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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Winter camp in Khakassia
January 20, 2010 – 7:43 am
From 30 December to 7 January in the village of Malaya Sye (Khakassia,Central Siberia) was held the speleocamp of 30 cavers from Krasnoyarsk (CCS, GCS, FAS), Abakan and even Yekaterinburg. Despite a steady -40 C (!!!) frost three tasks were accomplished: topographical surveying, and diving in siphons, in the cave of Pandora’s Box, and [...]
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 [...]