MEDITERRANEAN 2024


UNDER THE POLE - Explorer

EXPEDITION IN THE AEGEAN AND ICARIAN SEA

In the framework of the DEEPLIFE Program 2021-2030, which aligns with the United Nations' Decade of Ocean Science, UNDER THE POLE will carry out scientific research missions between Greece and Turkey.

Entre avril et mai 2024 , l’expédition sera ouverte aux passionnés de plongée souhaitant participer à un programme de plongée profonde, tout en participant à un programme de recherche scientifique.

As part of this expedition, you will join the UNDER THE POLE teams. 

You will conduct deep dives in an unexplored diving area in the Aegean and Icarian Seas.

In this course, 6 blocks of skills will be worked on in order to train you as an expedition diver: 


Skill 1: Rebreather diving in the deep zone 

  • Technical and ergonomic preparation of your rebreather
  • Preparation of its launch and exit from the water
  • Collective pre-dive checklist
  • Planning its decompression in normal and degraded mode
  • Mental preparation for degraded situations
  • Choice of gases and their mutualization
  • Maintain and repair your rebreather
  • Recognize your physiological and physical limits during sustained diving programs

Skill 2: Use an underwater scooter

  • Prepare your thruster (lanyard length, diver attachment system, battery, waterproofing)
  • Get in the water with a thruster from any platform
  • Immerse with a propeller and equipment to carry (quadra, sensors, cameras .......)
  • Getting around on a scooter with extra equipment
  • Managing a scooter in static situations (work, landing...)
  • Reconditioning an underwater scooter after diving

Skill 3: Implementation of a scientific protocol

  • Understand the objective of the mission
  • Management of scientific equipment out of the water
  • Management of scientific material in immersion
  • Use the scientific equipment for the mission
  • Successfully complete the mission in safety
  • Dealing with degraded technical situations

Skill 4: Living in a crew, in a marine and restricted environment

  • Participate in the daily tasks of life on board (Cleaning, dishes, breakfast ...)
  • Participate in navigation watches
  • Participate in the maneuvers of a sailboat (deployment of sails, anchoring...)
  • Living and sleeping in a community
  • Participate in the moments of exchange in a good spirit!

Skill 5: Organize a deep dive expedition

  • Knowing the local legislation
  • Know the legislation followed by the board
  • Apply the organization's protocols 
  • Implementing security procedures 
  • Understand and explain the purpose of diving
  • Plan and organize the underwater intervention (gas, decompression...)
  • Designate and brief response and security teams
  • Define the organization of the rescue in accordance with the protocols in force

Skill 6: Handles watercraft

  • Know the steps to start an outboard engine
  • Drive a 30 CX to 200 CX semi rigid in navigation
  • Docking on a boat at anchor or at the quay with a semi rigid from 30 CX to 200 CX
  • To launch, in safety, rebreather divers with scientific equipment
  • Deploying a diver safety line
  • To launch, in safety, rebreather divers with scientific equipment
  • Dealing with a rescue situation on an accidental diver
  • Carry out routine maintenance of semi-rigid watercraft

These 6 blocks of competence will be worked on with you and will go through 3 stages: initiation, improvement and mastery.

à partir de 6500€ TTC

The prices indicated include :

Accommodation on board with full board, the ship's fund (food, fuel and port taxes), the expenses and costs related to the expedition team, the expenses and costs related to the boat's crew and the diving supervision, the civil liability insurance for the boat and the diving. For the diving equipment, the price includes the supply of rebreather cylinders (oxygen and diluent), equipped Bail-Out, soda lime and all diving gases.

The prices indicated do not include :

Airline tickets, airport transfers, eventual nights in a hotel during transit, multi-risk personal / luggage / cancellation insurance, communications with the equipment on board, diving equipment other than those mentioned above.

How to join us?

Through Athens International Airport

Fifteen days before your arrival, a meeting point will be provided to you

Our team will arrange the transfer from the meeting point to our sailboat 'WHY

Recommended individual equipment:

o 1 softshell jacket
o 1 rain jacket
o 1 pair of hiking pants
o 3 shorts including 1 swim short
o T-shirt in sufficient number
o Sufficient underwear
o 1 pair of hiking / trail shoes
o 1 toiletry kit + personal medication
o Sun protection for lips and face
o Possible products for seasickness
o 1 towel for the shower (small size)
o 1 washcloth
o 1 soft storage bag for your belongings for the round trip (volume about 80L), no hard cases.
o 1 transport case for the rebreather
o 1 headlamp
o 1 pair of slippers or light shoes for inside the boat
o Several earplugs

Eventually:

o Binoculars
o E-reader
o Laptop
o Photo camera
o Camera

Diving equipment to be taken :

o "CE" standard rebreather, with maintenance in accordance with manufacturers' recommendations.
o Combinaison de plongée étanche ou humide (7mm minimum conseillée)
o Hoods
o Wetsuit or neoprene undersuit
o Boots or slippers compatible with your fins
o 2 x Reels 120 meters with carabiner
o Orange SMB
o Yellow SMB
o Diving Knife
o Mask
o Fins
o Computer « back-up » with mode CCR
o 4 snap double ender
o Protection gloves

Bénéficiez de nos tarifs pour compléter votre équipement ! 

