Anarctica Explorations

Antarctica is one of the weirdest places on Earth and from the very beginning Antarctica has pretty much been a mystery to us now what is it doing on a map drawn in the 1500s which we know was based on older Source Maps when nobody knew it existed in the 1500s. The obvious answer is we are dealing with the Fingerprints of the Lost Civilization but one the continent is sparsely inhabited with less than 10 000 people living there. This is despite the fact that Antarctica has a land mass of 13.66 million square kilometers as one of the most uninhabited places in the world. Antarctica has been the subject of significant exploration and many people have done their best to uncover some of its Biggest Secrets.

Joe Rogan arguably the world's most popular podcaster has been one such person over the years his podcast has played host to several scientists and explorers who've spoken about some of the secrets of this region that you might not know about.

Joe Rogan has been at his podcast for well over a decade now in that time he and his guests have come up with quite a lot of wild theories and arguments, because of that it's pretty rare for you to ever see Joe's shocks out of his mind, however back in 2022 he got a pretty shocking Revelation that left him stunned on an episode of his Joe Rogan Experience Podcast back in August 2022.

Joe head on Sam Tripoli a fellow podcaster comedian. Sam explains the event of operation high jump a military exercise that happened in Antarctica back in the 20th century one which involved President Harry Truman.

Operation high jump did exist officially titled the United States Navy Antarctic developments program. The exercise went on from 1946 to 1947 and it was led by Rare Admiral Richard E Byrd the operation consists of the 13 warships about 4700 military personnel and several aerial vehicles and machines. Official records show that operation high jump had a simple objective to train military personnel in extremely cold conditions and to determine the feasibility of establishing military bases in Antarctica. President Harry Truman and the American government had been curious about Antarctica and the fact that the area was largely untapped and they were looking to pretty much establish American sovereignty over the region. However, Sam explains to Joe that according to journals written by Admiral Byrd Navy Commander, they had made contact with a Nazi unidentified flying objects UFOs.

Sam explained that the Nazis had essentially made a deal with aliens to use their Superior technology in World War II although we're not quite sure why this was never used in the actual war or what the aliens were still doing in Antarctica following the conflict's resolution. According to Sam operation high jumps top brass eventually went back to the president and explained to him that they had to bring the aliens on board and make a deal with them. The president obliged cutting a deal with the aliens and allowing them to conduct experiments on people.

No one would have thought that our national parks and forests were so creepy and if you think this is the end of the tale then you've got another think coming. The story of America is packed with the Nazi aliens ends up leading to that of the missing 4-1-1 a series of Unsolved cases surrounding people who have gone missing in national parks around the country the story of the missing 4-1-1 is quite interesting, it documents people who have suddenly disappeared on these National lands many of whom seem to have several things in common. It doesn't necessarily bode well when he says operation high jump was sanctioned by President Dwight Eisenhower when it was in fact sanctioned by President Truman. Nevertheless it does raise the question of what is really going on in Antarctica and the types of military exercises that could have gone down there.

Antarctica is so sparsely populated is unsurprisingly the fact that it's so cold, of course it's no secret that Antarctica is so cold however I think a lot of us tend to conveniently underestimate just how freezing this place can be. Like many secluded and Scenic places Antarctica has attracted a lot of adventurers over the years whether for digging, running, skiing, or hiking the adventurers have to abide by a strict dress code if they hope to survive. It is important to also make adjustments to your dress code if you hope to survive the unforgiving weather to give a bit of an insight into this.

Joe Rogan once interviewed Colin O'Brady one of the most popular adventurers and endurance athletes in the world. Colin made a name for himself after he completed the first solo unsupported human-powered Crossing of Antarctica's land mass back in 2018 and on an episode of The Joe Rogan experience he spoke about the entire ordeal and the length to which he had to work just to accommodate the weather. You might think Colin was exaggerating here but he was really not according to the official tourism website for Antarctica. You could see a Stern warning against sweating especially in the winter. This is because sweat essentially packs your clothes full of moisture this in turn will freeze the outer layers of your outfit and pretty much melt causing potentially harmful consequences for when you start to warm up again. For someone like Colin who had to do a lot of lifting and moving this can be especially challenging.

Even if you did want to visit Antarctica there's a limit to how much you would be able to do because of something called the Antarctic treaty system. The entire point of that military exercise was to consider if the United States could establish a military base in Antarctica and eventually expand its dominance to cover the entire continent. However, the objective pretty much failed in 1959. A treaty was signed between 12 countries Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the USSR. The Antarctic treaty essentially States the continent doesn't belong to any single country. All countries agree to pretty much respect the rights of each other on the continent and only use it for research and a little bit of Tourism. The entire point of the treaty is to ensure that the environment is protected and that no man-made activity including and especially industrialization and War can threaten the biodiversity of the continent. The Antarctic treaty only ensures that all human activity in Antarctica is properly planned and managed from terrorism and exploration to scientific research. Everything needs to be done in accordance with the treaty's rules and regulations while it doesn't prevent tourists or military personel from being present in Antarctica. Anyone looking to be present on this continent will need a permit from a treaty party.

Antarctica's underground Lakes exploration as well as the Antarctic ocean has been pretty extensive over the past few decades. In the 1970s, scientists came upon a major breakthrough that demonstrated just how much of this region has been untapped. Since the dawn of time they discovered that an entirely different ecosystem was existing and thriving in the Antarctic Waters. To date an estimated 400 Lakes have been found beneath the surface of the Antarctic floor. These Lakes sit under three kilometers Of Ice And scientists believe that the Lakes were formed during the separation of Antarctica from Gondwana Land, a supercontinent that broke up during the Jurassic period and thanks to underwater pressure the Lakes have managed to continue flowing after all these years instead of just freezing up becoming moving blocks of ice. Lake Vostok which was discovered in the 1990s, remains the largest sub-glacial lake discovered in the region laying at 2.5 kilometers below the ice. The lake had a temperature that clocked in at minus three degrees despite being covered by ice for 20 million years. Lakes like this have also been found to hold existing ecosystems of microorganisms even though these species haven't been exposed to light in millions of years they continue to exist and Thrive thanks to gases like methane and ammonium which they can use to create energy.

