Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 12:13

Hi, my name's Sam and I'm from Ms. Herrmann's Polar Ambassador class.

I was just wondering:

  • How often do you dive? And for how long.

  • The frequency of your dives.

  • And the typical thickness of the ice around your dive site.

Thank you!

  • Sam E.

Michael League

Hey Sam,Great questions...
There a little bit hard to answer because they all vary a bit. Let's see...
We typically dive about 5-7 times a week. In total, I've done 24 dives
since we started on September 2nd.
The length depends a lot on how cold we are feeling. Today I was under
for about 45 minutes. That's a fairly good dive.
Most of our dive sites have about six feet of ice. Some a little
thicker and some a little thinner, but all right around six feet.
Great questions!
Mike