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The Australian Antarctic Division leads the Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) with four key goals: Maintain the Antarctic Treaty System and enhance Australia's influence in it; Protect the Antarctic environment; Understand the role of Antarctica in the global climate system; Undertake scientific work of practical, economic and national ...
[7] [8] Its headquarters are in Melbourne, Australia, [citation needed] with branches in most Australian capital cities. [7] Membership is open to anyone who has travelled to Antarctic or subantarctic regions with the Australian Antarctic Program. [7] The club has thousands of members. [7] Its emblem is the emperor penguin on a map of ...
The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a part of East Antarctica claimed by Australia as an external territory. It is administered by the Australian Antarctic Division , an agency of the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water .
The giant orange icebreaker Aurora Australis left Australia for the final time on Saturday after more than 150 trips to Antarctica. The Australian Antarctic Division announced earlier this year ...
The current Casey Station headquarters (the "Red Shed") was built in the late 1980s as part of the Australian Government's Antarctic Re-building Program. It was prefabricated in Hobart, Tasmania, by Hobart construction firm Contas Pty Ltd; trial-erected on the wharf at Hobart; then dismantled, packaged and shipped to Antarctica.
When Mawson returned from Antarctica, he was given a hero's welcome and received many honours, including a knighthood. The scientific studies provided copious, detailed data – which took thirty years to completely publish – and the expedition's broad exploration program laid the groundwork for Australia's later territorial claims in Antarctica.
Program Name Operating Country Number of Active Research Stations COMNAP Status Dirección Nacional del Antártico Argentina: 13 Member Australian Antarctic Division Australia: 3 Member National Academy of Sciences Belarus: 1 Member Belgian Federal Science Policy and Polar Secretariat Belgium: 1 Member Programa Antártico Brasileiro Brazil: 1 ...
The Macquarie Island Station, commonly called Macca, [2] is a permanent Australian subantarctic research base on Macquarie Island, situated in the Southern Ocean and located approximately halfway between mainland Australia and Antarctica, managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).