June 20, 2016 The solstice gives us the longest day of the year but we needed to start early to beat the howling winds that built through the day. Our...
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Thirty-five knot winds kept us off the boat today, but we took the opportunity to take new team members over to Bell Island to the mine. We met our dear...
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Ask a rebreather diver what drives their rebreather and they will undoubtedly tell you, the oxygen sensors. These annually disposable devices are critical to creating a safe breathing loop and yet when not functioning properly can reduce a $10,000 investment in life support to a useless hulk of unusable equipment. Oxygen sensors are a crucial component, informing the rebreather control systems about the partial pressure of oxygen within the breathing loop. They notify the electronics package when solenoid should fire and send more life giving oxygen into a diver’s breathing loop and alert the computer system when too much oxygen…
People have often asked me why we explore places like the mine on Bell Island, Newfoundland. The project was named Expedition of the Year by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, but it is not honor and glory that compels us to explore. For me it was totally personal. In 2013, my husband Robert McClellan and I bicycled across Canada sharing my film We Are Water in efforts to spread water literacy. When we neared the end of our ride, I phoned Rick Stanley who owned Ocean Quest Adventure Resort in Conception Bay South. Could we complete our ride at his business and…
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.
On June 8, 2016 Jill Heinerth was appointed as the first Explorer in Residence for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Here is an audio link to her acceptance speech which is written below. Acceptance of the RCGS Appointment as the Inaugural Explorer in Residence June 8, 2016 on the occasion of World Oceans Day Delivered at the Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada by Jill Heinerth I hit the geography jackpot. I was born in Cooksville, Ontario in 1965 when the world was opening and anything was possible. Generation X they called us, post-boomers, baby busters, latch-key kids. An independent generation that…
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On June 8, 2016 Jill Heinerth was appointed as the inaugural Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer in Residence. Upon acceptance of the honor she gave the following speech at the Ripley's Aquarium...
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