Cold Water Diving: A Guide to Ice Diving

Cold water and ice diving can be extremely challenging and require planning, preparation, training, and safety. This book by John Heine, a scientific diving safety officer and an experienced ice diver for more than 25 years, has detailed the requirements for safe and comfortable ice diving. This book covers cold water and ice-diving environments; training; equipment; thermal protection; evaluating, preparing, and planning dives; and safety and emergency procedures. Chapters cover topics such as: Introduction to cold water and ice diving, equipment for ice diving, safety and emergency procedures, training, ice diving operations