Sylvia Earle
Marine biologist and oceanographer; first woman to serve as Chief Scientist of NOAA
I fell in love with the stories by William Beebe, who was an ocean explorer. He discussed what it was like to go down inside a submersible, and peer out of a port hole and see beautiful, luminescent fish, with lights down the side like ocean liners. Bizarre creatures of the sort that you just don’t see walking down the street, or going into the forest, or even looking around in shallow water.
Recorded Academy of Achievement recorded interview, American Academy of Achievement, 27 January 1991 source ↗