Fathoming the mysteries of an underwater world
By Xu Jingxi in Guangzhou | China Daily | Updated: 2012-10-30 07:58
US oceanographer and aquanaut Sylvia Earle, 77, makes her first dive in China in Hainan province on Oct 19. Huang Yiming / China Daily |
At 77, Sylvia Earle, a distinguished oceanographer and aquanaut from the United States, still dives once a month into the deep sea to explore the mysterious blue world, of which less than 5 percent has been seen by humans.
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