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  • Two proposals for an Antarctic flag
  • British Antarctic Territories
  • Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises
  • An imaginary flag for Ross Dependency


    Two proposals for an Antarctic flag

    At the 1978 annual meeting of the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA), Whitney Smith gave a talk entitled "Flags of Antarctica". In it he proposed his design for Antarctica: an orange flag with two hands under a sort of bowl. I can't remember for sure the symbolism of the white emblem with the hands.
    John Andrew Lowe, 29-NOV-1995.

    [W. Smith's proposal] by Zeljko Heimer, 5-JUL-1996

    Antarctica - orange with white hands holding a bowl with a letter 'A' above. This must be W. Smith's proposal for an Antarctic flag that was referred to by John Andrew Lowe.
    Zeljko Heimer, 5-JUL-1996.

    [G. Bartram's proposal] by Graham Bartram, 22-JUL-1996

    This is the symbolic flag for Antarctica I created for 3D Atlas. Since we've sold over 1.5 millions copies of this atlas I think this is now by far the most widely promulgated flag for the continent. It's very simple - just an outline of the continent on a UN-blue background. I had to try very hard to come up with a flag with no political bias, so as not to get into the disputes between the UK, Chile and Argentina.
    Graham Bartram, 22-JUL-1996.