Jill and Robert discuss fear. Jill offers her experience and advice about embracing the unknown. If someone is not willing to explore they may spend their life running from fear....
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Jill and Robert cross the Drake Passage to Antarctica onboard the expedition research vessel RCGS Resolute. RCGS Resolute RCGS Ondaatje medal for Exploration RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth All music in this...
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The secret to teamwork and how Sir Ernest Shackleton inspired Jill with lessons from his epic journey to Antarctica. Following in Shackleton’s footsteps, Jill and a team of intrepid explorers...
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Jill talks about her expeditionary travel, the risks involved, and how things don’t always go as planned. At the beginning of her dive career, Jill lost her dive gear when...
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There are some places along the Labrador Coast that feel like they have remained untouched by man. Yet intrepid settlers like Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, (28 February 1865 – 9 October 1940), not only visited these far corners but also set up medical missions in this Nunatsiavut Settlement Area. His story is shared on Wikipedia: “The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen sent Grenfell to Newfoundland in 1892 to improve the plight of coastal inhabitants and fishermen. That mission began in earnest in 1892 when he recruited two nurses and two doctors for hospitals at Indian Harbour, Newfoundland and later…
The “Abaco Blue Holes Expedition Live” video portfolio was selected by the judges for the Tom Zanes Award (Best of Show) in the 2017 NSS Video Salon held in New Mexico...
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I have never figured out why so few North American technical divers wear helmets. Perhaps helmets never reached the Pantheon of hip here. Divers in other parts of the world...
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It has been a whirlwind week of activity surrounding Jill Heinerth’s appointment as the first Explorer in Residence for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Canadian Geographic Magazine offered this update. Jill appeared on the popular television program on CTV called The Social. The lengthy segment covered everything form Jill’s genesis in diving to plunging deep under Antarctic icebergs. Heinerth was celebrated at a VIP luncheon at Massey College in Toronto, where she was officially installed in her new role.
Behind the scenes with Jill Heinerth and the National Geographic team searching for dive sites in the most unlikely places. Published here in Scuba Diving Magazine.
I carry a tiny handheld Light and Motion Sola Tech600 for my primary light while technical diving. I love being unencumbered. No cord. No canister. Lightweight for travel. Some of my diving colleagues have asked about whether such a small light can have adequate runtime for two serious cave or technical dives in a day. The answer is unequivocally, “yes!” The Sola Tech600 offers up a robust nine hours maximum burn time. Better yet, you can easily monitor the remaining capacity as you dive. This feature alone provides an unprecedented advantage over other lights. It acts as a fuel gauge,…