The Ukranian cavediver Gennady Samokhin
The deepest cave in the world (Krubera Cave) became 6 m deeper
"Depth of the deepest cave in the world, Krubera (Voronya) Cave in the
Arabika Massif, Western Caucasus, became 6 m greater, as established in
August 10th by a dive of the ukrainian caver Gennady Samokhin in the
terminal sifon in the cave’s Main Branch.
The depth of the reference survey station near the water table of the
terminal sifon is 2145 m. During the Ukrainian Speleological Association
expedition in 2009, Gennady Samokhin reached depth of 46 m in the
sifon, which established the world cave depth record at -2191 m. Now he
has reached the point at six meters deeper than in the previous attempt,
at the total depth of 2197 m.
The ongoing international expedition to Krubera Cave, with more than 50
members from 11 nations, is organized by the Ukrainian Speleological
Association within the framework of the “Call of the Abyss” project, run
since 2000."
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