Post by L Roebuck on Feb 8, 2007 9:58:48 GMT -5
Czechs explore world's deepest cave
By Pavla Horakova
A year ago we reported on a Czech expedition exploring the world's largest salt cave in Iran. As a matter of fact, Czech explorers have also been to the deepest cave in the world. Two speleologists from the city of Brno have just returned from Abkhazia where an international expedition increased the penetrated depth to 2,170 metres, firmly establishing the Krubera-Voronya as the deepest cave on earth.
The Krubera-Voronya Cave is located in the Gagra Range in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia at the altitude of 2,250 metres above sea level. It consists of steep shafts, a number of meandering horizontal passages and a few sumps. Zdenek Dvorak has taken part in expeditions to the cave since 2005 when the Russian Cavex team invited him and his colleagues to join them. He has just spent over two weeks in Abkhazia and describes the new discovery.
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By Pavla Horakova
A year ago we reported on a Czech expedition exploring the world's largest salt cave in Iran. As a matter of fact, Czech explorers have also been to the deepest cave in the world. Two speleologists from the city of Brno have just returned from Abkhazia where an international expedition increased the penetrated depth to 2,170 metres, firmly establishing the Krubera-Voronya as the deepest cave on earth.
The Krubera-Voronya Cave is located in the Gagra Range in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia at the altitude of 2,250 metres above sea level. It consists of steep shafts, a number of meandering horizontal passages and a few sumps. Zdenek Dvorak has taken part in expeditions to the cave since 2005 when the Russian Cavex team invited him and his colleagues to join them. He has just spent over two weeks in Abkhazia and describes the new discovery.
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Michala Filippiho Photos
