Les Volcans sous la mer
Karel Prokop
1998 - 53 min - Couleur - France

A team of researchers from Ifremer (French research institute for the exploitation of the sea) and an American team are competing to locate an unexplored volcanic site. From the visit of the ship "L'Atalante" – a real floating research institute – to the taking of geological samples carried out at a depth of 2,000 metres, Karel Prokop films an adventure that is full of discoveries and suspense.
Searching for hot springs that announce the presence of volcanoes, the "Nautile" goes through clouds of particles, bottomless plains, before discovering chimneys emerging from the bowels of the sea.
Explorers of the last unknown territories of the planet, the researchers seize the samples as if they were an inestimable treasure...