<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>CUCC Austria Expeditions: Links</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/main2.css" /> </head> <body> <h1>Links to other relevant sites</h1> <h3>Other groups working in the area</h3> <ul> <li>The principal reference must be to the local Austrian caving group, the <a href="http://www.hoehle.at">Verein für Höhlenkunde im Obersteier</a>.</li> <li>The German <a href="http://www.arge-grabenstetten.de/">Arbeitsgemeinschaft Höhle und Karst Grabenstetten e.V.</a> is still active in the area and cooperating on friendly terms with CUCC. They have recently carried out much exploration in the southern area around <a href="1623/41.htm">Stellerweghöhle</a>, including the most major discovery in the plateau in recent years, the connection of the Stellerweghöhle/Eishöhle system to Kaninchenhöhle.</li> <li><a href="http://www.lancs.ac.uk/socs/speleolo/"> Lancaster University Speleological Society</a> had expeditions in 1987,88,89. A report of the 1987 expedition is on their separate <a href="http://www.ednet.lancs.ac.uk/luss/Exploration/index.html">Exploration</a> website (apparently not linked to the main one). </li> <li><a href="http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Union/UBSS/index.html">University of Bristol Spelæological Society</a> were present on the 1981 and 1982 expeditions as a guest club, and also independently in 1989 and 1990 (we believe; these last two trips were clandestine, and records are unsurprisingly rather sparse.)</li> </ul> <h3>Groups working in adjacent areas</h3> <ul> <li>The <a href="http://www.hoehlenforschung.org/">Landesverein für Höhlenkunde in Oberosterreich</a> maintain a site covering the adjacent 1626 kataster area.</li> <li>To our south in the Dachstein, in the 1543 and 1546 kataster areas, the local group is <a href="http://members.ping.at/bucherl/">Verein für Höhlenkunde Hallstatt - Obertraun</a>.</li> <li>A group based around the "other CUCC", <a href="http://www.cf.ac.uk/suon/au/caving">Cardiff University Caving Club</a>, have been <a href="http://www.dachsteincaving.org.uk/">exploring in the Dachstein</a> since the 1970's.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ulsa.uklinux.net/">University of Leeds Speleological Association</a> worked in the Tauplitz area in the mid-eighties. <i>Note: All old ULSA addresses have been changed to redirect to the new site linked here, despite the fact that it doesn't seem to work.</i></li> </ul> <h3>UK Groups whose members have taken some part in CUCC expeditions</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.rrcpc.org.uk">Red Rose Cave & Pothole Club</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bpc-cave.org.uk/"> Bradford Pothole Club</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cavedivinggroup.org.uk/">Cave Diving Group</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cravenpotholeclub.org/">Craven Pothole Club</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.pennine.demon.co.uk/NPC/">Northern Pennine Club</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.tsgcaving.co.uk/">Technical Speleological Group</a></li> </ul> <h3>Geography and geology of Austria</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://homepage.boku.ac.at/h9440283/eeinfueh.htm">Introduction to the geological zones of Austria</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.geolba.ac.at/">Austrian Geological Survey</a></li> </ul> <hr /> <ul id="links"> <li>Back to <a href="infodx.htm">Expedition Index</a> page</li> <li><b>Cave description indices:</b> <ul> <li>Caves in CUCC's area <a href="indxal.htm">1623</a></li> <li>Adjacent area <a href="1626/index.html">1626</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Back to <a href="../index.htm">CUCC home page</a></li> </ul> </body> </html>