List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll explained

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.

YearTypeFatalitiesclass=unsortableIncidentLocationclass=unsortableComments
1819Shipwreck644San Telmo (Spanish ship)[1] Drake Passage, Southern Ocean
1979Aircraft257Air New Zealand Flight 901[2] Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
2019Aircraft382019 Chilean Air Force C-130 crashDrake Passage, AntarcticaAircraft lost en route from Chile to Teniente R. Marsh Airport, King George Island
2010Shipwreck22South Korean trawler Insung [3] Ross Sea, near the McMurdo Station5 confirmed dead, 17 missing and presumed dead[4]
1976Aircraft11Livingston Island plane crash[5] Livingston Island, Antarctica
1985Aircraft10Nelson Island plane crash[6] Nelson Island, Antarctica
1960Fire (building)8Mirny Station fire[7] [8] [9] Mirny Station, Antarctica
1823Shipwreck7[10] Drake Passage, Southern OceanMost likely a legend
1958Aircraft7Cape Hallett Bay plane crash[11] Cape Hallett Bay, Antarctica6 survivors
1966Aircraft6Ross Ice Shelf plane crash[12] Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
1986Aircraft6Philippi Glacier plane crash[13] Philippi Glacier, Antarctica
1961Aircraft5Wilkes Station plane crash[14] Wilkes Station, Antarctica
1956Aircraft4McMurdo Station plane crash[15] McMurdo Station, Antarctica4 survivors
1994Aircraft4Rothera Research Station plane crash[16] near the Rothera Research Station, Antarctica
2010Aircraft4Terre Adélie helicopter crash[17] near the Dumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adélie, Antarctica
1946Aircraft3Antarctica PBM Mariner crash[18] Thurston Island, Antarctica
1958Aircraft3Marguerite Bay plane crash[19] Marguerite Bay, Antarctica4 survivors
1965Tractor3Tractor falls into crevasse [20] Milorgknausane nunataks, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
1979Aircraft3Molodezhnaya Ice Station plane crash[21] near Molodezhnaya Ice Station, Antarctica11 survivors
1989Aircraft3Mirny Station plane crash[22] Mirny Station, Antarctica
1999Aircraft3Terre Adélie helicopter crash[23] near the Dumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adélie, Antarctica
2013Aircraft3Mount Elizabeth plane crash[24] Mount Elizabeth, Antarctica
2012Shipwreck3Jeong Woo 2 (South Korean fishing vessel)[25] Ross Sea, near the McMurdo Station3 missing were presumed dead, 7 burn injuries, 2 serious
1929Aircraft2Whaler scouting flight crash[26] [27] west of Scott Island, Antarctica
1948Fire (building)2Hope Bay fire[28] Base D, Hope Bay, Graham Land, Antarctica1 survivor
1959Aircraft2Marble Point plane crash[29] Marble Point, Antarctica3 survivors
1969Aircraft2Mount McLennan helicopter crash[30] Taylor Valley, Antarctica6 survivors
1987Aircraft2D-59 plane crash[31] [32] 1390 km northwest of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica11 survivors
2008Aircraft2Neumayer Station III helicopter crash[33] near Neumayer Station III, Antarctica3 survivors
2012class=nowrapFire (building)2Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station fire[34] Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Base, Antarctica1 minor burn injury
2018Work accident22018 McMurdo mishap[35] McMurdo Station, AntarcticaTwo contractors asphyxiated maintaining fire suppression system
2003Attack by a Leopard Seal1Snorkeling scientist dragged underwater by a Leopard Seal and drowned.[36] [37] Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, Antarctica
2008Fire (building)1Progress Station fire[38] Progress Station, Antarctica2 serious burn injuries
2016Snowmobile1McMurdo Shear Zone Accident[39] McMurdo Shear Zone, Antarctica
2016Aircraft1Pilot crevasse fatality unloading sling[40] Davis Station, Antarctica
2022Rogue wave1Viking Polaris cruise ship[41] Drake Passage, Southern Ocean4 injuries

