Discussion about Speleology

Within the museum's programming for the year of the Archduke Luis Salvador 2015 and from the project of Natasha Hall located in the l’Observatori of the museum, there will be a conference focused on the theme of caving in Mallorca, with the island being an international leader in this field. The Archduke in 1896 promoted the exploration of the Caves of Drach in Porto Cristo, by the renowned French caver E.M. Martel. In the present day the famous Cuevas del Drach continue to be investigated by a prestigious interdisciplinary team from the UIB of cavers, biologists, geologists…studying and recording the data to find trends and climate changes, among other themes, while discovering new caves with new diving equipment.

The talk will feature the director of the museum, Nekane Aramburu, who will present the event; the artist and geographer Natasha Hall, that through the exhibition of her project will connect to the intervention of Mateu Durán (guide to the Caves of Drach ), who will talk about its history until the arrival of the present research presented by the team of Joan Fornós UIB (PhD in Geological Sciences and Professor of Earth Sciences at the UIB) and Xisco Gracia (caver diver and biologist). The end of the discussion will be open to questions from the public.

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