Welcome to Expedition Bjurälven. During late winter every year the exploration of Swedens longest underwater cave takes place. Follow us on Facebook for updates!
Expedition report 2018
Now you can download the report from the 2018 expedition.
Expedition Bjurälven 2018
The Expedition Bjurälven 2018 kicks off the 9th of March and lasts until the 18th of March. Follow us on Facebook in order to get to know what happens during the expedition week!
Planning of the Expedition
Every expedition needs its planning, and the Expedition Bjurälven runs two annual weekend meetings. Every Autumn the members meet in Gävle for the early planning of next years expedition, with a follow-up meeting in February for more detailed planning. General
Expedition Report 2017
Now the report of the 2017 years expedition can be downloaded. Expeditionsrapport 2017
The basecamp is up and running
Imagine a beautiful Swedish snowy landscape, with some few trees, small hills and ice covered lakes. Add 22 expedition members, a bunch of snowmobiles with their drivers, a couple of compressors, generators, big garage tents and an unknown number of
2017 expedition starts now!
A year of waiting is over, the 10th expedition is about to kick off. Two team members have been working this week, preparing tracks for the snow mobiles and digging into the entrance cave. This is a huge job since
Expedition Report 2016
We can now present the results and progress from the 2016 expedition. Download expedition report
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
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
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