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List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll

January 01, 1970

The following is a list of known disasters in Antarctica which have resulted in fatalities. It includes disasters which happened on land, as well as in the waters surrounding the continent.

Year Type Fatalities Incident Location Comments
1819 Shipwreck 644 San Telmo (Spanish ship)[1] Drake Passage, Southern Ocean
1979 Aircraft 257 Air New Zealand Flight 901[2] Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
2019 Aircraft 38 2019 Chilean Air Force C-130 crash Drake Passage, Antarctica Aircraft lost en route from Chile to Teniente R. Marsh Airport, King George Island
2010 Shipwreck 22 South Korean trawler Insung [3] Ross Sea, near the McMurdo Station 5 confirmed dead, 17 missing and presumed dead[4]
1976 Aircraft 11 Livingston Island plane crash[5] Livingston Island, Antarctica
1985 Aircraft 10 Nelson Island plane crash[6] Nelson Island, Antarctica
1960 Fire (building) 8 Mirny Station fire[7][8][9] Mirny Station, Antarctica
1823 Shipwreck 7 Jenny[10] Drake Passage, Southern Ocean Most likely a legend
1958 Aircraft 7 Cape Hallett Bay plane crash[11] Cape Hallett Bay, Antarctica 6 survivors
1966 Aircraft 6 Ross Ice Shelf plane crash[12] Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
1986 Aircraft 6 Philippi Glacier plane crash[13] Philippi Glacier, Antarctica
1961 Aircraft 5 Wilkes Station plane crash[14] Wilkes Station, Antarctica
1956 Aircraft 4 McMurdo Station plane crash[15] McMurdo Station, Antarctica 4 survivors
1994 Aircraft 4 Rothera Research Station plane crash[16] near the Rothera Research Station, Antarctica
2010 Aircraft 4 Terre Adélie helicopter crash[17] near the Dumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adélie, Antarctica
1946 Aircraft 3 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash[18] Thurston Island, Antarctica
1958 Aircraft 3 Marguerite Bay plane crash[19] Marguerite Bay, Antarctica 4 survivors
1965 Tractor 3 Tractor falls into crevasse [20] Milorgknausane nunataks, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
1979 Aircraft 3 Molodezhnaya Ice Station plane crash[21] near Molodezhnaya Ice Station, Antarctica 11 survivors
1989 Aircraft 3 Mirny Station plane crash[22] Mirny Station, Antarctica
1999 Aircraft 3 Terre Adélie helicopter crash[23] near the Dumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adélie, Antarctica
2013 Aircraft 3 Mount Elizabeth plane crash[24] Mount Elizabeth, Antarctica
2012 Shipwreck 3 Jeong Woo 2 (South Korean fishing vessel)[25] Ross Sea, near the McMurdo Station 3 missing were presumed dead, 7 burn injuries, 2 serious
1929 Aircraft 2 Whaler scouting flight crash[26][27] west of Scott Island, Antarctica
1948 Fire (building) 2 Hope Bay fire[28] Base D, Hope Bay, Graham Land, Antarctica 1 survivor
1959 Aircraft 2 Marble Point plane crash[29] Marble Point, Antarctica 3 survivors
1969 Aircraft 2 Mount McLennan helicopter crash[30] Taylor Valley, Antarctica 6 survivors
1987 Aircraft 2 D-59 plane crash[31][32] 1390 km northwest of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica 11 survivors
2008 Aircraft 2 Neumayer Station III helicopter crash[33] near Neumayer Station III, Antarctica 3 survivors
2012 Fire (building) 2 Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station fire[34] Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Base, Antarctica 1 minor burn injury
2018 Work accident 2 2018 McMurdo mishap[35] McMurdo Station, Antarctica Two contractors asphyxiated maintaining fire suppression system
2003 Attack by a Leopard Seal 1 Snorkeling scientist dragged underwater by a Leopard Seal and drowned.[36][37][note 1] Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, Antarctica
2008 Fire (building) 1 Progress Station fire[38] Progress Station, Antarctica 2 serious burn injuries
2016 Snowmobile 1 McMurdo Shear Zone Accident[39] McMurdo Shear Zone, Antarctica
2016 Aircraft 1 Pilot crevasse fatality unloading sling[40] Davis Station, Antarctica
2022 Rogue wave 1 Viking Polaris cruise ship[41] Drake Passage, Southern Ocean 4 injuries

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ See also: Leopard seal- Relationship with humans

