Looking more closely at the image shared on social media, the photograph shows the name of the boat as the RV Polarstern.Īn online search for a ship with this name confirmed it is a German icebreaker, and resulted in a range of images showing a ship with the same colours and markings as the boat depicted beside the so-called ‘ice wall’. In 2019, the Flat Earth International Conference, an event featuring flat earth speakers and sellers of flat earth maps, reportedly attempted to organise a cruise to Antarctica to prove their theory in 2019, according to multiple media outlets.īut does the picture shared on social media prove the Earth is flat by showing the existence of the ‘Antarctic Ice Wall’? It’s not like you just go there, and you can just peek over it.”ĭavidson also explained that many Flat Earthers don’t think the ice itself is what keeps anyone from going over the edge of the Earth, because “a big portion” of the community “believes that we’re in a dome, like a snow globe.”īeliefs around what lies outside of the ice wall vary, some say it goes on infinitely while another theory is that there are hidden continents beyond The theory claims that Antarctica doesn’t sit at the ‘bottom’ of Earth’s southern hemisphere instead, its proponents say that the seventh continent traverses the outside of “flat” circular Earth and acts as a huge wall that keeps it together.Īs prominent Flat Earther Robbie Davidson explained to Forbes: ”It’s kind of like an ice shore and it’s very, very large. The ‘Antarctic Ice Wall’ is a much-touted theory by those who believe in a flat Earth.

Post claiming photographic proof of the 'Antarctic Ice Wall'ĭoes the image prove that the Earth is flat? Let’s take a look. It is accompanied by a title: “It seems like an ice wall to me and flat.”

The post was shared by the Facebook group The Earth is Flat and shows a ship next to a large, steep wall of ice with the caption: “When someone tells you there’s no ice wall in Antarctica. A PHOTO WHICH purports to show proof that the Earth is flat is doing the rounds on social media.

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