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Jill Heinerth will be visiting Scuba Market USA in Richmond Hill, GA Tuesday, April 8 starting at 7pm. Jill is a member of the Woman Divers Hall of Fame, an acclaimed photojournalist and an award winning filmmaker. She is a true underwater explorer who will be sharing some of her adventures in Antarctica, Mexico and Siberia with us. Check out Jill's accomplishments at intotheplanet.com ScubaMarket USA is located just off of I95 south, exit 90. Take a right off the ramp than a your first right after that and the store is a few doors down on the right. All are welcome just please give us an idea of how many by responding to this post so we can plan accordingly.
Jill Heinerth Biography:
Best known as a pioneering technical diver, Jill combines a mastery of underwater technology with a formal Fine Arts education to produce artistic documentation of the natural environment above, below and inside our planet.
An award-winning filmmaker, Jill wrote, produced, and appeared in Waters Journey, the PBS documentary series that takes viewers on visceral travels through the worlds greatest water systems. Hollywood directors call on her to produce difficult underwater scenes and international magazines and websites look to her to document extreme environments with high technology.
Jill is a reasonable voice in the world of conservation, and is often sought out for insightful opinions by the press. She is a recognized expert legal witness in matters involving SCUBA and Closed Circuit Rebreather technology.
Jills many diving accomplishments are highlighted by an Antarctic cave diving expedition inside the largest iceberg known to man, (National Geographic - Ice Island), and significant contributions to the United States Deep Caving Teams Wakulla 2 project, using paradigm-changing technology to map an underwater cave system in three dimensions. At Wakulla, secondary to a scientific mission, Jill established a womens diving world record.
Some of Jills numerous professional diving, photographic and filmmaking awards:
Sport Diving Magazine: Named A Living Legend
Women Divers Hall of Fame: Inaugural Inductee
Explorers Club Film Festival: Best Documentary
Canadian Technical Diver of the Year
Fellow: National Speleological Society
International HD Film Fest: Best Documentary (two time winner)
Jill Heinerth Biography:
Best known as a pioneering technical diver, Jill combines a mastery of underwater technology with a formal Fine Arts education to produce artistic documentation of the natural environment above, below and inside our planet.
An award-winning filmmaker, Jill wrote, produced, and appeared in Waters Journey, the PBS documentary series that takes viewers on visceral travels through the worlds greatest water systems. Hollywood directors call on her to produce difficult underwater scenes and international magazines and websites look to her to document extreme environments with high technology.
Jill is a reasonable voice in the world of conservation, and is often sought out for insightful opinions by the press. She is a recognized expert legal witness in matters involving SCUBA and Closed Circuit Rebreather technology.
Jills many diving accomplishments are highlighted by an Antarctic cave diving expedition inside the largest iceberg known to man, (National Geographic - Ice Island), and significant contributions to the United States Deep Caving Teams Wakulla 2 project, using paradigm-changing technology to map an underwater cave system in three dimensions. At Wakulla, secondary to a scientific mission, Jill established a womens diving world record.
Some of Jills numerous professional diving, photographic and filmmaking awards:
Sport Diving Magazine: Named A Living Legend
Women Divers Hall of Fame: Inaugural Inductee
Explorers Club Film Festival: Best Documentary
Canadian Technical Diver of the Year
Fellow: National Speleological Society
International HD Film Fest: Best Documentary (two time winner)
