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Sylvia Earle

Sylvia Earle, dubbed “Her Deepness” by The New Yorker and The New York Times, “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress, and TIME magazine's first “Hero for the Planet,” is an oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer with experience as a field research scientist. She also is executive director for several corporate and nonprofit organizations, including the Aspen Institute, the Conservation Fund, American Rivers, Mote Marine Laboratory, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Rutgers Institute for Marine Science, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, and Ocean Conservancy.

Former chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Earle is president of Deep Search International and is the advisory council chair for the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. She has a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University, a Master of Science and a doctorate from Duke University, and holds 15 honorary degrees. Earle has written more than 150 scientific, technical, and popular publications, lectured in more than 60 countries, and appeared in hundreds of television productions.

Earle has authored many books about the ocean, including “Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans” and the recent, “Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas,” with Linda K. Glover. She has led more than 60 expeditions and logged more than 6,000 hours underwater, including leading the first team of women aquanauts during the Tektite Project in 1970 and setting a solo-diving record, reaching a depth of 1,000 meters (3,300 feet). Her research focuses on marine ecosystems with special reference to exploration and the development and use of new technologies for access and effective operations in the deep sea and other remote environments.

Earle has been honored by the Netherlands Order of the Golden Ark, is a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Achievement, and has received awards and medals from the Explorers Club, the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, the Lindbergh Foundation, the National Wildlife Federation, Sigma Xi, Barnard College, the New England Aquarium, the Seattle Aquarium, the Society of Women Geographers, and the National Parks Conservation Association.

Web site: http://deepdeep.org/

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