Measurements in Bear Cave in Kletno

They examined some of the corridors in the cave and now will be able to create a spatial model of part of the cave.

The action is a continuation of last year’s measurements which resulted in the creation of a spatial model of a different part of the cave known as Palace Hall. The measurements of Bear Cave were initiated in 1970s by a group of geodesists from Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences led by Professor Stefan Caconia.

The goal of this year’s research was to obtain a picture of the outside elevation of the entrance pavilion, the exit with its surrounds, the exit drift, Water Corridor and Stalactitic Corridor to Palace Hall, and Caveman Corridor. These measurements will complete the data obtained last year.

Measurement was made possible thanks to the cooperation of the 3D Scanning and Modelling Laboratory, operating at the Institute of the History of Architecture, Art and Technology at the Faculty of Architecture at Wrocław University of Technology and the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics at the Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy of Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences. The research team consisted of: Dr Jacek Kościuk, Bartłomiej Ćmielewski MSc, and Tomasz Waligórski MSc, from the 3D Scanning and Modelling Laboratory; workers from the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics at the Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy of Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences: Dr Mirosław Kaczałek and Dr Krzysztof Mąkolski and students from the Students’ Scientific Society of Geodets at Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences.

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Bear Cave is located in a massif of Śnieżnik Kłodzki on the right hillside of Kleśnica Valley in the block of marbles in Stroma Mountain. The corridors of the cave are situated on three levels connected with so-called “chimneys”. The total length of the corridors is over two and a half kilometers. It is the biggest cave in Sudety Mountains and one of the deepest in Poland. A special microclimate – temperature around 6 degrees Celsius, air humidity around 100% and little air movement – allows for creating dripstones, which the cave is famous for.