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Youngest Member of Mission Aquarius

One World One Ocean
Dr. Sylvia Earle and Ella Van Cleave

Ella Van Cleave is the youngest member of Mission Aquarius, the expedition to the last operating undersea research laboratory.  As the winner of a video contest, 14 year old Van Cleave will dive to the undersea reef base to join the aquanauts for Mission Aquarius.  One World One Ocean hosted the video contest that brought the Chattanooga native to the Aquarius Reef Base.  Ella Van Cleave will be filming in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary at the Aquarius Reef Base 60 feet  below the surface. 

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