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Cave diving exploration of Swedens longest underwater cave system in the freezing mountains of Jämtland

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Welcome to Expedition Bjurälven

Welcome to Expedition Bjurälven

In March 2022 the exploration of Swedens longest underwater cave continues. We now have 2432 meters of the Dolinsjö cave mapped.

Basecamp in the Bjurälven valley

Basecamp in the Bjurälven valley

Four kilometers from the nearest road the Bjurälven basecamp is set up at the lower cave entrance called "Dolinsjön".

Dry parts of the cave

Dry parts of the cave

450 meters inside the mountain the divers need to pass one of the first dry parts, walking 100 meters to reach next water filled tunnel

Radio beacon and GPS tracking

Radio beacon and GPS tracking

Thanks to our radio expert we have developed a beacon system to pinpoint our location inside the cave, we can then get a surface position with high precision GPS

Expedition Report 2016

We can now present the results and progress from the 2016 expedition. Download expedition report

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Expedition 2016 has come to an end, and this is the result

A fantastic week has passed and we have made some great progress. We started out with a cave map where we had several places that needed new mapping. We were unsure if we had new places to continue to explore

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We have found way forward!

When we ended the expedition last year we were unsure about how we where going to proceed forward. We had found two tunnels but both were collapsed so we was not sure how to proceed, during the week we have

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Half way

You submerge under the ice and the noise from the compressor is replaced with the sound from your bubbles. An ordinary cave dive? Not at all! Between you and your buddy there is a ladder and a canister filled with

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Exploration day one, 70 meters of new cave!

The warm weather keeps causing us some trouble when it comes to transportation, but besides that we had a great diving day with all teams in the water. The lines was repaired on several places, being damaged from the spring

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Expedition 2016 has started!

Our long wait is over. This night the final expedition members arrived at site and this morning we headed out on the mountain, starting to prepare the snow mobile roads and setting up base camp. Weather is mild and it

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Expedition report 2015

Now you can download our report and results from Expedition 2015. Expedition Bjurälven 2015

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Film from Klättermusen

Our friends at Klättermusen that supported us this winter made a fantastic film about the team and cave that we are really proud of. Please check it out.

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The final day of the expedition and taking down base camp

The final day of diving, the sun was shining and it was a sad morning for as all as we cleaned out the school och started packing all our belongings. When we got out to the mountain the divers for

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We are getting closer to the end

Today we had our last gathering with the team and the locals that have helped us thought out the expedition, tomorrow is the last day and we are all feeling a bit sad that this years adventure soon is over

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