speleologists

Cave scientists are called speleologists, and amateurs are called cavers.

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Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters A cave explorer squeezes through a tire during an international competition among speleologists in Raubichi, Belarus, on Saturday.

Sports Snapshots 2010

Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters A cave explorer squeezes through a tire during an international competition among speleologists in Raubichi, Belarus, on Saturday.

Sports Snapshots 2010

Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters A cave explorer squeezes through a tire during an international competition among speleologists in Raubichi, Belarus, on Saturday.

Sports Snapshots 2010

In the shadow of Julian Hume we entered a cave where speleologists discovered a complete dodoskeleton, only a month ago.

Dodo excavation 2007 2007

During the 1950s it was reported that olms were present in the Carpathian karst of eastern Serbia, and in 1960 a team of speleologists from Ljubljana led an expedition to the region to investigate this possibility.

Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006

The authors of both books were members of the original teams of speleologists, and both books were published in France with commendable speed.

The Miracle at Chauvet Gombrich, Ernst 1996

The speleologists have been so busy up here in what we call the temperate zone that they haven't had a chance or the inclination to take their lights any deeper.

Flinx In Flux Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1988

The speleologists have been so busy up here in what we call the temperate zone that they haven't had a chance or the inclination to take their lights any deeper.

Flinx In Flux Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1988

Dr Chant knew all the old jokes about speleologists wanting to return to the womb, and was quite sure he could refute them.

2061 Odyssey Three Clarke, Arthur C. 1987