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I am an underwater explorer, not a treasure hunter.

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Well, when I was a kid, I grew up in San Diego next to the ocean. The ocean was my friend - my best friend.

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

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There's probably more history now preserved underwater than in all the museums of the world combined. And there's no law governing that history. It's finders keepers.

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There's a long list of technologies that have now made it possible to carry out very precise search efforts in the deep sea.

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

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What drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre.

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It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest.

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So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet.

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: June 30th, 1942

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