The British Australian (and) New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, funded by the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The leader of the BANZARE was Sir Douglas Mawson and there were several subcommanderes (Captain K.N. MacKenzie, who replaced Captain J.K. Davis at some point of the expedition) and several ships (the RRS Discovery and others) involved. The BANZARE mapped the coastline of Antarctica and discovered Mac Robertson Land and Princess Elizabeth Land (which later became the Australian Antarctic Territory). The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System or ATS, regulate the international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earths only uninhabited continent. ... A number of ships have borne the name RRS Discovery. ... Ernest Henry Shackleton The Discovery Image:Baloonshack. ... Terra Nova Expedition (1910 – 1913) was an Antarctica expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott sailing on the ship Terra Nova to Ross Island for a sledge journey to the South Pole. ... The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a major exploration undertaking led by Sir Ernest Shackleton that consisted in attempting to make the first crossing of the Antarctic continent from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea. ... Shackleton-Rowett Expedition (1921 – 1922) Ernest Shackletons last Antarctic adventure ended in his death by natural causes. ... BGLE stands for the British Graham Land Expedition, a geophysical and exploration expedition to Antarctica from 1934 to 1937. ... During World War II, Operation Tabarin was a small British expedition launched from the UK in 1943 to the Antarctic to to establish permanently occupied bases. ... The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) was an expedition funded by the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, whose primary objective was to complete the first overland crossing of Antarctica as a contribution to the International Geophysical Year (IGY). ... Erich von Drygalski or Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (February 9, 1865 – January 10, 1949) was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia. ... Wilhelm Filchner (September 13, 1877 - May 7, 1957) was a German explorer. ... The 1938-1939 expeditions logo New Schwabenland or Neuschwabenland (New Swabia in English) is an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W (overlapping a portion of Queen Maud Land) claimed by Germany between 1939 and 1945. ... Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (July 16, 1872–June 18?, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. ... Operation Highjump was a United States Navy operation in Antarctica from 1946-47, the largest effort in the southmost continent to this day. ... The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. ... Operation Deep Freeze I was the codename for a series of scientific expeditions to Antarctica in 1955–56. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Sir Douglas Mawson (May 5, 1882-1958) was Australian Antarctic explorer. ... A number of ships have borne the name RRS Discovery. ... Mac Robertson Land is that portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley. ... Princess Elizabeth Land is the sector of Antarctica between longitude 73 degrees east and Cape Penck 87 degrees 43 east. ... The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is the part of Antarctica claimed by Australia. ...

See also

• List of Antarctica expeditions

Territorial claims of Antarctica List of Antarctica expeditions is a chronological list of expeditions involving Antarctica. ...

External links

• Until now the main source of this article here
• All features of Antarctica listed in one single *.TXT-File, provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) In this document, BANZARE appears often, a search for "BANZARE" shows which features BANZARE was involved with.