Synopsis
Aubrey Manning follows a submarine dive to the world's longest mountain range, a mile underwater, to see how volcanoes shape the continents.
- Programme: Earth Story
- Episode: 02: The Deep
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1998
- Geography
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