Expedition Bjurälven

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

Welcome to Expedition Bjurälven

Welcome to Expedition Bjurälven. During late winter every year the exploration of Swedens longest underwater cave takes place. Follow us on Facebook for updates!

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

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

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

I helgen träffades medlemmarna i Expedition Bjurälven 2014 för gemensam träning i Äventyrsgruvan (www.aventyrsgruvan.se). Tema för träningen var säkerhet vid dykning samt grottkarteringstekniker under vatten. Äventyrsgruvan erbjudan en sällsynt möjlighet att träna i realistiska miljöer bara tre timmars körning från

Swedish Television will air the documentary about Bjurälven

Great news! The documentary, shot by Kurt Skoog, about Bjurälven river and our divings in the area will be brodcasted by Swedish Television. Don´t miss it.SVT 1 10th of June at 18.15

Sensationella framgångar för SSF Expedition Bjurälven

Sensationella framgångar för grottutforskningen i Bjurälvens naturreservat har gjort Sveriges längsta undervattensgrotta ännu längre och en ny torrlagd del, 442 meter in i berggrunden, har upptäckts Under den årliga dykexpeditionen till Bjurälven i Strömsunds kommun i Sveriges Speleologförbunds regi har

The sponsors of 2013 years expedition

We would like to send a big thank you to all sponsors and donors that has made this years expedition possible! Our main sponsors These companies helped us out extra much this year! Sponsors: Who contributed Helping companies: Thank you

The exploration of new dry cave

Yesterday two divers explored the new found dry cave. This is the story from Markus, one of the divers: Klockan är 12:55, Jag och Stefan ligger i vaken och hänger på oss de sista flaskorna innan vi ska ge oss

We found dry cave!

Today we reached a milestone in the expedition. The day started with the setup divers delivery of stage tanks in to the cave and later the push team made their way in to end of line but the divers where

More new cave, reporters and a broken compressor

Last night did not end well when our main compressor broke down leaving us with a small backup compressor. Fortunatelly we managed to rent another small compressor so we now have two small ones and this makes it possible to

Expedition day 2 – To end of line

Today we made it all the way to end of last expeditions end of line. This means that from this point we can continue to explore unknown cave. Full story in swedish: Dagens mål var att kontrolera linan hela vägen

Expedition 2013 started!

The 2013 expedition has started and the first day worked out just like planned. The divers has managed to clear the cave enterance and now has a passage for further exploration. This is a report in swedish about the first

New equipment for precision survey of the cave

During this year’s Expedition Bjurälven a new method for precise measurement of the cave will be tried out. With the help of new survey points, we will be able to correct all existing measurement data to get an even more