Under The Pole III: Slalom between ice and polar bears


Under The Pole continues its crossing of the Northwest Passage, slaloming between ice patches and polar bears. Still splendid images to discover in video in this 5th episode of the expedition.

Under The Pole reveals the images of his expedition through the Northwest Passage, through this string of islands between Canada and Greenland. After passing through the village of Resolute Bay, we meet the divers in Peel Sound - a place known for its ice patches that prevent navigation. And that's what happens to the Why, which only manages to pass between the icebergs guided by Cyril, climbed into the crow's nest (at the top of the mast), before being stuck for 3 days between the ice. The opportunity for the crew to admire the polar bears in the surrounding area.

It is thanks to the combined action of rain, wind and currents that the schooner can get back on course and that scientific diving can begin again in "comfortable" conditions. Outside temperature: 10-12° and water temperature: 7-8°. Top conditions in the Arctic during summer!

Underwater, nothing like what they encountered in Greenland or at the entrance to the Northwest Passage. The bottom is like the surface: arid and sedimentary. Dives that still delight Ghislain and the scientists, who bring real expertise.

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