A frozen graveyard: The sad tales of Antarctica’s deaths

PO1 Tony Holland thanks for the sad, but interesting read and share of Antarctica.

The perils of glacial exploring.

Having lived and worked in Antarctica, there are many monuments for those who have died there. The running joke is 'If you want to have something named for you in Antarctica, the easiest way is to die there'. There are hundreds of points and places named for those who have perished on the ice. The ski runway at McMurdo is named for Bob Williams, a US Navy Seabee that died there when his D-8 Dozer broke through the ice, January 6, 1956. More recently a Ken Borek Twin Otter airplane crashed into the mountains, killing all three aboard, Bob Heath, Perry Anderson and Mike Denton, all from Canada. Their remains are too difficult to retrieve, so they will remain there.
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/06/22/kenn-borek-air-crash_n_5515644.html