AnirudhaMeasuring The Cave
Pollock’s job was to produce a 3D image of the cave and for that, he used a laser measuring machine. Hickson was given the charge of studying about the cave’s surface. And Hollis made sure that he studies cavern’s depth and Hollis was the first person who entered the cave because he had a job to do.
Venturing Inside
Hollis had a very important and difficult job. He had to tie the ropes alongside a very powerful waterfall which was splashing down into the cave. From here, he then went down like what 260 feet into the hollow, amazing right? Even though he was very experienced still, this cave was something else entirely. He was left speechless. .What did he see inside the cave?
No Easy Feat
“It was a privilege to make the first known descent, my focus was purely on rigging, rockfall hazards and avoiding the powerful whitewater that could have dragged me into the abyss. This is by far the largest and most impressive entrance pit I’ve ever encountered,” said Hollis in the interview with Canadian Geographic magazine.
Trying To Get An Exact Measurement
Using their individual talent the team was trying to finish their job as soon as possible. The cave was incredibly 330 feet long and around 200 feet wide. However, due to all the evaporation from the water below the measurement process of the cave became really difficult. The experts estimated that the cave was between 440 feet and 590 feet deep.
Truly Amazing
“It’s about the size of a soccer field, so if you think of a soccer field and you put that soccer field on its end so you have this pit going down. Think about this giant circular or oval hole that just goes down and down and down. It is truly amazing,” Hickson told CBC in December 2018.
Largest Cave Ever Discovered In Canada
The water that flows into the cave goes into a subterranean river which was over a mile long. Even if these facts are 99% correct then it would prove that this cave is one of the biggest ever discovered in whole Canada. However, at one point the investigation came to halt for one moment because of the water level.