Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Sylvia Earle
Born: August 30, 1935 (age 88)
Bio: Sylvia Alice Earle is an American marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer. She has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998. Earle was the first female chief scientist of the U.S.
Known for:
- The World Is Blue (2009)
- Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)
- Dive!: My Adventures in the Deep Frontier (1999)
- Hello, fish (1999)