TASELI PLATEAU, Turkey — Rescuers pulled an American researcher out of a Turkish ... He was on an expedition to map the cave, which is the country's third deepest. Dickey was too frail to ...

Rescuers pulled American explorer Mark Dickey from ... Dickey and several others were on an expedition to map the Morca cave system for the Anatolian Speleology Group Association.

American cave explorer Mark Dickey has been ... said some parts of the cave system were blasted with explosives ahead of the rescue mission to make it easier to move Dickey toward the surface.

LONDON -- American caver Mark Dickey said he could tell he was "pretty close to fading" after he fell ill while on an expedition to map a 4,186-foot-deep cave system in southern Turkey.

After receiving a blood transfusion 3,000 feet below ground, ailing American ... The Morca Cave, where Dickey was a member of an expedition to map the underground system, is the third deepest ...

As of today, explorers have mapped more than 160 miles of passageways within Wind Cave, yet this incredible network is believed to represent only a fraction of the total system. Imagine wandering ...