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    Finnish Scuba Divers Fishing under Ice

    Posted on February 5, 2012 by Sara-Lise Haith

    Three intrepid scuba divers have posted a video on YouTube of an interesting underwater fishing expedition in a frozen lake, in Saarijärvi lake in Vaala, Finland.

    Eelis Rankka, Tommi Salminen and Jukka Pelttari are seen with a wheelbarrow, bucket and fishing tackle and are standing upside-down under an ice shelf.  Watching the video their bubbles can be seen trailing in the “wrong direction” as they move along the ice shelf.  The divers have perfected the knack of allowing air to fill their dry suit boots, keeping them stable on the ice.

    A full news story on this can been seen in Discovery News.

    About Sara-Lise Haith

    Sara-Lise is DeeperBlue.com's News Editor. She is based in the United Arab Emirates and when not focusing on her day job, she teaches scuba diving and freediving. Sara-Lise has explored 5 continents of ocean waters over the years, and continues a personal quest to seek out further adventures. When not underwater, Sara-Lise is also a triathlete and enjoys cycling and training along the desert highways of the UAE.

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    • Rscratcher@aol.com

      But she was coughing up blood! That can't be good, I was shocked that they took it so lightly. I would have asked to be checked out in hospital.

    • Yugyug

      The people that need to learn a lesson is Omer - this diver was was trapped because of the stupid clip they put on their Stingray footpockets (and the Millenniums had this unnecessary clip too, though the Stingray design is worse). How they could not consider the risk is unbelievable.  No other footpocket design includes anything that line can catch on.

    • uberman

      the diver is feeling fine after a minute under water with a 1/2 breath, then the next thing is hes panicking because...hes out of breath completely!!! (hyperventalation?)Always surface well before you absoultely need to, with about 15 seconds to lesuirely get up. That way, if you find yourself stuck, you have time to assess and release if tangled. If that doesnt work, cut the line immediately with no hesitation. Lines are super dangerous anytime, especially in murky, kelp heavy water.

    • Tom

      Lesson learned: no fish is worth dying for! If you're trapped underwater and you need to breathe, get your knife and cut through the line. I have been trapped underwater once by some fishing line that got tangled around my weight belt at 6m, and I was amazed at how calmly I reached for my knife and cut myself free. 

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