Diving gondola
A diving gondola consists of a visitor gondola equipped with windows that contains seats and a machine table, as well as a central pillar on which it goes into the water and back. In contrast to a diving bell, it is closed all around and designed as a pressure chamber. Because of the restricted visibility due to plankton , 3D films about the underwater world are shown on board diving gondolas.
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The first copy was opened on July 21, 2006 at the Zinnowitz pier on Usedom . The second diving gondola was put into operation on September 17, 2008 at the Sellin pier on Rügen , the third on September 10, 2009 in Grömitz in Schleswig-Holstein . The fourth diving gondola in Zingst on Fischland-Darß-Zingst has been in operation since June 18, 2013 . Diving gondolas are also planned for use in Malmö and Croatia .
Data
The prototype in Zinnowitz holds 24 visitors and two crew members. The diameter of the visitor room is 7.1 meters and the mass of the gondola approx. 45 tons. To anchor the gondola, a metal pillar was driven about ten meters into the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The deck of the visitor room is submerged 3.5 m below the surface of the water, the construction allows a diving depth of up to eight meters. The diving gondola in Zinnowitz received 38,000 visitors in 2010, the one in Sellin had 300,000 visitors by summer 2014.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Westdeutsche Zeitung of March 3, 2010: Rügen: Everything is green under water, but still fascinating
- ↑ a b Ostsee-Zeitung of March 1, 2011: Diving gondola further asked: Zingst, Sopot and Malmö ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tourism Association Usedom about the diving gondola with numerous pictures of its construction ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Rügen diving gondola welcomes 300,000 visitors. August 30, 2014, accessed November 28, 2015 .
