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Explos Film Festival Explodes June 2nd
The fourth annual Explos Film Festival kicks off on June 2nd, 2011 and runs until the 5th. The event held in Ax-les-Thermes, on the French side of the pyranees highlights …
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Unveils National White-Nose Syndrome Plan
May 17, 2011 / United States, North AmericaEarlier today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched a plan combat the still mysterious disease, White-nose syndrome, that has been threatening North America’s hibernating bat populations since 2007. This …
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Indiana’s Binkley Cave Swallows Up Guy Stover Pit
May 17, 2011 / Indiana, United States, North AmericaOn Saturday May 14th, members of the Indiana Speleological Survey connected Guy Stover Pit cave in southern Indiana to Binkley cave though a (225 foot) “tight muddy miserable waterfilled low …
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Breakthrough in Grottes de Presque After 25 Years
This past Saturday cavers from the Spéléo club de Saint-Céré discovered new galleries in the Grottes de Presque, in Saint-Médard-de-Presque, 450 kilometers (280 miles) south of Paris. The new passage, …
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British Caving Association Releases Near Annual Newsletter
May 16, 2011 / United Kingdom, EuropeThe British Caving Association has just put out it’s 14th issue, the first newsletter since July 2010. The BCA and Speleological Union of Ireland have worked out the differences in …
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Scottish Cave Rescue Saves 83 Year Old Caver
May 15, 2011 / Scotland, United Kingdom, EuropeCave rescuers were successfully able to retrieve 83 year old Jim Salvona after he fell 5.5 meters (18 feet) into an 6 meter (20 foot) crevice he was exploring while …
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Quang Binh Culture and Tourism Week 2011 Features Caves
Culture and Tourism Week 2011 kicks off June 5 in the central province of Quang Binh. This week is held to promote the provinces tourist attractions, which includes its many …
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Northern Region Cavers Comment on Coming Closures
May 13, 2011 / Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, United States, North AmericaCavers and the general public have two weeks to comment on the new measures being put forward by the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Region. The measures include restricting or closing …
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2011 Rapa Nui – Biological and Cultural Resource Inventory Project
May 12, 2011 / Chile, South AmericaAn expedition is in the planning stages to visit Easter Island (AKA Rapa Nui) from July 24th to August 8th, 2011. The goal, to inventory the biological and cultural resources, …
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National Cave & Karst Research Institute Open House
May 12, 2011 / New Mexico, United States, North AmericaThis Saturday May 14th, the National Cave & Karst Research Institute will be holding an open house at it’s new digs in Carlsbad. Interestingly, it is “the first building in …
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2nd Iberian Meeting of Subterranean Biology Announced
The Iberian Meeting on Subterranean Biology will take place in the University of Aveiro in Portugal. This second meeting, the first held in Valencia in 2009, will focus on the …
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High School Cave Club Cave Monitoring Project
May 10, 2011 / Arizona, Montana, United States, North AmericaFive students from the Bigfork High School’s Cave Club along with their teacher Hans Bodenhamer went on a week long expedition in April to take part in a cave monitoring …
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Largest Cave in Vietnam to be Featured in New 3D Film
This past Sunday a 12 member crew of Japanese filmmakers from Kyodo News arrived in the central Vietnam to film a documentary about Han Son Doong, the largest cave in …
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Tourist Caves Introduce Bio Mats to Fend Off White-Nose Syndrome
May 9, 2011 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaMammoth Cave National Park has began using “bio mats” to disinfect the shoes of guests as the enter and leave the cave as part of their post-White-nose syndrome plans after …
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On Now in Bulgaria, The 12th International Cave Rescue Conference
Running today until the 15th of May, the 12th International Cave Rescue Conference is being held near the Dryanovo Monastery in Bulgaria. The event organized by the Bulgarian Cave Rescue …
