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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Join me at 9:30 on World Ocean’s Day, June 8, 2016. I will be broadcasting an online classroom from the Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto, Canada. I’ll be sharing my exploration work from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s Expedition of the Year in Bell Island Newfoundland. I’ll give a presentation about the WWII shipwrecks and a flooded mine followed by interaction with classrooms who have signed on for camera positions. Even if you can’t get a camera spot, join us for the broadcast or check it out later through Exploring by The Seat of Your Pants on You Tube. June 8th…
Please join me for a special event on World Ocean’s Day, June 8 at the Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto, Canada. At 7pm, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society will be making a very special and historic announcement followed by my talk. I’ll be sharing thoughts about exploration, science and the RCGS Expedition of the Year to Bell Island, Newfoundland.
https://vimeo.com/163205038/settings Dealing with a silt out and gas sharing scenario in the darkness of a cave can be overwhelming, but you will learn to master this skill during a CCR Cave...
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https://vimeo.com/162692614/settings I habe posted another free informational video about how to properly remove a reel from a cave at the end of a dive. This video is for informational purposes...
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I've been working with industry leaders to create new free educational resources for cave divers. In the process we have revisited skills to ensure relevance, international flavor and the safest...
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I spent the week working with Steve Lewis, Paul Toomer and Gemma Smith, revisiting general cave diving skills in order to make some short video resources that will be available...
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Visit the Society Visit Canadian Geographic Can Geo Education The Royal Canadian Geographical Society will be partnering with the Bell Island Expedition and has recognized the project as their Expedition...
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Kudos to Curt Bowen from Advanced Diver Magazine for taking time to document the worst case scenario of catastrophic gas loss underwater. His article tests different complete gas failures cause by low and high pressure hose ruptures and burst disk failure. He and his team quantified the amount of time it takes to completely dump a scuba tank. The “Life Ending Seconds” video and article remind us how important it is to plan conservatively and rehearse valve shutdown drills.
Today we learned that we have been granted the honor of carrying the flag of the Explorers Club on our project in Newfoundland. The Explorers Club flag represents an impressive...
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