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In June, 2014, the Government of Bermuda contracted with Southern Environmental Technologies, Inc. to map Bassett’s Cave on the island of Bermuda. The cave is located under a former US Naval Air Station Annex and suffered severe environmental impact and degradation during military activities from 1940 until 1990. There is thick viscous oil floating on the tidal pools in the cave, and steel drums are visible in one of the entrances. Four cavers from Tennessee, Marty Abercrombie—Environmental Scientist, John Hoffelt—Professional Geologist, J.P. McLendon—Ecologist and Maureen Handler—Environmental Engineer (the owner of Southern Environmental) traveled to Bermuda to map the cave, flag the cave on the surface, estimate the quantity of oil in the cave, and sample the drums. In addition, Southern Environmental worked with the site General Contractor to advise on implementing remediation in the cave. During mapping of the cave, historic signatures dating back to 1779 were discovered.
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Handler, M., Hoffelt, J. (2018). Bassett’s Cave, Bermuda. In: White, W., Herman, J., Herman, E., Rutigliano, M. (eds) Karst Groundwater Contamination and Public Health. Advances in Karst Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51070-5_21
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