James Cameron, Dr. Joe MacInnis and Mentoring

L-R: Astronaut Dave Williams, Jill Heinerth, James Cameron, Joe Fry, Dr. Joe MacInnis

Jill spent a day at the RCGS HQ with James Cameron, Dr. Joe MacInnis and other exploration luminaries. Several years ago Jill took James Cameron cave diving in Florida as he developed advanced underwater cinema techniques and equipment. We discuss what mentoring meant to Cameron’s success and encourage mentoring today.

Lanier Phillips and Diving the Wreck of the USS Truxtun

Lanier Phillips at Chambers Cove

Jill Heinerth tells the remarkable story of African-American sailor Lanier Phillips, one of the few survivors of the World War-Two wreck of the USS Truxtun at Chambers Cover, St. Lawrence, Newfoundland. Jill dived on the wrecks of the Truxtun and USS Pollux as part of the recent Great Island Expedition

Locks and hardware on the sea floor
Great Island Expedition Dive Team – Photo: Maxwel Hohn

 

The Great Island Expedition to Newfoundland – Ep. 51

Jill and Robert on The Great Island Expedition team  Newfoundland.

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A team of divers supported by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), the Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland & Labrador and Ocean Quest Adventures have confirmed the discovery of a WWII-era B-24 Liberator Bomber that crashed upon take-off on September 4, 1943, into Gander Lake, Newfoundland with four souls aboard.

Using state-of-the-art underwater imaging equipment, the team of highly experienced divers from the Canada, the United States, and France, completed a survey dive on September 5, 2022, in the cold, tannic waters of Gander Lake. The video and images confirmed an earlier 3D sonar scan from July 2022.

Divers found the aircraft oriented upside-down on a steep ledge nearly 50 meters below the surface. Previous search and salvage efforts conducted by military divers at the time of the 1943 crash were abandoned due to extremely dangerous conditions. The aircraft, dubbed “Liberator 589D” has remained undisturbed since.

Diving Ottawa River Caves and Our Next Newfoundland Project

Jill and Robert with a mid-summer update on the Ottawa River caves where Jill is assisting a team of Canadian Fisheries and Oceans scientists with important ecosystem research. And a preview of the upcoming Newfoundland expedition documenting WWII wrecks and some new discoveries. More at www.IntoThePlanet.com

It is raining like mad on the Ottawa River!