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
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

References

  1. ↑ "San Telmo". Wreck Site. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Story of Flight 901". The Erebus Story. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ "22 fishermen feared dead after South Korean vessel sinks in icy Antarctic Ocean waters". Daily Mail. 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. ↑ Rogers, SA. "Real Ghost Ships: 10 Mysterious Abandoned Sea Vessels". Web Urbanist. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170385". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154757". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78943". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172659". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  17. ↑ Butler, Declan. "Fatal helicopter crash at French Antarctic research base". Nature.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  18. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Fire aboard ship off Antarctica kills three fishermen". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179701". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  21. ↑ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34225". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  22. ↑ "Antarctica Fire History". CoolAntarctica.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  23. ↑ "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  24. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  25. ↑ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15183". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  26. ↑ Brocchetto, Marilia. "Fire at Antarctica station kills 2 Brazilian sailors". CNN. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  27. ↑ Valery, Lukin. "One dead in fire at Progress Station". Adventure Antarctica. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  28. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/24/climate-scientist-gordon-hamilton-50-dies-in-accident-in-antarctica/
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