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Search for Missing Caver Continues After 8 Days
October 10, 2011 / Indiana, United States, North AmericaThe family of a missing caver, Kevin Eve, is asking for more volunteers to join the search effort. Last seen on October 1st, his car was found two days later …
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A Caver’s Lost Keys Lead to Rescue Call Out
October 9, 2011 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeA short search for a lost caver on Friday was called off when it was discovered that a caver had inadvertently lost his keys. Members of the U.K.’s Cave Rescue …
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South Dakota’s Wind Cave National Park is Expanding
October 8, 2011 / South Dakota, United States, North AmericaThis past Thursday it was announced that the size of South Dakota’s Wind Cave National Park will be increased by 5,555 acres due to the acquisition of neighbouring ranch land, …
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Sheep Rescued From English Cave
October 7, 2011 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeTwo english cave rescue teams were called in recently to an area of the North York Moors for a mission of a different kind. 24 Sheep had broken through a …
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Ice Age Plants May Survive in Chinese Cave
A number of plant species growing in a cave in south-west China could be survivors from the last ice age. The plants, seven species of nettle, grow in the dark …
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Missing Caver in Indiana’s Harrison-Crawford State Forest
October 5, 2011 / Indiana, United States, North AmericaA 25-year-old caver is presumed lost somewhere, possibly in a cave in Indiana’s Harrison-Crawford State Forest. Kevin Eve of Georgetown, Indiana has been missing since Sunday. His car was located …
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New Climate Research in Remote South Pacific Caves
Researchers from the University of Alabama have been busy visiting the remote South Pacific island of Niue this summer to study climate change by venturing into the islands caves. What …
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New Research Finds French Cave Artists were Children
Cambridge University researchers who have recently developed a method to identify the gender and age of prehistoric artists put it to the test at France’s Rouffignac cave and discovered that …
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Man in Wingsuit Flies Through Chinese Cave
Recently, American Jeb Corliss jumped from a helicopter 6,000 feet up and “flew” with his wingsuit, though China’s Tianmen Cave. While not the first time someone has flown through the …
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Digging Pays Off in England’s Speedwell Cavern
October 1, 2011 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeThis summer after a 19 year break, digging resumed at the Backwater Choke in England’s Speedwell Cavern. Diggers soon passed the choke and entered a large ascending passage that led …
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Operation Dark Squeeze Held in Canada’s Crowsnest Pass
September 30, 2011 / Canada, North AmericaFrom September 16th to 18th a huge cave rescue exercise took place at Gargantua Cave system located in Canada’s Crowsnest Pass. Dubbed, Operation Dark Squeeze, the event, organized by the …
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NSS 2011 Salon Winners are Now Online
September 29, 2011 / United States, North AmericaThe 2011 NSS art & music salons entries and winners have finally been posted online after their exhibition this past July during the NSS convention in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, where …
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Bats to be Featured at Pipe Spring National Monument
September 28, 2011 / Arizona, United States, North AmericaThis Friday September 30th, bats will be the focus of an evening program at Arizona’s Pipe Spring National Monument. The program will specifically highlight their behaviours and how they benefit …
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Vail Daily News’ False Report on White-Nose Syndrome
September 27, 2011 / Colorado, United States, North AmericaOn Saturday, September 24th an article appeared in the Vail Daily News discussing White-nose syndrome. For whatever reason, a few details in the article were reported incorrectly, and cavers acted …
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Team Petzl Goes Caving in France’s Gouffre Berger
This past August Team Petzl climbers and alpinists had the chance to visit France’s Gouffre Berger to try caving. In 1955, caver Fernand Petzl was a member of the team …
