Canada 2013 1913 Arctic Expedition Dog Sled Team $1 Pure Silver BU Dollar in OGP

Description: In Stock and Ready for Immediate Shipment!Long SOLD OUT at the Royal Canadian Mint! This year the annual Silver Dollar commemorates the centennial of the landmark Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913, a landmark in polar exploration, with a dog sled engraved in pure silver! The Royal Canadian Mint is releasing a multi-coin program to commemorate the centennial of the landmark Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1916. The historical and intricately engraved scene depicts a dog sled superimposed on a compass. The Canadian Arctic Expedition was a landmark event in the exploration of the uncharted polar regions, helping to map the extent of Canada’s Arctic territory, discover hitherto unknown islands, and uncover important research about the people, flora, fauna, and geology of the region. The year 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the Expedition, whose achievements are celebrated with this low mintage, pure silver dollar! New This Year! Lowest mintage limit ever for this annual release - only 20,000! (That's 5,000 less than 2012!) Compare that to the mintage of a typical U.S. commemorative silver dollar (500,000 - that's half a million!). We recommend not delaying and believe that this silver dollar will sell out like previous ones. Continuing This Year! Purer silver! For the second straight year, all versions of the annual Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913 Silver Dollar are struck in 99.99% pure silver - the purest silver on the planet! The Mint has released an outstanding program of coins in honor of the centennial of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, including several numismatic silver dollars. All feature a minutely detailed design depicting explores and their team of sled dogs. This silver dollar design is available in 3 different varieties, included among these program options: • Silver Dollar #1 - A Brilliant Uncirculated Pure Silver Dollar in presentation case • Silver Dollar #2 - A Proof Pure Silver Dollar in presentation case • Pure Silver Proof Set - Very low-mintage 7-Coin Pure Silver Proof Set with gold-plated silver dollar (in this set only!) • Gold Proof #1 - The affordable Inuit Native American Owl Shaman 1/25 Ounce Pure Gold Proof • Gold Proof #2 - The mintage of 2,500 Arctic Expedition Dog Sled $100 Gold Proof • Silver Kilogram - Ultra-rare, mintage of 750 Canada's Arctic Landscape 1 Kilogram Ultra High Relief Silver Proof Designed by Canadian artist Bonnie Ross, this silver dollar highlights several significant elements of the Canadian Arctic Expedition. The main image (drawn directly from the abundant photography from the Expedition) presents a portrait of three explorers standing beside a dogsled packed with gear. Harnessed to the sled, the waiting dog team watches and listens for the command to move on across the frozen Arctic tundra. In the background, a stylized image of a compass points to 10 degrees east of true North. The Canadian Arctic Expedition The Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–1916 was a scientific expedition inside the Arctic Circle organized and led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. The expedition was originally to be sponsored by the National Geographic Society of the United States and the American Museum of Natural History. However, Canada took over the sponsorship because of the potential for discovery of new land and because Stefansson, who though born in Canada was now an American, re-established his Canadian citizenship. The Canadian Arctic Expedition was divided into a Northern Party (led by Stefansson), and a Southern Party led by Rudolph M. Anderson. The objective of the Northern Party was to explore for new land north and west of the known land of the Canadian Arctic. At this time the possible existence of large, undiscovered land masses, comparable to the Canadian Arctic islands or even a small continent, was (correctly) thought scientifically plausible. The approach of the Northern Party, besides searching for new land, was a program of through-ice depth soundings to map the edge of the continental shelf. Meteorological, magnetic, and marine biological investigations were also planned. The objective of the Southern party was scientific documentation of the geography, geology, resources, wildlife, and people of the Mackenzie River delta and adjacent regions of Canada between Cape Parry and the Kent Peninsula, for about 100 mi (160 km) inland, and southern and eastern Victoria Island. Copper deposits and trade routes were of particular interest. 