Born in Lodz, Poland. Lives in Michigan, USA. Since 1990, an active scuba diver with many levels of certification such as technical, professional, CCR and underwater archeological diver. For several years a journalist and correspondent for a scuba diving magazine in Poland. Professional underwater videographer. Since 2010, a co-organizer of the Shipwreck Festival in Lodz, Poland. This event is nonprofit and concentrates on helping the Children’s’ Hospice Home in Lodz, Poland with purchasing medical equipment for the children. Has been recognized and honored as a “Friend of the Hospice Home” for all of the support. Member of The Explorers Club in New York, as well as the Polish Chapter. Vice President of the Shipwreck Expeditions Association. Organizer and team leader of 15 scientific expeditions.
Leader of the expedition and underwater photographer. President of the Wreck Expedition Association: www.wyprawywrakowe.pl and co-organizer of the Lodz Festival. of Wreck Diving: www.festiwalwrakowy.com. Member of The Explorers Club and the organizer and participant in 14 shipwreck expeditions, Roman collaborates with experts from academia bringing a major contribution to historical knowledge.
Mariusz is a writer and maritime historian. For several years he has worked as a freelance writer for magazines nationwide, writing about the recent history of the Polish Navy since the establishment of Polish sea power until the end of World War II. He has written many historical pieces on great achievements on the seas and oceans from the tenth century to modern times. His writing has dealt extensively with the history of the German U-Bootwaffe in the years 1935-1945 (released 5 books in print – the most famous: “Assassins U-boats. Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945”, “Iron sharks Donitza”, Vol. 1-2, “U 977. Hitler’s Last Ship”). He has also published a few hundred articles in specialized journals – domestic and foreign. He has been writing for 17 years.
Peter is a filmmaker and documentarian of diving and the underwater world. A wreck and cave diver, GUE diver, specialist in underwater videography, assembly and digital video editing, and Certified Final Cut Pro. A graduate in Underwater Archaeology at the University of Warsaw, Peter has been diving for 10 years and filming underwater for 7 years. Peter is interested in film technology and equipment suitable for diving in difficult conditions, in the dark, and on the deep wrecks and in caves. He shares his passion in lectures, workshops, and in underwater videography. He has taken part in interesting and challenging projects and diving trips including: “Morpheus Project” – a project of scientific research in the caves of Croatia, “Reach DNA” – the search for wrecks in the Baltic Sea, “Sierra 2012” – the study and exploration of an 18th century wreck, the expedition under the auspices of The Explorers Club, “Crimea Project” – Warsaw University archaeological expedition, and the “Veneto Project” – a deep cave diving project.
Bartek Grynda
Bartek is the owner of Gralmarine, which manufactures specialized lighting for divers, underwater housings for cameras, ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles) and other sophisticated equipment for special tasks underwater. He is a passionate diver, explorer, and engineer . In his spare time he likes to go with his metal detector and shovel in search of hidden treasures. In 2014 he became a member of the Shipwrecks Expedition Association.
For Michael diving is a tool for the discovery and exploration of the places to which few have access, supposedly an adventure reserved only for the few. It turns out, however, that many people share the passion for diving. There are many people who believe that today you can still discover something undiscovered, that the seas and oceans are full of shipwrecks, which from the moment of their sinking remain untouched by human hands. In many cases these wrecks often hold hidden secrets, treasures, and stories which ignite the imagination and are a huge incentive for exploration. The green waters of the Baltic Sea are no exception and for centuries turbulent history has left many secrets on the bottom. Thanks to his passion Michael can explore wrecks and admire their beauty and their stories while searching for his “Grail”.
Chris Kraska was born in the US in 1968 to an Irish mother and Polish Father who met and married at the height of WWII. His father was a seaman in the Polish Navy. Chris is a divemaster and underwater photographer with hundreds of dives in warm waters as well as on Lake Erie. He is the chairman of the board of a a non-profit avocational marine archaeology group in Northern Ohio called MAST (Maritime Archaeological Survey Team) which installs and maintains moorings and buoys on 11 lake Erie Shipwrecks. He has participated in numerous archaeological surveys as as a diver and dive safety officer. Most recently Chris was the project manager on the survey of the Sultan, which sank in Lake Erie in 1864, and for which a technical report is being released this summer. Chris has degrees in political science and education and is completing a third in archaeology. He teaches high school in Cleveland, Ohio.
TDI/SDI/ERDI Instructor Trainer CC/OC, ISDA than 35 years of diving experience including many as a diving instructor, he has also held a number of diving manager posts at local diving schools and clubs. Personal interests include maritime archaeology, close-circuit rebreathers (CCR), Civil Protection, Computational decompression theory, and the protection of marine environment.
BSAC Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI), PADI OWSI and SDI/TDI instructor. In the 14 years he has been diving, he has channeled his passion and enthusiasm towards other divers by supporting, instructing and bringing them together. He has also pursued advanced technical diving courses, and recently achieved the advanced trimix instructor level, and closed-circuit rebreather certification.