References edit

  1. ^ "San Telmo". Wreck Site. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Story of Flight 901". The Erebus Story. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "South Korean ship sinks off Antarctica, at least 5 dead". Reuters. December 13, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  4. ^ "Five dead, 17 missing after Korean fishing vessel, No.1 In Sung, sinks in Southern Ocean". The Old Salt Blog. December 13, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  5. ^ "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  7. ^ Griffiths, Tom (2007). Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica. Harvard University Press. p. 149.
  8. ^ "Fire at Soviet Base In Antarctic Kills 8; Eight Scientists Die in Fire At Soviet Base in the Antarctic". 20 August 1960.
  9. ^ "Загадки истории – Пожар в Антарктиде" (in Russian).
  10. ^ Rogers, SA. "Real Ghost Ships: 10 Mysterious Abandoned Sea Vessels". Web Urbanist. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  14. ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170385". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  15. ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154757". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  16. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  17. ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78943". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  18. ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179701". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  19. ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172659". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  20. ^ "Bailey, Wild and Wilson". British Antarctic Monument Trust. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  21. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-14FKM CCCP-04193 Molodezhnaya". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  22. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  23. ^ Butler, Declan. "Fatal helicopter crash at French Antarctic research base". Nature.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  24. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  25. ^ "Fire aboard ship off Antarctica kills three fishermen". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  26. ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34225". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  27. ^ "Whaling fliers lost in Antarctic Sea". New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  28. ^ "Antarctica Fire History". CoolAntarctica.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  29. ^ "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  30. ^ "Thomas E. Berg". southpolestation.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  31. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  32. ^ "Two killed in airplane crash in East Antarctica". southpolestation.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  33. ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15183". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  34. ^ Brocchetto, Marilia. "Fire at Antarctica station kills 2 Brazilian sailors". CNN. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  35. ^ "Board of Investigation Final Report: Double Contractor Employee Fatality Mishap | NSF - National Science Foundation" (PDF). www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  36. ^ Leopard seal attacks and kills British scientist snorkelling off Antarctic coast, The Independent, 24 July 2003.
  37. ^ Seal kills scientist in Antarctic, CNN, 23 July 2003.
  38. ^ Valery, Lukin. "One dead in fire at Progress Station". Adventure Antarctica. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  39. ^ Kaplan, Sarah. "Climate scientist Gordon Hamilton, 50, dies in accident in Antarctica". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  40. ^ "Court finds Commonwealth responsible for Antarctic helicopter pilot's death". ABC News. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  41. ^ "'Rogue wave' strikes Antarctic cruise ship, leaves 1 dead and 4 injured". ABC News. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

External links edit

  • MapReport.com's Antarctica, Disasters Timeline
  • CoolAntarctica.com's Antarctica Fire History

