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Mar 21
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My Most Important Reviewer

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Many people imagine that my husband Robert McClellan must have read every word of my book Into The Planet. The truth is that it was only a few weeks ago that he finally read the book. Writing and editing a manuscript take years. While I worked with editors Bhavna Chauhan at Doubleday Books and Denise Oswald at ECCO, I often felt like I was getting psychotherapy, rather than editing. I had imagined that the process would be akin to a teacher grading a term paper, counseling me on grammar and tense. But it was so much more. Detailed notes asked…

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Mar 18
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The Story Behind the Cover of Into The Planet

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In 1997, my first husband Paul Heinerth and I discovered a remarkable deep cave attached to a little known sinkhole deep in the jungle of a region called the Ejido Jacinto Pat in Mexico. I shot the cover photo for Into The Planet at the spot where I later suffered from a severe case of decompression illness that nearly ended my career. A year earlier, our friends, Dan Lins and Kay Walten had completed a long dive, entering at a cenote—pool in the jungle—called Tikim Ich. After a swim of over one-mile in highly decorated, snug passages, the floor and…

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Feb 08
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Underwater Canada in the Classroom

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This morning I met with students from classrooms across North America to share the underwater geography of Canada. This month women explorers will share their work on Exploring by The Seat of Your Pants online classroom sessions. 50 hangouts will reach hundreds of classrooms around the world! Check out the archive if you missed my talk!

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Oct 29
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Aqua Hacking

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On October 25, I had the opportunity to attend and present a keynote speech at the Aqua Hacking Challenge Finals in Toronto, Canada. The event, sponsored by the de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation is in its fourth year and was presented as a part of Ontario’s Water Innovation Week. At the challenge, five finalist teams of university students competed for a chance to win $50,000 in prizes and a spot working with local incubators. So far the challenge has spawned over 60 engineering and tech-related solutions with 15 on the market or in development. The interdisciplinary student groups are paired with…

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