Pobjoy Mint is delighted to announce the release of a brand new £2 coin to celebrate 100 years since the end of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

At the end of the 19th Century, Antarctic exploration would have been considered the equivalent of how Space Exploration is perceived today. Exploring this “Terra Incognita” had been an off-and-on area of interest for centuries prior to the Heroic Age, and was regarded as being at the limit of possibilities, due to the sheer isolation and inhospitable climate of the region. Yet determined individuals mounted their expeditions, thus creating what we now know as The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

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