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

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

My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. I'm a Virginian Ballard.

You don't let a historic site rot.

You don't go to Gettysburg with a shovel, you don't take belt buckles off the Arizona.

I prefer sayings over jokes.

The deep sea is the largest museum on earth, it contains more history than all the museums on land combined, and yet we're only now penetrating it.