While some, like Mount Erebus, visibly remind us of Antarctica’s volcanic nature, the majority lie buried under kilometers of ice, making them difficult to study and even harder to predict.

And the legacy of the Mt Erebus disaster is still felt 40 years on. Air New Zealand had started operating scenic flights over Antarctica only two years before, and they had been a great success.

"What's critical for them is that the stories of the 257 and the learnings from the Erebus disaster are never lost to this country." David Allan, who lost his parents and sister in the disaster ...

From Antarctic rescues to combat zones to crocodile relocations, the fleet clocked up 155,000 hours of flight time and ...