Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 16:50
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Adaptations of Marine Worms in Antarctica

Hi my name is Jonathan from St.Mark school I have a question for you. How far do you go of the shore and when you dive how far down do you?

Mon, 09/12/2011 - 22:06

Michael League

Hey Jonathan,Great questions. Our dive huts are out on the sea ice, so we have a
solid surface to work on. But we are a little ways from land. Some
places we are 50 feet away or even more.
Today we dove at a dive site that is 25 feet from the land. Right
underneath the dive hole, there is forty feet of water. But the bottom
is very steep. So a short swim away from the land, takes you down-slope
quickly. My deepest depth today was just over 100 feet deep.
We never dive deeper than 130 feet, and we usually change depths
throughout the dive. I would say the average dive is between 40 and 80
feet deep.
Thanks for the great questions! Keep them coming!
Mike