Several species of penguins, tens of thousands of seals, humpback, minke and killer whales, and dozens of different seabirds including giant, soaring albatrosses. Flat earth antarctica cruise will depart in 2020 to sail. It is a huge land covered with ice as thick as three miles, seemingly invulnerable, cold and dark for eight months of the year. The shifting world of antarctica there are pictures of the sastrugi, the hard ridges on the snow and ice, sculpted by strong winds and almost impossible to circumvent. Flat earth antarctica cruise will depart in 2020 to sail to. Ten days trapped on the edge of antarctica by chris turney reads like a fictional tale of adventure,but let me assure you, this is no fictional story. After seeing what the edge looks like, they would return to. Its as crazy as it sounds, an expedition by the flat earth society to prove the world isnt round. Antarctica is the name given to the southern polar region of the earth there are two main theories concerning the nature and extent of antarctica.
Flatearthers cruise will sail to antarctica ice wall at the planets. Like everywhere else along this part of the peninsula. Flatearth is a scam aimed at children, with the intention of grooming them away from their homes in to sex slavery, as proved by the recent arrest and charging of a flatearth leader on 56 counts of child sexual abuse. A nautical mile is the distance, following the supposed curvature of the earth, from one minute of latitude to the next. Flat earthers believe that the earth is a disc that is encircled by antarctica, with the arctic circle in the centre of the planet. When asked for pictures of the edge of the flat earth, they proclaim that antarctica is protected so that nobody can see the edge of the supposed dome. Flatearthers cruise will sail to antarctica ice wall. The enchanted and sometimes surreal landscapes of earth view have the ability. If the earth was really flat and bordered by an ice wall, then what would be more exciting than travelling to the edge, climbing the ice wall and looking over the side. Fear not, however, as the flat earth theory proposes that we think of as antarctica is actually a giant ice wall which helps protect us from whatever lies beyond.
Antarctica proves the flat earth deception cruises. The ice wall of antarctica the edge of the flat earth report. Flat earthers envision antarctic expedition to find the edge by tim binnall a handful of prominent flat earth advocates are making waves by way of a proposed expedition to antarctica in order to, they hope, end the debate about the controversial conspiracy theory. New map of antarcticas icy edge nasa visible earth. Conspiracy theorists who believe that modern science is wrong and the earth is in fact flat, not spherical, are planning a trip to the antarctic as a way to see the end of the world.
Antarctica, an expedition to the edge of the earth the adventure. Flat earthers plan antarctic expedition to edge of the earth. Nov 06, 2017 the year of pluto new horizons documentary brings humanity closer to the edge of the solar system duration. An antarctic explorer describes what its like to walk to the edge of. The 150 foot ice wall is on the coast of antarctica. Antarctica, one of the most remote and desolate locations on earth also functions as one of the worlds main cooling systems. The flat earth society primarily concerns itself with the known earth the area which the light from the sun affects. In the flatearth model, the south pole does not exist at all and antarctica is instead a gigantic icewall extending the circumference of earth holding in the oceans like a giant bowl, or a world cup. At 14,200,000 square kilometres 5,500,000 square miles, it is the fifthlargest. It is a place of superlatives the coldest, driest, highest, windiest continent on earth. Filmmaker werner herzog travels to the mcmurdo station in antarctica, looking to capture the continents beauty and investigate the characters living there. This image originally appeared in the nasa earth observatory story new map of antarcticas icy edge.
Huge colonies of king penguins crowd any icefree land, and four tonne elephant seals fight for territory on the beach. Modern flat earth theories believe earth is a disc or a pentagon which is surrounded by mountains or a wall of ice. Research at the edge of the earth scientists from nsidc have spent two antarctic field seasons studying one of the littleknown megadunes areas of the continent. Its kind of like an ice shore and its very, very large. Extreme destinations that inspire soulsearching as you stand at earths outermost reaches. Believers in a flat earth will have an opportunity to sail to antarctica in 2020 on a cruise organized by the flat earth international conference. It is, according to flat earth conspiracy theorists, the place where the. A statue mile is the straight line distance between the two. Antarctica is covered by the worlds largest ice sheet, and it is losing mass. After seeing what the edge looks like, they would return to climb over the edge and onto the vertical face. Jan 16, 2019 this, in turn, alters wind and current patterns which are largely driven by this temperature difference ultimately increasing the flow of warm ocean water to antarcticas edge. Flat earthers are embarking on a bizarre journey to.
