the Ice Wall at the edge of the Earth

[Revy]

from the Flat Earth Society wiki.:lol:

The Ice Wall (http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=The%20Ice%20Wall)


The figure of 24,900 miles is the diameter of the known world; the area which the light from the sun affects. Along the edge of our local area exists a massive 150 foot Ice Wall. The 150 foot Ice Wall is on the coast of Antarctica. It is widely known and widely studied. The Ice Wall is a massive wall of ice that surrounds Antarctica. The shelf of ice is several hundred meters thick. This nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 50 meters high above the water's surface.

The Ice Wall was discovered by Sir James Clark Ross, a polar explorer who was among the first to venture to Antarctica in an attempt to determine the position of the South Magnetic Pole. Upon confronting the massive vertical front of of ice he famously remarked


"It was ... an obstruction of such character as to leave no doubt in my mind as to our future proceedings, for we might as well sail through the cliffs of Dover as to penetrate such a mass.

It would be impossible to conceive a more solid-looking mass of ice; not the smallest appearance of any rent or fissure could we discover throughout its whole extent, and the intensely bright sky beyond it but too plainly indicated the great distance to which it reached southward."



James Clark Ross and his expeditionary fleet sailed around the Ice Wall for a number of months in circumnavigation. Between pit stops at the Cape of Good Hope and his polar expeditions, he spent the next five years of his life circumnavigating the southern coast vainly in search of find a south sea passage to the other side. In his book "South Sea Voyage," James Clark Ross reports a total voyage of over 60,000 nautical miles.

Beyond the 150 foot Ice Wall is anyone's guess. How far the ice extends; how it terminates; and what exists beyond it, are questions to which no present human experience can reply. All we at present know is, that snow and hail, howling winds, and indescribable storms and hurricanes prevail; and that in every direction "human ingress is barred by unsealed escarpments of perpetual ice," extending farther than eye or telescope can penetrate, and becoming lost in gloom and darkness. Some hold that the tundra of ice and snow stretches forever eternally.

Edge of our known world: http://i23.tinypic.com/nwkp5t.jpghttp://www.theflatearthsociety.org/tiki/img/icons/external_link.gif (http://i23.tinypic.com/nwkp5t.jpg)

Formation

The Ice Wall is a natural formation, a thick mass of floating ice that is attached to land, formed from and fed by tongues of glaciers extending outward from deep within the uncharted tundra into sheltered waters. Where there are no strong currents, the ice becomes partly grounded on the sea bottom and attaches itself to rocks and islands. The wall is pushed forward into the sea by glacial pressure until its forward growth is terminated.

The entire coast of the Ice Wall is not one single complete wall, however. There are actually a series of thousand mile long walls, divided by Transantarctic Mountain Ranges up to 11,500 feet high. The weight of The Ice Walls are so enormous that they have literally pressed the land two thirds of a mile (one kilometer) into the earth. Under the massive forces of their own weight, the ice walls deform and drag themselves outward. Very large glaciers called ice streams flow through them continually, transporting ice from deep inland out to the sea.

Temperatures approach absolute zero the further one explores outwards. Exploration in this type of pitch black freezing environment is impossible for any man or machine. We live on a vast plane with an unknown diameter and an unknown depth. Dr. Samuel Birley Rowbotham held that knowing the true dimensions of the Earth is something which will forever be unknowable by man.

List of Ice Wall (Ice Shelf) Segments

The following are segments of the Ice Wall which surround the Antarctic coast.

