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Unidentified flag in Brr (British Arctic Territory Flag Hoax)

All "British Arctic Territory" flags are hoaxes, developed by Clay Moss et al. on April Fools' Days

image by Pete Loeser, 1 April 2025

Description of the flag

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British Arctic Territory

Description of the flag

On a recent visit to the coastal vacation and resort city of Brr in the British Artic Territory a friend noticed this unidentified flag flying from several of the older buildings of the old town region. He found it strange as its background pattern seemed to be an upside-down Union Jack defaced with what appeared to be an igloo or shield. Since the text on the flag was upright the upside-downness it seems intentional, but I have not been able to identify what group, organization, or movement it might belongs to. Because the outside temperature was a bit nippy and there was nobody nearby to ask about the strange looking flag, my friend was unable to provide any more information. Can anybody help identify this flag?
Pete Loeser, 1 April 2025

I do know what this upside down Union Jack is all about. It is a bit complicated.

There is a small number of "Batters", (as the youth of the BAT has begun to call all citizens of the territory, soon to be country), who have two agendas, and two complaints.

First agenda - You'll notice on the older buildings in Brr, dome like structures on top of each building. And, those domes are painted to look like the BAT shield, minus the bear. The domes are interesting on one hand, but not nearly as attractive as the building owners suppose.

For years now, these people have been browbeating the entire territory, cajoling everyone to put a dome, not only on top of all other public buildings, but their own homes.

Or, if you were a family in an igloo, you should make that igloo comply to not only the shape of the domes, but the outside appearance. Well, if nothing else, Batters are very difficult to intimidate, and have largely ignored the Brr dome citizens.

So, in protest, those Brr domers started flying the BAT Governor's flag upside down. That's not particularly respectful toward the Governor, but in the BAT, the collective cultural sentiment is; "to each his own".

Later, the flag would be slightly modified to what we have posted here today. It encompass a lot of so-called "issues".

Second agenda - Everyone in The BAT can tell you all about Nanuq, which is Inuit for Polar Bear. Anyway, back in 1997, or '98, Nanuq comes sacheting into Alert. The first thing that happened was, all the sled dogs went nuts, and sort of got into an attack posture. But Nanuq, began to roll around in the snow, acting as if he wanted to play with the sled dogs. To everyone's stunned surprise, the sled dogs responded positively, and next thing you know, there's a ginormous game of chase going on between Nanuq, and the dogs. The dogs, and Nanuq were having a really good time. Then the local cats got involved, and then the local children. It was a really, really fun day.

Nanuq has been making occasional appearances in, and around the BAT ever since, and each time he shows up, a big ol' bunch of fun breaks out. Well, the Brr dome folk believe Nanuq is mentally, and intellectually compromised, because of this very abnormal polar bear behavior. So, they think it is their calling in life to "save" him,
and don't understand why the feeling isn't universally reciprocal among the Batters.

And, even if the whole territory wanted to get involved, (which they don't), despite all the wonderful things we have here in the BAT, we have neither a polar bear psychologist, or a polar bear whisperer. So it's really hard to know if Nanuq can ever be saved. Or, if it's even necessary.

The complaints - Over time, the Brr dome folk removed the polar bear from their upside down protest flag, because at the beginning of the history of the territory, they wanted a narwhal to be the emblem of the territory, instead of the polar bear. So The bear simply disappeared from the flag.

Then, just recently, they added the motto" KEEP THE BAT! SAVE THE BEAR, simply as a written protest, that they are not happy that the BAT will become a nation, and that Batters aren't collectively interested in counseling Nanuq.

There's a bit more to it all than that, but I have been somewhat too long winded. I hope the above quasi-diatribe more, or less explained things.

Clay Moss, 2 April 2025