Spills · oil
7,000 gallons of jet fuel spilled onto the ice in antarctica
Jp Spill; Antarctic · Antarctic · NOAAORR-1110
- issued
- 2003-10-29 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2003-11-12 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2003-11-12 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Southern Ocean
- position
- -78.000, 165.000
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
JP Spill; Antarctic. Antarctic. 1. 7,000 gallons of jet fuel spilled onto the ice in Antarctica. NOAA provided telephone support. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: JET FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 7000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 78.000S 165.000E. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1110: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1110
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