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Robert Ballard

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There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.


— Robert Ballard


#beneath #land #magnitude #more #orders

Don't confuse facts with reality.


— Robert Ballard


#facts #reality

Fifty percent of our country that we own, have all legal jurisdiction, have all rights to do whatever we want, lies beneath the sea and we have better maps of Mars than that 50 percent.


— Robert Ballard


#better #country #fifty #fifty percent #jurisdiction

Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours.


— Robert Ballard


#own #parents #passion #teachers #your

Forever may it remain that way. And may God bless these now-found souls.


— Robert Ballard


#forever #god #god bless #may #remain

I am a geologist.


— Robert Ballard


#geologist #i #i am

I am an underwater explorer, not a treasure hunter.


— Robert Ballard


#explorer #hunter #i #i am #treasure

I am really dedicated to understanding the planet/creature on which we live and know that means I must go beneath the sea to see 72 percent of what is going on.


— Robert Ballard


#beneath #creature #dedicated #go #going

I believe in just enriching the economy. And we're leaving so much on the table, 72 percent of the planet.


— Robert Ballard


#economy #enriching #i #i believe #i believe in

Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing.


— Robert Ballard


#captain #cook #down #during #exploration






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Did you know about Robert Ballard?

His first graduate degree (MS 1966) was in geophysics from the University of Hawaii's Institute of Geophysics where he trained porpoises and whales. Ballard was placed on temporary active duty in the Navy in charge of finding and investigating the wrecks. He discovered the wreck of John F.

Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana who saved its crew. Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30 1942) is a former United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks.

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