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The '''Polar Medal''' is a medal awarded by the [[Government of the United Kingdom]], originally instituted in [[1857]] as the '''Arctic Medal''' to reward earlier explorers attempting to discover the [[North-West Passage]].

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The first awards were made to the men engaged in a search expedition to discover the fate of [[Sir John Franklin]] and his crew who were lost in [[1847]] while looking for the North West Passage. A second Arctic Medal was sanctioned for the crews of three ships exploring in the Arctic in 1875-76. In [[1904]] a third and current series, the Polar Medal, was instituted for members of [[Robert Falcon Scott|Captain Scott's]] first expedition to the Antarctic. Medals were also awarded to members of [[Ernest Shackleton]]'s expedition.

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Originally the medal came in both silver and bronze; the bronze medals were awarded to personnel of relief ships for Antarctic expeditions. No bronze medals were awarded for Arctic expeditions. Before [[1968]] the Polar Medal was awarded to all who participated in any Polar expedition endorsed by the government of any of the [[Commonwealth Realm]]s. Today however the Polar Medal is awarded to selected British individuals for extreme human endeavour against the appalling weather and conditions that exist in the Arctic and Antarctic. An increasing number are awarded to members of expeditions and scientific bases that are kept constantly manned in the Antarctic. The Regulations governing the award have been revised and now 'acquisition of knowledge of Polar regions shall normally be ten years such service to be considered a medal'. However, greater emphasis is now placed on individual service.

== Years ==

The medal is [[octagonal]] and is issued in silver or bronze versions. The [[obverse]] bears the head of the reigning monarch ([[Edward VII]], [[George V]], [[George VI]] or [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]) while the reverse depicts the [[Royal Research Ship Discovery]] with a sledge party in the foreground. The medal is suspended on a white ribbon.

Are we supposed to be adding years to this? I don't like the idea but I'm wondering what others are thinking. Also, can anyone make the Epcot column wider? --[[User:blm07|<span style="background:#000066;color:#66CCCC">blm07</span>]] 18:19, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

A total of 880 silver and 245 bronze medals have been issued for Antarctic expeditions and a further 73 silver medals for Arctic expeditions.

:IF we add years, I would add them to the column itself, not to the attraction name. Ideally, the year info should be on the linked attraction page. Putting the years on this page may make it too cluttered. Perhaps a "for years of operation, please view each attractions page" notice would suffice.[[User:SpikeJones|SpikeJones]] 18:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

::I thought years would be nice, especially for closed attractions. It should be in the "park" cell, because different parks will have different dates. Clearly this list will need clean up, but I think we should first focus on getting the list complete. [[User:Bytebear|Bytebear]] 01:53, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

== Names ==

The [[Government of Australia]] has since replaced the Polar Medal with its own ''Australian Antarctic Medal''.

This will come up eventually, might as well start the discussion now. Should we have each name change under a new entry or put it all under one. Things like Buzz Lightyear will have four entries instead of a crammed one, but that is the only attraction with so many name changes. Currently some things like "Countdown to Extinction" and "Dinosaur" have two entries, with the old name marked as closed. --[[User:blm07|<span style="background:#000066;color:#66CCCC">blm07</span>]] 19:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[[Category:Awards]]

:If there is a separate page for the attraction, then it should have a separate entry in the list, IMHO. Some articles combine past and present attractions, others separate them. [[User:Bytebear|Bytebear]] 01:56, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[[Category:British and Commonwealth orders and decorations]]

== Former Attractions ==

It would make the list easier to use and clearer if it was seperated into at least ''Current Attractions'' and ''Former Attractions''. It may be worth discussing how we could format or arrange this to be more useful/useable.

[[User:Tiggerjay|Tiggerjay]] 20:38, 1 June 2007 (UTC)