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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Almost a quarter of our planet is a single mountain range and we didn’t enter it until after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went to the moon. So we went to the moon, played golf up there, before we went to the largest feature on our own planet. Robert Ballard Read Quote
There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude. Robert Ballard Read Quote
There’s a long list of technologies that have now made it possible to carry out very precise search efforts in the deep sea. Robert Ballard Read Quote
I believe in just enriching the economy. And we’re leaving so much on the table, 72 percent of the planet. Robert Ballard Read Quote
The body is sort of a pain. It has to go to the bathroom. It has to be comfortable. But the spirit is indestructible. It can move at the speed of light. Robert Ballard Read Quote
Well, when I was a kid, I grew up in San Diego next to the ocean. The ocean was my friend – my best friend. Robert Ballard Read Quote
