The Mares / SSI /rEvo Dive Expedition Team have had a few weeks to relax and now we’re back on the blog, here to give you the lowdown on some of t...

Nudibranchs come in many different colours, shapes and sizes. According to various sources, there are between 2000 - 3000 different species of nudibra...

Undertaking a cool journey of discoveryWater temperatures of minus 3°C. It is so cold here that using salt to lower the temperature of freezing is ...

Our trip would not have been possible without all the wonderful Mares gear we had in tow, but how did we get it to Siberia? Mares has a wide range ...

Given the extreme nature of our dive expedition, our first choice of buoyancy device was the Donut Bladder Twin Tank from Mares’ XR range, with st...

On our expedition to Lake Baikal, the XR Kevlar Dry Suit was indispensable, and ours went through at least 10 dives each. This suit comes with a c...

All team members are getting used to the schedule: 7:30am meeting and packing up the equipment – 8:00am breakfast – 8:30am loading the trucks ...

Do you remember? Yesterday’s dive spot was great. So nice that we decided to go to the north tip of Olkohn, Kohboy, again. Olkohn became conne...

The first day on site was challenging for all team members. A 7,000km flight in Economy Class through 7 time zones had messed up everybody's mutual co...

Dear friends and followers of the MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team blog, While in our last blog we told you where we were going to go with our...

What works best if you want to see how your products perform when being used? EXTREME CONDITIONS! Mares has spent several decades developing produ...

Following the creation of our blog, we are excited to announce the creation of Mares’ new website! Take a look here! The new website groups to...

The funny thing about paradise is, it is always somewhere far, but not where you are at the moment and paradoxically home is only sweet, when you ar...

Freediving and scuba diving, although having the same aim of exploring the depths, mean a completely different physical and mental approach. Here ar...

“From the deepest of seas, to the highest of peaks”. This slogan, taken from our Fusion 52X video, describes exactly what happened to a number o...

Finning, bycatch in commercial fishing, over fishing, sport fishing, contamination, pollution and targeted killing let the shark populations rapid...

There is nothing more frustrating in life then when you are within a group of individuals who are speaking a foreign language and you ...

There is no doubt Jacques would be jealous. Sure, he had pristine reefs and healthier fish populations but the guy was swimming around with a flare ...