Underwater Incident Claims Life of Italian Cave Diver
An Italian cave diver died over the weekend after an incident while diving in Covolo Veci, one of the two active branches of northern Italy’s Oliero cave system. The cave … Read More
Italy Caving News
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Italy’s Castellana Caves Celebrate 75th Anniversary with Memorial Descent
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the discovery of Italy’s famed Castellana Caves, cavers will be given the opportunity to descend the 60 meter (200 foot) deep natural entrance to … Read More
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Skeletons in Cave Reveal Early Mediterranean Islanders Ate Little Seafood
A team of German researchers studying skeletal remains from an island cave in Favignana, Italy have discovered that early humans ate little seafood, despite living on the Mediterranean sea. The … Read More
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Astronauts Complete Underground Training Course
After a six-day mission underground, the team of astronauts who took part of in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) CAVES 2012 training course have returned to the surface. CAVES, an … Read More
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Four Scuba Divers Drown During Italian Cave Dive
Four scuba divers died last weekend while visiting a popular underwater cave system near Palinuro in southern Italy. The divers, part of group of nine exploring the cave known as … Read More
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Blue Grotto Commercialization Plans Anger Italians
The mayor of the tiny island of Capri is taking a lot of flak over his plans to install floating pontoon board walks 45 meters (150 feet) from the entrance … Read More
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Results of January Expedition to Abysso Led Zeppelin
A return visit this past January netted the joint Hungarian-Italian team an additional 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) of horizontal passage in the Abysso Led Zeppelin, a cave in the Canin … Read More
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Cave Rescue Divers Assisting Search of Partially Capsized Cruise Ship
Costa Concordia, the cruise ship which ran aground last Friday now seems much more like an enormous underwater labyrinth than a modern cruise ship. The accident on January 13th which … Read More
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Newly Released Italian Cave Documentaries Available on YouTube
A couple of italian documentaries featuring both dry and underwater caves have recently been uploaded in their entirety to YouTube by Studio Blu, the production company responsible for creating them. … Read More
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Cavers Discover Dinosaur Tracks on Italy’s Mount Pelmo
A group of mountain climbing cavers stumbled upon a series of what are likely dinosaur tracks this September while on an expedition to visit Giauli Cave. In preparation of abseiling … Read More
