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Scuba divers brave sub-zero conditions to explore mysterious underwater world beneath layer of ice

  • April 18, 2013
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  • Pictures by photographer Franco Banfi of his scuba diving colleague in White Sea on Russia's north-west coast
  • They dived 32ft in -2C and witnessed amazing colours created from humus - a component in soil's organic matter
  • Huge boulder-like blocks of ice that can be seen are result of divers smashing ice's surface so they can enter sea
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  • April 18, 2013
The pictures are frightening for me. I can't imagine I would be there instead of him.

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