Hurricane Matthew which recently devastated Haiti and hit the eastern US coast bears witness that hurricane season can bring disaster to the best of plans. I am often asked to name my favorite expedition and my usual answer is “the next one”. But it is hard to top a very unique experience of some years ago when I was the medical officer for the Titanic salvage expedition. This entailed a 4 week expedition in the North Atlantic during which the submersibles you have seen in the movies were deployed to search for artifacts. Although very occasional high-priced tourist trips have visited the site, there have only been a couple of dives which retrieved artifacts.
