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Buy two or more Descent binders for a discount. Each binder holds two years of Descent: 12 issues, with multi-buy savings when posted to a UK address.
Descent (251), August 2016
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Another discovery has been made in Peak Cavern, high above known passages.
Hypogenic caves – those formed by rising water rather than surface flow – are uncommon, but now another has been documented in the UK.
A new survey of Gaping Gill has been released and is published here alongside the story of its creation.
Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico is one of those rare systems: beautiful, unusual, keeping secrets that science seeks out, concealing hidden passages awaiting discovery. The most recent of these is Neuland, a major, gypsum-covered extension.
Ray Mansfield’s time with us touched many, his friends numerous and his influence widely felt. We pay tribute to this calm, generous caver.
A major experiment, the largest of its kind ever run in the UK, has investigated the waters of Malham Cove.
The tragic history of Mossdale Caverns has not dissuaded cavers from visiting its extremities, albeit quietly in the shadows.
The first edition of Descent set a milestone in 1969 – we might have moved forward ever since, but it is never too late to look back on an article that is both amusing and (just a little) prophetic.
Cover: Jess Burkey on the Twenty, Swildon’s Hole. Photo: Mark Burkey
Back cover: Winning images in the Mendip Cave Photography competition: Marc Carney in G.B. Cave and Lucy Greenwood on Swildon’s Twenty. Photos: Mark Burkey (top) and Stu Gardiner
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Buy two or more Descent binders for a discount. Each binder holds two years of Descent: 12 issues, with multi-buy savings when posted to a UK address.
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Descent subscription posted to a UK address One year: six issues Two years: twelve issuesUse this page for new subscriptions and renewals
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Descent subscription posted to an address in EuropeOne year: six issues airmailPLEASE READ THE NOTES ABOUT DELIVERY RESTRICTIONS BELOW
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Descent subscription posted to a non-EU address One year: six issues
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A minutely detailed index to Descent, covering issues (1) to (100), 1969 to 1991
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Descent (24), July 1973 OUT OF PRINT Check here to see if a second-hand issue is available Not all of our second-hand issues are online, so please ask if you do not find what you are looking for
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Descent (27), March 1974 OUT OF PRINT Check here to see if a second-hand issue is available Not all of our second-hand issues are online, so please ask if you do not find what you are looking for
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Descent annual sets of issues - six magazines for less than buying them individually.
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Descent (10), January 1970 OUT OF PRINT Check here to see if a second-hand issue is available Not all of our second-hand issues are online, so please ask if you do not find what you are looking for