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Incredible Caves of Fire and Ice
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Join Christian Stenner to learn about the caves that form when volcanoes and glaciers interact.
Credit: FX DeRuydts
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About This Event
Explorer and citizen scientist Christian Stenner specializes in the exploration of glaciovolcanic caves. He has explored many of these caves, including the world’s largest and deepest glaciovolcanic cave system at the summit of Mt. Rainier, the newly formed glaciovolcanic caves within the crater of Mt. St. Helens, and has started exploring a new cave system at Mount Meager, Canada’s only known active volcano.
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