Myself and a good friend, ice diving in Belgium is not the real thing, but still cold...
(Ekerse Put, Ekeren)

A good and warm hotel, always pleasant after a cold ice dive
(Urisee, Austria)

The real thing, ice diving in a mountain lake, not for the faint-hearted!
(Urisee, Austria)

Overview of the lake with entrance hole
(Urisee, Austria)

Hard work....making a hole in the ice with a handsaw
(Urisee, Austria)

A lot faster and easier...with a chainsaw
(Urisee, Austria)

Pulling out the thick ice cover
(Urisee, Austria)

The 25 cm thick ice cover
(Urisee, Austria)

Ice diving preparations
(Urisee, Austria)

Ice diving preparations
(Urisee, Austria)

Guard and divers with safety line
(Urisee, Austria)

Divers with safety line, departing
(Urisee, Austria)

Guard with safety line
(Urisee, Austria)

Guard and divers with safety line, coming back
(Urisee, Austria)