Life on Fire: Wildlife on the Volcano's Edge

Season 1
Volcanoes are among the most spectacular and powerful forces on our planet. They create new land, change landscapes and destroy civilizations, but more than two billion years ago, they also breathed life into our world. From the ocean abyss to snow-covered summits, this ambitious series paints a detailed picture of the struggles and amazing intimacy required to survive around volcanoes.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Icelandic Volcanoes

    January 1, 2013
    53min
    TV-PG
    Learn which Icelandic volcano may awaken next and what the consequences of an eruption are likely to be.
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  2. S1 E2 - Volcano Doctors

    January 8, 2013
    53min
    TV-PG
    Learn how volcanologists try to predict eruptions and protect those who live beneath the Earth's fire.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Surprise Salmon

    January 17, 2013
    53min
    TV-PG
    Find out what may have happened when a race of salmon faced the death of their natal river and were forced back to the open ocean.
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  4. S1 E4 - Phoenix Temple

    January 24, 2013
    52min
    TV-PG
    Witness nature's struggles to conquer ash and lava before the next eruption of Nicaragua's Masaya Volcano.
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  5. S1 E5 - Ash Runners

    January 31, 2013
    53min
    TV-PG
    Learn how animals on New-Britain, off the coast of Papua New Guinea, have learned to live with the Earth's moods.
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  6. S1 E6 - Pioneers Of The Deep

    February 7, 2013
    52min
    TV-PG
    See how sooty terns and Alvin shrimp have learned to cope with conditions in the Tongan archipelago.
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Directors

Nina Mimica

Producers

Bertrand Loyer

Cast

Jeremy IronsEric MoodyMike Poland

Studio

PBS
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