Like Argentina's flag, the flag of the Chilean Antarctic region is the flag of its southernmost province which includes the country's claimed Antarctic territory. Several expeditions have flown their own flags during their time on the continent. These flags were always accompanied by the flag of the expedition's country of origin. The flag of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition features the Scottish saltire with the initials of the expedition.
Jessie Bruce made this for her husband, expedition leader William Bruce, to take on his journey south. This is one of two variants of a flag used by the Japanese Antarctic Expedition It was also used as a flag of Yamato Yukihara, an area of Antarctica claimed by expedition leader Lieutenant Shirase Nobu.
The claim was never formally recognized, even by the Japanese government. The Transglobe Expedition was an uninterrupted circumnavigation of the world via the North and South Poles.
Image courtesy of the Transglobe Expedition Trust. Sledge flags were a relatively short-lived custom of British polar explorers first used in on an Arctic expedition to find Sir John Franklin's lost expedition.
In the style of naval ships the expedition was mounted by the Royal Navy and crewed by seamen , each sledge was given a flag, as well as a name and motto. This tradition carried on through the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. There are several surviving versions of flags from Scott and Shackleton's expeditions. Most were pennants, with a few notable exceptions such as Shackleton's rectangular flag. Sources and further reading:.
Illustrations of the crew's sledge flags as they appeared in the South Polar Times, a magazine created by the members of Scott's expeditions. More information can be found in our Cookies Policy and Privacy Policy. Now, he is part of a team which is seeking recognition of the flag across the world. In doing so, Townsend says he hopes to give people the visual language they need to express their commitment to protecting the land.
Townsend says the inspiration for True South and his mission came from seeing the success of the Pride flag. Townsend says he wanted the same for Antarctica. But finding a graphic that could effectively represent not just the This was something that all living on the landmass would have a similar experience of, he says.
The starting point of the flag was its triangular peak. The symbol does not represent one peak in particular, but rather the many that can be found across the continent. Dezeen Weekly subscribers will also receive occasional updates about events, competitions and breaking news. We will only use your email address to send you the newsletters you have requested. We will never give your details to anyone else without your consent.
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of every email, or by emailing us at privacy dezeen. Check our help guide for more info. Subscribe to our newsletters. Dezeen Daily Dezeen Weekly. Thank you! Regions: Antarctica. When Evan Townsend signed up to spend the winter of working at an Antarctic research station, he had no reason to expect he would end the season by designing a new flag for the continent.
He had even less reason to expect the support it would receive. A teacher from Boston originally from Missouri, Townsend is much like the other people who travel to Antarctica: He comes from virtually the opposite side of the planet. This is a common feature among Antarctic visitors, since the Great White Continent has no indigenous or permanent human population. We spent some time talking with Townsend about the True South project, how the idea took shape, and the message he and his team hope their flag will communicate.
As an avid traveler, one of the things I like about flags is that they make easy and portable decoration. I can pack them in my suitcase, then hang them on my wall once I reach my destination. So it might be possible that the whole True South project may never have begun without my initial love for flags. In January of , I was starting my second season as a support contractor at McMurdo Station , one of the American research stations in Antarctica.
Specifically, I worked as a steward, which entails a lot of dishwashing and food service. But the idea actually started before that. A co-worker saw it and said it would be really cool if we took a photo with the flag in Antarctica. So I was like, sure, why not? But then my coworker sent an email of the image to his friend, who worked for an LGBTQ online magazine.
Pretty soon the picture was getting featured in National Geographic and Vogue and other publications all over the world. People began finding me on Instagram and LinkedIn and telling me how much it meant to see that flag in Antarctica.
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