Prof Mike Coffin from the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies describes seeing the eruption of Big Ben,a volcanic massif located on the summit of Heard Island. Due to its remote location, eruptions are rarely glimpsed by the human eye. Scientists on board the CSIRO research vessel Investigator caught the occurrence while circling the islands on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Plateau as section of a 58-day voyageContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com