Name: Expedition Volcano
Released: 2017-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Xand van Tulleken, Christopher Jackson

TV Show · Documentary · Educational

An extraordinary expedition to the planet's most dangerous, spectacular and least known volcanoes tackles earth science's biggest questions: What drives the Earth's tectonic plates, and why do volcanoes erupt?

2017 · 51m

Starring Xand van Tulleken, Christopher Jackson

Director Simon Winchcombe

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Deep in the African Congo is one of Earth's most dangerous volcanoes, Nyiragongo. An international team of scientists spends a week camping next to its lava lake to find out when it will next erupt - before it devastates the nearby city of Goma.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

The team heads to Nyamulagira, one of Nyiragongo's neighboring volcanoes, to find out how the region's volcanic forces affect every aspect of life. Arriving by UN helicopter, they must avoid ground fire from criminal gangs to get to the crater.