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Original flag flown by the 'Discovery', stored at the Royal Museums Greenwich.. In 1929, members of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition on RRS Discovery used white cotton sheeting to improvise a courtesy ensign (a flag used as a token of respect by vessels while in foreign waters) for a continent without a flag of its own.
According to the flag's promoters, it signifies: "Horizontal stripes of navy and white represent the long days and nights at Antarctica's extreme latitude. In the center, a lone white peak erupts from a field of snow and ice, echoing those of the bergs, mountains, and pressure ridges that define the Antarctic horizon.
Flag of Antarctica; used by: Antarctica current since: never created by: Graham Bartram format: 3:2 shape: rectangular FIAV: ↑: colours: blue, white other characteristics: flag includes a map of the territory of Antarctica
English: A flag for Antarctica, proposed by Whitney Smith in 1978. The design was never adopted by any organization for official use; however it was occasionally spotted in books and on ships. More information can be found at Flags of the World - Antarctica — flag proposals: Whitney Smith's proposal.
Re-scaled the dimensions of the flag. Fixed the shape of the stars, made clones, and rounded the transforms of the stars. Re-sized both of the blue rectangles to avoid transparency. Kept colours. Grouped everything together. 19:46, 31 October 2020: 2,400 × 1,200 (2 KB) Germenfer: Uploaded own work with UploadWizard
About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost 60 metres (200 ft). Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F). The coastal regions can reach temperatures over 10 °C (50 °F) in the summer.
Flag of Antarctica; B. Flag of the British Antarctic Territory; F. Flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands; T. Flag of the Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina
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