AFP presents a reportage of 29 images showing divers learning how to dive in polar regions so they could carry out scientific research on the climate change, on March 14, 2026. Search all these reportage images using FINLAND-CLIMATE-ENVIRONMENT-DIVING-POLAR-SCIENCE Search "REPORTAGE" to source all feature, magazine and photo essays (Photo by -STR / AFP via Getty Images)

The sun shines through the clouds over the frozen lake at the Kilpisjaervi Biological Station in Finland, on March 14, 2026. In northernmost Finland, divers learn to conduct research below ice in harsh Arctic conditions to understand how climate change is transforming the world's polar regions. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images)

A participant in the Polar Scientific Diving program prepares an ice hole, or maina, prior to a diving session, at the Kilpisjaervi Biological Station in Finland on March 14, 2026. In northernmost Finland, divers learn to conduct research below ice in harsh Arctic conditions to understand how climate change is transforming the world's polar regions. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images)

A participant in the Polar Scientific Diving program is lifted out of the water by colleagues after a 45-minute-long diving session, at the Kilpisjaervi Biological Station in Finland on March 14, 2026. In northernmost Finland, divers learn to conduct research below ice in harsh Arctic conditions to understand how climate change is transforming the world's polar regions. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images)

A participant in the Polar Scientific Diving program has her goggles adjusted by a colleague before a 45-minute-long diving session, at the Kilpisjaervi Biological Station in Finland on March 14, 2026. In northernmost Finland, divers learn to conduct research below ice in harsh Arctic conditions to understand how climate change is transforming the world's polar regions. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images)

A participant in the Polar Scientific Diving program is lifted out of the water by colleagues after a 45-minute-long diving session, at the Kilpisjaervi Biological Station in Finland on March 14, 2026. In northernmost Finland, divers learn to conduct research below ice in harsh Arctic conditions to understand how climate change is transforming the world's polar regions. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images)

A participant in the Polar Scientific Diving program enters the water for a 45-minute-long diving session, at the Kilpisjaervi Biological Station in Finland on March 14, 2026. In northernmost Finland, divers learn to conduct research below ice in harsh Arctic conditions to understand how climate change is transforming the world's polar regions. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images)

A participant in the Polar Scientific Diving program enters the water for a 45-minute-long diving session, at the Kilpisjaervi Biological Station in Finland on March 14, 2026. In northernmost Finland, divers learn to conduct research below ice in harsh Arctic conditions to understand how climate change is transforming the world's polar regions. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images)