Composition: 99.99% silver
Mintage: 20,000

The Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1916

On the antique celluloid, thelight flickers. Sled dogs move silently across the Arctic tundra. Aman perched on an ice floe surveys the horizon as teams of men and dogs prepare for ice-bound travel behind him. In the distance snow-capped mountains rise into the sky like jagged shards of ice.

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In 1913, Canadian Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden commissioned an expedition, led by Manitoba-born ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson, to explore and map the western Canadian Arctic. Stefansson and zoologist Rudolph Anderson had travelled through the Far North the previous decade. Knowing that there was a great deal of unexplored potential in the region, Stefansson planned to continue his earlier journey, but the Government of Canada, recognizing the importance of new sovereign territory, hosted the Expedition and broadened its mission significantly. A Northern Party led by Stefansson would undertake the mapping exercise while a Southern Party led by Andersonwould explore the geology, resources, and native inhabitants of thenorthern mainland.

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The Expedition's artefacts, photos, and recordings enabled researchers to introduce to the rest ofthe world cultures that had been virtually inaccessible until that time. The artefacts have also had a broad educational legacy, forming the basis of numerous educational programs and museum exhibits, and are an important pillar of the permanent National collections of the Canadian Museum of Nature and the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

This coin is part of the Brilliant dollars collection which began in 1971. A coin has been released every year since then.

BRILLIANT DOLLARS - 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION - 2013 CANADIAN COINS is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 02- BRILLIANT DOLLARS and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.