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Russian scuba divers set deepest under-ice dive record by Brooks Hays Kazan, Russia (UPI) Mar 6, 2016
Two Russian divers say they've set yet another record, this time for deepest dive under ice. The scuba divers recently emerged through a hole in the icy surface of the White Sea, having descended nearly 338 feet, or 102 meters -- a record for deepest dive under ice. Deeper Antarctic dives have been recorded, but never through a hole in the ice. The White Sea is a large inlet of the Barents Sea off the northwest coast of Russia. Maksim Astakhov and Aleksandr Gubin are an adventurous pair of professional scuba divers with a handful of diving records to their names. In 2014, the pair dived to the bottom of 318-foot volcanic lake in Antarctica. Their latest dive again subjected the two divers to extreme conditions -- subzero temperatures and intense water pressure. "At a depth of 100 meters my gloves tightened so much it felt like I was going to see my nails. My hands felt terribly cold," Gubin told Russia Today. The divers spent a few minutes upon the floor of the White Sea testing their equipment and collecting soil samples. The dive lasted 80 minutes.
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