She’s dived inside Antarctic icebergs and flooded mine passages, explored shipwrecks and subaquatic caverns. And this year, renowned explorer Jill Heinerth has also been busy with a different kind of adventure: writing a memoir.

In Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, out now, Heinerth recounts her experiences exploring some of the most remote and extreme environments on Earth and the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated field. She also reflects on the beauty and fragility of our marine ecosystems and the importance of protecting our oceans and freshwater.

To celebrate the book’s release, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society and One Ocean Expeditions are pleased to present a series of Can Geo Talks by Heinerth, who in 2016 became the Society’s inaugural Explorer-in-Residence. Throughout the month of September, join us in Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, Calgary or Vancouver for an evening celebrating underwater adventure, science and the spirit of exploration.

Toronto

September 12, 2019, 7 p.m.

Ben McNally Books

366 Bay Street

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Ottawa

September 13, 2019, 6:30 p.m.

Canada’s Centre for Geography and Exploration

50 Sussex Drive

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Halifax

September 17, 2019, 7 p.m.

Halifax Central Library

5440 Spring Garden Rd.

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Calgary

September 20, 2019, 7 p.m.

Mount Royal University

Ideas Lounge

74 Mt Royal Cir SW

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Vancouver

October 7, 2019, 7 p.m.

Vancouver Aquarium

845 Avison Way

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