The Ceremonial South Pole is surrounded by flags and stays the same each year. It is a symbolic marker and a place for photo opportunities. Most of Antarctica is covered in ice because of its cold ...

Geography students from an Alresford school have had their flags sent all the way to Antarctica. Perins School geography students in Year 7 and 8 took part in a creative competition at the end of ...

Antarctica Day was inaugurated in 2010 to celebrate the 1st December 1959 signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which was adopted “with the interests of science and the progress of all mankind.” ...

Flags designed by school students have also been on display at BAS stations in Antarctica. The Antarctica Day Flag Initiative is run by the UK Polar Network with school students designing flags to ...

It's November 2024. Small red flags flap lazily in the breeze on the sea ice in front of Scott Base. They mark a safe route ...

Ukrainian polar explorers have raised the flag of the Azov National Guard Brigade near the Akademik Vernadsky station on Galindez Island. In doing so, members of the 29th Antarctic expedition have ...