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Polaris has two yellow subs, which are cleverly named Ringo and George. (It’s sister ship, Octantis, is home to John and Paul.) These U-Boat Worx submersibles can dive almost 1,000 feet and still maintain surface-level pressure.
Submarines bring to mind cramped spaces, but with plenty of space and air circulation, I didn’t feel claustrophobic. Guests sat within a large, round, and clear glass-like globe on both sides of the sub, with the pilot in-between.
As the sub dove and sunlight slowly disappeared, colors vanished, leaving only the pale blue of the computer screen. The pilot kicked on all the external lights, exposing marine snow (particles of organic material that fall from the surface) swirling chaotically around our glass domes.
At our final depth (525 feet), the polar ocean becomes a universe of small invertebrates, with carnivorous starfish and spiked omnivorous sea urchins pouncing on animals, like sea sponges. Krill darted in every direction, swallowing microscopic phytoplankton. We were among a very few people who are let in on this underwater world of Antarctic conflict. Every dive is different and every dive is worth it.
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