This 2022 Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration Southern Cross and Quest £2 is the first in a series to celebrate 100 years since the end of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration and issued on behalf of the British Antarctic Territory.
The Southern Cross Expedition, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, was the first British Antarctic venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, led by Anglo-Norwegian explorer Carsten Borchgrevnik, and was the forerunner of the more celebrated journeys of Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton. Sir Ernest Shackleton ventured on his last Antarctic project on the expedition ship Quest. With the original intention of exploring the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic, this plan was abandoned and thereupon switched to an exploration of the Antarctic.
The 2022 Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration Southern Cross and Quest £2 is available as a Bi-Metal £2 Coin (Limited to 2022) or Proof Fine Silver with Goldclad® £2 Coin (Limited to 195).
