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Record-Setting Ocean Explorer
to Speak at Smith
Renowned marine biologist, oceanographer
and record-breaking deep sea diver Sylvia A. Earle will give
a lecture, video and slide presentation about her many years
of ocean exploration at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, in Smith
College's Wright Hall auditorium.
The lecture is free, open to the public,
and wheelchair-accessible.
Earle, who has logged more than 6,000
hours undersea and holds the record for deepest solo dive-1,000
meters-is the founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research
(DOER), a consulting and marine engineering firm. Sometimes referred
to as "Her Deepness" for obvious reasons, Earle is
the author of more than 100 publications pertaining to marine
science and technology including her 1995 book, "Sea Change:
A Message of the Oceans."
Educated at Florida State and Duke
universities, Earle has served as research associate at the University
of California, Berkeley and Harvard and was a Radcliffe Institute
scholar. From 1980-84 she served on President Ronald Reagan's
Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere and was the National
Geographic Society's 1998 Explorer in Residence. Earle, who was
recently listed as one of Time magazine's "Heroes
for the Planet," has been profiled in Life, The New Yorker
and The New York Times Magazine and has appeared on
television's 20/20, the Charlie Rose Show and CBS Sunday
Morning.
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