Explaining the primary requirements for sending the Strategic Iran Naval Fleet to Antarctica; with emphasis on education

Antarctica has become the focus of global attention in recent decades due to its importance in influencing the Earth's climate, enormous potential resources, and unique location and pristine environment. Therefore, all countries are looking to go to this region so as not to miss out on its countless advantages. The Antarctic Treaty was ratified by the members in 1959. In 2014, Iran's membership in the Antarctic Scientific Research Committee was approved by the members, after which Iran formally announced its plan to establish a permanent station in the Antarctic. The experience of many countries in Antarctica shows that their navies have played a very important role in sending and deploying in the region, and even in some of these countries the navy is still in charge of managing their Antarctic affairs. In this regard, this study was conducted with the aim of Explaining the primary requirements for sending the Strategic Iran Naval Fleet to Antarctica with emphasis on education. In terms of aim, this research is an applied-developmental and a qualitative research in terms of the type and method of data collection. The statistical population of the research is all valid documents, articles and books in the field of research. Using the available sampling method, an attempt was made to study all the documents and articles that can be accessed in full.The results indicate that the primary requirements for sending the Iran Navy fleet to Antarctica fall into the four main categories of Antarctic legal knowledge, equipment and facilities, training and diplomacy, and funding. Findings show that the component of education includes the four factors of creating a specialized education committee, public awareness, training of specialized manpower and the study of clean energy production, which shows the importance of education in this strategic mission.