Mintage of no more than 7,500!
Seventh release in the Australian Antarctic Territory Series.
This coin features a team of huskies pulling a sled with a colored Antartic sky in the background, also included is a colored image of a husky. The Ian Rank-Broadley likeness of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the monetary denomination are shown on the obverse.
Box w/CoA and Illustrated Shipper.
Husky is the general term for several breed of dogs ideally adapted to hauling sleds in cold, snowy conditions. Originally from northern regions, huskies were introduced to the Antarctic by the British Antarctic Expedition of 1898-1900.
Australia kept huskies in Antarctica for almost 40 years beginning in 1954 with the opening of Mawson Station. As well as proving to be hard-working, reliable forms of transport, they were also loyal companions and much-loved by Australian Antarctic expeditioners.
In 1991, Australia signed an environmental treaty that required introduced species to be removed from the Antarctic. The last remaining huskies left the Australian Antarctic Territory in 1993, the older dogs retiring to Australia, while the younger working dogs began new lives in the United States.
