Diving

Yesterday I had the opportunity to assist some of the scientists with their dive.  We went out into one of the dive huts, which are located on the sea ice.  They had drilled a large hole through the ice.  It was a bit over a meter thick.  The scientists that were diving were studying some worm colonies living here.  They dove down and took some samples, which took about 45 minutes.  The water was around 80 ft deep and I could see the rocks on the bottom.  Great visibility!  I was there to help them with their gear and tanks so they could get out of the water.  Brrrrr.