On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over Antarctica. Within hours 11 ordinary police officers were called to duty to face the formidable Mount Erebus. As the police recovered the victims, an investigation team tried to uncover the mystery of how a jet could fly into a mountain in broad daylight. Did the airline have a secret it wanted to bury? This film tells the story of four New Zealand police officers who went to Antarctica as part of the police operation to recover the victims of the crash. Set in the beautiful yet hostile environment of Antarctica, this is the emotional and compelling true story of an extraordinary police operation.
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Tama Jarman | Stuart Leighton |
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Edwin Wright | Greg Gilpin |
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Andrew Munro | Mark Penn |
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Fraser Brown | Bob Mitchell |
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Paul Ellis | Peter Rhodes |
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John Dybvig | US Instructor |
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Roy Ward | Alan Dorday |
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John Glass | David Greenwood |
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Peter Feeney | NZ Air Senior Staff Member |
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Narelle Ahrens | Viv Gilpin |
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Niamh Peren | Claire Leighton |
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Peter Burger | Cop |
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Adrian Keeling | Morrie Davis |
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Campbell Cooley | Fire Chief |
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Josephine Stewart-Tewhiu | Air Hostess |
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Vassily Danilov | Jim Collins |
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Glen Tricklebank | Ron Chippendale |
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Colin Moy | Black Box Recording |
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Stephen Bain | Black Box Recording |
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Paul Glover | Black Box Recording |
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David Aston | Black Box Recording |
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Stephen McDonald | Mountain Extra |
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Jon-Pierre Narbey | Mountain Extra |
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Leslie Furnell | Mountain Extra |
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Drus Dryden | Mountain Extra |
| Director | Charlotte Purdy |
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| Peter Burger |
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| Writer | Peter Burger, Gavin Strawhan | |
| Producer | Kathleen Anderson, Jude Callen, Deborah Cope, Carmen J. Leonard, Charlotte Purdy | |
| Musician | Tom Healy, Tiny Ruins | |
| Photography | D.J. Stipsen | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Layers | Single side, Single layer |