speleologist

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Jan Fabre delves into the very hole of the world, sinking, like a speleologist, ever deeper into the belly of existence, to examine all that rumbles and ferments in its depths.

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  1. One who is concerned in the exploration and study of caves; a student of speleology. Palæntology and archæology have been until now the principal objects of English speleologists. Geog. Jour. (R. G. S.), X. 500.

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  • Jan Fabre delves into the very hole of the world, sinking, like a speleologist, ever deeper into the belly of existence, to examine all that rumbles and ferments in its depths. —  Superfluities Redux
  • The Spaniard's team included 20 specialists ranging from a speleologist and a cook to architects and engineers. —  Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE
  • Greg Brick, a geologist, historian and urban speleologist, has done the legwork for you and shared his discoveries in his new book, "Subterranean Twin Cities." —  Minnesota Premier Publications - Southwest Journal Stories
  • "This is the biggest active, water-filled thermal water cave and hall in the world," speleologist Sandor Kalinovits, one of the lake's discoverers, said during a tour of the cave below one of Budapest's more affluent residential districts. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
 

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