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removing archaic bits, e.g."20 years in Austria". Now 40 of course.
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<p>The annual CUCC expedition to Austria lasts around five weeks each summer
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and concentrates mainly on new exploration in the high alpine karst of the
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<span lang="de-at">Loser</span> plateau (about 80km E of <span
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lang="de-at">Salzburg).</span> The current main projects are:</p>
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lang="de-at">Salzburg).</span> Recent large projects are:</p>
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<ul><li><b>Steinbrückenhöhle</b> the most major cave in the area <em>not</em> to have been connected to the master Schwarzmooskogel system, and the principal focus of CUCC's work since 2000. At the end of Expo 2008 it had been explored to 622m in depth and 16km in length.</li>
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<ul>
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<li><b>Schwarzmooskogel</b> system formed from the linkage of several caves into one system, 150km or so long, and 1033m deep,
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of which around nine tenths of the length (and the highest and deepest points) were explored by CUCC. This now includes connections
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with Kaninchenhöhle) and Steinbrückenhöhle.</li>
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<li><b>Tunnocksschaht</b> and <b>Balkonhöhle</b> the focus of exploration since 2016.
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</li>
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<li><b>Steinbrückenhöhle</b> the most major cave in the area and the principal focus of CUCC's work 2000-2008.
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</li>
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<li><b>Eislufthöhle</b> originally explored in the very early days of CUCC expeditions in the late seventies, to a depth estimated at 506m. The original explorers simply concentrated on getting to the bottom and were not unduly concerned with
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exploring side passages or with accurate surveying; hence a return and
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reexploration was began in 2004, and continued in 2005, 2006 and 2007.</li>
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<li><b>Schwarzmooskogel</b> system formed from the linkage of several caves into one system, 55km or so long, and 1033m deep, of which around two-thirds of the length (and the highest and deepest points) were explored by CUCC. CUCC has not been directly involved in exploration in the system itself since 2002, but we will be returning in 2009 (via Kaninchenhöhle) to seek a connection with Steinbrückenhöhle.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Over a hundred shorter caves have also been explored and
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recorded over the twenty year history of expo, and prospecting for new
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entrances is still an important activity.</p>
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<p>Over two hundred shorter caves have also been explored and
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recorded over the forty year history of expo, and prospecting for new
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entrances is still an important activity. Every year we discover more new entrances than we can explore.</p>
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</td></tr></tbody></table>
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@@ -147,8 +156,8 @@ one of the <a href="years/2018/logbook.html">logbooks</a>
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<a href="years/2001/log.htm">for</a> <a href="years/2003/logbook.html">recent
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</a> <a href="years/2017/logbook.html">years</a>. To
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get an idea of what expo will be trying to achieve, there is a "<a
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href="years/2009/mission.html">mission statement</a>" for the current year. And
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to see how much potential there is, a glance at the current <span
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href="years/2018/index.html">mission statement</a>" for the current year. And
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to see how much potential there is, a glance at a recent <span
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lang="de">Steinbrückenhöhle</span> <a
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href="1623/204/qm.html">Question Mark list</a> is a revelation. Leads are
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numbered by year, with the oldest first. Following links from any of these
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href="1623/161/top.htm"><span lang="de-at">Kaninchenhöhle</span></a>,
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which absorbed almost all of CUCC's expedition effort from 1989 to 1999 and now
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forms the largest single component of the <span
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lang="de-at">Schwarzmooskogel</span> system. The description runs to c 90 A4
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lang="de-at">Schwarzmooskogel</span> system. The description runs to about 90 A4
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pages when printed, so is rather too much to digest in one go! We recommend
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looking at the printed survey to get an overall idea of the cave and which
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parts have the most potential. However, as this is too big for a web page,
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