Dispatches from the Field, a new digital program designed to bring The Explorers Club community closer—wherever you are.
Each session kicks off with a 10-minute talk from a Featured Speaker, streamed live to the public on explorers.org and our YouTube channel.
This will be followed by Campfire sessions—intimate, Members-Only breakout groups where you can connect, share ideas, and build relationships.
This edition features Edd Stockdale, FI’17, to present Mining Through Time: Exploration of the Flooded Långban Mine in Sweden:
Mining began in Långban, located in the Bergslagen region of Sweden, in the 15th century until 1972 when operation stopped and the pumps were turned off flooding it. The mine is full a snapshot of mineral extraction through the ages with many artifacts and structures existing from as early as the 18th century and part of a museum on the surface. This presentation showcases a long-standing project in the flooded Långban Mine, covering the last years of diving activity of the teams work to extend exploration (now to a water depth of 160m) in the system with the goal bring back documentation of structures, artifacts and aspects of mining life through the ages, such as drawing and scribbles on walls for the museum and to share the stories from below the surface with the wider world.
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Edd Stockdale
Edd Stockdale is the Head of the Finnish Scientific Diving Academy at the University of Helsinki. He has over a decade of experience in dive safety management for remote research operations, specialising in advanced diving operations and training for scientific teams. As an avid underwater explorer Edd has contributed to a large number of articles and books on diving in addition to large numbers of presentations on his passion for the underwater world, especially in the Nordic region. When not working he is still found diving often documenting flooded mine systems in Scandinavia and wrecks in the Baltic Sea or hiking in the forest with his dog.
