List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll
The following is a list of all 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 | Article | Location | Comments |
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1819 | Accident – Shipwreck | 644 | San Telmo[1] | Drake Passage, Southern Ocean | |
1979 | Accident – Aircraft | 257 | Air New Zealand Flight 901[2] | Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica | |
2010 | Accident – Shipwreck | 22 | South Korean trawler Insung [3] | Ross Sea, near the McMurdo Station | 5 confirmed dead, 17 missing and presumed dead[4] |
1976 | Accident – Aircraft | 11 | 1976 Livingston Island plane crash[5] | Livingston Island, Antarctica | |
1985 | Accident – Aircraft | 10 | 1985 Nelson Island plane crash[6] | Nelson Island, Antarctica | |
1823 | Accident – Shipwreck | 7 | Schooner Jenny[7] | Drake Passage, Southern Ocean | Most likely a legend |
1958 | Accident – Aircraft | 7 | 1958 Cape Hallett Bay plane crash[8] | Cape Hallett Bay, Antarctica | 6 survivors |
1966 | Accident – Aircraft | 6 | 1966 Ross Ice Shelf plane crash[9] | Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica | |
1986 | Accident – Aircraft | 6 | 1986 Philippi Glacier plane crash[10] | Philippi Glacier, Antarctica | |
1961 | Accident – Aircraft | 5 | 1961 Wilkes Station plane crash[11] | Wilkes Station, Antarctica | |
1956 | Accident – Aircraft | 4 | 1956 McMurdo Station plane crash[12] | McMurdo Station, Antarctica | 4 survivors |
1994 | Accident – Aircraft | 4 | 1994 Rothera Research Station plane crash[13] | near the Rothera Research Station, Antarctica | |
2010 | Accident – Aircraft | 4 | 2010 Terre Adélie helicopter crash[14] | near the Dumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adélie, Antarctica | |
1958 | Accident – Aircraft | 3 | 1958 Marguerite Bay plane crash[15] | Marguerite Bay, Antarctica | 4 survivors |
1989 | Accident – Aircraft | 3 | 1989 Mirny Station plane crash[16] | Mirny Station, Antarctica | |
1999 | Accident – Aircraft | 3 | 1999 Terre Adélie helicopter crash[17] | near the Dumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adélie, Antarctica | |
2013 | Accident – Aircraft | 3 | 2013 Mount Elizabeth plane crash[18] | Mount Elizabeth, Antarctica | |
2012 | Accident – Shipwreck | 3 | Jeong Woo 2 (South Korean fishing vessel)[19] | Ross Sea, near the McMurdo Station | 3 missing were presumed dead, 7 burn injuries, 2 serious |
1946 | Accident – Aircraft | 3 | 1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash[20] | Thurston Island, Antarctica | |
1929 | Accident – Aircraft | 2 | 1929 South Pole plane crash[21] | near the South Pole, Antarctica | |
1948 | Accident – Fire (building) | 2 | 1948 Esperanza Base fire[22] | Esperanza Base, Graham Land, Antarctica | 1 survivor |
1959 | Accident – Aircraft | 2 | 1959 Marble Point plane crash[23] | Marble Point, Antarctica | 3 survivors |
1987 | Accident – Aircraft | 2 | 1987 McMurdo plane crash[24] | near McMurdo Sound, Antarctica | 11 survivors |
2008 | Accident – Aircraft | 2 | 2008 Neumayer-Station III helicopter crash[25] | near Neumayer-Station III, Antarctica | 3 survivors |
2012 | Accident – Fire (building) | 2 | 2012 Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station fire[26] | Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Base, Antarctica | 1 minor burn injury |
2008 | Accident – Fire (building) | 1 | 2008 Progress Station fire[27] | Progress Station, Antarctica | 2 serious burn injuries |
2016 | Accident - Snowmobile | 1 | 2016 McMurdo Shear Zone Accident[28] | McMurdo Shear Zone, Antarctica |
See also
- List of disasters in Australia by death toll
- List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland
- List of New Zealand disasters by death toll
- List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll
- List of United States disasters by death toll
References
- ↑ "San Telmo". Wreck Site. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
- ↑ "The Story of Flight 901". The Erebus Story. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
- ↑ "22 fishermen feared dead after South Korean vessel sinks in icy Antarctic Ocean waters". Daily Mail. 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.
- ↑ 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 # 172659". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "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 # 179701". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34225". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "Antarctica Fire History". CoolAntarctica.com. 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 # 15183". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ Brocchetto, Marilia. "Fire at Antarctica station kills 2 Brazilian sailors". CNN. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ Valery, Lukin. "One dead in fire at Progress Station". Adventure Antarctica. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/24/climate-scientist-gordon-hamilton-50-dies-in-accident-in-antarctica/
External links
- MapReport.com's Antarctica, Disasters Timeline
- CoolAntarctica.com's Antarctica Fire History
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