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Celebrating Mid-Winter's Day in British Antarctic Territory

Flag of the British Antarctic Territory is today flying above the Foreign & Commonwealth Office marking Mid-Winter’s Day (in Antarctica!)

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Published: 23 June 2014

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British Antarctic Territory Flag flying above FCO on 23rd June

21st June was Mid-Winter’s Day in The British Antarctic Terrritory. To mark the ocassion, Commissioner Dr Peter Hayes has written to UK Base Commanders and staff to thank them for their ongoing hard work within the Territory. You can view a copy of the message below.

Message from Commissioner Peter Hayes (MS Word Document, 137 KB)

Published 23 June 2014