Category

Sedna Expedition

Canadian Geographic Covers Women Explorers

By | All Posts, Bell Island, Newfoundland, Cave Diving, Rebreather Diving, Sedna Expedition, Sidemount Diving, Underwater Photo and Video, We Are Water, Women Underwater | No Comments

Jill Heinerth graces the cover of this month’s Canadian Geographic Magazine. The edition hits newsstands July 4, 2016 and covers Canada’s Greatest Women Explorers. Jill Heinerth is featured as the new Explorer in Residence for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

Read More

Acceptance Speech for Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer in Residence Appointment

By | All Posts, Bell Island, Newfoundland, Cave Diving, Rebreather Diving, Sedna Expedition, Sidemount Diving, Underwater Photo and Video, We Are Water, Women Underwater | No Comments

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…

Read More

Jill Heinerth appointed as the first Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer in Residence

By | All Posts, Bell Island, Newfoundland, Cave Diving, Rebreather Diving, Sedna Expedition, Sidemount Diving, Underwater Photo and Video, We Are Water, Women Underwater | No Comments
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...
Read More

World Ocean’s Day Presentation

By | All Posts, Bell Island, Newfoundland, Cave Diving, Rebreather Diving, Sedna Expedition, Sidemount Diving, Underwater Photo and Video, We Are Water, Women Underwater | No Comments

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.

Read More

Free Seminars at DEMA Trade Show

By | All Posts, Cave Diving, Rebreather Diving, Sedna Expedition, Sidemount Diving, Underwater Photo and Video, We Are Water, Women Underwater | No Comments

For those attending the DEMA Trade Show in Orlando this week, please join me at one of my free seminars! Thursday, November 5 10 – 11 am in Room S310F Size Matters: Lean and Mean Pro Video Professional explorer Jill Heinerth talks about the new paradigm of videography for expeditions and professional shoots where a small footprint and lightweight gear yields huge results. She’ll talk about how small cameras paired with Light and Motion’s bulletproof lights can make magic for television, store marketing and great vacation memories. Friday, November 6 1-1:45 pm at the Image Resource Center on the Show Floor – Booth…

Read More

Jill Joins Diver Medic and Aquatic Safety Magazine Team as Technical Advisor

By | All Posts, Cave Diving, Rebreather Diving, Sedna Expedition, Sidemount Diving, Underwater Photo and Video, Women Underwater | No Comments

Jill Heinerth was invited by Chantelle Taylor Newman to join the team of Diver Medic and Aquatic Safety Magazine as a Technical Advisor and contributor. Read their current issue. Cover: Diver Ron Carmichael at Blue Grotto Spring. Photo: Jill Heinerth  

Read More

Earth’s Changes in Surprising Ways as Ice Melts

By | All Posts, Sedna Expedition, We Are Water | No Comments

This article in the Daily Beast confirms a simple truth. As we lose large areas of ice cover, the earth changes in dramatic ways. When I wrote the movie Ice Island in 2000, I learned that the ice was so thick over Antarctic that is squeezed the earth into a slight pear shape. The large mass also affects gravity and as we shift mass around the planet by melting ice, there are documentable changes that are happening very quickly. The Daily Beast sums it up well.

Read More