1913 was a particularly bad year for Arctic navigation. All of the expedition ships were frozen in before they could reach their initial destination of Herschel Island. The principal ship of the expedition, the Karluk, was carried off and eventually crushed by the ice, leading to loss of eleven lives before a famous rescue. Most of the Southern Party had traveled in other ships of the expedition, and Stefansson left the Karluk with a party of five before the ship was carried off. Stefansson promptly purchased a small schooner, the North Star, reconstituted the Northern Party with local hires and resumed exploring. Only one of the fourteen Karluk survivors rejoined the expedition. The expedition purchased another ship, the Polar Bear, in 1915. The Southern Party remained in the North through the summer of 1916, exploring and mapping as far east as Bathurst Inlet. Some members of the Northern Party continued exploring through 1918. The expedition discovered land previously unknown even to the Inuit (including Brock, Mackenzie King, Borden, Meighen, and Lougheed Islands), produced valuable data, and launched the careers of several explorers and scientists. The controversies it engendered persisted for decades. Investment Note New for 2013, the mint has imposed a strict, reduced mintage limit of only 20,000 on the Annual Brilliant Uncirculated Silver Dollar, 5,000 less than in 2012 and 10,000 less than in 2010! All collectors of Canadian dollar coins and all silver dollar collectors need this affordable precious metal coin, so it seems like a sure sell-out. Purity Note The Royal Canadian Mint refines the purest silver in the world. The RCM is also the only mint in the world to issue commemorative coins in a .9999 fineness. This silver dollar is 99.99% pure! Obverse The main image (drawn directly from the abundant photography from the Canadian Arctic Expedition) presents a portrait of three explorers standing beside a dogsled packed with gear. Harnessed to the sled, the waiting dog team watches and listens for the command to move on across the frozen Arctic tundra. In the background, a stylized image of a compass points to 10 degrees east of true North. The dual dates 1913-2013 commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Arctic Expedition. Reverse Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, in profile facing right. This portrait, the fourth effigy of the queen to appear on Canadian coinage, was executed by the artist Susanna Blunt. The legend ELIZABETH II D. G. REGINA ("Elizabeth II, Queen by the Grace of God") also appears. Packaging The coin is encapsulated inside a burgundy leatherette, clamshell-style presentation case, lined with black velvet and protected by a black outer box. An individually-numbered certificate of authenticity is included. Specifications Country Canada Year of Issue 2013 Face Value One Dollar Weight 23.17 g Diameter 36.07 mm Mintage Limit 40,000 Finish Proof-Like Brilliant Uncirculated Composition .9999 Fine (Pure) Silver Edge Serrated (milled, reeded) Artist Bonnie Ross Certificate Individually Numbered Complete Certificate Text The Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–1916 On the antique celluloid, the light flickers. Sled dogs move silently across the Arctic tundra. A man 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. In grainy photos, men stand alongside makeshift fences, before shelters made of skins and furs, in open ice fields, atop sleds packed with gear. Some smile; others stare silently into the lens, arms crossed, thoughts unfathomable. These are only a few of the approximately 4,000 photographs and more than 2,700 metres of film capturing one of the twentieth century’s most exciting moments in exploration: the Canadian Arctic Expedition. 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 Anderson would explore the geology, resources, and native inhabitants of the northern mainland. Travelling by sea and despite significant hardships, the Northern Party covered thousands of kilometres, mapping land that even the local inhabitants had never seen. The Northern Party discovered four new islands and proved that some of the geography proposed by nineteenth century expeditions was erroneous. The Southern Party completed the full mapping of the mainland and produced 14 volumes of scientific data as well as thousands of specimens and artefacts, opening up a new world of wonder for Canadians. Their findings included information about flora and fauna never before recorded, fossil samples, and more. Their cultural research familiarized the world for the first time with the culture and way of life of the Copper Inuit and other aboriginal peoples of the Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory, Alaska and Siberia. From these Aboriginal peoples—some of whom participated in the Expedition as guides and other assistants—they collected artistic artefacts, tools, knowledge, and thousands of photographs as well as extensive film footage. The Canadian Arctic Expedition’s artefacts, photos, and recordings enabled researchers to introduce to the rest of the 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. Copyright © 2023 Talisman World Coins and Medals. All Rights Reserved.

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