A train crash at Tangiwai in 1953 had left 151 people dead and the Wahine ferry disaster in 1968 had killed 51 people. The Mt Erebus crash was the third in that list and by far the deadliest.

“We’ve used this to form a 3D base map of the Erebus wreck site, which amounts to millions and millions and millions of 3D data points that are accurate within a few millimetres, so it allows ...

This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The scene: a tent on Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica. The tent is a four-cornered tepee ...

This award-winning film is the harrowing true story of the Erebus crash and the 11 Kiwi cops on the recovery mission. Made with the support of NZ on Air. Unfortunately Erebus: Operation Overdue ...

George Steinmetz was drawn to Mount Erebus, in Antarctica, by the ice. The volcano constantly sputters hot gas and lava, sculpting surreal caves and towers that the photographer had read about and ...