Lost Land of the Volcano (2009)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of scientists and filmmakers travel to a volcano in Papua New Guinea to study wildlife and look for new species. They also explore a cave system and an active volcano on a nearby island. The expedition aims to gather evidence to help protect the area from logging.

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What happens

Lost Land of the Volcano is a three-part nature documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit which follows a scientific expedition to the island of New Guinea. The expedition team, which includes specialist zoologists, explorers and the BBC crew, travels to the extinct volcano of Mount Bosavi in central Papua New Guinea to document the biodiversity of this little-visited area and search for new species. At the time of filming, logging was taking place about 20 miles (32 km) south from the volcano, and one of expedition's aims was to find evidence to support the case to protect the area. Some members of the expedition team travelled to the island of New Britain several hundred kilometres to the east to chart an unexplored cave system and observe an active volcano. The series was broadcast from 8 to 22 September 2009 on BBC One in the United Kingdom in a three-part run. In the United States, it was broadcast the same month in seven parts on consecutive nights. Lost Land of the Volcano was the third of the BBC Natural History Unit's "Expedition" series, following Expedition Borneo (2006) and Lost Land of the Jaguar (2008), and followed by the Lost Land of the Tiger (2010). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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