Sylvia A. Earle

Except I was all by myself.

Except for all the life in the sea around.

You know, the bottom of the ocean is a destination for many submarines who want to go exploring.

But the ocean is not the bottom, and it's not just the top.

It's all that water in between.

That is truly the ocean.

It's most of the world.

Land, whether it's islands or continents, it occupies only 3% of the biosphere where creatures live, that includes us.

But the ocean, it's three-dimensional.

That's where 97% of Earth's water is.

And it's also where most of Earth's life is.

It was just exhilarating to see all of those incredible creatures who had never seen a primate before.

Yeah.

And for me to see them in their own realm.

A lot of ocean exploration, not only in the past but even now, is accomplished by dragging a net and bringing it to the surface and looking at dead animals.

Right.

Dead plants, whatever it is.

But to be there, they're not afraid, and I do not feel fear of them.

It's just magic.

Well, all of the living world, land and sea, we need nature.