before Ballard?
Especially in terms of salvage rights as Dr. Ballard famously did not claim salvage rights for the wreck, leading to others making that claim.