I'm trying to find out more about the incredible job these people do. I have a number of questions regarding saturation diving, specifically in the North Sea. I'll start the ball rolling with this one. Hope someone out there can enlighten me.
I might be way off the mark here, and please put me right if that's the case, but I understand that divers might work on the sea bed and then 'live' in a pressurised facility for up to two weeks. Would this chamber also be on the sea bed? Or, in the case of divers working on oil rigs, would it be attached to the rig? How is this accessed? Do they walk to it, or use some kind of diving bell? How many people would occupy it during a shift?
Many thanks.
I might be way off the mark here, and please put me right if that's the case, but I understand that divers might work on the sea bed and then 'live' in a pressurised facility for up to two weeks. Would this chamber also be on the sea bed? Or, in the case of divers working on oil rigs, would it be attached to the rig? How is this accessed? Do they walk to it, or use some kind of diving bell? How many people would occupy it during a shift?
Many thanks.