Synopsis
The team reach the top of Mount Nyiragongo and look down into it's crater.
- Programme: Expedition Volcano
- Series: 1
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2017
- Geography | Natural hazards | Volcanoes | Case study: volcanic eruption
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