Rick's Comment
1. What strikes me first-- after I quit watching 3/4 of the way through this "tripe" is that there is NO DISCUSSION of settlement and exploitation. It's all pansy stuff about "collecting rock samples" or "study of the flora and fauna". What assinine idiot would discover an entire CONTINENT and think that way? Why have not millions of people already moved to Antarctica?
If nuclear power is "real" then there should have been no problem melting ice for water and creating warm geodesic huge domes for habitation. But nope... since Nuclear Power is fake anyway-- we're stuck in the insane position of "studying" a continent, the 7th continent-- Is the number 7 an Illuminati significant number?-- instead of settling this new land like AMERICA was first settled with brothels, bars, cowboys, farmers and entrepreneurs.. not to mention piano players in the saloons.
I had to quit watching because it makes me angry that they're shovelling this grovel at us instead of dealing with the issue of, say, how delicious penguin meat is... or whether to deep fry it or boil it. Entire "herds" of "friendly" penguin would be a protein source for human settlers. It's bizarre and not understandable to me how NO HUMAN SETTLERS have moved here to eat penguin. How is this possible in the past, and now the present?
DISCOVERY OF A NEW CONTINENT IN MODERN TIMES-->> is like having a new planet next door-- but no REAL ESTATE deals are being made. No cottages and private getaways are being arranged. No survivalist communities are going. The more I think about that, the more strange it seems to me. Maybe it's my second beer talking. I feel like re-reading my biography of Daniel Boone, the frontiersman who helped explore America and opened it up for settlement-- and promoting the idea of new Daniel Boone's for Antarctica.
I still cannot confirm distances but I found a private exploration company that will, if paid, arrange a trip for anyone anywhere. I'm thinking about making a proposal for a circumnavigation -- a complete circumnavigation-- paid for through one of those online fund raising sites. I'll document time and distance - and get this thing settled once and for all by doing it myself. The online data or other 3 and 4 letter agency sources simply are not trustworthy. Somehow, they "flipped" the rim into an island and then they isolated each research station so that nobody knows for sure what the extent of Antarctica really is. I simply cannot verify the distance AROUND this so-called island continent while sitting at my keyboard. I thought I'd be able to do it. I can't.