Yana Stashkevich

Experienced technical CCR, cave, mine, and wreck diver Yana Stashkevich is rapidly making a name for herself when it comes to exploration dives”. Over the past ten years, she has dived in over 35 destinations across three continents, all while balancing a full-time career as a global marketeer. Yana was a member of the Vaggfjellan XI expedition exploring the cave system located beyond the Arctic Circle in Norway. And more recently a CCR diver on the Underwater Filming & Research team identifying wrecks in Greece. Currently, Yana is actively involved in a filming project in the Pacific, exploring deep wrecks in the North Sea and photographing and documenting the UK mines.

Based in UK, Yana has an infectious amount of energy and enthusiasm and is a regular keynote speaker and coach – she is passionate about inspiring people to push their boundaries and pursue their passion.

Title: "Exploring Iceland’s Underwater Frontier: Where Science Dives into the Unknown"

Exploring Iceland's underwater frontier, Yana Stashkevich recounts her recent experience on Bernie Chowdhury's September 2025 Explorers Club Flag Expedition to Iceland, vividly describing the surreal underwater landscapes and scientific potential of Iceland's Silfra Hellir (and the ground-breaking biology research conducted by Dr. Nasreen Haque, the expedition scientist).