Month: March 2025

Geocaching Coin Adventures- Race Against Time

Just before Christmas 2024, one of our Team Leaders, Ricky Baker, decided to create a Geocaching Coin that would undertake its own journey from New Zealand, the birth place of Frank Worsley, to Svalbard, the destination of the 1926 British Arctic Expedition for which Worsley was a co-lead.

Purpose
This mission is a race for the Geocaching community to get the coin to Svalbard by April 2026 when Kent Scouts Arctic Quest intend to visit. From there, Ricky hopes to be reunited with the coin and return it to Worsley’s memorial site, which is in Woking, Surrey.

At present the coin has made it back to New Zealand courtesy of Natalie247 and has already been discovered by two other Geocachers in Dunedin. Natalie247 wrote on the 08/12/2024:

“Was handed this lovely TB to take back to NZ. Will take to a viewing spot where there is nothing between it and Antarctica before sending on its way back North.“

So, for anyone in NZ and an avid Geocacher, please help find our trackable and send it on its way back to Svalbard! If you’re not a Geocacher but you’re interested to follow the coins journey it can be tracked via this wesbite:

https://www.geocaching.com/track/
Tracking Code: TB9JM3V