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Svalbard (ice diving)

Ice/Polar
Depth: 5–20 mLevel: Technical (Ice Diving)March-May
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Diving beneath the Arctic sea ice barely 1,300 km from the North Pole; specialist ice certification required.

Depth

5–20 m

Recommended level

Technical (Ice Diving)

Average visibility

25 m

Location

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Svalbard (ice diving): 26 documented species

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Water temperature

-1 °C

Current

None

Access

Boat

Best season

March-May

Recommended certification

Ice Diver

Approx. price

300 USD / dive

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Best season
March-May
Approx. price
300 USD / dive
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Similar depth

Norway · Arctic, Svalbard
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Atlantic CodVulnerable

Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua

Humpback WhaleLeast Concern

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

Beluga WhaleNear Threatened

Beluga Whale

Delphinapterus leucas

Common Basket StarNot Evaluated

Common Basket Star

Gorgonocephalus eucnemis

Ringed SealLeast Concern

Ringed Seal

Pusa hispida

Bearded SealLeast Concern

Bearded Seal

Erignathus barbatus

Lion's Mane JellyfishNot Evaluated

Lion's Mane Jellyfish

Cyanea capillata

WalrusVulnerable

Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus

NarwhalNear Threatened

Narwhal

Monodon monoceros

Killer WhaleEndangered

Killer Whale

Orcinus orca

Polar BearVulnerable

Polar Bear

Ursus maritimus

Minke WhaleLeast Concern

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

See all 26 species found here
Cold-water pelagic

Lofoten (orcas)

Norway

Up to 25 m · Advanced / drysuit

Orcas · humpback whales

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Extreme tidal current

Saltstraumen

Norway

Up to 30 m · Technical / highly advanced

Cod · lobsters

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Cold-water coral reef

Trondheimsfjord (cold-water corals)

Norway

Up to 80 m · Technical

Cold-water Lophelia corals · lobsters

See dive site
CountryNorway
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