Dec 12, 20 extreme destinations that inspire soulsearching as you stand at earth s outermost reaches. At present, ice is slipping into the sea from the continents icy edge. The year of pluto new horizons documentary brings humanity closer to the edge of the solar system duration. Antarctica on the edge earthrise sets off on a monthlong journey around antarctica to study the effects of climate change on the continent. Join national geographic explorer jon bowermaster as he and his team travel along the continents frozen coastline in antarctica 3d, on the edge. It contains the geographic south pole and is situated in the antarctic region of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the antarctic circle, and is surrounded by the southern ocean. Flat earthers plan trip to antarctica in search of the. One of the worlds most controversial youtubers, logan paul, recently decided that he will journey to the edge of the world.
The cruise, organized by the flat earth international conference, is scheduled on 2020. Although our clocks showed it was past 5pm, the sun was high and warm, the air was still, and the cold, dark water. It may seem somewhat dangerous to embark on a cruise on a flat surface, given the danger of potentially falling off the edge. Their unfinished trek remained the high watermark of human endurance and endeavour in the toughest climate on earth. A group of flat earthers are prepared to set sail on a bizarre journey to the antarctic to prove, once and for all, that were living a lie. Mar 16, 2019 if we can get to the coast of antarctica and sail all the way around it, we will get the distance that will prove its the outer edges of flat earth and refute entirely every single argument. The continent is losing ice to the sea, and scientists want to know how much. From weddell seals that grind back the ice with their teeth, to colourful starfish carpeting the seabed beneath the ice. Yet antarctica is also a fragile place, home to an incredible variety of life along its edges, arguably the most stunning. Jan 02, 2019 the edge ice wall antarctica is the edge of our flat motionless earth. New map of antarcticas icy edge nasa earth observatory. The plan is to sail to antarctica, where flat earthers think they would find the frozen barrier that marks the edge of the world. Antarctica lives in our dreams as the most remote, most forbidding continent on planet earth.
If antarctica supposedly is the edge of a flat earth, how. Yet something encoded in us long ago reacts when we see the world at this unprecedented scale. The flat earth society explain on their website that along the edge of our local area exists a massive 150 foot ice wall the ice wall is a massive wall of ice that surrounds antarctica. At present, ice is slipping into the sea from the continents icy edge more quickly than. Davidson believes that the edge of the earth is somewhere in antarctica, and believes hes got or will have proof. Flat earthers are going to the antarctic to find the edge. The imbalance means that antarctic ice loss is contributing to rising sea level. A howling emptiness of jagged mountains, broken icebergs, and endless snow. The first and most widely accepted theory says that antarctica is a portion of ice surrounding the known earth, and that in its end there is a huge wall of ice with different sizes depending on the subtheory which has yet to be fully explored. Home to 90 per cent of the worlds ice, antarctica is ground zero for climate change, yet temperatures are rising faster here than almost anywhere else. The equatorial circumference of the supposed ballearth is said to be 24,900 statute or 21,600 nautical miles. The flat earth cruise wants to sail to the edge of the world.
Jun 27, 2017 antarctica on the edge earthrise sets off on a monthlong journey around antarctica to study the effects of climate change on the continent. Flat earthers deny taking cruise to antarctic to see the edge of the. Chilling pictures of antarctica expeditions, past and. The ice wall is a massive wall of ice that surrounds antarctica. The edge ice wall antarctica is the edge of our flat motionless earth.
You cant sail a boat to the edge dummies everyone knows antarctica. What a dramatic chase shows us about climate change bbc. To test socalled flatearthers assertion that earth is a flattened disk surrounded at its edge by a towering wall of ice. Flat earthers plan trip to antarctica to reach end of. T he preservation of antarctica has never been so crucial. A common model offered for the exact topography of the earth is that it is a large disk, surrounded by an ice wall barrier antarctica. Neko harbour lies on andvord bay, which slices into the western side of the antarctic peninsula at 6450s. The nsidc research team, which included ted scambos, rob bauer, and terry haran, worked with a team of other researchers and support staff in extreme weather.
Mar 20, 2019 the flat earth society explain on their website that along the edge of our local area exists a massive 150 foot ice wall the ice wall is a massive wall of ice that surrounds antarctica. Antarctica s ice generally flows from the middle of the continent toward the edge, dipping toward the sea before lifting back up and floating. Mar 20, 2019 conspiracy theorists who believe that modern science is wrong and the earth is in fact flat, not spherical, are planning a trip to the antarctic as a way to see the end of the world. A rare look at antarctica, a wilderness at the edge. At present, ice is slipping into the sea from the continents icy edge more quickly than snowfall is accumulating in the highaltitude interior. The edge of the flat earth wall of antarctica youtube. The author, his wife and two teenage children along with a crew, scientists, media and volunteers, encounter some of the most hostile weather on earth and get stuck in an iceflow for ten.
