![]() ![]() The island would be packed with day-trippers. “We’ve just seen a volcano erupt!” Then, a shudder of dread. Fifty miles away on New Zealand’s North Island, a search and rescue helicopter crew returning to base watched, astonished, as a colossal mushroom unfurled on the horizon. Later, everyone who saw White Island erupt would remark on how quiet it was, how magnificent, and how swift. What happened next reveals troubling questions about the risks we’re willing to take when lives hang in the balance. It was supposed to be a routine six-hour tour, including the highlight: a quick hike into the island’s otherworldly caldera. Last December, around 100 tourists set out for New Zealand’s Whakaari/White Island, where an active volcano has attracted hundreds of thousands of vacationers since the early 1990s. ![]()
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