The claim: "Antarctica has had to update its flag" due to global climate change. Global climate change threatens the stability of large expanses of the Antarctic ice sheet such as the infamous ...

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 ...

Geographic South Pole: Townsend photographed the True South flag alongside the US flag. Courtesy Lisa Minelli/True South Maldonado Base, Antarctica: The flag on display at Ecuador's Antarctic base.

Though the flag flies in Antarctica, it has not been universally adopted, Townsend said. But, it has been recognized by several National Antarctic Programs, which represent countries that have ...

When Admiral Byrd and his team returned from Antarctica, Flag No. 98 was missing. If someone from the Explorers Club saw fit to ask the admiral about its whereabouts, no one wrote down his answer.

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 ...