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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.
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.
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.