Climbing to the Bottom of a Volcano - George Kourounis

"Extremophile" bacteria that live in and around some of the world's hottest places like volcanos and man-made fire pits in Turkmenistan are able to survive in environments with temperatures that top out above 1,000° Fahrenheit. We know this because George Kourounis is something of an extremophile himself. He and his thermal protection suit ventured to the bottom of Turkmenistan's "Door to Hell" crater, which was featured on the National Geographic Channel, as well as a more recent exploration of a volcano in Vanuatu. Kourounis explains his fascination with the world's most extreme places as volunteering to travel there so we can learn about it from the climate controlled comforts of home.