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As a child, Heinerth was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's television series. In 5th grade, she gave a Science Fair project about mysterious disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle. She gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications Design at
opinion pieces and articles
about exploration and climate change for global publications including the
Speaker's Spotlight
agency. In 202
Heinerth was interviewed
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radio, TV and podcasts programs
including the NPR radio program
Robert McClellan
with whom she lives in
, consulted on movies for directors including James Cameron. She has produced documentaries including ''We Are Water'' and '' Ben's Vortex''.
Jill hosted and shot underwater videography for th
Jill Heinerth (born 1965) is a Canadian
, consulted on movies for directors including James Cameron, written several books and produced documentaries including ''We Are Water'' and '' Ben's Vortex'', about the disappearance of Ben McDaniel.
cave diver
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, underwater explorer, writer
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, photographer
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and film-maker
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. She has made TV series for PBS
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...Early life and education
As a child, Heinerth was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's television series. In 5th grade, she gave a Science Fair project about mysterious disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle. She gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications Design at York University
York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...
, and ran a small graphic design agency in Toronto
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while teaching scuba in Lake Huron's port of Tobermory in the evenings.
Career
In 1991, Heinerth quit her office job and moved to the Cayman Islands to dive full-time, honing skills in underwater photography. She then moved to Florida to work on cave diving, where she was mentored by documentary filmmaker Wes Skiles. She collaborated with his Karst Productions, based inHigh Springs, Florida
High Springs is a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States. It is the fourth-largest city in Alachua County and seventh-largest in North Central Florida. The population was 6,215 at the 2020 census.
History
The present-day area of High S ...
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In 1998, Heinerth was part of the team that made the first 3D map of an underwater cave.
Heinerth became the first person to dive the ice caves of Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...
, penetrating further into an underwater cave system than any woman ever In 2001, she was part of a team that explored ice cave
An ice cave is any type of natural cave (most commonly lava tubes or limestone caves) that contains significant amounts of perennial (year-round) ice. At least a portion of the cave must have a temperature below 0 °C (32 °F) all ...
s of icebergs where she and her then husband Paul Heinerth "discovered wondrous life and magical vistas" and experienced the calving of an iceberg, documented in the film Ice Island.
In 2015, Heinerth participated in exploring the numerous anchialine caves of Christmas Island
Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. It is located in the Indian Ocean, around south of Java and Sumatra and around north-west of the ...
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She consults on training programmes for diving agencies, publishes photojournalism in a range of magazines and speaks around the world.
Heinerth has writteopinion pieces and articles
about exploration and climate change for global publications including the
Los Angeles Times
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.
In 2020, Heinerth spoke with the podcast '' This is Love'' about diving in ice caves in Antarctica.
Jill Heinerth is a prolific public speaker and educator represented bSpeaker's Spotlight
agency. In 202
Heinerth was interviewed
on man
radio, TV and podcasts programs
including the NPR radio program
Fresh Air
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.
Personal life
Heinerth married cave diver Paul Heinerth in 1996; they later divorced. In April 2007, she married her second husband, writer, photographer, and new media experRobert McClellan
with whom she lives in
Carleton Place
Carleton Place is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about west of downtown Ottawa. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 15 and Highway 7, halfway between the towns of Perth, Almonte, Smiths Falls, and the nation's cap ...
, Ontario, Canada. Heinerth has described her hobbies as hiking
Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.AMATO, JOSEPH A. "Mind over Foot: Romantic Walking and Rambling." In ''On Foot: A Histor ...
, kayaking and cycling
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; "My favorite pastime is getting up at dawn and cycling to my local spring where a robust swim against the current of the Santa Fe River starts my day on the right track."
Works
Bibliography
* * * * * * * * *Heinerth, Jill (2019). ''Into The Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver.'' Ecco. *Heinerth, Jill (2021). ''The Aquanaut.'' Tundra Books.Film
She has produced TV series forPBS
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, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel and the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...''Under Thin Ice''
episode o
''The Nature of Things with David Suzuki''
on the
CBC Television Network
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. Produced by the award-winninGalaFilm
of Montreal, Canada.
Awards
In 2012, Heinerth was named the "Sea Hero of the Year" by SCUBA Diving Magazine. Heinerth is a member of theExplorers Club
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, a fellow of the National Speleological Society
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, and she has been inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame
The Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF) is an international honor society. Its purpose is to honor the accomplishments of women divers, and their contributions to various fields of underwater diving. Full membership is restricted to nominees who h ...
.
She won the OZTek Media Award in March 2013. In November 2013, she was awarded the first ever Christopher Ondaatje
Sir Philip Christopher Ondaatje, OC, CBE, FRSL (; born 22 February 1933) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian–English businessman, philanthropist, adventurer, writer and bob-sledding Olympian for Canada. Ondaatje is the older brother of the author Mic ...
Medal for Exploration by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
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In June 2016, Heinerth was named as the first Explorer-in-Residence for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS; French: ''Société géographique royale du Canada'') is a Canadian nonprofit educational organization dedicated to imparting a broader knowledge and deeper appreciation of Canada—its people a ...
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In January 2017, the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences announced that Jill Heinerth was to become a 2017 AUAS Fellow by receiving an NOGI Award for ‘Sports & Education’.
Later that year, on 7 March 2017, the Governor General of Canada announced that Jill Heinerth was to receive the Canadian Polar Medal.
In March 2018 Jill Heinerth was awarded the Beneath The Sea Diver of the Year (Education) Award.
On 18 August 2020 it was announced that Jill Heinerth would be inducted into the International SCUBA Diving Hall of Fame. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the induction will be delayed until 2021.ISDHInternational Scuba Diving Hall of Fame’s milestone 20th Anniversary Induction
/ref> In February 2021 Jill's Children's book
The Aquanaut
' was selected by
Dolly Parton
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as a Blue Ribbon Selection oDolly Parton's Imagination Library
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