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What they would do is kill the seals on the ice, bring them back here, eat the meat and use the blubber to burn their stoves to keep them warm. which is why it smells like smoked fish in here, because it is covered, you can see it is just covered with soot from the blubber fire. its actually really ghostly because you get a sense of the people being here. scott himself leaving from here with that great ambition to get to the pole and then of course dying on the way back. and like captain scott b...

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We are heading to mcmurdo. which is pretty much straight off over there. it is the last fingerhold of civilisation, the most southerly town on earth, and the largest centre for scientific research on the continent. and out across the sea ice, the first peaks of the mighty tra nsa ntarctic mountains. keep it staying in place... it is here in mcmurdo that our expedition to the thwaites glacier begins. so, thwaites glacier is vulnerable and there is nothing stopping a collapse once it really takes ...

Vaughan, the director of science at the british antarctic survey. after flying due south for five hours, the british antarctic survey. after flying due south forfive hours, i get my first glimpse of antarctica, snow and ice stretching as far as the eye can see. finally, our destination. we are heading to mcmurdo, ready straighter there. destination. we are heading to mcmurdo, ready straighterthere. it is the most southerly town on earth and the largest centre for scientific research on the conti...

Here we have cocoa, a huge drink for them, that was the drink of the polar explorers, they make cocoa. and dry, hard biscuits — ships biscuits, baking powder. this is seal blubber. what they would do is kill the seals on the ice, bring them back here, eat the meat and use the blubber to burn their stoves to keep them warm. which is why it smells like smoked fish in here, because it is covered, you can see it is just covered with soot from the blubber fire. its actually really ghostly because y...

The lava moves very slowly. etna has killed no more than 77 people in the last 2,700 years. so heres the thing. intense local monitoring and strong regulation can protect people but by visiting, you put your trust in others and individual tour operators. what you can do is research whats happening at your volcano to help you understand the risks. in coming here, all the people ive met have reconciled themselves to living in mammas shadow in their own unique way.

Active volcanoes. but for the 10,000 a year heading to white island and the many more visiting the 1,500 active volcanoes around the world, how could they really understand the likelihood of disaster? i wanted to find out more about what it means to visit these mythical phenomena and also what they mean to the people living in their shadow. so im going to etna, but im not the first bbcjournalist to visit the volcano. just three years ago, a group of tourists, along with bbc science

Wont reassure many travellers. when boris and his team find activity, they send their findings to a special organisation. they use the data to set restrictions on where people can go on etna.

First up on this weeks travel show, simon platts heads to europes most active volcano on the italian island of sicily. this film contains some upsetting images. theres been an earthquake on the south side of etna. e la sirena, ecco! ho detto che sarebbe tornato. in one of the most volcanic regions in europe, an earthquake is detected. it could indicate devastating activity on the continents largest volcano. but still, on etna,

But of course, faith and monitoring alone wont reassure many travellers. when boris and his team find activity, they send their findings to a special organisation. they use the data to set restrictions on where people can go on etna.