You may think of Antarctica as a sheet of clean ice covered in pristine snow, largely untouched by humans. That’s how its flag—designed by vexillologist Graham Bartram for an atlas in the ...

In 1996, when British designer Graham Bartram crafted the flag for Antarctica, as it is recognised today, it featured an emblematic white silhouette over a blue field. His flag was specifically ...

World flags are displayed in front of the 'Antarctica: Empire of the Penguins' attraction, during the grand opening ceremony at SeaWorld Orlando, Friday, May 24, 2013.

Antarctic sea ice has usually been able to recover in winter. But this time it's different, with levels taking a sharp downward turn at a time of year when sea ice usually forms reliably — and ...

The state flag of the Republic of Belarus was unfurled on 20 January 2024 by participants of the groundbreaking 16th Belarusian Antarctic expedition: Aleksei Gaidashov, Vitaly Khilko, Yegor Korzun.

Five Air National Guard ski-equipped airlifters and 400 airmen are headed to Antarctica for an annual mission supporting research on the frozen continent. The LC-130 Hercules “ski-birds” of ...

"Our flag is being flown in Antarctica and space at the same time,” Ersan Basar, the deputy leader of an expedition of 24 scientists, told Anadolu.

Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, An Empire of Ice presents a new take on Antarctic exploration. Retold with added information, it's the first ...

No. Antarctica — that far-flung, frozen desert of extremes — does not belong to any country. In some ways, that’s the beauty of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty.

In this engrossing account of a doctor’s 14 months at Halley, a British research station on the coast of Antarctica, what truly stands out is the book’s lyrical prose. Francis (True North ...