Description Fourth Element Arctic Top For Ladies Fourth Element Ladies Arctic Top, is designed with a long body portion to ensure adequate overlap between the top and trousers. Thumb loops prevent the sleeves from riding up during donning. Remember to remove them and tuck them back underneath the wrist seals to make sure you get a dry dive! Tuck the Arctic Top into the waistband of the Arctic leggings/trousers before donning your drysuit to prevent any separation and riding up during the dive, this helps prevent the divers lower back getting cold. This is the Original, Pre 2024 Upgrade, Arctic Top The ladies Arctic Top works really well with the Ladies Arctic Leggings Here or we offer tops and leggings as a Bundle Here Fourth Element Ladies Arctic Top Features Keeps the body dry and warm Superior low bulk insulation for flexibility Performs even when wet Machine washable Comfortable fit with fleece inner Used by FBI dive teams and military divers world wide Fourth Element Arctic Fabric & Care 80% Polyester 17% Nylon 3% Elastane Lining: 100% Polyester. Machine wash cold and line dry. Fourth Element Arctic Fabric | Technology HIGH PERFORMANCE UNDERSUIT Backed by years of field testing from industry professionals such as the British Antarctic Survey Dive Team and the Norwegian Navy. The Fourth Element Arctic was designed using high technology fabrics tested in real diving conditions. The Arctic™s two layers of insulation and low bulk fabric ensure exceptional levels of thermal protection and performance under closer fitting neoprene drysuits. In a layering system, the Arctic is also suited for use underneath membrane and trilaminate suits. Using a combination of fast wicking, high insulation fabrics, the Arctic creates a micro climate around the diver, keeping the body dry and warm. Instead of maximising the thickness of the layer of air near the skin, it requires less loft by minimising the movement of air within, reducing the rate of cooling without risking trapping air and preventing the dump valve from releasing. The Arctic retains a significant degree of its thermal performance when wet, such that wearers have found it possible to complete dives in relative comfort after even the most fundamental drysuit failures. In some cases, divers have not noticed a leak in a neck or wrist seal until after the dive, such is the performance of the Fourth Element Arctic.
