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Thanks to the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs for their support of Norbert Wu's underwater photography expeditions to Antarctica.
www.nsf.gov



Primary  Sponsors

Thanks to the following primary sponsors who donated significant services, goods, or funds to support this expedition. We have chosen and asked for support from these sponsors, who offer the highest quality products and service in the photographic and travel field. Any company on this list gets our highest recommendation for the quality of their products and service.




Diving Unlimited International (DUI) for their support and advice on diving gear for the expedition. All of the team members used DUI suits and undergarments for diving under the ice in water temperatures below freshwater freezing. Their knowledgeable staff has been exceedingly helpful and their support is appreciated.

www.dui-online.com


Ikelite Underwater Systems for loaning underwater lights and flash units for the expedition. We used the RCD lights, Substrobe 200 underwater flash units, and emergency strobe units with great and dependable success for all our photography. We also used the "smart chargers" and Lite Links with great success for charging batteries and for topside flash photography.

www.ikelite.com


Lowepro for supplying camera bags, packs, cases, & Photographer's Gloves. Lowepro gear proved useful for our constant packing and unpacking, in all phases of our Antarctic field operations -- via snowmobiles, sledges, helicopters, & tracked vehicles.

www.lowepro.com

Really Right Stuff for providing their wonderful quick-release plates and clamps for our still photography and video equipment. We used their precision, anodized aluminum clamps and plates to hold our cameras and lights both underwater and topside in Antarctica. They performed flawlessly in this harsh environment, never freezing up or rusting, and therefore earn our highest recommendation.

www.reallyrightstuff.com

Sherwood Scuba for donating their regulators for the expedition. We used their Maximus regulators throughout our work in Antarctica.

www.sherwoodscuba.com



Film  Sponsors

Thanks to the following sponsors who donated significant services or goods to support the high-definition video film for PBS Nature, entitled "Under Antarctic Ice." They offer the highest quality products and service and get our highest recommendation for the quality of their products and service.


Anton Bauer for supplying their excellent rechargeable batteries and recharger which we used with high-definition video cameras. These proved indispensable in Antarctic field work due to their long run time, cold resistance, and ease of use.

www.antonbauer.com

Extron Electronics for their loan of high-definition downconverters and scan converters, which allowed us to use standard computer monitors to check color and focus from the Sony HDCAMs, and to downconvert HD signals to standard NTSC video outputs.

www.extron.com

Light & Motion Industries for loaning their excellent portable underwater video lights, which worked well in frigid Antarctic waters.

www.uwimaging.com/


Lowepro for supplying camera bags, packs, cases, & Photographer's Gloves. Lowepro gear proved useful for our constant packing and unpacking, in all phases of our Antarctic field operations -- via snowmobiles, sledges, helicopters, & tracked vehicles.

www.lowepro.com

Pace Technologies for supplying their underwater camera housings for the Sony HDW-700A high-definition camcorders.

www.pacetech.com

Pelican Products for supplying their totally indestructible cases in which we packed high-definition video camera gear for travel and field use.

www.pelican.com



Secondary  Sponsors

Thanks to the following sponsors of this expedition. We have chosen and asked for support from these sponsors, who offer high quality products and services. Any company on this list gets our highest recommendation.


A&I Color for processing all of the 1997 expedition's film. A&I Color is one of the nation's premier photofinishing labs.
www.aandi.com

Dive Discovery for their overwhelming support of this & other expeditions over the years. This travel agency routinely does the impossible, getting us to destinations most people have not even heard of.

www.divediscovery.com

Marmot for providing outdoor gear & undergarments to a team member

www.marmot.com

Sea and Sea Underwater Photography for loaning underwater photographic equipment. Their NX-90 underwater housing for the Nikon N90s camera performed admirably in Antarctic conditions.

www.seaandsea.com




We would like to thank the following individuals
who have been instrumental in helping with this project

At NSF Office of Polar Programs:
Guy Guthridge, Polly Penhale, Dwight Fisher, Eric Chiang, and Kristin Larson.

At Antarctic Support Associates:
Robin Abbott, Beez Bohner, Mimi Fujino, Steve Kottmeier, Henry Perk, Tom Quinn, Rob Robbins, Robbie Score, Kristin Scott, Buck Tilley, the helicopter pilots of PHI, and the many dive tenders who helped us in the field.

In Antarctica:
Bill Baker, Sam Bowser, Kevin Hoefling, Stacy Kim, Liz Kintzing, Hunter Lenihan, Adam Marsh, Jim McClintock, and other scientific teams.

Identification Assistance:
the following people enthusiastically gave assistance in identifying organisms for the Field Guide -- if you find the Field Guide useful, a large portion of the credit goes to them

Bill Baker, Roger Bamber, Isidro Bosch, Sam Bowser, Angelika Brandt, Edward Brinton, Christina C Cheng, C Allan Child, Kathleen Conlan, Paul Cziko, Marymegan Daly, Paul K Dayton, Arthur L De Vries, Walentina de Weerdt, John H Dearborn, Daphne Fautin, Judy Fournier, Julian Gutt, Ed Hendrycks, Nicholas D Holland, Jens Kowalke, Franz Krapp, Ronald J Larson, Lawrence L. Lovell, John C Ljubenko, Jim Mastro, Patricia (Kott) Mather, Jim McClintock, Claudia Mills, William A Newman, Francesc Pagès, John Pearse, Phil Pugh, Juan A. Sanchez, Rob van Soest, Heike Waegele


Others:
Steve Alexander, Bill Baker, Bob Bayer, Kathleen Conlan, Paul Cziko, Paul Dayton, Guenter Foersterra, Vreni Haeussermann, Robert Hessler, Luke Hunt, George J Janczyn, Henry Kaiser, Uwe Kils, Nonna F Kondratenko, Jim Mastro, Gerald Kooyman, William A Newman

And the members of Norbert Wu's teams who were instrumental to the success of this project: