He described the white stripe as representing the glaciers and ice cap, which cover more than 80% of the island; the red stripe, the ocean; the red semicircle, the sun, with its bottom part sunk in the ocean; and the white semicircle, the icebergs and pack ice.
El describiu a banda branca representando os glaciares e a capa de xeo, que cobre máis do 80% da illa; a banda vermella, o océano; o semicírculo vermello, o sol, coa súa parte de abaixo afundida no océano; e o semicírculo branco, os icebergs e placas de xeo.