Underwater & ROV
Extending observation beyond the waterline without pretending that technology replaces evidence.
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Field archive · Ongoing
Expeditions
Some investigations begin with a cave entrance. Others begin with an old map, a flooded passage, or a story that has never quite been settled.
01 · Long-form field stories
Featured expeditions
Investigations with enough evidence, imagery, and unanswered questions to sustain a deeper account.
01Signature expedition
San Luis Potosí · MexicoSistema Calera
A submerged Late Pleistocene archive, explored through vertical cave work, underwater robotics, and a changing body of evidence.
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02Current fieldwork
Adirondack Mountains · New YorkIn Search of the Caves of the Adirondacks
Following old field notes, unexplained map marks, and the geology of a mountain landscape where caves are easily overlooked.
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03Field method
Caves & mines · Northeast to MexicoBeyond the Sump
How small underwater robots extend observation past flooded boundaries without placing a diver in the unknown.
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04Mine investigation
Sussex County · New JerseyAndover Mine
An ROV follows a flooded drift while an upper opening and an 1855 illustration reopen questions about the mine's working history.
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05Historical cave search
Plainfield · ConnecticutThe Seven Wonders of Plainfield
Three visits, an old map, and an 1895 account reveal four caves hidden along a familiar ledge.
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Three paths into the field
The archive is organized by the questions and methods that lead underground.
Mines & underground history
Reading abandoned workings alongside maps, machinery, archives, and the people who remember them.
Caves, karst & lost places
Following geology, historical accounts, and persistent local stories into landscapes easily passed by.
03 · The wider archive
Expedition records
Shorter accounts preserve useful fieldwork without forcing every journey into a grand conclusion.
01 · Mines · New York
Sunk Mine
Three ROV visits reveal submerged timber and passages beyond the outline of an older mine plan.
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02 · Lead mine · New York
Wallkill Lead Mine
A blocked winze prevents an ROV descent, but the flooded adit, surviving timber, and ore-bearing tailings still tell a story.
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03 · ROV exploration · New York
Schoharie Cavern
An ROV returns to a chamber known from decades of diving and brings the flooded passage back on film.
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04 · Ice cave · Connecticut
Wolf-Hollow Ice Cave
An old account of lasting ice leads back to a shaded gorge, a rediscovered opening, and questions about its seasonal cold.
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05 · Field preparation · Long Island Sound
Avon Adventure 620
A 50-mile shakedown with Mike Sandone tests the boat intended to carry future shoreline investigations.
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