* Filchner Ice Wall
* Brunt Ice Wall
* Riiser-Larsen Ice Wall
* Quar Ice Wall
* Ekstrom Ice Wall
* Jelbart Ice Wall
* Fimbul Ice Wall
* Lazarev Ice Wall
* Hannan Ice Wall
* Zubchatyy Ice Wall
* Wyers Ice Wall
* Edward VIII Ice Wall
* Amery Ice Wall
* Publications Ice Wall
* West Ice Wall
* Shackleton Ice Wall
* Moscow University Ice Wall
* Voyeykov Ice Wall
* Cook Ice Wall
* Slava Ice Wall
* Gillett Ice Wall
* Nansen Ice Wall
* McMurdo Ice Wall
* Ross Ice Wall
* Swinburne Ice Wall
* Sulzberger Ice Wall
* Nickerson Ice Wall
* Getz Ice Wall
* Dotson Ice Wall
* Crosson Ice Wall
* Cosgrove Ice Wall
* Abbot Ice Wall
* Venable Ice Wall
* Stange Ice Wall
* Baka Ice Wall
* George VI Ice Wall
* Wilkins Ice Wall
* Wordie Ice Wall
* Jones Ice Wall
* Müller Ice Wall
* Prince Gustav Ice Wall
* Larsen Ice Wall
* Ronne Ice Wall

[Revy]

if you want to read a truly epic thread on their forums, link (http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=29253.0).

In addition to believing a gigantic ice wall surrounds the flat earth, many flat-earthers believe that some species of dinosaurs were an intelligent and sea-faring civilization capable of building boats and agriculture.

I find their discussions fascinating. Of course, I believe none of it. But one thing is sure, they do appear to believe what they say no matter how insane it sounds.

[Dimentio]

I think it is since long revealed that they actually are a joke and not serious, which actually is a bit sad. The world needs more loons. :laugh:

[Revy]

I think it is since long revealed that they actually are a joke and not serious, which actually is a bit sad. The world needs more loons. :laugh:

I thought they were a joke, until I actually read their forums. It would have to be one elaborate prank, because those people are REALLY passionate about it. They have "round-earthers" on there too and the debates get pretty heated.

[JazzRemington]

There is a joke group called the Flat Earth Society, but this form is not related to them.

[Dimentio]

I thought they were a joke, until I actually read their forums. It would have to be one elaborate prank, because those people are REALLY passionate about it. They have "round-earthers" on there too and the debates get pretty heated.

I have seen their forums as well. A very intricate prank, but I nevertheless believe its a prank.

[Comrade Gwydion]

It's funny that some of the flat earthers also thought the dinosaur thingy was a joke untill the senior member corrected them.

[Dimentio]

I start to believe they are actually real. :(

[Panda Tse Tung]

Their for real. >_>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society
I know it's wikipedia, so either their VERY elaborate in their prank, or just this.


the earth is a flat disc centered at the North Pole and bounded along its southern edge by a wall of ice (Antarctica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica)), with the sun and moon 3000 miles (4800 km) and the "cosmos" 3100 miles (5000 km) above earth.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society#cite_note-3)

[JazzRemington]

It is real. There's two forums dedicated to the concept, and I think a third that's a parody. There used to be a central, formal organization up until the death of the founder/leader a few years back.

[Jimmie Higgins]

As loony as this idea is, I can't say it seems more loony than believing that Obama is a socialist. I mean at least you need mathematical theories or satellite photos to show how the earth is round - to show that Obama isn't a socialist you only need a modicum of reason and a dictionary.

[JazzRemington]

As loony as this idea is, I can't say it seems more loony than believing that Obama is a socialist. I mean at least you need mathematical theories or satellite photos to show how the earth is round - to show that Obama isn't a socialist you only need a modicum of reason and a dictionary.

Well, they reject satellite photos because it's either fake, part of some conspiracy, or they think it supports them because it only shows a flat (i.e. 2d) perspective, indicating a flat earth.

[the last donut of the night]

Well, since most of FE's need to vehemently close their minds to any real data, I'm sure a lot of them are conspiracy theorists who think that it's a group Jewish and Black illuminati trying to fool the world into communism and believing that Earth is flat.

[LeninBalls]

I knew a guy from the forums, he said only about 2 people on the whole forum believe it and everyone else just plays along.

[IllicitPopsicle]

:laugh: