For our dive and photography expeditions to Antarctica we have chartered ice-strengthened polar vessels well suited to our purpose. Our mission is the exploration of Antarctica’s underwater environment, a truly unique experience for the advanced diver. You will see amazing ice formations and marine life seemingly from another planet, such as the Giant Isopods and salps. Seals race fearlessly by, graceful in a way not possible above the surface. Sunlight from above creates a stunning, ever-changing spectrum of color among the diverse benthos. Take your time to explore an environment few diver have ever experienced: the kelp walls, sea snails, crabs, sea butterflies, Shrubby horsetails, jellyfish, squid, Sea hedgehogs, starfish, krill and various Antarctic fish.
The waters of the Southern Ocean also support an economically important world fishery of fin fish, squid and krill, and the waters of the Southern Ocean affect all other world oceans. The beautiful surroundings of the Antarctic Peninsula is a paradise for all, divers, adventurers, naturalists and photographers with its amazing array of colours and moods and diverse wildlife.

This journey to the Antarctic Peninsula will be an unusual and exciting one because our plan is to go exploring in the Weddell Sea. The Erebus and Terror Gulf and the Weddell Sea itself are home to huge tabular icebergs that have split from the Larsen, Ronne and Filchner ice shelves further to the south.
Sometimes these spectacular waterways are choked with ice, creating exciting navigational challenges for our captain and crew. Nestled amongst ice floes of the northern Weddell Sea is the little known Seymour Island. Locked away in its fossil-rich rocks is the story of the disappearance of the dinosaurs and the collapse of the mythical Gondwanaland. One of the aims of this voyage is to explore these fossil beds, as well as to enjoy the wildlife treasure chest of the northern Weddell Sea before we head South West to the other side of the Peninsula for more spectacular sites.

Join us on this unique Dive, Exploration and Photography Expedition designed exclusively for Waterproof Expeditions. Featuring the elusive leopard seal (Hydrurga Leptonyx) you will dive, snorkel, photograph and film these fascinating creatures during a private voyage onboard a luxury ice strengthened expedition yacht for only 12 guest.

The combination of the Sub Antarctic Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula makes this voyage an expedition full of exciting highlights. To us, South Georgia is one of the most beautiful places in the world. With albatrosses and thousands of King Penguins, fur seals and historic sites, including Shackleton’s last resting place. Narrow sheltered waterways and fjords. Spectacular mountains rising directly from the sea, icebergs and active glaciers
And the Antarctic Peninsula, the most accessible and wildlife-rich part of Antarctica - penguins, whales seals, sea birds Active scientific stations. A great variety of terrain over short distances.