{"id":187841,"date":"2019-05-05T08:43:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T08:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=187841"},"modified":"2019-05-09T14:33:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T14:33:09","slug":"shock-news-major-expedition-planned-to-antarctica-to-prove-earth-is-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=187841","title":{"rendered":"SHOCK NEWS! \u2014 Major Expedition Planned to Antarctica to Prove Earth is Flat"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Guy Walters — The Daily Mail<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

This is not an April Fool\u2019s joke. It’s genuine. An expedition to the South Pole is planned for early next year in order to find proof that the earth is flat<\/em><\/h4>\n

Abridged by Lasha Darkmoon — with added commentary, pictures, and\u00a0 a 4-minute video<\/h2>\n

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THE EARTH AS A FLAT DISC<\/strong><\/h3>\n
LD: Sailing over the \u2018Edge of the World\u2019 into the black Abyss of the Unknown has always been a high-risk strategy for Flat Earth navigators, with millions of Ancient Mariners having apparently disappeared into the void since earliest antiquity. According to some modern proponents of flat earth theory, many missing persons each year meet their end in this watery way. But their disappearances are either covered up by NASA or falsely attributed to other causes. [LD] <\/strong><\/h5>\n
For most people, a trip to Antarctica would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, a chance to see one of the most breathtaking landscapes on the planet.<\/h5>\n
But early next year, there could be a journey to the bottom of the Earth with a very different purpose. Its mission could not be more startling:\u00a0to prove the Earth is flat.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Forget those millennia of geographical research and those millions of photos from space of our globe-shaped planet.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
There really are people who think the world is shaped more like a disc than a ball \u2014 encircled by a massive perimeter of ice that\u2019s 150ft thick, and 165ft high.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
\u201cBeyond the Ice Wall is anyone\u2019s guess,\u201d says the website of the Flat Earth Society. \u201cHow far the ice extends; how it terminates; and what exists beyond it, are questions to which no present human experience can reply.\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n
LD: No photographs exist of the towering Ice Wall. Nevertheless,\u00a0 some claim to have seen it, as they have of the Yeti or the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas. (See picture<\/a><\/span>). I am intrigued to read a recent report that \u201ca 68-year old man from California (pictured here<\/a><\/span>) has gone missing in the Southern Indian ocean while attempting to reach \u2018the End of the World\u2019, hoping to demonstrate that Earth is flat<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n
With their trip down South, the Flat Earthers hope to obtain proof of the Ice Wall and unveil other mysteries. What\u2019s extraordinary about flat-earth theorists is that they maintain their belief despite the testimony of more than 550 humans who have gone into space.<\/h5>\n
Without access to modern technology, ancient man could be forgiven for thinking the Earth was flat. But even in the 4th and 5th centuries BC, Greek philosophers such as Plato believed the world was a globe.<\/h5>\n
Fast forward to the 17th century, and the only people who really believed the Earth was flat were Christian zealots.<\/h5>\n
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Artist\u2019s impression) :\u00a0 sailing over the Edge of the World.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThey are a whole mix of people,\u201d says Michael Marshall, project director of the Good Thinking Society, a charity that promotes rational, scientific thinking, and who visited the Flat Earth UK Convention in Birmingham last year. \u201cA lot are people who want to do proper science, but don\u2019t necessarily possess the right tools, or lack the right knowledge.\u201d<\/h5>\n
It\u2019s hard to determine exactly how many people are dedicated flat-earth theorists \u2014 though a YouGov survey last year suggested\u00a0only two-thirds of American 18 to 24-year-olds \u201chave always believed the world is round\u201d.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
At last year\u2019s Flat Earth International Conference, about 650 people attended sessions ranging from one \u201cdebunking\u201d the theory of gravity to another titled \u201cTalking to your family and friends about flat earth\u2019\u201d.<\/h5>\n
What becomes apparent when perusing flat-earthers\u2019 numerous websites and YouTube videos is that many are, indeed, motivated by the Bible, in which they claim \u2018evidence\u2019 for the world\u2019s flatness can be found.<\/h5>\n
Scriptural references to the \u2018four corners\u2019 of the Earth are highlighted, as are passages in Psalms, Chronicles and Isaiah that claim the Earth is \u2018fixed\u2019 and \u2018immovable\u2019 \u2014 as if the quality of being static necessitates flatness.<\/h5>\n
But \u201cevidence\u201d for a flat earth also comes from observations gleaned by performing pseudo-scientific experiments.<\/h5>\n
