==> News from Balkans FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 1 Sep. 2006.by Alexey Zhalov via Kostas Adamopoulos. SPELEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION BELJANICA BUSOVATA 06 - North East SerbiaIn the period from 5th to 13th August, in the area of Beljanica, at the Busovata locality, an international speleological expedition was organized by the Association of Speleological Organizations of Serbia. Beljanica Mountain (the zone of Busovata valley and its surroundings) , as a part of regional Kucaj-Beljanica massif is situated in North East Serbia. It represents a large and mostly unexplored area. Beljanica Mt. generally covers the area between Resavica valley in the south, Mlava in the north, Dubasica in the east and red permian sandstone zone in the west. During the expedition activities, the most attention was given to the exploration of ponor zones of the Busovata valley and significant speleological structures in its surroundings.The participants in the exploration of underground secrets of Beljanica massif were:- from Republika Srpska (Speleological Society Zelena Brda)- from Romania (Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology) - from Bulgaria (3 members of Speleo Club Helictit- Sofia directed by Alexey Jalov, Vice president of Bulgarian Federation of Speleology and Secretary General of Balkan Speleological Unity.- from Serbia:1) ASOS expedition organizer2) PK AS speleology division3) PD Avala - speleology division4) RK Deep StarMore than 33 participants took part in the explorations. 25 of them were speleologists, 2 graduate students from Faculty of Geology, Belgrade and 6 Faculty of Geology students. Serbian eminent experts on karst also took part; Professor Dr Zoran Stevanovic, who held a lecture about geological characteristics of Beljanica, Professor Dr Petar Milanovic and MS Igor Jemcov.During the expedition, work was classified in several categories: - searching the area and discovering new speleological structures- exploration and technical preparation of new speleological ... http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4895 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SpeleoUnion http://groups.google.ru/group/SpeleoUnion -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
