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Ban on ent­e­ring carst cave

Posted on 7. August 2009 by Rolf Stange

Karst caves exist due to water that cir­cu­la­tes through water-solub­le rock types such as lime­stone. DN (Nor­we­gi­an direc­to­ra­te for natu­re admi­nis­tra­ti­on), that has recent­ly gai­ned a repu­ta­ti­on for various attempts to for­bid pret­ty much anything that other peop­le might enjoy in arc­tic natu­re, has made a pro­po­sal to put a ban on ent­e­ring karst caves. The fact that the­re are no karst caves known in Spits­ber­gen is of no hin­der. If the­re were any, they would cer­tain­ly be inte­res­ting, so why not for­bid ent­e­ring them, just in case…

Old mine for marb­le, a crystal­li­ne car­bo­na­te rock, in Kongsfjord.
Could be a cave, who knows?

Ban on entering carst cave

Source: Sval­bard­pos­ten

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