February 26, 2010 – 2:48 pm
Here you can read about the 22 th expedition from Irkutsk “ Arabica” club cavers in the cave Botovskaya, which can be found in East Siberia, close to the Lake Baikal. The expedition was organized with the support of the East Siberian Branch of Russian Geographical Society and the administration Zhigalovskii area. Five days spent [...]
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February 24, 2010 – 10:05 am
Here you can read about the international expedition to Javorinka cave (High Tatras, 8km/ -360m). The aim of the expedition was to connect the cave to another one, creating a second entrance to the system. This way explorers can enter the cave without passing the Kerberos siphon, which is open only in dry and cold [...]
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February 23, 2010 – 9:52 am
On espeleobloc, you can read an article published in Science, which is about how caves of Mallorca show the marks of a 20m sea level drop of the Mediterranean Sea between 85.400 and 76.600 bc.
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February 21, 2010 – 8:54 pm
1° International Web Festival SpeleoMovie Rassegna internazionale del documentario speleologico Napoli Underground is happy to announce a call for entries for as we launch our first viewer-judged Speleological documentary film festival open to speleo enthusiasts around the globe. It is our hope that video entries which will be broadcast and available for viewing on our [...]
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February 20, 2010 – 4:33 am
From december to january, two expeditions visited the worlds second deepest cave, the Illyuzia-Mezhonnogo-Snezhnaya system. They used the lower Snezhnaya entrance, and faced some serious flooding around the bottom, because of melting of snow at the surface. You can read about the expedition proceedings here and here.
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February 18, 2010 – 4:27 am
Dear All, (VERSION FRANCAISE CI-DESSOUS) The FSE and the UIS Techning department have the pleasure to officially invite you to participate to “Spele-O-Feminin” International Gathering from the 3rd to the 5th of April 2010 in Ardeche – France. It’s the first time that a speleological international event will gather so many female cavers from all over [...]
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February 15, 2010 – 4:24 am
Here you can read about the history of cave diving, starting from 1878 Nello Ottonelli’s first attempts at Vaclause, to the latest records of today. By espeleobloc.
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February 12, 2010 – 7:53 am
On espeleobloc you can read about the stone forest of Tsingy, which is a unique karst phenomena in Madagascar. Dissolution created a forest of blade-sharp limestone formations.
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February 10, 2010 – 7:54 pm
The Fennoscandian Shield consists of crystalline rocks. Sweden is known for its granite caves, and there are thousands of them recorded (SSF). The various types of caves are described by Sjöberg (1994). In most cases, the caves seem to have a paleoseismic origin (Mörner, 2003). The Symposium will be held close to Nynäshamn located 50 [...]
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February 9, 2010 – 11:24 am
On espeleo you can read about the unique glow worm caves of New Zealand. These caves are illuminated by Arachnocampa luminosa glowworm.
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