First dive in Antarctica
Last updated: August 29, 2017 at 0:53 am
Willy Heinrich (Germany), 1902 – German National Antarctic Expedition 1901-03. Using a surface-supplied Siebe diving helmet, Heinrich conducted repairs on the ship and also dove under ice.
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Jeffrey Gallant is the Editor-in-Chief and Records Keeper of the Diving Almanac. He is also a contributing editor of DIVER Magazine, and the scientific director of the Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group (GEERG). Jeffrey started diving in 1982.