When the latest effort at flatearth fantasy was launched in the 1840s by samuel rowbotham, there was that nagging questio. With a reputation as cold, forbidding and remote, antarctica can also be a fragile place, home to an incredible variety of life along its edges. Mar 21, 2019 davidson believes that the edge of the earth is somewhere in antarctica, and believes hes got or will have proof. Scientists from nsidc have spent two antarctic field seasons studying one of the littleknown. They believe that the earth being round is a lie put out by the government. Theyre just going to call antarctica the ice wall around the edge 2 points 10 months ago. As strange as this concept may sound at first, it is a fact that if you set a bearing due south from anywhere on earth, inevitably at or. This, in turn, alters wind and current patterns which are largely driven by this temperature difference ultimately increasing the flow of warm ocean water to antarcticas edge. Even controversial youtube star logan paul recently expressed his desire to journey to the edge of the earth and released a mockumentary.
Basically if you can imagine the globe squashed down with antarctica instead of being its own continent, being the perimeter around the side. New map of antarcticas icy edge this image shows the latest estimate of the ice edge around law promontory, which juts out from east antarcticas coastline near stefansson bay. An excellent question, given that humans have explored almost every inch of the planet. Flat earthers plan trip to antarctica to reach end of the. The group, spearheaded by the intellectuals over at. Flatearther finally explains why nobody has fallen off. This image shows the latest estimate of the ice edge around law promontory, which juts out from east antarcticas coastline near stefansson. Why has no one ever explored the edge of the flat earth. If we can get to the coast of antarctica and sail all the way around it, we will get the distance that will prove its the outer edges of flat earth and refute entirely every single argument. Antarctica lives in our dreams as the most remote, the most forbidding continent on planet earth. Well, the group that went on the boat were actually government imposters. Some proponents believe the earth is stationary in space, rather. That ice holds more than 60 percent of earth s fresh water and carries the potential to significantly raise sea level. Ice wall barrier in antarctica several theories exist within the flat earth community but the common belief is the earth is flat.
But because of the earths spin, atmospheric pressure in antarctica is lower than elsewhere on the planet, making the field site seem more like 3,353 meters 11,000 feet above sea level. A paper published in january this year discussed wildlife of the southern ocean, the expanse that cradles the ice and land of antarctica itself. Antarctica the coldest, windiest, most hostile continent. Flatearthers cruise will sail to antarctica ice wall at. Yet it is also a fragile place, home to an incredible variety of marine life along its edges. Flat earth supporters now plan an antarctica expedition to the. Strange antarctica visit pope, bearer of bad news, flat earth, planet x. Mar 22, 2019 believers in a flat earth will have an opportunity to sail to antarctica in 2020 on a cruise organized by the flat earth international conference. The coast of antarctica on the ball earth is no more than 14. Flat earthers envision antarctic expedition to find the edge. Flatearthers plan journey to antarctica to see whats.
Flat earthers plan trip to antarctica in search of the edge. Mar 20, 2019 the flat earthers plane to sail to antarctica to find the frozen barrier they believe marks the edge of our world. Humans have only been able to see the planet from space for the last 50 years. Mar 20, 2019 flat earthers envision antarctic expedition to find the edge by tim binnall a handful of prominent flat earth advocates are making waves by way of a proposed expedition to antarctica in order to, they hope, end the debate about the controversial conspiracy theory. Logic and everyday experience, tells you, that water always finds its level, thats why we say sea level and you cannot bend water around a ball. Along the edge of our local area exists a massive 150 foot ice wall. So they dismiss any image from space, but they have no photos to prove that antarctica encircles the flat earth, or that there is an edge to the supposed dome.
If antarctica supposedly is the edge of a flat earth, how do. Flat earth society to go to the edge of earth to prove the. The megadunes field site is approximately 2,896 meters 9,500 feet above sea level. Antarcticas ice generally flows from the middle of the continent toward the edge, dipping toward the sea before lifting back up and floating.
The flat earthers plane to sail to antarctica to find the frozen barrier they believe marks the edge of our world. He even has a documentary about it, called the flat earth. With werner herzog, scott rowland, stefan pashov, doug macayeal. Here is the edge of the flat earth, the ice wall of antarctica. The flat earth cruise wants to sail to the edge of the.
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