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2022 AAT Australian Antarctic Program 75 Years MUH Mini Sheet

Description: 2022 AAT Australian Antarctic Program75 Years Mint Unhinged Mini SheetRelease date: 9 August 2022OverviewThis year, 2022, marks the 75th anniversary of the Australian government’s scientific research program in Antarctica, which began in 1947 with the establishment of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE), now known as the Australian Antarctic Program.ANARE led directly to the formation of the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) in 1948, which has led and administered all Australian activities in Antarctica ever since, supporting the work of both government and non-governmental science and education organisations.The AAD’s inaugural director was physicist Dr Phillip Law, who led the science program on the first ANARE voyage, in 1947–48. While that first expedition was not successful in reaching the Antarctic mainland to scope out a site for a permanent research station, it did lead to bases being established at the sub-Antarctic Heard and Macquarie Islands, for data collection and science monitoring and to support future Antarctic expeditions.There are now three Australian research stations in the AAT that operate throughout the year – Mawson, Davis and Casey. Together with a number of smaller “summer” field camps and bases, they have supported Antarctic exploration and scientific research since the first of these, Mawson, opened in 1954. Today, the AAD’s diverse and comprehensive program is executed across a range of terrestrial, marine and atmospheric sciences. Key research seeks to address environmental challenges, including climate change, the human footprint in Antarctica, conservation of Antarctic and Southern Ocean wildlife, and the sustainability of southern polar fisheries. Stamps in This Issue $1.10 A base for scienceThe first ANARE voyage coincided with Britain’s handover of Heard Island to Australia in 1947. The stamp presents a photograph by David Eastman, which depicts the raising of the Australian flag at Atlas Cove, where the first sub-Antarctic station was established. Seven years later, in 1954, Mawson station became Australia’s first research station in the AAT, and the Heard Island station was closed. $1.10 Field expeditionsField expeditions are essential to Antarctic research, and effective transport in the hostile environment is crucial and ever developing. This stamp shows an early expedition in which sled and snow-shoe technology support an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to ascend the volcanic Big Ben, on Heard Island, during the first year of the ANARE program. It is paired with the latest modern transport vehicle, one of five tractors painted with a distinctive design by Australian artist Ken Done. The tractor will be used in to traverse inland on the continent in a quest to obtain an ice core dating back a million years. $2.20 Polar scienceThe early photograph, by Alan Campbell-Drury, shows a geologist at his microscope and is paired with a colour photograph, by Anthony (Tony) Fleming, which shows a glaciologist in recent years processing an ice core at Aurora Basin.$2.20 Aviation supportSince the inception of ANARE, exploration and research in the AAT has been supported by fixed-wing aircraft. The stamp presents a photograph by Phillip Law, which shows an Auster Mark 6 that was built from two Austers damaged during their transportation to Mawson station on the ship Kista Dan in 1954. Access to the continent was transformed in 2008 with the establishment of an air link from Hobart to Wilkins Aerodrome near Casey. During the summer months, Airbus A319s have been the primary means to transport passengers and light cargo. Since 2015, these flights have been supplemented by the RAAF C-17A Globemaster III, shown in the second photo, which is capable of bringing in heavy equipment and undertaking airdrops year-round Please check out my other Ebay items Postage Discount Available If purchasing more than one item please request an invoice or wait for one to be issued combining postage Orders over $40 will require registered mail Payment requested within 5 days unless otherwise arranged

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