List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll
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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.
Table
| 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 | 6 survivors |
| 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 II helicopter crash[33] | near Neumayer Station II, 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
- 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 toll