Antarctica

Chris Sterritt · Issue 60, May/Jun 2011 · pp. 59–63

Products mentioned: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Subal housing, Inon Z240 strobe, Canon 15mm Fisheye lens, Canon 16-35mm L lens, Canon 25-105mm L lens, Canon 70-300mm DO lens, Canon 100mm f/2.8 IS lens, Fuji F30

We all have one special dream destination and mine was Antarctica. I have visited the Russian Arctic for five weeks under ice and have even taken a week’s liveaboard out of Murmansk, but Antarctica has always been my ultimate adventure. Earlier this year, an email from Aqua Firma (http://www.aqua-firma.co.uk) spotlighting a late-booking special offer set me to thinking. It only took a few days before I had flights, a hotel in Ushuaia, capital city of Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina and the 12 day boat trip booked! The diving is so remote that you have to take everything you might need with you, including a spares kit, so I carefully prepared my dive bag and camera gear. I began to worry about flooding my housing. Ordinarily, I would see it as an acceptable risk and simply a part of diving with a dSLR. However, this trip was special so I couldn’t bear the thought of wrecking my camer…