Harper Collins Publishers and ECCO Books
are proud to announce the release of Into The Planet – My Life as a Cave Diver by renowned underwater explorer Jill Heinerth. More people have walked on the moon than have been to some of the remote places Jill Heinerth has explored on earth. Jill is a veteran of over twenty-five years of scientific diving, filming/photography, and exploration, and her expeditions include the first dives inside Antarctica icebergs, and record-breaking scientific missions in deep underwater caves around the world.
Jill’s North American book tour brings her to the PAX River Ale House, in Lexington Maryland on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. She will be meeting people and signing books beginning at 7 pm. The event is hosted by the Southern Maryland Dive Club.
Jill’s colleague Dr. Robert Ballard, Discoverer of the RMS Titanic, calls Into The Planet, “A Must Read!” Academy Award-winning director James Cameron says, “A world-class technical diver and filmmaker, Jill’s extraordinary path from under Antarctic icebergs to tropical blue holes is proof that real life is far more exciting than fiction.”
Taking you to places where no person has ever gone before, and blending memoir, adventure, and science, Into the Planet is a riveting account of one of the most dangerous yet exhilarating pursuits in the world.
As one of the most celebrated cave divers in the world, Jill Heinerth has seen the planet in a way almost no one has. In a workday, she might swim below your home, through conduits in volcanoes or cracks in the world’s largest iceberg. She’s an explorer, a scientist’s eyes and hands underwater—discovering new species and examining our finite freshwater reserves—and a filmmaker documenting the wonders of underwater life. She tests the limits of human endurance at every tight turn, risking her life with each mission. To not only survive in this world but excel, Jill has had to learn how to master fear like no other.
With gripping storytelling, and radiating with intimacy, Into the Planet will transport you deep into the most exquisite, untouched corners of the earth, where fear must be reconciled and the innermost parts of the human condition are revealed.
Jill Heinerth has worked on projects with National Geographic, NOAA and television networks worldwide. In recognition of her lifetime achievement, Jill was appointed as the first Explorer-in-Residence for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Jill is a Fellow of The Explorers Club and a member of Women Diver’s Hall of Fame. She was honored with the most prestigious award in diving from the Academy of Underwater Arts & Sciences.
For more info about Jill Heinerth: www.intotheplanet.com
Books will be available for sale, but pre-order to ensure supplies last!
