British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition
The British Australian (and) New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition ( BANZARE ) was a research expedition to the Antarctic, which was carried out 1929-1931 and the two trips in successive Antarctic summers included. It was an expedition of the Commonwealth, which was motivated more by geopolitics than by science. It was financed by the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
The Head of Sir Douglas Mawson was BANZARE. There were several sub- conductors ( Captain KN MacKenzie replaced Captain John King Davis in the second summer) aboard the RRS Discovery, the ship that had previously been used by Robert Falcon Scott. The BANZARE who also made several flights in a small plane mapped the coast of Antarctica and found Mac - Robertson Land and Princess Elizabeth Land (which were incorporated into the Australian Antarctic Territory later).
The expedition was a 'for-profit research expedition, " said Mawson at each landfall British sovereignty proclaimed - with the understanding that the territory would later go to Australia (done in 1933 ). Such a proclamation was issued, for example, on January 5, 1931 at Cape Denison, where Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1912/13, had had their camp.
However, the BANZARE also conducted scientific research and produced 1937-1975 thirteen volumes of reports on geology, oceanography, meteorology, geomagnetism, zoology and botany.