Rich McCorのインスタグラム(paperboyo) - 2月13日 05時14分

On the evening of 15 September 1914, Albert Mokomoko was scanning the shoreline of White Island, desperately looking for signs of life. One week earlier ten workers had been dropped off on the island to begin mining sulphur, but a few nights previously explosions were heard from the mainland so Mokomoko went to check on the men. He lingered until midnight, hoping they were perhaps on the other side of the island but when his optimism faded he turned back to report to the White Island Sulphur Company. The volcano, 50km off the eastern Bay of Plenty coast had only recently been opened for business and yet there had already been two tragic incidents on the island (one worker had vanished into the steam leaving no trace other than his boots). When Mokomoko reached the company’s office, his instructions were to return to the island with a rescue party but when the group landed they discovered only bare earth where the wooden huts once stood. There was in fact nothing to suggest that a sulphur factory had ever even existed on the island. Mud and rocks were cleared, but heat forced the group to stop searching before anything was found. Eventually it was concluded that a powerful mudflow caused by an exploding steam vent had buried the entire camp. To this day the remains of the men have never been found. ________________________________________________________
If you visit the island today you will find the ruins of another sulphur factory, built after the 1914 disaster but then abandoned in the 1930’s which now slowly corrodes under the sulphuric gases. Despite the tragic tales this island tells, it is an undoubtedly stunning landscape. I’ve never been anywhere else where I’ve heard the earth roar and seen steam vent so furiously from beneath the ground. I went over with @volcanicairnz who were brilliant at telling the story of the island and looking after us all (they even kindly provided gas masks). It's an active Volcano yes, but it's an incredible experience for anyone who is feeling intrepid. If you do come over, ask your pilot to tell you the story of Peter the Great #WhiteIsland #NewZealand
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