The entrance portal (on picture) of the
Silicka ladnica Ice Cave was attractive for the tourists and a cave ice was
being used inhabitants for a foodstuff storing in the summer. From these
reasons the Silicka ladnica Ice Cave was the first nature object of the
Slovak karst, about of the scientific society had heard. The report about
the cave was given by the Slovak polyhistorian Matej Bel in his
letter to the London Royal Society of Sciences in 1744. The nature condition
of the Silicka ladnica Ice Cave has been studied by more of the scientists,
as A.A. Schmidl (1856), B. Schwalbe (1882), H.
Sztereyi (1883), K. Siegmeth (1909), and so on. Their reports
are listed on pages
Bibliography about the Silicka ladnica Ice Cave and
Historic bibliography about Slovak karst.
The entrance of the Silicka ladnica Ice Cave (76kB).
At the November 4, 1931 J. Majko successfully penetrated from the
chasm bottom into the lower parts and to discover the recent Archeologicky
dom (Archaeological Dome) with the underground stream Cierny potok Brook and
primeval settlement. There was realized an archaeological investigation in
following years. Short results are shown on page
Archaeology in the Silicka ladnica Ice Cave.
In 1988 the speleodivers from the group Speleoaquanaut Praha were
successful in the penetration from the Archaeological Dome due the outflow
siphon (dimension 0.5 x 0.6 x 65 m) of the Cierny potok named Kufor (The
Suitcase) into the following cave chambers. In last time the microclimatic
and glacial researches of the entrance chasm were realized.
SLOVAKIA CAVE SERVER prepared by
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Speleoclub CASSOVIA .
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The entrance of the Silicka ladnica Ice Cave (76kB).