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OMEGA-11-4Conspiracy theories › Geography and Forbidden Places

Ice wall

The "ice wall" thesis holds that the Earth is a disc centred on the North Pole and ringed by a wall of ice, which official maps call Antarctica, sometimes capped by a dome or "firmament". It goes back to the English writer Samuel Rowbotham, whose Zetetic Astronomy (pamphlet 1849, book 1865…

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Old engraving of the constellation Draco drawn as a winged serpent coiled among stars.
EPSILON-1-17Reptilians
Illuminated parchment map with the Atlantic Ocean, compass roses crossed by lines, ships and coastlines of Europe, Africa and the Americas.
OMEGA-10-21Ancient maps of Antarctica
Illustration of Antarctica with a slab of ice floating above the continent, which shows blue rivers, lakes and the red-circled Lake Vostok.
OMEGA-11-1Lost Antarctic civilization
Black-and-white photograph of a cargo ship named Schwabenland at sea, with a seaplane on its stern deck.
OMEGA-11-2Nazi Antarctic base
Two photographed pages of a typed treaty: a cover with the words Conference on Antarctica in four languages, and a signature page with the names of states and handwritten signatures.
OMEGA-11-3Antarctic Treaty
A long, flat-topped white ice cliff runs along the horizon above a dark blue, choppy sea under a clear sky.
OMEGA-11-4Ice wall
An old engraved world map with a large landmass drawn around the south pole.
OMEGA-24-1Lands beyond the ice wall
Black-and-white photograph of the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea at sea with transport aircraft aboard.
OMEGA-24-8Operation Highjump

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  1. James Clark Ross discovers the Great Ice Barrier

  2. Rowbotham publishes Zetetic Astronomy

  3. Gleason's map

  4. Race to the South Pole

  5. Operation Highjump

  6. Byrd's El Mercurio interview

  7. Antarctic Treaty signed

  8. First sightseeing flights over Antarctica

  9. Flat Earth Clues

  10. "The Final Experiment"

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