Don Walsh, Captain US Navy Retired, Ph.D
Don is an American oceanographer, explorer and marine policy specialist. He and Jacques Piccard were aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste when it made a record maximum descent into the Mariana Trench on January 23, 1960, the deepest point of the world's oceans. The depth was measured at 35,813 feet (10,916 m), but later and more accurate measurements have measured it at 35,798 feet
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Dr. Sylvia Earle
National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence Dr. Sylvia A. Earle, called Her Deepness by the New Yorker and the New York Times, Living Legend by the Library of Congress, and first Hero for the Planet by Time Magazine, is an oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer with experience as a field research scientist, government official, and director for corporate and non-profit organizations including the Kerr McGee Corporation, Dresser Industries, Oryx Energy, the Aspen Institute, the Conservation Fund, American Rivers, Mote Marine Laboratory, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Rutgers Institute for Marine Science, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, and Ocean Futures.
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Wes Pratt
Harold “Wes” Pratt is a scientist with Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Shark Research, Summerland Key, Florida. His professional career studying the biology of white, blue, mako, nurse and sandbar shark has led to a current focus on the behavior of sharks as it relates to mating success. Recent efforts have revealed previously unknown and unexpected facets of complex behaviors in these fascinating but poorly understood reef predators. The author of numerous scientific articles, his work has been featured in four National Geographic Magazines and many documentary television programs. Wes is a diver, photographer, and current Coast Guard licensed Captain (100 tons). He has lived and worked undersea several times in a saturation diving mode and enjoys diving with sharks both in and out of anti-shark cages
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