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%0 Journal
%1 speleology
%2 £2.70 plus postage
%J Speleology
%E David Gibson
%D 2004
%C Buxton
%I British Cave Research Association
%P 44
%Z A4, with photos, maps and diagrams
%N 4,May 2004
%@ ISSN 1478-999X
%3 Bulletin of the British Cave Research Association
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%P 1
%T Front Cover
%X BCRA Photo Salon 2003
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%P 2
%T Inside Front Cover
%X Advertisement
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%P 3
%T Contents
%X List of Contents
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%P 4
%T Comment
%A David Gibson
%X Speleology 4 is four months late – why? David Gibson gives his opinion on the future of BCRA publications.
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%P 4-5
%T In Brief
%A Les Brown
%X International Caver 2003, Survex Now Handles LRUD Data!, BCA: Late Breaking News, New World Heritage Site, Cave Mummies of Nepal
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%P 6
%T Palaeolithic Art at Creswell Crags
%A Phil Murphy
%X A conference on the recently discovered Upper Palaeolithic engravings at Church Hole cave, Creswell Crags, was held at the village of Creswell in Derbyshire in April. Phil Murphy attended.
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%P 7
%T 2004 Cave Science Symposium
%A Phil Murphy
%X Phil Murphy reports on the 15th BCRA Cave Science Symposium, held in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester on 6th March.
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%P 8-9
%T Wretched Rabbit: An Exercise in Exploration
%A Andy Whitney
%X Although twisting and long, Wretched Rabbit passage in Easegill Caverns is basically a single passage and ought to be easy to survey. Andy Whitney describes how wrong that assumption was.
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%P 10-12
%T Expedition Report: Totes Gebirge, Austria 2003
%A David Loeffler
%X David Loeffler reports on Cambridge University's ongoing exploration in Austria
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%P 13-15
%T Ease Gill Caverns Re-Surveying Project: An Update
%A Andy Hall, Ray Duffy
%X Andy Hall and Ray Duffy describe the background to the Easegill Caverns Project, of which the re-rigging, conservation work and re-surveying have now taken some15 years. Sheet 2 of the new survey was published recently.
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%P 16-17
%T Cuetzalán Rescue: The Mexican Media Scrum
%A Chris Densham, Clive Gardener, David Gibson, John Hey, Adam Nicolson
%X Six cavers were trapped by flood water in Cueva del Alpazat, a resurgence for the Cuetzalán cave system. What happened next …?
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%P 18-19
%T Logging Bat Activity in Agen Allwedd
%A Stuart France
%X Stuart France has been using ultrasonic detectors and data loggers to monitor the activity of bats in a Welsh cave. Here he describes his results and attempts to rationalise the correlation between outside temperature and bat movements.
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%P 20-21
%T Electronic Detection of Carbon Dioxide in Caves
%A David Gibson
%X Concerns have been expressed about the high levels of carbon dioxide found in some caves. A long-term study of CO2 levels would be an interesting project, but CO2sensors are expensive. Here, David Gibson describes a possible method of constructing a cheap sensor that would be affordable by students and amateur scientists.
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%P 22-23
%T Portfolio: Chris Howes
%A Chris Howes
%X This portfolio won Chris the Premier Trophy at Hidden Earth 2003.
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%P 24-25
%T Hidden Earth: Review '03 and Preview '04
%A John Whiteley
%X A review of last year's National Caving Conference held in Hanley Castle, near Worcester in October 2003, and a preview of this year's forthcoming event to be held in Kendal on 1st – 3rd October.
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%P 25-28
%T Hidden Earth 2003: Competition Results
%X Reports from the judges of the Photo, Video and Art Salons, and a full list of competition results.
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%P 29
%T National Caving Awards for 2003
%X There are now several of what could be termed the 'national caving awards'. The 2003 awards were announced at Hidden Earth last October.
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%P 30-33
%T Overseas News and Reviews
%A David St. Pierre
%X News from around the world and reviews of caving publications, collated by BCRA's Foreign Secretary, David St. Pierre.
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%P 35-37
%T Book Reviews
%X Easegill Survey: Sheet 2, Caves of County Clare and Galway, Beneath the Surface: A Natural History of Australian Caves; Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science, The New Caves of Scotland
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%P 38-39
%T BCRA Special Interest Groups
%X Reports from the Cave Surveying Group, the Cave Radio and Electronics Group, the Cave Photography Group, the Speleo History Group and the International Society for Speleological Art.
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%P 40
%T BCRA New Books
%X Exploring the Limestone Landscapes of Upper Wharfedale, Swildon's 2 and 3
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%P 41
%T Knots I Can't Remember These Days
%A The Rigging Dolly
%X The Alpine Butterfly
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%P 42
%T @BCRA, @BCA
%X Contact Details for BCRA and BCA
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%P 42
%T Diary Dates
%X Diary Dates
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%P 47
%T Inside Back Cover
%X Advertisements
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%P 48
%T Outside Back cover
%A Chris Howes
%X Photographs of Zimbabwean Cave Art
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