{"id":79718,"date":"2024-03-02T11:43:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T11:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/all-texas-news-nordland\/"},"modified":"2024-03-02T11:43:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T11:43:13","slug":"all-texas-news-nordland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/all-texas-news-nordland\/","title":{"rendered":"– All Texas – news Nordland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Norwegian Cave Association and the Salten Cave Club believe that the popular TVNorge program “71\u00b0 north” shows destruction and unnecessary wear and tear on several caves in Nordland, where they have run competitions. In the reality show that is shown on TV these days, Norwegian celebrities have to get through several caves in Nordland to find the next post that will take them further in the competition. Several caves in Nordland have been visited by the reality show. In the episode that was shown last Thursday, the participants compete once again in a cave in Fauske. It has caused organizations that work with cave safety to react. They believe they can document that the “71\u00b0 north” concept violates the principles of safety and ethics. – Participants without previous caving experience go down a 35 meter deep cave shaft. It has parts with loose blocks, and is so narrow that you can barely get your body through the shaft. There are several dangerous places in the cave, says Ulv Holbye, who is a board member of the Salten Cave Club. Screen clip from an episode of “71\u00b0nord”. – Here we see participants without previous caving experience going down a 35 m deep cave shaft in Salten, says Ulv Holbye in the Salten cave club. Photo: Faksimile Discovery\/TVNorge – If a person is injured in there, it is so narrow that it is almost impossible to get the person out. This is very irresponsible, he adds. Holbye deliberately avoids mentioning the name of the cave, because he wants to avoid unwanted traffic in them. – TVNorge does not take a similar consideration, he states. Screen clip from an episode of “71\u00b0nord”. – Here we see a Crawling competition in one of Norway’s most valuable bone caves. Filmed with a helmet camera. He is on his way into the tightest party. A bone, marked with a red circle, can be clearly seen in the upper right corner, says Ulv Holbye in the Salten cave club. Photo: Facsimile Discovery\/TVNorge \u2013 All Texas Together with the Norwegian Cave Association, the Salten Cave Club has sent a letter to TVNorge. Here they express concern over what they believe is gross misunderstanding by TVNorge and the team behind the production. At the same time, they demand that “71\u00b0nord” drop operations in caves in the future. – “71\u00b0nord” could have received some good advice if they had contacted the local cave club, says Stein-Erik Lauritzen, leader of the Norwegian Cave Association. Photo: \u00d8ystein Nyg\u00e5rd \/ news – They promote cave use, which gives an unfortunate signal effect. They have not managed to convey to their participants how to use a cave, says Stein-Erik Lauritzen to news. He is a leader in the Norwegian Cave Association and professor emeritus of speleology. – One of the landowners in the area that we have spoken to says that he read about his cave in VG, without anyone having asked him about having a competition there. So it’s all Texas, claims Lauritzen. Against international advice, Lauritzen refers to the International Union for Cave Research (UIS), which has established in its regulations ethical travel in caves that competitions should not be held in caves. The reason is that heavy physical use damages the caves’ natural values. – TVNorge has the entire amateur community and the scientific community within caves against it. Their own videos show that they have violated both ethics and safety by competing in caves full of bones, according to Lauritzen. Although caves are today a red-listed nature type, commercial cave tours are allowed in vulnerable areas. Photo: \u00d8ystein Nyg\u00e5rd \/ news The Norwegian Cave Association wonders whether the reality show has made use of good enough advisers in terms of how to behave in a cave. – It is understandable that you can make mistakes, especially when you have advisers without the right expertise. On our side, we can state that we should have reacted long before. We trust that TVNorge will take our demand seriously and that caves will not be profiled as a playpen from now on, says Lauritzen. The entrance to the shaft cave into which the 71\u00b0nord participants were sent down. The shaft narrows downwards so that it will be impossible to hoist a stretcher here in case someone gets hurt, says Ulv Holbye in the Salten cave club. Mineral deposits in one of the caves that 71\u00b0 nord used in its programs. The straw stalactites in particular are very fragile and vulnerable, according to the Salten cave club. Photo: Ulv Holbye \/ Salten grotteklubb Bj\u00f8rnespor in fine sand in one of the caves that 71\u00b0nord used for competitions. Inexpert traffic can very easily destroy the track, which can be several thousand years old, Salten Grotteklubb believes. Photo: Ulv Holbye \/ Salten grotteklubb Bone remains, possibly a hare, which were first buried in fine sand, then overlain by mineral deposits and then dug through by dripping from the roof. The discovery site is on one of the routes that 71\u00b0nord used in its competitions, according to Salten grotteklubb. Photo: Ulv Holbye \/ Salten grotteklubb – Untagged with a hammer Wolf Holbye in the Salten Grotteklubb says that he has been bitten in several specific episodes in the program, which he believes are bad. – In one of Norway’s most valuable bone caves, which also contain valuable mineral deposits, the TV program has conducted a crawling competition. A participant who did not get through the crawl, acted out with a hammer inside the cave. He also has another example: – In Northern Europe’s largest natural cavity, “71\u00b0 north” has organized a puzzle race. The participants spent the night in the cave. Today, a rock slide weighing several tons lies exactly where they slept. Excavations in a cave in Kj\u00f8psvik uncovered polar bears and wolves that can stretch back more than 100,000 years. Holbye emphasizes that the caves are a burial chamber, where one must exercise caution. The caves’ dilemma Most of the caves in Norway are today open to free traffic through the commons court. Thus, private individuals, tour companies and “71\u00b0 north” can freely use the caves. Stein-Erik Lauritzen says it has been made known that the Norwegian Armed Forces also use these caves in training. He says that attempts have been made to place the caves under national parks. But they are scattered, and the most important caves are still outside the protected areas. – Caves are vulnerable to traffic. Foot and crawl marks destroy surfaces that have remained unchanged for thousands of years, skeletal remains are difficult to spot, and may be crushed before they are discovered. The Norwegian Cave Association operates the Norwegian Cave Rescue Service (NGRT) on a voluntary basis and is subordinate to the police and the main rescue centre. Photo: Benjamin Fredriksen \/ news – Does this mean that the vulnerable caves in Nordland should be closed to the public? – If you could get into a positive spiral, everyone could enjoy these caves. But before that can happen, the caves must be studied, interpreted and arranged by professionals. We need species protection, that “cave” as a nature type is protected, and that can be released once it has been examined and shown that there is little vulnerability in it, says Lauritzen. – Has expertise in caves It’s Warner Bros. Discovery, which responds on behalf of TVNorge. Communications manager Marianne Aamb\u00f8 tells news that “71\u00b0 north” is very keen to travel in a way that does not harm participants, crew or nature. – We relate to the common law, which also applies in caves, says communications manager Marianne Aamb\u00f8 at Warner Bros. Discovery. Photo: Warner Bros. Discovery – The TV program does not show the whole picture and what is done by the production before, during and after a recording. We have 25 years’ experience of moving in Norwegian nature and always take the surroundings into account, she says. And adds: – We relate to the common law, which also applies in caves. She thinks it is good that people get involved in the protection of Norwegian nature. – We completely agree that traveling in caves is not for everyone. We will take the criticism from the Norwegian Cave Association and the Salten Cave Club on board in planning future seasons. Stein-Erik Lauritzen is not impressed by the response from Discovery. – It seems that they are mixing up safety for crew and personnel with safety and protection of caves. It is not the same. I think that the history of the program shows that they do not actually have sufficient insight into how to behave in caves and are unable to convey what it is.
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