On May 23rd, 2011 French-German Public Television ARTE will start the broadcast of our 4-part documentary series

„The Pacific Ring of Fire“

A breathtaking journey through volcanic myths, legends and science.

(4x 43 Minuten in FullHD)    World Sales: GLOBAL SCREEN

1)  „The Pacific Ring of Fire - New Zealand, Vanuatu and Indonesia“

     by Simone Stripp and Jürgen Hansen (May 23, 2011 at 7:30 pm on Arte Television)

     Camera: Jürgen Hansen   Editor: Frédéric Frankel

2)  „The Pacific Ring of Fire - Kamchatka, Hawaii and Alaska“

     by Jürgen Hansen and Paul Webster (May 24, 2011 at 7:30 pm on Arte Television)

     Camera: Jürgen Hansen   Editor: Frédéric Frankel

3)  „The Pacific Ring of Fire - Mexico and Guatemala“

     by Jürgen Hansen and Paul Webster (May 25, 2011 at 7:30 pm on Arte Television)

     Camera: Jürgen Hansen   Editor: Frédéric Frankel

4)  „The Pacific Ring of Fire - Ecuador and Chile“

     by Claus Hanischdörfer and Jochen Schmoll (May 26, 2011 at 7:30 pm on Arte Television)

     Camera: Jochen Schmoll   Editor: Joachim Bihrer

Stretching for 40.000 kilometers and encompassing approximately 450 volcanoes, some active, some extinct, the Pacific Ring of Fire is the geologically most active zone on our planet.

90 percent of the world‘s earthquakes happen here.

Nowhere else on Earth do volcanoes erupt as frequently. This series presents the peoples who live along the Ring of Fire, those who have learned over hundreds and thousands of years how to live with volcanoes.

The fire-spewing mountains have marked indelibly the ceremonies, rituals, mythologies and cultures of these peoples.

Myths tell of spirits and volcano gods, to whom sacrifices are made so that the volcano will not erupt.

In contrast, the series also meets the volcanologists, who are working all around the Pacific to make the „fire mountains“ predictable, using state-of-the-art technology.

The film makers filmed all along the Pacific Ring of Fire on volcanoes on four continents.

Between the South Pacific and Alaska, between Kamchatka and South America.

The film includes spectacular footage from the icy heights of Cotopaxi in Ecuador, which stands at 5.897 m and the remote expanses of Kamchatka, which are only accessible by helicopter.