Description
Description: Army Detachment – Operation ANARE 1984-85 Deployment Patch.
Condition: Near Mint
Comments: Army Detachment – Operation ANARE 1984-85 Deployment Patch.
Worn by the small Australian Army detachment to Operation ANARE in the Antarctic in 1984/1985.
Research by ANARE began in 1947 into areas such as Antarctic weather, upper atmosphere physics and glaciology. International cooperation on scientific research in Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957 led to the 1959 Antarctic Treaty. The treaty provided for complete freedom of scientific research in Antarctica, for conservation of wildlife and the prohibition of military activity, nuclear testing and disposal of radioactive waste.
Today the Australian Antarctic Division carries out research into physical and life sciences in the atmospheric, terrestrial and marine domains, as well as human biology and medical research. It is also responsible for ongoing observational activities, including meteorology, seismic, magnetic and GPS networks, charting and mapping.
