Navy commander falls off research ship, dies in Antarctica waters


It is unclear how Javier Montojo Salazar fell from the Hesperides research ship yesterday evening. – EPA pic, March 3, 2018.

A SPANISH navy commander travelling on board an oceanographic research ship in the icy waters of Antarctica fell overboard and died, the Defence Ministry announced today.

It was unclear how Javier Montojo Salazar fell from the ship yesterday evening, not far from the Spanish Juan Carlos I base on Livingston Island.


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