Ursa Minor (cave) Ursa Minor (cave) Ursa Minor Cave is part of Sequoia National Park, a naturally formed system of caves in California's Sierra Nevada. The cave was discovered in August 2006 by four cave explorers from the Cave Research Foundation who found a softball-sized hole on a cliff face in the mountains. After widening the hole to allow for human entry, the explorers discovered one of the most spectacular caves in the western United States. The cave has since been named "Ursa Minor," because of the large bear skeleton found in the cave. The cave was featured in the September 2007 issue
Ursa Minor (album) some of the music online eventually as well. Information on an album titled "Ursa Minor" arose as early as March 2009, from "Billboard" magazine. The band later revealed more upon discussing the release of their then upcoming fourth studio album, "Ursa Major", in May 2009 with "Billboard". The band had been working on material sporadically since their prior album, "Out of the Vein", had been released in 2003, and had accumulated a wealth of material, leading to the plan of releasing it all as a double album; "Ursa Major" and "Ursa Minor". Fredianelli described the original concept: "It's kind of