Pour tous conseils et achats d’équipements, contacter : joel@underthepole.com

Useful contacts for your airport transfer / Why :

Find the available transportation options at the airport d’Athènes ici.

Contact Under the Pole:

o Joel CASSET _ explorer@underthepole.com

Details of the

JOURNEY

Life on board is simple, punctuated by the ship's progress, the weather, the expedition program, moments of relaxation and animal encounters. Meals are taken on board or in the field during the bivouacs and are prepared from the stocks available on board by a person in charge of the supplies and the kitchen. The meals are shared at the table by the whole team. In addition to breakfast, lunch and dinner, "dive returns" or "race returns" are taken hot upon arrival on board. Everyone participates daily in washing up, helping with the preparation of meals and cleaning the boat. Each person has a bunk and storage space that constitutes his or her private space. Comforters and sleeping bags are available. Sheets and sackcloth must be brought by each student (see practical information).

The course is under the responsibility of the expedition leader, who decides - in collaboration with the dive leader and the skipper - the daily program according to the weather, the needs of the expedition and the divers' wishes. The dives are supervised by one of the members of the expedition, an experienced instructor, who will ensure the level of the divers and will present them the organization and the specific techniques of the environment.

healthcare

paperwork

Depending on the destination, check with the embassy to see if a visa is required. In all cases, the passport must be valid for the duration of the trip.

UTP Explorer covers the boat and its crew with third-party insurance. Interns must subscribe individually to a third-party (liability) insurance (accident, search, repatriation, decease...) for all the risks due to the activities done during the internship. A cancelling insurance and luggage lost is highly recommanded.

Diving and hiking require a good physical condition. It is also essential to be able to embark and disembark alone from the boat via the semi-rigid dinghy.

Only offshore courses require a minimum of sailing knowledge and experience. For the other courses, the trainees are invited to join the crew for the maneuvers and the navigation watches, according to their skills.

Required experience

Each diver must be autonomous and have a minimum experience:

  • CCR Trimix Normoxique diver
  • Drysuit mastery : being trained and having made at least 10 dives with this equipment.
  • For polar courses, experience of diving in cold water or in difficult conditions is a definite asset.

IMPORTANT: if you have any doubts about your experience or if you would like to do a preparatory course prior to your departure, do not hesitate to contact us to discuss it.

Mandatory documents

  • Each diver must present the following documents upon arrival on board:
  • Dive level (logbook, map...) and training courses (dry suit, cold water...)
  • Diving book
  • Medical certificate of no contraindication to the practice of scuba diving dated less than 3 months.
  • Certificate of personal insurance (individual and repatriation)

ATTENTION : no dive will be possible without the presentation of all the above documents.

entertainment

COMMUNICATIONS

Telecommunication

Iridium satellite telephone

The boat has a fixed satellite phone and a mobile satellite phone. Their use is restricted and reserved.

Upon arrival, travelers have the option of sending a "welcome home" email to the person of their choice via the onboard email. No other telecommunication with the onboard equipment is allowed during the stay, except in case of emergency. If travelers wish to communicate freely, they must rent an Iridium portable satellite phone with a prepaid chip before departure.

Mobile Phones

On board the ship, the cell phone network connections may only work near the cities.

Internet

On board the ship, no connection to the Internet is possible. The connections are made in the internet spaces of the cities where we stop.

photo, video, music equipments

  • The boat has a Bluetooth speaker to which can be connected phone and several PC and Mac computers. This makes it easy to listen to music, transfer and view photos/movies of the day. Electrical plugs are available throughout the boat to recharge various electrical devices.

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Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978 : the undersigned is informed that his personal data will be collected and processed electronically by the Club. This data will be stored by the UNDER THE POLE for administrative purposes for a period of 3 years. The undersigned is informed of his right of access, communication and rectification, in case of data proven inaccuracy as well as his right to oppose the processing and / or publication of his data for legitimate reasons. To do so, simply send an email to the following address: contact@underthepole.com