In the heart of Irian Jaya /

An underground adventure. Irian Jaya, the western part of New Guinea, concentrates a huge number of potholes and caves yet to be explored. In one of them, flows the Baliem, said to be the largest underground river in the world. Nine British speleologists took enormous risks to explore, and try to ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Cusa, Bruno (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	Paris, Ile-de-France : Ampersand, 1993.
Series:	VAST: academic video online
Subjects:	Speleology > New Guinea. Balim Valley (Indonesia) Spéléologie > Nouvelle-Guinée. Speleology Indonesia > Balim Valley New Guinea Documentaries and Factual Films Alexander Street Video. documentary film. Documentary films Documentary films. Documentaires.
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Summary:	An underground adventure. Irian Jaya, the western part of New Guinea, concentrates a huge number of potholes and caves yet to be explored. In one of them, flows the Baliem, said to be the largest underground river in the world. Nine British speleologists took enormous risks to explore, and try to map this vast underground complex in a race against time before the start of the rainy season. This is the story of their expedition.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed July 1, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (48 min.).
Playing Time:	00:48:31