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1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 min. 10 sec.) ; 292004324 bytes |
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The eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano last month sent an ash-cloud across Europe and ground air traffic to a halt. But it could have been much worse.Lost World: Iceland's Killer Volcano is the story of the huge eruption of an Icelandic volcano in 1783 that sent a cloud of poisonous gases across Europe and killed thousands.A little over 200 years ago, the eruption of the Laki fissure and the adjoining Grimsvoetn volcano in Iceland sent a huge toxic cloud across Western Europe. Millions of tonnes of toxic gas were carried by the prevailing winds. The cloud contained sulphur dioxide and sulphuric acid which attacked the lungs of its victims, choking and killing men and women, rich and poor alike. The disaster is well documented in Icelandic history, where up to a third of the population died. But it was also the greatest natural disaster to hit modern Britain, killing many thousands. But there the tragedy has been almost forgotten by history. (From the UK in English) (Documentary) CC WS |
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Broadcast 2010-05-23 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Gas -- Toxicology.
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Volcanic ash, tuff, etc.
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Volcanic eruptions.
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Volcanoes -- Environmental aspects.
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Volcanoes -- Social aspects.
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Iceland -- Eyjafjallajokull Volcano.
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Streaming video
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Kupper, Monica, director
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Praed, Michael, cast
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Walker, Dan, director
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