Both the Arctic and Antarctic joined in the first ever Polar Pride Day on Wednesday (18 November). The British Antarctic Territory government started the idea to promote LGBT+ inclusion in polar science.
But, on the other side of the world, the North Pole also joined in. And designers created a joint pin showing a rainbow penguin, found only in the Antarctic, and a rainbow polar bear, found only in the Arctic.
Indeed, even the unpredictable polar weather joined in the celebration. A photographer snapped the new British research ship, the RSS Sir David Attenborough, with a rainbow obligingly gracing the background as it celebrated the day.