2009 $5 Polar Series Antarctic Explorers Silver Proof Coin

Developed in conjunction with the Royal Society of Victoria and celebrating Australia’s connection with Antarctica, with over on ounce of silver (36.31g), this coin honours the first Australians to explore the southern continent. Douglas Mawson, Tannat Edgeworth David and Forbes Mackay were members of the Ernest Shackleton Expedition. It depicts the moment when the three reached the South Magnetic Pole in January 1909.