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Wreckage from Erebus disaster
This view of the crash site, looking downhill through the wreckage of Air New Zealand Flight TE901 towards the Lewis Bay sea ice, shows a maze of body location flags. This photograph was taken by Colin Monteath of the Antarctic Division in December 1979.
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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