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Heinerth, Jill.
Cave divers -- Canada -- Biography.
Cave diving.
Underwater exploration.
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Heinerth, Jill.
Heinerth, Jill.
Cave divers -- Canada -- Biography.
Cave diving.
Underwater exploration.
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Into
the
planet
:
my
life
as a
cave
diver
/ Jill Heinerth.
by
Heinerth, Jill.
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.
Call #:
796.525092 H468i
Subjects
Heinerth, Jill.
Cave
divers -- Canada -- Biography.
Cave
diving.
Underwater exploration.
ISBN:
9780385690454 (hc.)
Alternate title:
My
life
as a
cave
diver
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
273 p. : col. portr. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Published in Canada in 2019 by Doubleday Canada.
Contents:
Prologue -- In the beginning (1967-1990) -- Survivor (1986) -- An alluring mistress (1988) --
Cave
country (1993) -- The deepest (1995) -- The longest (1995) -- Purpose (1996-1999) -- The pit (2000) -- Ice Island (2001) -- Waiting (2003) -- 7R (2006) -- Cork in the bottle (2011) --
My
dead friends (2012) -- A little bit of magic (2013) -- The next frontier (2017) -- Epilogue (2018).
Summary:
"From one of the world's most renowned
cave
divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our
planet
. More people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know more about deep space than we do about the depths of our oceans. From one of the top
cave
divers working today--and one of the very few women in her field--Into the
Planet
blends science, adventure, and memoir to bring readers face-to-face with the terror and beauty of earth's remaining unknowns and the extremes of human capability. Jill Heinerth--the first person in history to dive deep
into
an Antarctic iceberg and leader of a team that discovered the ancient watery remains of Mayan civilizations--has descended farther
into
the inner depths of our
planet
than any other woman. She takes us
into
the harrowing split-second decisions that determine whether a
diver
makes it back to safety, the prejudices that prevent women from pursuing careers underwater, and her endeavor to recover a fallen friend's body from the confines of a
cave
. But there's beauty beyond the danger of diving, and while Heinerth swims beneath our feet in the lifeblood of our
planet
, she works with biologists discovering new species, physicists tracking climate change, and hydrogeologists examining our finite freshwater reserves. Written with hair-raising intensity,
Into
the
Planet
is the first book to deliver an intimate account of
cave
diving, transporting readers deep
into
inner space, where fear must be reconciled and a mission's success balances between knowing one's limits and pushing the envelope of human endurance."--From publisher.
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Autobiographies.
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Adult Biography
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