Solving the Mystery of the Boiling River

As a boy growing up in Peru, Andrés Ruzo recalls his grandfather’s stories about the horrors Spanish conquistadores encountered in the Amazon, including a “boiling river.” Years later, Ruzo, a National Geographic Explorer, journeys into the Amazon to try to find the waterway.
For more information on this episode, visit nationalgeographic.com/overheard (nationalgeographic.com/podcasts/overheard).
Want more?
Read Andrés’s book: The Boiling River: Adventure and Discovery in the Amazon (amazon.com/Boiling-River-Adventure-Discovery-A…).
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Curious what you can do to help the river’s ecosystem? Go to www.boilingriver.org (boilingriver.org?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=podcasts::s…).
For subscribers:
Read a Q&A with Andrés (nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/16031…) to learn more about the communities that live around Shanay-Timpishka and the theories scientists explored to understand why the river boils.

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