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         Sylvia Earle, also known as "Her Deepness", was born on August 30, 1935, in Gibbstown, New Jersey, a small town on the seashore.
         From her early childhood, Sylvia liked the beautiful ocean and the animals that lived in it. She spent hours walking around the beaches, collecting shells and studying the creatures that were washed ashore. Her parents, enthusiastic nature lovers, supported her love for the sea and helped her to follow her dreams.
         As Sylvia grew older, her love for the ocean only became stronger. She read books about the sea and dreamed of one day exploring the ocean depths herself. In the 1950s she received her bachelor’s degree in botany from Florida State University and continued her education at Duke University, focusing on deep-sea ecosystems.
         Sylvia first learned to dive with SCUBA equipment while a student in Florida. Later in life, she set the world diving record, going to a depth of 381 meters beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean in a special diving suit. Together with her husband, engineer Graham Hawkes, they designed Deep Rover – a one-man submarine that could reach depths of 914 meters beneath the surface of the ocean.
         In 1970, Sylvia had the adventure of her lifetime. She became the leader of the first in the world team of women scientists who for two weeks lived in a research station that was located 15 meters under the surface of the Caribbean Sea. During this expedition, her team of women aquanauts watched the effects of water pollution on the coral reefs. They also proved that women could do this kind of scientific work just as well as men.
         After that, Sylvia Earle participated in more than 100 deep sea expeditions and spent over 7,000 hours underwater. This was why colleagues started calling her “Her Deepness”. She discovered many new plants, animals and ecosystems that had been unknown to scientists before. Sylvia wrote over 200 scientific publications and many books where she explained the importance of keeping our planet’s oceans clean and safe for the future.
         Sylvia Earle has received many awards, such as the National Geographic Society’s Hubbard Medal, the Explorers Club Medal and the Royal Geographical Society’s Patron’s Medal. In 1998, she was named a “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress.

         Today, Sylvia continues to explore the ocean and to teach about it. She has founded Mission Blue – an organization that unites people all over the world who want to protect the oceans from pollution. Among them, there are different professionals: scientists, businessmen, philanthropists, artists, film directors and ocean activists. Even though almost 90 years old, Sylvia Earle continues to be active and inspires others.

13. When Sylvia was little, she lived near the sea.

1) True
2) False
3) Not stated