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 Polar Diving

We organise a diving expedition to the North Pole for expert divers with serious experience of ice diving. The expedition will require the concentrated efforts of all the participants for the performance of valuable, interesting and safe diving at the closest point possible to the North Pole.

  

Programme the expedition will take place over 8-10 days in April.

 

Day 1: Arriving Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen) 
 
Day 2: Flight on an Antonov An-74 polar aircraft from Longyearbyen to the Barneo ice airfield, located on drift ice roughly 100 km from the geographical North Pole; several hours in Barneo; flight to the geographical North Pole in a Mil Mi-8 helicopter; pitching camp; diving preparations
 
Days 3-5: Diving programme at the North Pole (up to 2 dives a day if conditions are favourable)
 
Day 6: Decampment and return to the ice airfield Flight from the ice airfield to Longyearbyen.
 
Day 7: Departure from Longyearbyen
 

The Programme may change depending on the weather, ice, technical and other conditions.

 

Divers on the expedition must:
 
1.1. Have PADI ICE DIVER certification, or certification from another international training system confirming that they have the skills required to pass the PADI ICE DIVER course, and have done at least 100 dives, of which at least 40 must have been in a drysuit and at least 20 must have been ice dives
1.2 Possess the basic diving skills require to pass the PADI ICE DIVERcourse (being able, while under ice to: clear water from one's mask; swap one's main regulator for one's reserve regulator, and vice versa; connect to one's dive buddy's reserve regulator; perform an emergency ascent, breathing from one's dive buddy's reserve regulator; be able to prepare a dive plan; orientate oneself under the ice, and use a safety line; be able to control one's buoyancy; be able to exchange signals with one's dive buddy and safety assistant; and be able to turn head over heels and return to a normal position under the ice), and be ready to demonstrate those skills
1.3 Undergo training at the Arctic Circle Dive Centre on the White Sea, making at least 10 ice dives by at least 2 months before the departure for the Pole; this dive series must be completed in full in the gear that will be used for the dives at the Pole
1.4 Be prepared for strenuous physical exertion and to observe expedition discipline
1.5 Undergo an interview with the leader of the North Pole Diving Expedition

 

Information and Reservation:
+44 844 774 4831
+7 925-882-9914
sale@polar-expeditions.com

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