I Don't Believe In Blaming Inanimate Objects

Twenty-five Years Ago Nobody Knew Much About White Sharks.

Reputations Rise And Fall Almost As Regularly As The Tides.

Without The Oceans There Would Be No Life On Earth.

Oceanography Is A Terrific Career Because Gradually We Seem To Be Coming Around To Realize That We Had Better Become As Acquainted With The Seventy Percent Of Our Planet That Is Covered By Water As We Are With The Dark Side Of The Moon.

The Ocean Is The Only Alien And Potentially Hostile Environment On The Planet Into Which We Tend To Venture Without Thinking About The Animals That Live There, How They Behave, How They Support Themselves, And How They Perceive Us. I Know Of No One Who Would Set Off Into The Jungles Of Malaysia Armed Only With A Bathing Suit, A Tube Of Suntan Cream, And A Book, And Yet That's Precisely How We Approach The Oceans.