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The following is a list of known disasters in Antarctica which have resulted in fatalities It includes disasters which happened on land as well as in the waters surrounding the continent Year Type Fatalities Incident Location Comments 1819 Shipwreck 644 San Telmo Spanish ship 1 Drake Passage Southern Ocean 1979 Aircraft 257 Air New Zealand Flight 901 2 Mount Erebus Ross Island Antarctica 2019 Aircraft 38 2019 Chilean Air Force C 130 crash Drake Passage Antarctica Aircraft lost en route from Chile to Teniente R Marsh Airport King George Island 2010 Shipwreck 22 South Korean trawler Insung 3 Ross Sea near the McMurdo Station 5 confirmed dead 17 missing and presumed dead 4 1976 Aircraft 11 Livingston Island plane crash 5 Livingston Island Antarctica 1985 Aircraft 10 Nelson Island plane crash 6 Nelson Island Antarctica 1960 Fire building 8 Mirny Station fire 7 8 9 Mirny Station Antarctica 1823 Shipwreck 7 Jenny 10 Drake Passage Southern Ocean Most likely a legend 1958 Aircraft 7 Cape Hallett Bay plane crash 11 Cape Hallett Bay Antarctica 6 survivors 1966 Aircraft 6 Ross Ice Shelf plane crash 12 Ross Ice Shelf Antarctica 1986 Aircraft 6 Philippi Glacier plane crash 13 Philippi Glacier Antarctica 1961 Aircraft 5 Wilkes Station plane crash 14 Wilkes Station Antarctica 1956 Aircraft 4 McMurdo Station plane crash 15 McMurdo Station Antarctica 4 survivors 1994 Aircraft 4 Rothera Research Station plane crash 16 near the Rothera Research Station Antarctica 2010 Aircraft 4 Terre Adelie helicopter crash 17 near the Dumont d Urville Station Terre Adelie Antarctica 1946 Aircraft 3 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash 18 Thurston Island Antarctica 1958 Aircraft 3 Marguerite Bay plane crash 19 Marguerite Bay Antarctica 4 survivors 1965 Tractor 3 Tractor falls into crevasse 20 Milorgknausane nunataks Queen Maud Land Antarctica 1979 Aircraft 3 Molodezhnaya Ice Station plane crash 21 near Molodezhnaya Ice Station Antarctica 11 survivors 1989 Aircraft 3 Mirny Station plane crash 22 Mirny Station Antarctica 1999 Aircraft 3 Terre Adelie helicopter crash 23 near the Dumont d Urville Station Terre Adelie Antarctica 2013 Aircraft 3 Mount Elizabeth plane crash 24 Mount Elizabeth Antarctica 2012 Shipwreck 3 Jeong Woo 2 South Korean fishing vessel 25 Ross Sea near the McMurdo Station 3 missing were presumed dead 7 burn injuries 2 serious 1929 Aircraft 2 Whaler scouting flight crash 26 27 west of Scott Island Antarctica 1948 Fire building 2 Hope Bay fire 28 Base D Hope Bay Graham Land Antarctica 1 survivor 1959 Aircraft 2 Marble Point plane crash 29 Marble Point Antarctica 3 survivors 1969 Aircraft 2 Mount McLennan helicopter crash 30 Taylor Valley Antarctica 6 survivors 1987 Aircraft 2 D 59 plane crash 31 32 1390 km northwest of McMurdo Sound Antarctica 11 survivors 2008 Aircraft 2 Neumayer Station III helicopter crash 33 near Neumayer Station III Antarctica 3 survivors 2012 Fire building 2 Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station fire 34 Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Base Antarctica 1 minor burn injury 2018 Work accident 2 2018 McMurdo mishap 35 McMurdo Station Antarctica Two contractors asphyxiated maintaining fire suppression system 2003 Attack by a Leopard Seal 1 Snorkeling scientist dragged underwater by a Leopard Seal and drowned 36 37 note 1 Rothera Research Station Adelaide Island Antarctica 2008 Fire building 1 Progress Station fire 38 Progress Station Antarctica 2 serious burn injuries 2016 Snowmobile 1 McMurdo Shear Zone Accident 39 McMurdo Shear Zone Antarctica 2016 Aircraft 1 Pilot crevasse fatality unloading sling 40 Davis Station Antarctica 2022 Rogue wave 1 Viking Polaris cruise ship 41 Drake Passage Southern Ocean 4 injuries Contents 1 See also 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksSee also edit nbsp Geography portal List of disasters in Australia by death toll List of disasters in Canada by death toll List of disasters in Croatia by death toll List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll List of disasters in Poland by death toll List of disasters in the United States by death tollNotes edit See also Leopard seal Relationship with humansReferences edit San Telmo Wreck Site Retrieved January 22 2015 The Story of Flight 901 The Erebus Story Retrieved January 22 2015 South Korean ship sinks off Antarctica at least 5 dead Reuters December 13 2010 Retrieved January 22 2015 Five dead 17 missing after Korean fishing vessel No 1 In Sung sinks in Southern Ocean The Old Salt Blog December 13 2010 Retrieved January 22 2015 Accident Description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 Accident Description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 Griffiths Tom 2007 Slicing the Silence Voyaging to Antarctica Harvard University Press p 149 Fire at Soviet Base In Antarctic Kills 8 Eight Scientists Die in Fire At Soviet Base in the Antarctic 20 August 1960 Zagadki istorii Pozhar v Antarktide in Russian Rogers SA Real Ghost Ships 10 Mysterious Abandoned Sea Vessels Web Urbanist Retrieved 27 August 2016 Accident Description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 Accident Description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 Accident Description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 ASN Wikibase Occurrence 170385 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 ASN Wikibase Occurrence 154757 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 Accident description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 ASN Wikibase Occurrence 78943 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 ASN Wikibase Occurrence 179701 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 ASN Wikibase Occurrence 172659 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 Bailey Wild and Wilson British Antarctic Monument Trust Retrieved 15 June 2020 Ranter Harro ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il 14FKM CCCP 04193 Molodezhnaya aviation safety net Retrieved 2022 11 05 Accident description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 Butler Declan Fatal helicopter crash at French Antarctic research base Nature com Retrieved 27 August 2016 Accident description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 Fire aboard ship off Antarctica kills three fishermen The Guardian Retrieved 27 August 2016 ASN Wikibase Occurrence 34225 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 Whaling fliers lost in Antarctic Sea New York Times Retrieved 1 February 2017 Antarctica Fire History CoolAntarctica com Retrieved 27 August 2016 Accident Description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 Thomas E Berg southpolestation com Retrieved 1 February 2017 Accident description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 Two killed in airplane crash in East Antarctica southpolestation com Retrieved 1 February 2017 ASN Wikibase Occurrence 15183 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 27 August 2016 Brocchetto Marilia Fire at Antarctica station kills 2 Brazilian sailors CNN Retrieved 27 August 2016 Board of Investigation Final Report Double Contractor Employee Fatality Mishap NSF National Science Foundation PDF www nsf gov Retrieved 12 May 2021 Leopard seal attacks and kills British scientist snorkelling off Antarctic coast The Independent 24 July 2003 Seal kills scientist in Antarctic CNN 23 July 2003 Valery Lukin One dead in fire at Progress Station Adventure Antarctica Retrieved 27 August 2016 Kaplan Sarah Climate scientist Gordon Hamilton 50 dies in accident in Antarctica The Washington Post Retrieved 20 December 2016 Court finds Commonwealth responsible for Antarctic helicopter pilot s death ABC News 2019 12 09 Retrieved 2022 04 08 Rogue wave strikes Antarctic cruise ship leaves 1 dead and 4 injured ABC News 5 December 2022 Retrieved 19 December 2022 External links editMapReport com s Antarctica Disasters Timeline CoolAntarctica com s Antarctica Fire History Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll amp oldid 1207009686, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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