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Jill Heinerth was born on 1965 in Toronto, Canada, is a Canadian diver, writer and underwater filmmaker. Discover Jill Heinerth's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Occupation Explorer, author, underwater photographer, public speaker, educator, cave diver
Age 59 years old
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Born 1965
Birthday 1965
Birthplace Toronto, Canada
Nationality Canada

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1965

Jill Heinerth (born 1965) is a Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer and film-maker.

She has made TV series for PBS, National Geographic Channel and the BBC, consulted on movies for directors including James Cameron, written several books and produced documentaries including We Are Water and Ben's Vortex, about the disappearance of Ben McDaniel.

As a child, Heinerth was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's television series.

In 5th grade, she gave a Science Fair project about mysterious disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle.

She gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications Design at York University, and ran a small graphic design agency in Toronto while teaching scuba in Lake Huron's port of Tobermory in the evenings.

In 2023 Heinerth was awarded a PhD, (hc) from Victoria University in the University of Toronto.

1991

In 1991, Heinerth quit her office job and moved to the Cayman Islands to dive full-time, honing skills in underwater photography.

She then moved to Florida to work on cave diving, where she was mentored by documentary filmmaker Wes Skiles.

She collaborated with his Karst Productions, based in High Springs, Florida.

1996

Heinerth married cave diver Paul Heinerth in 1996; they later divorced.

1998

In 1998, Heinerth was part of the team that made the first 3D map of an underwater cave.

2001

Heinerth became the first person to dive the ice caves of Antarctica, penetrating further into an underwater cave system than any woman ever In 2001, she was part of a team that explored ice caves of icebergs where she and her then husband Paul Heinerth "discovered wondrous life and magical vistas" and experienced the calving of an iceberg, documented in the film Ice Island.

2007

In April 2007, she married her second husband, writer, photographer, and new media expert Robert McClellan, with whom she lives in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada.

Heinerth has described her hobbies as hiking, kayaking and cycling; "My favorite pastime is getting up at dawn and cycling to my local spring where a robust swim against the current of the Santa Fe River starts my day on the right track."

She has produced TV series for PBS, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel and the BBC, consulted on movies for directors including James Cameron.

She has produced documentaries including We Are Water and Ben's Vortex.

Jill hosted and shot underwater videography for the Under Thin Ice episode of on the CBC Television Network.

Produced by GalaFilm of Montreal, Canada.

2012

In 2012, Heinerth was named the "Sea Hero of the Year" by SCUBA Diving Magazine.

Heinerth is a member of the Explorers Club, a fellow of the National Speleological Society, and she has been inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

2013

She won the OZTek Media Award in March 2013.

In November 2013, she was awarded the first ever Christopher Ondaatje Medal for Exploration by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

2015

In 2015, Heinerth participated in exploring the numerous anchialine caves of Christmas Island.

2016

In 2016 Heinerth led an expedition that explored and surveyed the flooded Bell Island Mines at Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Heinerth is a Fellow of The Explorers Club, and the inaugural Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

She consults on training programmes for diving agencies, publishes photojournalism in a range of magazines and speaks around the world.

Heinerth has written opinion pieces and articles about exploration and climate change for global publications including the Los Angeles Times.

In June 2016, Heinerth was named as the first Explorer-in-Residence for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

2017

In January 2017, the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences announced that Jill Heinerth was to become a 2017 AUAS Fellow by receiving an NOGI Award for ‘Sports & Education’.

Later that year, on 7 March 2017, the Governor General of Canada announced that Jill Heinerth was to receive the Canadian Polar Medal.

2018

In March 2018 Jill Heinerth was awarded the Beneath The Sea Diver of the Year (Education) Award.

2020

In 2020, Heinerth spoke with the podcast This is Love about diving in ice caves in Antarctica.

Jill Heinerth is a prolific public speaker and educator represented by Speaker's Spotlight agency.

In 2020 [ Heinerth was interviewed] on many radio, TV and podcasts programs including the NPR radio program Fresh Air.

In August of 2022, Heinerth led a team of expeditionary technical divers who confirmed and photographed a lost, sunken WWII bomber at the bottom of Gander Lake in Newfoundland.

On 18 August 2020 it was announced that Jill Heinerth would be inducted into the International SCUBA Diving Hall of Fame.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the induction will be delayed until 2021.

In February 2021 Jill's Children's book The Aquanaut was selected by Dolly Parton as a Blue Ribbon Selection of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.