List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll

Listed below are the worst disasters in Antarctica's history, listed by death toll.

Year	Type	Fatalities	Article	Location	Comments
1819	Accident – Shipwreck	644[1]	San Telmo	Drake Passage, Southern Ocean
1979	Accident – Aircraft	257[2]	Air New Zealand Flight 901	Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
2010	Accident – Shipwreck	22[3]	South Korean trawler Insung	Ross Sea, near the McMurdo Station	5 confirmed dead, 17 missing and presumed dead[4]
1823	Accident – Shipwreck	7[5]	Schooner Jenny	Drake Passage, Southern Ocean	Most likely a legend
2010	Accident – Aircraft	4[6]	Helicopter crash	near the Dumont d'Urville Station
1999	Accident – Aircraft	3[7]	Helicopter crash	near the Dumont d'Urville Station
2013	Accident – Aircraft	3[8]	Plane crash	Queen Alexandra Mountains
2012	Accident – Shipwreck	3[9]	Jeong Woo 2 (South Korean fishing vessel)	Ross Sea, near the McMurdo Station	3 missing were presumed dead, 7 burn injuries, 2 serious
1946	Accident – Aircraft	3[10]	1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash	Thurston Island, Antarctica
2012	Accident – Fire (building)	2[11]	Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Base fire	Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Base	1 minor burn injury
2008	Accident – Fire (building)	1[12]	Progress Station fire	Progress Station	2 serious burn injuries

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. "The Disappearance of the Schooner Jenny ~ Greg Giles". Before It's News. August 23, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.

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