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Cross on Mt Erebus
This wooden cross to the victims of the Erebus disaster was erected above Scott Base by recovery workers. The original caption to the photograph reads: 'DC10 cross erected on nunatak near accident site. Mt Erebus behind'. In 1986 an aluminium cross replaced this original one, which had been eroded by ice and snow.
Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga, Christchurch Regional Office
Reference: CAHU CH282/Box13/9 Large black and white prints of crash site operations December 1979 [with captions], 1979
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