You can find the complete documentation of the 2008 Win-Timdouine (20km long cave system in Marocco,High Atlas) biospeleological expedition here. Photos, text, and a video.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Eduard Alfred Martel Cartoon
October 29, 2009 – 2:17 pm
Here’s a retro cartoon about the adventrues of E.A. Martel from espeleobloc.
CGEB expedition to Hekurave mountains
October 28, 2009 – 8:00 am
September 2009 saw the continuation, after the initial ventures in 1993, 1994, 2006 and 2008, of the exploratory expedition to Albania by the Caving Society, the Commissione Grotte “Eugenio Boegan” CAI Trieste. Its purpose was to survey the enormous karst plateau which acts as a reference to the area of the Hekurave and Boshit mountains, [...]
Toirano 2009 – Speleologie in movimento
October 27, 2009 – 9:37 am
The Italian Speleological Society – SSI Società Speleologica Italiana next weekend organize the national meeting “Toirano 2009 – Speleologie in movimento” from 30 october to 1 novembre 2009, in the little city of Toirano, in Liguria Region. This is the first italian meeting with this target: Toirano 2009 is an open meeting with congresses, workshops, [...]
Results of expedition Arabica 2009
October 26, 2009 – 8:23 am
In the period from 16 August to 12 October the research expedition “Arabica 2009″ in Sarma cave (-1543m) and surrounding areas (Abkhazia ,Western Caucasus, Gagra Range, R-OH triangle) took place. The expedition was organized by Siberian Federal University, and caving clubs from Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk. Also, it was attended by cavers from Tomsk, Ufa and [...]
Discovery of a cave church in Jordan
October 23, 2009 – 1:43 pm
This is the third time, that Commissione Cavita’ Artificiali SSI, the comission for artifical caves in Italy, visits Jordan for exploration purposes. They give support to the University of Florence. Recently they discovered a cave church with five graves in the wall, probably of Byzantine period, with remains of frescoes and a cross painted.
more here [...]
18th Congress of Ukrainian speleological association
October 22, 2009 – 10:10 am
The 18th Congress of Ukrainian speleological association, will be take place since 4 december to 6 december in the heart of Ukrainian Carpathians, city Jaremche (Ivano-Frankivsk region). I am one of the organizers of this congress, and want that people from different countries and clubs join us, beacuse: ” one world underground “. Сavers from [...]
Survey of the longest cave on earth
October 22, 2009 – 10:07 am
Here you can find an article and some pictures about the survey of the longest cave on earth, Mamooth Cave System, which is 590km long!
Grotte de Chamois – the underground river
October 20, 2009 – 9:50 am
In the summer of 2009, an international camp was attended by 28 cavers from 7 different countries (Austria, France, Hungary, Italy, Mauritius, Slovenia, Sweden). All gathered in the hamlet of Aurenti, transformed for the occasion into base camp.
Discovery of underground Coulomp
During 10 days, 20 teams entered the cave for surveying and exploring the galleries of [...]