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DIVING ON THE TITANIC General Meeting ~ November 16 @ 7:30 pm ~ Greenwich Boat & Yacht Club

with Paul-Henry Nargeolet Director of Underwater Research Program at Premier Exhibitions, RMS Titanic, Inc

Mr.Nargeoletisadeep-seadiverwhohasvisitedthewrecksitemorethan30 times! For the last two-and-a-half decades, he has worked for RMSTitanic, Inc.,whichisthesole legalsteward,conservator,andcuratorofthewrecksite.Nargeolet-ledteamshaveexcavatedmorethan5,000artifactsfromthewrecksite,pieceswhichformthecoreofawardwinningTitanicexhibitions,including shavingkits, toys, pipes, crystaldecanters, a chandelier fromanon-shiprestaurantand,yes,evensomedeckchairs.

In his pre-Titanic career, hewas a Commander in the French Navy, adiver, and a UDT/EOT team captain, working on mine-hunter shipsremovingexplosives.Afterthenavy,heworkedfortheFrenchInstituteforResearchandExploitationoftheSea,wherehewasaskedtobeinchargeoftheTitanicexpedition.Itwasin1987,onboardoftheFrenchsubmersible “Nautile” that he first saw the submerged ship. “Asweapproached the bow, we all went silent. There was absolutely nosoundinthesub. Iwasinawe.ButI feltsadnesstoo; Icouldalmostseethepeoplewalkinginthedeck.Ithoughtabouttheshipsinking,about those passengers.” Nargeolet believes that the sinking ofTitanicremainsacompellingstorybecauseitstillspeakstohumanfollyandpeopleofallwalksoflife.AfteryearsofcommutingacrosstheAtlantic,NargeoletdecidedtomovetobackcountryGreenwichpermanentlyin2001buthenow

lives inKent. "Greenwich is very important tomebecause this iswhere it all began,"NargeoletsaidofhisTitaniccareer”.

FREE ~ All USPS members and guests of the US Power Squadron are welcome to this fascinating presentation, and our usual refreshments will be served.