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Erebus disaster recovery work during blizzard
Recovery work among the debris of Air New Zealand Flight TE901 on Mt Erebus continued even in terrible weather conditions. The original caption of this photograph reads: 'Hugh Logan below main fuselage. Strong ground blizzard blowing through wreckage. Antarctic Division photo, Colin Monteath'.
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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