The 2024 Shackleton Quest Expedition team poses with the flag of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society on the deck of LeeWay Odyssey the morning after the find. Standing, left to right: Geir Kløver, Derek Lee, Jan Chojecki, John Geiger, Tore Topp, Katherine Smalley, Mark Pathy, Craig Bulger. Kneeling, left to right: Sarah Walsh, Martin Brooks, Antoine Normandin, David Mearns, Jill Heinerth, Alexandra Pope. (Photo: Jill Heinerth/Can Geo)
Jill shares her experience when a group of bright high school students approached her for help with a project.
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.
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.
Alex Trebek and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau join Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth as the Royal Canadian Geographical Society opens its new headquarters in Ottawa. A first hand report.