Of these, perhaps the most cited is the Bedford Level Experiment carried out in 1838 by inventor Samuel Rowbotham. It was set up on a straight, six-mile stretch of the Old Bedford River in the Cambridgeshire Fens \u2014 some of the flattest areas of England.<\/h5>\n
Rowbotham stood in the river as a colleague rowed a boat away from him to which was fitted a flag raised three feet above the water.<\/h5>\n
The inventor, who wrote\u00a0Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not A Globe<\/em>, then observed the boat through a telescope, and noticed he could still see the flag after it had travelled for six miles.<\/h5>\n
According to his calculations based on the curvature of the Earth, the top of the flag should have dropped 11ft below his line of sight, and be invisible through his telescope. But it was still visible.<\/h5>\n
There could only be one reason: the world was flat. Unfortunately, he failed to account for refraction, whereby light rays shift direction when passing through an atmosphere. As any surveyor will tell you, near the surface of the Earth, light rays often bend down, with the curve of the rays nearly matching the curvature of the Earth. This means we can sometimes see over the horizon, and explains why Rowbotham could still see the flag six miles away.<\/h5>\n
Flat-earthers are most persistent when it comes to dismissing hard science.<\/h5>\n
Challenged with millions of pictures of a spherical Earth, for example, they have a simple response: they are fakes. \u201cWe believe that government space agencies are taking creative liberties with your taxes and producing misleading materials,\u201d says the website for last year\u2019s Flat Earth International Conference in Denver in the United States.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
\u201cDid you know that all images of Earth which show a curved horizon or a spherical shape are computer generated images (proven with Photoshop programs and analysis), artistic renderings (acknowledged by Nasa), or captured via fisheye\/wide-angle curved lens (producing a curved appearance)?\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n
It is this obsession that is behind the planned trip to the Antarctic.<\/h5>\n
Flat-earthers are divided as to whether it is possible to drop off the edge of the world, or whether you simply scroll across to the other side in some weird vortex, just as Pac-Man can go from one side of the screen to the other.<\/h5>\n
Neither prospect is enough to scare off Jay Decasby, a prominent flat-earther who is sure of the trip\u2019s success.<\/h5>\n
He told Forbes magazine: \u201cAll we have to do to shut this debate down once and for all is get the distance of the coast of Antarctica. If we can sail all the way around it, we will . . . prove it\u2019s the outer edges of flat earth and refute entirely every single argument anyone can possibly try to pitch for the sun-worshipping cult of heliocentrism [a belief that the Sun is at the centre of the universe].\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n
The Flat Earth Cruise, according to the programme of this year\u2019s Flat Earth International Conference programme, is due to set sail next year.<\/h5>\n
If the mission is to explore beyond the \u201cice wall\u201d and risk falling off or simply venturing into the unknown, then we can say one thing \u2014 they must be very brave.<\/h5>\n
For all their wacky and ridiculous claims, it seems that flat-earthers will not be convinced that they are wrong. They thrive on social media and in online forums which create a sense of community and comfort that encourage them to think that many others share their beliefs.<\/h5>\n
Unsurprisingly, as Mr Marshall found, nearly all flat-earthers subscribe to the infamous conspiracy theories: for example that the Moon landings were faked, the FBI tried to cover up the assassination of President John Kennedy, 9\/11 was an inside job, and most offensively, \u201cThe Protocols of the Elders of Zion\u201d \u2014 an anti-Semitic forgery that claims Jews have a secret plan to take over the world.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
(This paragraph is unlikely to impress our readers. LD)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n
Many have tried to \u2018re-educate\u2019 them. But there will always be those for whom the world is not enough.<\/h5>\n

Source<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Artist\u2019s impression of houses built at edge of world<\/p><\/div>\n

LD: As I post this admittedly weird article for the reader\u2019s amusement, I am nevertheless mindful of\u00a0 J.B.S. Haldane\u2019s famous observation: \u201cThe Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we <\/strong>can<\/strong><\/em> suppose.\u201d <\/strong><\/h5>\n
It is sobering to reflect that, however bizarre the Flat Earth theory might seem to most people, it is unlikely to be even one-millionth as bizarre as the actual universe in all its magical splendor.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Finally, a brief video below. This will take you into the exciting geocentric universe and mindset of the average Flat Earth enthusiast. <\/strong>Bon voyage!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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VIDEO\u00a0 :\u00a0 4 mins<\/h5>\n