8/2004 Setergrotta, Rana, Norway Up: Klaus and Risto at Setergrotta entrance cavern that has lenght of about 50m. The cave is located about 22km north of  Mo i Rana. Guided walks to the cave are available.  Nearby lies Grønligrotta, that has been built to be a showcave with lights and stairs. Do not enter caves without suitable training and equipment. Landowners must be respected; ask for a case-specific permission to use their property. Caves and mines are always on a private person's or a community's land. It would be easy for a irritated landowner to close access to the caves or mines. All pictures  ©Ari Pohjanmaa, (Klaus Berghem, Risto Kinnunen). Unauthorized use prohibited. Please point links to a new window.

Up: Klasu in the bottom of the cavern entering cave. Right: Entrance hall ceiling. The ceiling shines blue  tones especially in the light of led light; 8 led lamp lighted the whole about 70m long ceiling. Halogen light didn't cause equal effect. The cave slopes down to north. Left: A dripstone is making a pair for it out of ice. The iceberg is about 3m in height. Below: A small brook gets it's water from a small  resurgence in a wall.

Up: From the hall we went a little higher.
Two pictures below: There were mushrooms growing in a low tunnel leading to east.

Up: Map reading in Marmorgangen. This part of tunnel is quite low. Left: Meanwhile, here the light went down about 10m  without reaching floor Right: Brevsprekken. Below: A lower spot inwards from Brevsprekken.

Up: Tunnel formation has moved below a bedding plane.
Below: On foreground there is a spin thick dam restraining the sides of passage floor.
 

Up: The tunnel ends up in water letting us not to advance in lack of divegear. We turned back leaving over half of the easily accessible cave to be familiarized another time. Below: Klasu, Risto and Ari at the cave guiding center.

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