- Lauren Shea - a graduate student at the University of B.C. Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, came up with the idea and persuaded others to join her.
- Isabelle Côté - a professor of marine biology at Simon Fraser University, said the mission shows the depth of their passion for the ocean.
- Chantale Bégin - Côté’s former PhD student, now a professor at the University of South Florida
- Noelle Helder - who met Shea when they were undergraduate students, and is now with the University of Alaska Fairbanks
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