Cave diving exploration of Swedens longest underwater cave system in the freezing mountains of Jämtland
Welcome to Expedition Bjurälven. During late winter every year the exploration of Swedens longest underwater cave takes place. Follow us on Facebook for updates!
Four kilometers from the nearest road the Bjurälven basecamp is set up at the lower cave entrance called "Dolinsjön".
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
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
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
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
Now you can download our report and results from Expedition 2015. Expedition Bjurälven 2015
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.
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
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
Suddenly today catches up with us and it was time for our every year meeting with the locals to present the exploration and new information from this years expedition. It was popular event and we got a lot of questions
The coldest morning so far with below 24 when we woke up, last night a couple of us stayed up practicing rope climbing for the visit to the dry cave on Friday. Tired and with sore muscles we took of
Great success in todays diving. We have several teams pushing the cave in different directions and that makes the exploring even faster. At our daily meeting today we estimate todays findings to about 250-300 meters, as soon as we get
Not the best weather today but great diving. The push team managed to get to end of line and add another reel of fresh line, extending and mapping the cave almost 100 meters. Tanks are left in the dry section