Diving under Ice

[Scuba_Jenny]

From the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs

Photos and inforamtion about diving in Antartica. I just glanced at the site, but thought I'd pass it along.
http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/index.html

 

[DivingGal]

Thanks Jenny -- great visuals.. bet that's something you folks in Florida will never see (at home that is)

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Yeah, but it looks cool!

 

[simbrooks]

The nearest we get to ice diving in FL is either a bit of frozen dew to walk across to get to a spring in N FL or the ice that lines out glasses after a trip

 

[DivingGal]

yeah -- and I bet that's real deep hehehehe

 

[Gary D.]

For those who don't like the Sherwood Maximus for under the ice read this.

We switched to them over 15 years ago and the only failures have been our fault and not the fault of the reg.

http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/diving/index3.html

Read the reports linked here.

Gary D.

 

[pipedope]

Antarctica is a magical place.
Words and even great pictures cannot do it justice.

I just hope that I can go back at least once before I die.

I was the electronics tech/Radio Officer on RV Hero in 1984-85 working the Antarctica Peninsula and parts of S. America.

BTW does anybody know of a good slide scanner? I have lots of slides I want to scan.

 

[JC Fedorczyk]

So is there a special class for ice diving or would it be considered a cave environment?

 

[Bayou Platypus]

WOW! That's looks awesome.

Are there a lot of folks that dive Antarctica? I hate cold water--but I'd be willing to dive Antarctica to see those sites!

 

[pt40fathoms]

So is there a special class for ice diving or would it be considered a cave environment?

There is a special certification for ice diving. The fact that you are in an overhead environment is about where the similarity ends. Procedures and precautions in ice diving are directed at the hazards and conditions you are in both under and above the water.