Jónína Herdís

Ólafsdóttir
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Who?
• Jónína Herdís Ólafsdóttir
• Born in Iceland
• Scuba diver and underwater biologist

Why I Choose Her?

• She is brave, she is doing the research to the
place that no one ever gone to
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What?
• Scuba Diving
• Researching about Underwater and Marine Biology
• Do some research like :
• "Submersed Fissures of Iceland, Exploration and Mapping Project"
(Granted by National Geographic Society on 2013)
My Opinion
• I think her job is great, she explore the place where no one ever
gone there to study the ecosystem
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Why?
• She loves scuba diving
• She is interested in biology, especially
underwater lives and ecosystems

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When?
3 June 2013 1 Dec. 2014
03-06-2013 01-12-2014
• Submersed fissures of Iceland, exploration and • The project ended
mapping project started

2013 Now
• Jónína awarded grant from National Geographic • Works as a biologist for the Marine and Freshwater
Society Institute in Iceland

2013 Now

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Where?
ICELAND

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How?
1. Learn scuba diving when she was young
2. Learn the biology about ecosystem and lives of underwater and groundwater
3. Do a research into the underwater cave between tectonic plate
4. Discover some new species and mapping the underwater cave
5. She and her team is the first who exploring and mapping the underwater cave

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Additional Information
FIELD OF STUDY RELATION WITH BIOLOGY

• Ecosystems • Ecology, contains :

• Ecosystems
• Groundwater
• Groundwater
• Species Discovery
• Taxonomy, contains :
• Mapmaking • Species Discovery
• Scuba Diving

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 Conclusion
• Be brave, explore and study place where no
one ever gone to
• Start study and research from the things
around you

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