The Polar Medal

The Polar medal, which has just been awarded to the members of Mr Watkins' British Arctic Air Route Expedition ( London Gazette , November 4, 1932), has a long history behind it, and is perhaps the most interesting of British medals. A medal is now given for either Arctic or Antarctic service,...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Wordie, J. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1933
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Antarctic
Watkins
Antarc*
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400030357
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400030357
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Summary:The Polar medal, which has just been awarded to the members of Mr Watkins' British Arctic Air Route Expedition ( London Gazette , November 4, 1932), has a long history behind it, and is perhaps the most interesting of British medals. A medal is now given for either Arctic or Antarctic service, but originally Arctic service only was rewarded. There were two Arctic medals granted last century; the more general Polar medal dates from 1904.

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