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Together, the two center shapes create a diamond, symbolizing the hope that Antarctica will continue to be a center of peace, discovery, and cooperation for generations to come. [11] The 2022 Geographic South Pole Marker, featuring the True South flag. The flag is named after geographic South, or "true South", which differs from magnetic south ...
Blue represents the 24-hour day of the summer season, black represents the 24-hour night of the winter season, and white represents the ice and snow of the Antarctic continent. The Diamond in the middle if divided across the equator represents the "A" of Antarctica and "V" of Vexillology.
near Molodezhnaya Ice Station, Antarctica 11 survivors 1989 Aircraft: 3 Mirny Station plane crash [22] Mirny Station, Antarctica 1999 Aircraft: 3 Terre Adélie helicopter crash [23] near the Dumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adélie, Antarctica 2013 Aircraft: 3 Mount Elizabeth plane crash [24] Mount Elizabeth, Antarctica 2012 Shipwreck: 3
This image was selected as picture of the day on the English Wikipedia for September 21, 2004, December 30, 2004, and September 23, 2005. Summary Description Antarctica 6400px from Blue Marble.jpg
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 16:50, 26 August 2022: 900 × 600 (7 KB) HapHaxion: Reverted to version as of 16:01, 3 September 2020 (UTC). This color shown for the website's design does not necessarily mean the flag is this color.
Left to right: Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting after first reaching the South Pole on 16 December 1911. The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration was an era in the exploration of the continent of Antarctica which began at the end of the 19th century, and ended after the First World War; the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition of 1921–1922 is often cited by historians ...
Two temperature records were set on February 6, one in each hemisphere, one for warmth, the other for mind-numbing cold. On Feb. 6, 2020, five years ago, Antarctica set its all-time record high of ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 06:02, 19 April 2023: 1,000 × 600 (948 bytes) Foxelbeton: So I tried to make the file better and match the other ones in Wikipedia, revert if you don't want it. Fixed the shape of the stars, used clones to duplicate it, and rotated it. Re-scaled dimensions to match the other ones in Wikipedia.