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: San Telmo . Wreck Site . January 22, 2015.
  2. Web site: The Story of Flight 901 . The Erebus Story. January 22, 2015.
  3. Web site: South Korean ship sinks off Antarctica, at least 5 dead . . December 13, 2010 . January 22, 2015.
  4. Web site: Five dead, 17 missing after Korean fishing vessel, No.1 In Sung, sinks in Southern Ocean . The Old Salt Blog . December 13, 2010 . January 22, 2015.
  5. Web site: Accident Description. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  6. Web site: Accident Description. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  7. Book: Griffiths, Tom . Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica . . 2007 . 149.
  8. News: Fire at Soviet Base In Antarctic Kills 8; Eight Scientists Die in Fire At Soviet Base in the Antarctic . The New York Times . 20 August 1960.
  9. Web site: Загадки истории – Пожар в Антарктиде . ru.
  10. Web site: Rogers. SA. Real Ghost Ships: 10 Mysterious Abandoned Sea Vessels. Web Urbanist. 14 June 2010 . 27 August 2016.
  11. Web site: Accident Description. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  12. Web site: Accident Description. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  13. Web site: Accident Description. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  14. Web site: ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170385. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  15. Web site: ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154757. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  16. Web site: Accident description. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  17. Web site: ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78943. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  18. Web site: ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179701. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  19. Web site: ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172659. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  20. Web site: Bailey, Wild and Wilson. British Antarctic Monument Trust. 15 June 2020.
  21. Web site: Ranter . Harro . ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-14FKM CCCP-04193 Molodezhnaya . 2022-11-05 . aviation-safety.net.
  22. Web site: Accident description. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  23. Web site: Butler. Declan. Fatal helicopter crash at French Antarctic research base. Nature.com. 27 August 2016.
  24. Web site: Accident description. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  25. News: Fire aboard ship off Antarctica kills three fishermen. The Guardian. 11 January 2012 . 27 August 2016.
  26. Web site: ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34225. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  27. News: Whaling fliers lost in Antarctic Sea. The New York Times . 31 December 1929 . 1 February 2017 . Copyright . Russell Owen .
  28. Web site: Antarctica Fire History. CoolAntarctica.com. 27 August 2016.
  29. Web site: Accident Description. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  30. Web site: Thomas E. Berg. southpolestation.com. 1 February 2017.
  31. Web site: Accident description. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  32. Web site: Two killed in airplane crash in East Antarctica. southpolestation.com. 1 February 2017.
  33. Web site: ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15183. Aviation Safety Network. 27 August 2016.
  34. Web site: Brocchetto. Marilia. Fire at Antarctica station kills 2 Brazilian sailors. CNN. 26 February 2012 . 27 August 2016.
  35. Web site: Board of Investigation Final Report: Double Contractor Employee Fatality Mishap NSF - National Science Foundation. www.nsf.gov. 12 May 2021.
  36. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/leopard-seal-attacks-and-kills-british-scientist-snorkelling-off-antarctic-coast-97459.html Leopard seal attacks and kills British scientist snorkelling off Antarctic coast
  37. http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/07/23/antarctic.seal/ Seal kills scientist in Antarctic
  38. Web site: Valery. Lukin. One dead in fire at Progress Station. Adventure Antarctica. 27 August 2016.
  39. News: Kaplan. Sarah. Climate scientist Gordon Hamilton, 50, dies in accident in Antarctica. The Washington Post. 20 December 2016.
  40. News: 2019-12-09 . Court finds Commonwealth responsible for Antarctic helicopter pilot's death . en-AU . ABC News . 2022-04-08.
  41. News: 'Rogue wave' strikes Antarctic cruise ship, leaves 1 dead and 4 injured . 19 December 2022 . ABC News . 5 December 2022.

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