New look at Titanic with a robot's 'eye'
The 50 researchers participating in the expedition departed aboard the research vessel Atlantis II on July 9. Ballard also headed the team that found the Titanic in the North Atlantic last year (SN:9/21/85, p.182)."Instead of doing this elsewhere, I did it in Chicago because Chicago is ready for it now,' Dayan said. Since opening at the end of July, Diva has been serving about 350 lunches daily. Dinners, however, are slow, but Dayan expects them to pick up this fall after people return from vacations and opera season opens.Diners with larger appetites, longer lunch hours and bigger budgets choose to eat in the showpiece dining room, which offers six a la carte courses. Entree courses also include fresh vegetables and potatoes or rice.Grilled fish entrees include salmon and swordfish steaks and walleyed pike, all $11.95; poultry dishes are breast of duck, breast of chicken, whole cornish game hen and a half-chicken, $7.95 to $9.95; and meat specialties range from New York strip steak and a veal chop ($14.95 each) to Italian sausage skewered with zucchini ($5.95).According to Ballard, one-third to one-half of the Titanic's stern was not located in last year's expedition and only a small portion of a field of debris behind the ship was explored. The current expedition is expected to shed light on where missing pieces of the 883-foot vessel are located and what is in the debris.Diva, named for the European opera house atmosphere of the 1600s to 1800s Dayan intended to re-create, marks his re-entry into the restaurant business after concentrating on real estate and commodities trading. He has sold his New York Pronto and the McDonald's franchises he bought in the late 1960s.
The researchers hope to get in 12 days of diving before returning by the end of the month. Four hours of exploration are planned daily, sandwiched between the five hours it takes for Alvin to dive to the Titanic's remains and resurface.
Author: Bruce Bower
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