The European Speleological Federation FSE groups national speleological organisations representing 31 member countries
The Tendeñera mountain range and the Arañonera cave system are located in the Central Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca, Spain. After completing the exploration of the new Groga line and the review of the Somnis de Glòria collector, both … Continued
It is with great pleasure that the European Speleological Federation (FSE) publishes the next EuroSpeleo Newsletter of December 2024. This Newsletter will be exclusively available in electronic form and it will be distributed through the FSE mailing lists, website, Facebook … Continued
The 2024 Migovec expedition was a tremendous success, celebrating the 50th anniversary of exploration in Sistem Migovec (“Pol Stoletja” meaning “Half Century” in Slovene) and also marking 30 years since the Imperial College Caving Club joined the local JSPDT caving … Continued
Ario 24 was a two week long, 24 person expedition to the Western Massif of the Picos de Europa. Based at the Vega Ario, the expedition aimed to continue exploration of Pozu Jultayu via the newly connected Cave of the … Continued
This unique event for cavers took place in the limestone region, near Ferrières, Belgium on September 20-22, 2024. The program has become a classic, with on Saturday visiting the most beautiful caves of the Ardennes. With our Walloon colleagues from … Continued
The international cave diving expedition Njemica 2024 was organised by Caving department of CMC St. Michael from Šibenik and Caving society Meandar from Tučepi and the Public Institution “Biokovo Nature Park”, GeoPark Biokovo-Imotska jezera (Croatia). Sponsors to the expedition were … Continued
The 2024 Cambridge University Caving Club CUCC Loser Plateau expedition brought together 39 cavers from 7 different countries to continue the ambitious goal of expanding the Schwarzmooskogel-Höhlensystem (SMK) and working towards a potential connection with the Schönberg Höhlensystem, which could … Continued
It is with great pleasure that the FSE announces this year’s call for cave and karst protection projects to receive the “EuroSpeleo Protection Label” (ESPL) from the European Cave Protection Commission of the FSE (ECPC). Since its origin in 1990, … Continued
We are a team of researchers (and cavers) working at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, and we are looking for cave survey data to building a statistical database. With this database, we hope, for example, to infer plausible karst … Continued
Impressions of the very succesfull 16th EuroSpeleo Forum “Syphonia 2024” in Caselle in Pittari, Salerno, Italy. The event was held from 31st october to 3rd november 2024. With about 1.500 particpants from nearly 15 different countries the event was a … Continued
The program for Syphonia 2024 being the 16th EuroSpeleo Forum and the 10th European Expedition Symposium in now available online and downloadable as a Pdf at: https://www.tetide.org/syphonia2024/programma-2/ The program starts on Thursday 31st October with the International Conference “Digital Speleology”. … Continued
The FSE was present with its stand and exhibition at the biennial Caving Days event in Ferrières, Belgium on the 21/22 September. This event is organised by the Flemish Federation of Cavers (VVS), the Belgian Union Of Speleology (UBS) from … Continued