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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 ...
ZK-NZP, the aircraft involved, photographed in 1977. Flight 901 was designed and marketed as a unique sightseeing experience, carrying an experienced Antarctic guide, who pointed out scenic features and landmarks using the aircraft's public-address system, while passengers enjoyed a low-flying sweep of McMurdo Sound. [3]
Aviation accidents and incidents that took place in Antarctica ... 1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash; C. 2019 Chilean Air Force C-130 crash; M. Mount Erebus disaster
A new 3D scan has revealed previously unseen details of the wreck of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s HMS Endurance, which was found in 2022 – more than a century after the ship sank.
The 1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash occurred on 30 December 1946, on Thurston Island, Antarctica when a United States Navy Martin PBM-5 Mariner crashed during a blizzard. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Buno 59098 was one of 4 aircraft lost during Operation Highjump .
Shackleton and his crew set out to achieve the first land crossing of Antarctica, but Endurance did not reach land and became trapped in dense pack ice, forcing the 28 men on board to abandon ship.
The aircraft departed Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile, at 19:55 UTC (16:55 local time) bound for King George Island, Antarctica. [1] The flight was intended to provide supplies to a base in Chilean Antarctic Territory and to bring personnel to inspect a floating fuel supply line and other equipment at the base. The Chilean Air Force flies from ...
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland (AP) — The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famed Irish explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years ...