DUTY OF CARE IN COLD WATER
How many hours from rescue does your crew operate?
Standard LSA suits were never designed nor tested in polar conditions. More than a few hours under wet and windy conditions may not be achieved with standard suits. Duty of care should consider distance to rescue in hours to decide what equipment to procure.
USCG Approved · EU MED (Wheel Mark) · UK MED (Red Ensign) · Canada TP 14475 · Chile DIRECTEMAR
Made in the USA · Berry Compliant
Why it is different
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Float Above the Water — Enhanced buoyancy reduces cold-water exposure and hypothermia risk
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Deployable Splash Tent — A personal shelter from wind, rain, and waves — eat, sleep, and recover in protection
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Hands Free When It Matters — Open from within to access bare hands for eating, drinking, and first aid — without compromising the seal
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Wet-donning resilience. Standard suits are estimated to lose 40–45% of their thermal protection with one litre of water inside. The Arctic 10+ is engineered to keep protecting you even when donned wet.
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Built for Extremes, Comfortable for Hours — Feels like a sleeping bag, not a restrictive suit — engineered for real wear time, not just storage compliance.
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Made in the USA - Berry Compliant manufacturing, built by a U.S. Government contractor with decades of extreme-environment experience.
Engineered to Standards Others Only Reference
LSA Code approval confirms that a suit meets a minimum test of six hours in the water. Polar Code Chapter 8 is goal-based: protection must last until rescue arrives, which in polar waters may take up to five days. The Arctic 10+ is engineered for that requirement, not just minimum LSA compliance.
About us
Decades of equipping people who work in extreme conditions.
White Glacier Manufacturing Corp. was founded in Humacao, Puerto Rico, in 2014 to close a gap the industry had left open: standard immersion suits are built to pass a six-hour test, not to keep a crew alive until rescue arrives.
Our founder, Diego Jacobson, has manufactured for U.S. Government programs since 1988, including approximately 240,000 Layer 7 ECWCS extreme cold-weather parkas and trousers for U.S. forces. That experience in mission-critical cold-weather equipment is built into every Arctic 10+.
The Arctic 10+ is engineered for the goal-based requirements of IMO Polar Code Chapter 8. Its key features, including the batwing arm tunnel and integrated splash tent, are protected by U.S. patents.
Survival time, not minimum compliance. Designed around how long a crew may wait for rescue.
Independently approved. USCG, EU MED, UK MED, Canada TP 14475 and Chile DIRECTEMAR.
Made in the USA. Berry Compliant manufacturing in Puerto Rico.
Contact Us
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