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Title Volcano Hunt / Director: Avvantaggiato, Gioia
Published Australia : SBS ONE, 2006
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Summary Volcano Hunt is a scientific and discovery adventure in which a team of experts set off to find a mysterious underwater volcano hiding in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea, just off Sicily's Southern coastline.Tidal waves, tsunamis and earthquakes are often triggered by the eruption of underwater volcanoes. Such eruptions were the probable cause of past tragedies and are still as destructive today.Scientists now know about the presence of active underwater volcanoes and are studying ways to predict their behaviour and prevent future tragedies on a grand scale. Far from the Indonesian coast that was recently devastated by a tsunami, the coastline of Sicily is alive with many active volcanoes, not all of which are on dry land. Sicilian vulcanologists Gianni Lanzafame and Tullio Bernabei, in collaboration with a team of specialists and researchers from Italy's National Institute of Volcanology will sail onboard an oceanographic boat equipped with the most sophisticated research tools to locate the mysterious giant.Cameras follow the group in their expedition to find the elusive Ferdinandea - an island which was formed by an erupting underwater volcano and then sank again. On the last day of their search they manage to find it, only to realise that Gerdinandea is in fact not a single volcano, but a large group of craters forming a "super-volcano". The scientists discover worrying signs of activity, which indicate that magma is still burning inside some of the volcanoes. (From Italy, in Italian and English, English subtitles) (Documentary)
Event Broadcast 2010-03-21 at 12:00:00
Notes Classification: PG
Subject Submarine volcanoes.
Supervolcanoes.
Tsunamis -- Environmental aspects.
Volcanic eruptions.
Volcanic hazard analysis.
Volcanoes -- Remote sensing.
Italy -- Sicily.
Form Streaming video
Author Avvantaggiato, Gioia, director
Bernabei, Tullio, director
Jones, Dianne, cast