List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll
Year Type Fatalities Incident Location
1819 Accident - Shipwreck 644 San Telmo Drake Passage , Southern Ocean
1979 Accident - Aircraft 257 Air New Zealand Flight 901 Mount Erebus , Ross Island , Antarctica
2019 Accident - Aircraft 38 2019 Chilean Air Force C-130 crash Drake Passage , Antarctica
2010 Accident - Shipwreck 22 South Korean trawler Insung Ross Sea , near the McMurdo Station
1976 Accident - Aircraft 11 Livingston Island plane crash Livingston Island , Antarctica
1985 Accident - Aircraft 10 Nelson Island plane crash Nelson Island , Antarctica
1823 Accident - Shipwreck 7 Schooner Jenny Drake Passage , Southern Ocean
1958 Accident - Aircraft 7 Cape Hallett Bay plane crash Cape Hallett Bay , Antarctica
1966 Accident - Aircraft 6 Ross Ice Shelf plane crash Ross Ice Shelf , Antarctica
1986 Accident - Aircraft 6 Philippi Glacier plane crash Philippi Glacier , Antarctica
1961 Accident - Aircraft 5 Wilkes Station plane crash Wilkes Station , Antarctica
1956 Accident - Aircraft 4 McMurdo Station plane crash McMurdo Station , Antarctica
1994 Accident - Aircraft 4 Rothera Research Station plane crash near the Rothera Research Station , Antarctica
2010 Accident - Aircraft 4 Terre Adélie helicopter crash near the Dumont d'Urville Station , Terre Adélie , Antarctica
1946 Accident - Aircraft 3 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash Thurston Island , Antarctica
1958 Accident - Aircraft 3 Marguerite Bay plane crash Marguerite Bay , Antarctica
1989 Accident - Aircraft 3 Mirny Station plane crash Mirny Station , Antarctica
1999 Accident - Aircraft 3 Terre Adélie helicopter crash near the Dumont d'Urville Station , Terre Adélie , Antarctica
2013 Accident - Aircraft 3 Mount Elizabeth plane crash Mount Elizabeth , Antarctica
2012 Accident - Shipwreck 3 Jeong Woo 2 ( South Korean fishing vessel ) Ross Sea , near the McMurdo Station
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 .
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.