Your daily life in the cold months in winter begins with scraping ice from the windscreen of your car and short sleeve shirts become just a sweet memory. At this time, even the pavement is considered an enemy, as every step on it could make you lying flat on the back. 

Regardless of the hindrances of the winter, there is a silver lining for the adventure seekers.

As the temperatures drop across Europe and North America, some streams, seas and lakes freeze over and form a layer of thick icy surface which separates us from the water world that we want to explore. 

If you have an advanced open water diver certification and want to have an extremely exciting dive, becoming an ice driver is the excellent choice for you. Here are the top 5 diving destinations you will want to know.

The Top 5 Ice Diving Destinations

If you are an ice diver and want to get some information about top 5 ice diving destinations in the world,  you will find in this article brief information about the following destinations:

• Switzerland 
• Finland 
• Russia 
• antarctic

Switzerland 

It is considered one of the landlocked countries that is located on albin mountains. Switzerland contains some of the best off-piste skiing in Europe.

Among these class ski resorts in the world, frozen lakes await you. Visit the lake with some snowshoes and stay overnight in the wooden hut to have the most authentic experience. 

To complete your adventure, warm up after your time under the ice with a raclette or fondue. Search for a local dive Center and resort from here.

Finland 

Frozen Finland is one of the hotspots for the adventure seekers! With the freezing streams and lakes, the opportunities for the adventurous multiply.

There, you can play with the snow kite across the frozen lakes, sharp your axis to climb the frozen waterfalls and buy a drysuit for diving below the icy surface.

Finland has long winters, that guarantee falling ice and snow until spring. It’s a common thing to have a steaming jacuzzi on standby after. Search for a local PADI dive Center and resort from here.

Russia 

The appropriate name of Russia is white sea. Ice divers can visit its north west Coast which gives them the chance to encounter the abundance of marine life. 

The most fantastic creature you can see there is The White Whale _ the Beluga. In addition to being completely white, this creature is also famous for its unique echolocation organ which is called a melon. This organo allows it to find holes in the thick icy sheet that can breathe through it.

Antarctica

When we talk about the top 5 ice diving destinations, Antarctica comes first. We mentioned it in the late because it’s unlikely to be in your budget. 

Although it’s considered a logistical headache and not the ideal place to learn, for qualified and well experienced ice divers, Antarctica is regarded as the icing on the cake.

In Antarctica you will not only enjoy with penguins and hunting Liberty seals but you will also have the chance to see beauty few others ever experience. 

There, you can enjoy seeing your exhaled bubbles coming to an abrupt halt while hitting the ice, how the light dances through the ice and the utter eerings of being there.

In addition to seeing a marvel out of bounds to many, you will enjoy seeing other fellow divers and friends admire you when you flush your PADI ice diver card and as you know, for many social circles, bragging rights are as good as currency.

What are you waiting for!! Find your local PADI dive Center and resort NOW to enroll in a PADY ice diver course. You will also need to complete the PADI Dry Suit Diver Speciality course before traveling.