At Fourth Element we work with some of the most ambitious exploration projects in the world where explorers push themselves and our gear to the limits of human endurance. In addition we are proud to support marine charities and we work with three charities dedicated to the rehabilitation of wounded servicemen and women through Scuba Diving.
National Geographic, Indonesia
When the National Geographic Expedition to survey some of the deepest reefs in Indonesia realised that their biggest challenge would be thermal protection on the long decompression dives, fourth element was asked to step in, equipping lead divers with drysuits and lightweight, ultra-fast wick thermals to manage both perspiration and conductive cooling.
Castleguard Caves. Canada
We continue to support ongoing expeditions to Castleguard Caves in Canada – an elaborate cave system that can only be accessed in winter, as this requires the river at the mouth of the cave to be frozen. We have supported explorers since 2004 until the latest mission in early 2021 with thermal protection for the most extreme environments.
Submerged Inca city, Peru
We have supplied similar base layer and thermal systems to expeditions to remote cave systems in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, and in 2019, we supported another National Geographic Expedition to survey a High Andean archaeological site, and possible location of a submerged Inca city. Our gear has been specified by two expeditions to explore and document the Titanic’s sister ship, the Britannic. In fact our base layers have been worn on missions to the Titanic itself as well as ascents of Everest. We are explorers ourselves: members of our own team have participated in cave diving projects in Mexico and the search for WWI shipwrecks in Labrador, Canada.
Antarctic Fire Angels
“Our Fourth Element base layers tick both these boxes! The outstanding wicking properties of the J2 base layers keep us dry – sweat can freeze on the inside of our layers leaving us cold and vulnerable to hypothermia.
Night time requires a different type of demand. The layers need to feel instantly warm whilst being able to impart body heat into the down sleeping bags and the xerotherm base layers do this well whilst also being comfortable to sleep in, without restriction or bulk.
Our Fourth Element base layers have met our demands and beyond and we couldn’t be happier to be supported by them”
Deptherapy
We are supporters of WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation), Ghost Diving, The Coral Restoration Foundation, The Olive Ridley Project and other marine charities. We also take a great deal of interest in the use of Scuba Diving as a rehabilitation tool for injured servicemen and women. In the UK we have supported the charity Deptherapy financially, and helped them to develop their corporate identity, designing logos and apparel etc. In conjunction with the Wounded Warrior program in the USA, Deptherapy developed specially adapted scuba diving programmes and implemented them both in the UK and further afield. In the US we work with the Wounded Heroes Foundation, providing specially modified thermal protection for the participants in dive training programmes, and also with the US National Parks Survey’s Wounded Veteran in Parks programme.
