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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.
Robert Ballard
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Robert Ballard
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 30
Academic
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Geologist
Naval Officer
Non-Fiction Writer
Oceanographer
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Wichita
Kansas
Robert Duane Ballard
Robert D. Ballard
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