Dive Team

David Armstrong - Dive Leader / Still Photographer Email: D.Armstrong@DiveAntarctica.com

MSDT Dive Instructor, Professional Adventure Diver, Organizer of Dive Antarctica 2006, Specialty Instructor in Drysuit, Wreck, Deep and Nitrox, 25 Antarctic Dives

Based in Melbourne David works full time as an adventure organizer and is establishing his business promoting and organizing various adventure trips world wide. He is in charge of all Scuba Diving and Instructing and is qualified in Diver Rescue as well as a SFA, Oxygen Administration and is a Remote Wilderness Medic.

Paul Beck - Cinematographer Email: P.Beck@DiveAntarctica.com

Dive Master, Participant of Dive Antarctica 2006, Specialty Diver in Drysuit, Wreck, Deep, Nitrox, 25 Antarctic Dives

Paul is now based in London and works full time as a contract analyst programmer. He discovered diving a few years ago and has extended this passion to underwater video with some fantastic underwater footage shot in HDV in Antarctica in January 2006.

Research Team

Dr. Vladimir Ilyin Ph.D., D.Sc. (biology) - Project and Research Leader

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Vladimiris a specialist in the field of autonomic homeostasis, breathing, circulation, physical and mental human performance.
His research interests include;
Investigation of physiological mechanisms of adaptation and re-adaptation of organism in extreme ecological conditions;
Optimization of medical support to SCUBA diving work;
Decompression disorders during hyperbaria;
Investigation of pharmacoprotective means to treat decompression illness;
Antarctic physiology and medicine (human adaptation mechanisms to extended exposure to Antarctic condition)

2004 - present. Head of the Chair of Human Biology National University Of Physical Education And Sport Of Ukraine
2003 - present. Senior scientific fellow Ukrainian Antarctic Center
2001 - present. Professor Department of Physical Rehabilitation Ukrainian National Technical University "KPI"
1996 - present. Senior scientific fellow International Centre Of Astronomic And Medico-Physiological Investigations

Dr. Mikhail Chesalin Ph.D., - Senior Scientific Researcher Email: Chesalin@ibss.iuf.net

Mikhail is a Senior Scientific Researcher at the Ichthyology Department in the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas NASU (Sevastopol, Ukraine)

Bachelor degree - Simferopol State University, Crimea, Ukraine. Major: Biology and Chemistry, 1976-1981
Ph.D. degree - Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas National Academy of Science of the Ukraine, Sevastopol, Crimea,  Ukraine  Major: Hydrobiology, 1994

1994 - present. Senior scientific researcher, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas
2000 - present. Senior scientific researcher, Melitopol State Pedagogical University
2001 - present. Head of Shrimp Culture Laboratory (Private firm "Bio-K", Sevastopol, Ukraine)