The government and treasury of the British Antarctic Territory have issued (14th July) a new coin which highlights one of the more extraordinary animal species inhabiting the waters around the islands: the Southern right whale (or Eubalaena australis, to offer its scientific name). These gentle creatures spend the summer in the far Southern Ocean in close proximity to Antarctica, where it feeds
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British Antarctic Territory: Southern right whale features on new crown coin
The government and treasury of the British Antarctic Territory have issued (14th July) a new coin which highlights one of the more extraordinary animal species inhabiting the waters around the islands: the Southern right whale (or Eubalaena australis, to offer its scientific name). These gentle creatures spend the summer in the far Southern Ocean in close proximity to Antarctica, where it feeds