Plura/Narvik, Norway

The small pond is a gateway to an underground river that originates in Kallvanet, a 28 km2 lake located 8km further up in the Valley. The water then slowly travels underground, at the deepest point reaching 135m, until it resurfaces and streams further as the Plura River. The pond is now covered in a
thick layer of ice and with a cap of fresh snow on top. Only small pool is maintained ice-free, allowing divers to enter the underground.

1°C water on the surface bites the face. Our plan to stay down there for two hours seems surreal, but once we dip our heads under the ice and look down at the crystal clear lake below, all thoughts of the cold temporarily disappear. The emotion is so strong that dopamine automatically binds to all available dopamine receptors. As we descend to the cavern, the initial rush weakens and the consciousness takes full control and by entering the no-light zone, the darkness makes the mind concentrate on simple things. This feeling gives a clear answer on what do the cave divers search in such complete darkness? The answer is –
that state of achieving full consciousness. For some, it is only possible here, deep and far from the daylight, that the diver feels in the closest relationship with himself.

As we emerge, the sense of warmth comes back in almost immediately. The mood outside has changed beyond recognition. The snowstorm has stopped and the valley is bathed in the midday sun. High snow-capped mountains line the
valley on two sides, while the Plura River meanders between them. This scenery began to form about 400 million years ago, when Greenland collided with Scandinavia. The earth’s crust folded up higher than today’s Himalayas. Because
the rock was formed from the former seabed, it was naturally rich in limestone. The impact of high temperature and enormous pressure transformed layers of limestone into marble. Erosion gradually weathered the long mountain ridges, and glaciers carved valleys into them. Finally, the power of water and ice acted, weathering the rock from the inside and transforming the underground spaces into the best-preserved evidence of a geomorphological process that has been going on for millions of years.

all transfers

accommodation in Plura and Narvik

diving (excepting boat costs in Narvik)

food in Plura and Narvik

90 kg of luggage transported from Bratislava to the destination

rental 3L or 2L CCR cylinders

rental bailout tanks

oxygen, air fills

Diving:

4 days of cave diving in Plura and Litjåga cave (1-2 dives per day according to personal preference)

1 x wreck dive on SS Torgtind

1 x drift dive in one of the most biodiverse site in Norway

5 diving days in Narvik (1-2 dives per day according to wreck character and depth)