The mysterious world of underwater caves | Jill Heinerth
Cave diver Jill Heinerth explores the hidden underground waterways coursing through our planet. Working with biologists, climatologists and archaeologists, Heinerth unravels the mysteries of...
========== I'm an underwater explorer, more specifically a cave diver. I wanted to be an astronaut
when I was a little kid, but growing up in Canada as a young girl,
that wasn't really available to me. But as it turns out,
we know a lot more about space than we do about the underground waterways
coursing through our planet, the very lifeblood of Mother Earth. So I decided to do something
that was even more remarkable. Instead of exploring outer space, I wanted to explore
the wonders of inner space. Now, a lot of people will tell you that cave diving is perhaps
one of the most dangerous endeavors. I mean, imagine yourself
here in this room, if you were suddenly
plunged into blackness, with your only job to find the exit, sometimes swimming
through these l...