Mt. Erebus (3794 meters high), the largest volcano (and only active one) making up Ross Island, the home of the US and Kiwi bases. The other volcanos on the island are Mt Terror, Mt. Bird, and Mt. Terra-Nova. It is the southernmost volcano in the world. In 1979 a DC-10 passenger jet flew into the mountain and killed all 257 people on board. Nov 28th marks the 25th anniversary of the tragic event. The following is a poem by Bill Manhire that Sir Edmund Hillary read during the memorial service:

Erebus Voices

The Mountain

I am here beside my brother, Terror.
I am the place of human error.

I am beauty and cloud, and I am sorrow;
I am tears which you will weep tomorrow.

I am the sky and the exhausting gale.
I am the place of ice, I am the debris trail.

I am as far as you can see.
I am the place of memory.

And I am still a hand, a fingertip, a ring.
I am what there is no forgetting.

I am the one with truly broken heart.
I watched them fall, and freeze, and break apart.