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OUR STORY
Background To British Pobjoy Mint
The Pobjoy family has been associated with fine metalwork since the Middle Ages. The Company was recently granted permission to use the family Coat of Arms in which the Medieval Popinjay is the central motif. The Popinjay was a painted wooden parrot used in archery contests in the 14th century and the name Pobjoy is derived from this.
NEW RELEASE 5th JANUARY 2022
Centenary of the Death of Sir Ernest Shackleton
Shackleton led three major expeditions during what is now known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. His first journey south was in 1901, on the Antarctic expedition ship Discovery. Led by British naval officer Robert Falcon Scott, Shackleton and Edward Wilson trekked towards the pursuit for the South Pole in extremely difficult conditions. They got closer to the Pole than anyone previously...
DUE FOR RELEASE 5th JANUARY 2022
Centenary of the Death of Sir Ernest Shackleton
The British Antarctic Territory, Falkland Islands and South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands have joined together to commemorate the centenary of the death of the great polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922). Shackleton rose to fame in 1915 when his vessel, the Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and sank...
DUE FOR RELEASE 5TH JANUARY 2022
CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
Shackleton rose to fame in 1915 when his vessel, the Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and sank. Against all the odds, Shackleton succeeded in getting all his men back to safety, a tale of resolve and selfless leadership that is celebrated as one of the greatest stories of human endeavour...
NEW RELEASE DECEMBER 11th 2021
First Call of RRS Sir David Attenborough
This special souvenir sheet celebrates the arrival of the RRS Sir David Attenborough in the Falkland Islands.
Britain’s new polar ship has been registered on the British register of ships at Stanley, Falkland Islands. This continues the long tradition of registering British Antarctic Survey (BAS) ships and aircraft in the Falkland Islands...
NEW RELEASE DUE 29th NOVEMBER 2021
Blue Belt Programme
The UK Overseas Territories (OTs) are home to globally significant biodiversity. The UK Blue Belt Programme recognises this, and since 2016 has worked with the Governments of these Territories to enhance the protection and management of these precious marine environments.
The Tristan da Cunha Marine Protection Zone (MPZ) is the largest no-take zone in the Atlantic Ocean and the world's fourth-largest marine protected zone. The 687,247km2 Marine Protection Zone is almost three times the size of the UK. It is a biodiversity hotspot home to millions of seabirds, including the Tristan Albatross and the Northern Rockhopper Penguin, the rarely seen Shepherd's beaked whales, and 80% of the world's Sub-Antarctic Fur Seals.
NEW RELEASE 23rd NOVEMBER 2021
Final Voyage Of The RRS James Clark Ross
In March 2021 the RRS James Clark Ross arrived in Harwich having completed its final season with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The ship’s five-and-a-half-month mission was to deliver scientific and operational staff to Antarctica, and to resupply the UK stations in Antarctica for another year...
NEW RELEASE 17th NOVEMBER 2021
Black-Browed Albatross, Thalassarche Melanophris
There are twenty two species of albatross worldwide; eighteen of those inhabit the Southern Hemisphere.
The Black-browed is circumpolar in its breeding range of the Southern Ocean, but has its stronghold here in the Falkland Islands, where approximately 75% of the World’s population breed - a number totalling around half a million pairs...
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