Jeff Bozanic and Evan Bozanic Arrived Antarctica March 10, 2009!
March 13, 2009 - Evan Bozanic dove for 16 minutes in 30 degree F water in Antarctica , Below the Polar Circle with his dad Jeff Bozanic. Believed to be the youngest diver ever to dive in Antarctica!
See Evans Page for his description of the experience!
Introduction
Jeff Bozanics Daily Logs, Antarctica 2009
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I first went to Antarctica in 1989. I was the original Dive Locker Technician, providing support services for the scientists funded by the National Science Foundation who would be using SCUBA equipment to further their research. I worked there 1989-90, and again 1991-1992. In all, I traveled to the continent three times, twice to McMurdo Station, and once to Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula.
My experience is that people react to Antarctica in different ways. It is not an easy place to work. Some people hated it, and could not wait to leave. Some loved it, and could not stand to leave. Regardless, some of Antarctica becomes part of you. To me, I feel a craving to be there… to be in wilderness, where there are few people, where despite the stark bleakness and isolation history runs deep.
Pictures from my visits to Antarctica, 1990 |
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McMurdo Station, 1990 |
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Diving in Antarctica, 1989 -1992 |
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Diving with a Jellyfish under the Ice |
It has been many years since I have been there, and in all that time I often thought of the solitude, the harshness, the beauty, and the knowledge I gained of myself by having been there, worked there, struggled there. I have wanted to return,… and been afraid of it as well. This is my return, not just for myself, but also for my 11-year old son, Evan.
I am looking forward to sharing with him a place where I did a lot of “growing up,” and seeing the continent again for the first time, through his eyes.
I will be scuba diving there again, collecting again, writing again, and hopefully learning again. I will be helping with ThankYou TV’s pilot production for a possible television series, the first “reality-TV documentary show” edutainment program. I am leading a group of recreational sport divers in their first dives in this remote location. And most of all I will be guiding Evan in his journey to learn, and maybe assisting him write his own book on his experience.
Evan’s sixth grade class will also be vicariously traveling with us. They will be maintaining his blog while we are gone. You can see their efforts here, a supplemental page is on my website here. I would like to thank not only them, but also Evan’s teacher for helping with the site and helping Evan get ready to leave for an extended period.. Further thanks are due the school’s principal, for allowing Evan to miss a month of school to participate, and to Elaine Jobin for interacting with Evan’s class and helping coordinate our blogs.
Finally, I would like to thank the companies that sponsored us for this trip: Ocean Management Systems (OMS) for dive equipment, Otter Drysuits, Weezle Diving Services (drysuit underwear), Keldan Lights (video lights), Liquid Image (video masks), Amphibico (video housing), ThankYou TV (video equipment), and Ocean Reef (full face masks).
These are some links for current weather reports for our planned destinations:
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Check the Weather
Ushuaia, Argentina - Check the Weather
Drake Passage - Check the Weather
Palmer Station, Antarctica - Check the Weather
El Calafate, Argentina - Check the Weather
MODIS Satellite Patagonia - Satellite Images
Antarctica Weather Imaging - Satellite Images
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ushuaia, Argentina
Antarctica
After the Trip
Presentation at the Aquarium of the Pacific
Long Beach - California - 1pm, March 29, 2009
Presentation at the Northwest Dive Travel Expo
Technical Diving and Rebreather Seminar
Tacoma Convention Center - April 25 - 26, 2009
Specimens Delivered to the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History
April 2, 2009
SDI/TDI/ERDI Website Article Published April 6, 2009
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