Eight Federated Mountain Club volunteers helped recover bodies after an Air New Zealand DC10 crashed on Mt Erebus, Antarctica, in November 1979. Their skills in mountain rescue were needed because of the site’s icy conditions and crevasses. Hugh Logan, one of the team, recalls the operation.
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Antarctica New Zealand, Pictorial Collection
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Sound file from Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. Erebus disaster remembered/Reference number C891128A.
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