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Scarisoara Cave, Glacier Chill in Summer Time
The Scarisoara Cave hosts the biggest underground glacier in Romania and this place bears the name of the Scarisoara settlement, 16 kilometres away from this monument of nature. We can't tell precisely when this beautiful place was discovered, but what's certain is that it was first mentioned in the works of A. Szirfti in 1847, while K. F. Peters and A. Schmidl detailed the cave scientifically in their works in 1861 and 1863.
The Scarisoara Cave is also called the Scarisoara Glacier and it's part of the carstic system of Ghetar – Ocoale – Dobresti, forming along with the Pojarul Politei Cave the superior fosil floor of the above-mentioned carstic system. The main appeal of the cave is the huge block of ice inside, with a volume of 75.000 cubic metres and an average thickness of 16 metres.
You'll find this glacier in the Great Hall of the cave, from where it spreads like "ice tongues" to other "rooms", like the Big Reservation, The Church and Small Reservation. In these three rooms, at a certain distance from the block of ice you'll spot icy stalagmites with variable sizes, from a few inches to over 10 metres (the “Church”).
Unlike the main block of ice, dating back from 3500 years ago, these stalagmites can melt yearly or even disappear for longer periods of time. The Scarisoara Glacier is situated at an altitude of 1165 metres and the total length of the cave is 720 metres, while the depth reaches 105 metres. You can access the cave via a 60 meter vertical shaft (aven), with a depth of 48 metres. This shaft incorporates metallic stairs, allowing tourists to access the cave.
People can only visit the Big Reservation and the Small Reservation in scientific purposes and with the special authorization from the Speologic Institute Emil Racovita in Cluj Napoca.
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