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UK adventurer become first to free dive in Antarctic Seas

Will Glendinning, 40, made the treacherous journey to the planet's most southerly continent with friend Dave Crump and four other crew members

A group of UK adventurers have done something extraordinary in their lives. They have made history as the first Britons to free dive in the freezing seas of the Antarctic.

It took British adventurer Will Glendinning and his team two years of planning before setting off from the southern tip of Chile and reach Margaret Bay. But diving into the freezing sea has its own risks. Icebergs can exceed weights of one hundred million tons, though they’re very delicately balanced in the water.

Divers can get easily killed if they are found underneath one of the icebergs. Fortunately, there was no mishap and the team was able to leave with some pretty incredible footage of an environment that very few people on the planet will ever see up-close.

The diving team had hoped to get a close look at marine wildlife on their diving trips, but Antarctica's summer plankton blooms reduced the underwater visibility - meaning at times they struggled to see anything
Classed as an extreme sport, it is especially dangerous in the Southern Ocean, with icebergs 'the size of small countries' threatening to collapse and crush divers beneath their weight
Mr Glendinning said: 'Of course there are risks. But it's a spectacular way to explore such a beautiful, remote place.' The bizarre shapes of the icebergs (shown) seem unworldly
In Antarctica's Wilhelmina Bay, the team seized the chance to swim with humpback whales, which appeared like 'tiny dots' next to the vast icebergs
Mr Glendinning, who spent a year training for the trip by freediving in Iceland, said the experience of being so close to the stunning landscape was 'breathtaking'

 

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