Remembering Flight TE901

On 28 November 2009 the 30th anniversary of the Erebus disaster was commemorated with a service at Scott Base.  A projected visit to the Memorial Cross near the crash site by six relatives of those who died did not take place due to adverse weather conditions.  A service was held on 21 January 2010, with water from Aoraki Mt Cook being poured over the koru-shaped capsule containing messages, and the capsule was secured to the Memorial Cross.

Water from Aoraki Mt Cook being poured over the site during the service. (© Rob McPhail). The koru capsule (© Antarctica New Zealand Pictorial Collection)