Kristof was born in
Laurel, Maryland, on November 19, 1942. Kristof participated in multiple undersea expeditions with Canadian explorers
Joseph MacInnis and
Phil Nuytten, including the exploration of the
Breadalbane, the world's northernmost known shipwreck, and the 1995 expedition to recover the bell from the wreck of the
SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Kristof also accompanied MacInnis and Russian explorer
Anatoly Sagalevich on a descent 16,400 feet into
Kings Trough in the eastern North Atlantic aboard the submersible
Mir 1, and on the expedition which made the
IMAX film
Titanica. Kristof served as Supervising Producer of 2003
IMAX documentary,
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea, about the ecosystems surrounding
hydrothermal vents. Kristof died
Northfield, Massachusetts, on February 6, 2023, at the age of 80. == Awards ==