Isn't Sylvia Earle amazing? I wish she was talked about more often in
schools because she is incredibly inspirational. I have had the pleasure of
hearing her speak, and I really enjoy bringing her up to scuba students as a
"search and read" assignment for them to do after hours....

I grew up with Wolcott Henry who is her co-author on many of her books
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author
=Henry%20Wolcott/002-5659225-4536034

He is a guy I have seen little of in the last 15 years, but that has
contributed to Sylvia being published much more than if she hadn't linked up
with him. He is also a fantastic underwater photographer.
http://www.wolcotthenry.com/

Thanks for bringing her up Viv! I too, could listen to her for hours....
Best!
Shep




> -----Original Message-----
> From: SCUBA or ELSE! Diver's forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Krazy Kiwi Viv
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 7:25 AM
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> Subject: [SCUBA-SE] National Science Week - Sylvia Earle
>
> Yesterday Sylvia Earle was in town for National Science Week.  Her
> lecture - Oceanography, Deep Ocean Exploration and Sustainable Seas - was
> only meant to go for an hour but we kept her talking for another 30 mins
> followed by question time.  She is such an inspiration .. I could have
> listened to her for hours.
>
> Showing various snippets of video footage covering the Sustainable Seas
> Expedition with National Geographic & NOAA... Ocean Drifters - Jellies..
> and shots of her and another going down in a couple of 1 person
> submersibles off Hawaii and what they saw while working their way around
> between the surface and 100 ft during an 11hr stint .  The lady has a
> quick wit also .. every time the video played up she'd do one of her "how
> many scientists does it take to ...." commenting that is was easier to
> operate a submersible than the VCR.
>
> Ann Storrie and I chatted with her after the lecture about the affects of
> global warming and just before I snuck away to have a cup of tea I told
> her to enjoy her cup of coffee with Strike Monday morning :-))
> Viv



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