The Hansen Protection Sea Arctic immersion suit is a high quality immersion suit that offer everything needed in an immersion suit. You get all the basic safety in a immersion plus much more:
- Retains color when wet (fluorescent)
- Volume regulated hood for better sealing, insulation and buoyancy
- Removable gloves attached by elastic
- Integrated spray hood
- Extra durable/reinforced/flame retardant neoprene
- Specially designed to withstand aging/robust neoprene
- Approved for use without life jacket
- NMD compliance, own certificate for Norwegian sector
- Supplied vacuum packed, see http://hpseasurvival.blogspot.no/2013/07/take-care-of-your-immersion-suits-have.html (not in a bag). Up to 5 year service interval
- Approved as survival suit even without self righting device
- http://hansenprotection.no/survival/sea-arctic/details.html
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9gyfp4yNG4Y
The suit is IMO/SOLAS approved by DNV (LSA code 2.3) and in addition approved to meet the special Norwegian Maritime Directorate (NMD) regulation 0853 from 7.4.2007 - “Evacuation and life-saving appliances on mobile offshore units”. Please follow link to the standard (DNV Compliance certificate enclosed):
http://www.sjofartsdir.no/en/legislation/regulations/regulation-4-july-2007-no-853-concerning-evacuation-and-life-saving-appliances-on-mobile-offshore-units/