Dr Sylvia Earle

• Sylvia Alice Earle (née Reade; born August 30, 1935) is an American marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer
• She has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998.
• Earle was the first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  
• Time Magazine as its first Hero for the Planet in 1998.
  
• Selected to lead the first all-female team of aquanauts in Tektite II in 1970.
  
• In 1979, she made an open-ocean JIM suit dive to the sea ocean floor near Oahu, setting a women's depth record of 381 metres (1,250 ft).
  
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