Sylvia Earle
Oceanographer
Explorer-in-Residence
Rosemary and Roger Enrico Chair for Ocean Exploration
Photograph by Bates Littlehales
Latest Explorer News
Inside National Geographic Magazine
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Gulf Memories
Sylvia Earle remembers a healthier gulf.
Education
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Explorers Recommend
Explorers recommend fiction and non-fiction books for children, young adults, and students.
Kids
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Nat Geo E-Team
What are Sylvia Earle and the rest of the National Geographic Explorers up to? Meet the E-Team and learn about their projects in this interactive mural.
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Interview With Sylvia Earle
Ocean explorer Sylvia Earle talks about growing up and what she was like as a kid.
In Their Words
I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind. Health to the ocean means health for us.
Sylvia Earle
Spotlight
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An Ocean Book for the World
Help Sylvia publish a book filled with beautiful images and quotes about the beauty, and distress, in our oceans.
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Sylvia Earle, Into the Unknown
Sylvia Earle has spent nearly a year of her life diving beneath the ocean. In the 1960s the oceanographer had to fight to join expeditions.
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Videos
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Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer
NG Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle recalls her fascinating encounter with a whale.
Audio
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00:11:00 Sylvia Earle
National Geographic Explorer in Residence Sylvia Earle has been deeper undersea than any other woman. Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author, lecturer, field scientist, and an inspiration to women around the world. She recently received the Royal Geographic Society’s 2011 Patron’s Medal. Boyd talks to Earle about some of her early dives in the Jim Suit.
Road to Rio+20
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Sustainable Earth: Road to Rio+20
World leaders tackle global challenges with sustainable development.
Our Explorers in Action
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Famous Women Explorers
Meet female explorers who have pushed the limits in adventure, science, and more.
Meet the 2014 Emerging Explorers
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