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| Keith and St Basil's Cathedral
in Red Square.
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Tomb of the unknown soldier.
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To get to the dive centre we had a 28 hour,
yes 28 hour train journey to the frozen
north via St Petersburg.
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| Great accommodation deep in
the forest.
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Usual transport out to the
dive sites on the ice sheet.
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I was upside down when I took
this photo of Adam
emerging back out of the mina (ice hole).
We were having a go at under ice skiing.
Upside down under the ice. (think about it)
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Air trapped in a frozen over
Mina.
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| Our trip our to the ice was
awesome.
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Adam doesn't like the idea of
that deep dark hole.
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Chris makes his first dive
with Dima
(our instructor on the PADI Ice Diver Speciality)
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Each diving buddy pair
always
has a tender on the surface.
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| Adam.
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Chris.
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Sunset just before our night
dive
under the ice!
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Beroe cucumis comb jelly.
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| Man's best friend.
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Inside Shed No 3 where we
kitted up out of the cold.
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| Metridium senille sea anemonie.
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Suicidal spider crab.
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| The Ice Diver course students
and Dima.
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The full DLL group just before
we left for a drunken
journey back to Moscow. Yes, 28 hours on that train again.
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