The Team

 

The core of the expedition is a two women team. Together, we were the first women to dive the Red Tarn (UK) and have started the underwater geocaching game (featured in the March 2015 of SCUBA magazine). 

 

Giulia Grimaldi

Is the expedition leader with a wide experience in organizing and managing dive trips and expeditions (Outer Hebrides, Iceland, White Sea, Pantelleria, Gozo, just to name a few).  When Diving Officer at Imperial College Underwater Club she put together the Safety Divers team which flanked Swim Safety at the London 2012 Olympic Games. A BSAC Advanced Instructor, she holds a PhD in Epigenetics. 

 

Barbora Vagaska

A BSAC Dive Leader, Barbora with only 20 dives under her belt went ice diving in the Arctic Circle (White Sea). She has dived all around the UK, in mountain lakes in Austria and on historical sites such as those of an ancient Roman port in the Mediterranean Sea. It wasn't until past her 70th dive that she dived in tropical water. She has just finished her PhD in Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine.