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Hi Ligia,
If you are decided to go, I hope you may be able to find information as
well from the french expedition which was sponsored by the petrol
copmany ELF. Ship's name :Antartica, she is a sailing ship made
completely out of welded aluminium, with the only purpose to survive and
guaranty some confort in antartic waters. 
There is a book covering this expeditin named Antartica. A painter was
with them and made this wonderful book.
Dr. Michaela Mayer from Germany now is in a position to assess the
applications for permits to go there and certify that a proper
environmental conduct is garanteed.

She warns outspokenly to be extremely cautious and abstain from diving
near icebergs, as these are totally unpredictable and may top over for
no obvious reason without warning.

Matthias
Ripper Ligia schrieb:
> 
> Hi Pete, Matthias,
> 
> Thanks for your messages.
> 
> Going to Antartica has been a dream of mine for a long time but only
> after I've sailed close to it a few years ago is that I started to
> make more solid plans.
> 
> The reason I am going to the Peninsula (and not to McMurdo or the
> Artic) is that I live in Brasil and the Peninsula is just down there
> (relatively speaking).  My plan is to sail out of Usuaia on a 60 foot
> steel boat and stay onboard most of the time.  I will not be only
> diving, we are planning to do some ice climbing and general sight
> seeing.
> 
> I got some friends that work in Antartic sailboats in the Peninsula
> area but since diving is not their main purpose of going down there,
> they are not sure of what the best sites would be.  I would also like
> to do some fresh water diving but it would have to be pretty close to
> the coast since the boat is my only means transportation.
> 
> Funny you (Matthias) mention the leopard seals.  I know a girl that
> has been diving there when a leopard seal came in to the water.  She
> jumped right out and the captain of the boat said there was no reports
> of a leopard seal attack to divers in Antartica.  She was wise and
> decided she was not going to be the first!
> 
> Ligia
> 
> Gilldiver@ao*.co* wrote:
> 
> > For a good overview of Antarctic diving try this site:
> >
> > http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/index.html
> >
> > The vis depends on the season. Winter is best with the plankton
> > bloom being
> > pretty bad in the summer. Most of the diving under the ice is done
> > in the
> > southern spring when the ice is still solid but the plankton has not
> > got
> > going yet
> >
> > Now you can't just go there. To dive at McMurdo you have to be
> > invited down.
> > If you just drop in you will get a very cold shoulder and told that
> > the base
> > facilities are not available to un-approved nonscientific personal.
> >
> > There are a few cruse lines running adventure trips down there from
> > Chile or
> > Argentina. Try look in the outward bound type magazines.
> >
> > Pete Johnson
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