Whenever you hear about pyramids your mind most likely races off to reference Egypt. The Pyramids of Giza are the most popular pyramids in the world showing a massive Ingenuity and creativity on their own. However, the Egyptian pyramids aren't the oldest in the world. Their title belongs to pyramids that have been discovered in Antarctica back in 2016. Satellites hovering about the Antarctic region found something rather strange, a formation that appeared to be peering out of the ice. It appeared that the ice had melted away in this formation. Scientists believe that this was the top. The man-made pyramid was erected hundreds of thousands of years ago at the very least. The fact that there are man-made pyramids in Antarctica tends to lend some credence to the belief that humans have actually settled in this area before. Some scientists even believe that these pyramids show that there was an entire civilization of humans that lived in this region. However, it is impossible to gather much evidence since that area is pretty much inaccessible. What are the possibilities that a place so cold and uninhabitable as Antarctica could actually have held a civilization of people?

In 2017, a team of geologists from the Alfred Wagoner Institute for Polar Marine research in Germany went to Antarctica and collected core samples from deep within its frozen sea floor. Their objective was to analyze what the continent's climate might have been like in earlier times and what they found was quite interesting. Essentially the geological team is hypothesizing that while Antarctica's climate today might not support much life it wasn't necessarily always like that. Antarctica has survived a meteorite hit. Meteorites are among the biggest harbingers of extinction in the known universe. Whenever a meteorite hits a planet or a surface it is a recipe for catastrophe. Think back to the dinosaurs, those animals were probably living on their own in their own prehistoric Utopia and boom a meteorite hit and the planet quite literally had to start again. However, it appears that there was an even bigger meteorite hit that took place in Antarctica. One which could predate the dinosaurs and which, according to sources, could have been much worse. Researcher Jimmy Corsetti, as well as content creator and author Ben van Kirkwick, on his podcast, the men spoke extensively on Ancient humans as well as their ability to survive extinction level events. 1.5 kilometers beneath the Antarctica ice crust and 482 kilometers in diameter, the report is actually quite an interesting one and while the podcast episode doesn't necessarily delve deeply into it, it's worth actually understanding what this meteorite was and just how massive it was. According to reports this meteorite crater was discovered back in 2006 in a joint mission organized by NASA and the German Aerospace Center. The objective of this mission had been to try and measure regularities in the earth's gravitational field which would then show the distribution of mass across the planet as well as changes in the metric. Over time scientists believe that the meteorite that must have caused such a massive crater could definitely have led to a global extinction level event. The belief is that the Collision caused a huge amount of dust to rise into the air making the entire planet incredibly hostile towards all forms of life. Months of darkness and Caustic Acid Rain must have made the planet uninhabitable with only a few primordial shellfish surviving the fallout. The shellfish themselves would have gone on to be the ancestors of the dinosaurs which ended up becoming the dominant species on the planet for the next 200 million years before another meteorite came and cleared them out as well.

Tourist hikers and more are only given access to a portion of the landmass where they'll be able to engage in their activities and enjoy it. Several sectors of the continent are closed off, only available to researchers and military personnel. According to some sources, some people have tried to take a sneak peek into this secluded area. They have been seized and immediately taken Inside by guards. No one has been able to say what happens after that and it's believed that these people were never seen or heard from again. The official line is that this area is closed off because governments are trying to protect biodiversity and possible endangered species living there.

If you're not an Explorer or a daredevil there's a chance you might never have witnessed the phenomenon of the third man Factor. However, for many who have explored, especially areas such as Antarctica, this phenomenon seems as real as daylight. The third man factor is a term used to describe the overwhelming urge or presence of someone around you. In most cases, this urge comes when you're in significant distress or facing a lot of danger you can feel the aspect of someone walking with you or guiding you even though they're not actually there. Due to Antarctica's unusual periods of light and darkness, tons of people who have visited the continent reported that they have felt this urge. Others have even claimed to have felt hallucinations and seen shadows that were cast by nothing while traversing the region's infinite planes. One notable experience came in the early 1900s, Saranis Shackleton a famous British explorer led an expedition to Antarctica. His expedition was looking to attempt the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent they ran from August 1914 to January 1970. According to Shackleton's tale, he and his two companions were trying to travel by boat to South Georgia Island. They eventually decided to stop and search for some food and shelter but while they were trekking the companions suddenly felt the presence of someone else walking with them. The group walked for 36 hours over mountains and glaciers all the while believing there were actually four people. Since then, tons of other people who have felt lost or stranded while exploring Antarctica have reported the same phenomenon. Maybe it has something to do with the desperation of the situation or maybe it just might be related to the environment surrounding Antarctica itself.

Quite a lot of creepy things have been discovered in Antarctica over the past few years and as far as weirdness goes this one definitely ranks high on the list located on the continent McMurdo dry valleys. There is Blood Falls, a stretch of water that unsurprisingly got its name because of its unique color. The Falls extend over a backdrop of white snow and glaciers, making for a pretty fascinating look. Blood Falls is five stories high pouring out from a glacier into a lake. The waterfall runs continuously as well with red water gushing out of the glacier like an open wound. Blood Falls was first discovered in 1911 by Thomas Griffith Taylor a geologist who had led several expeditions to Antarctica. The glacier from which the waterfall comes out was eventually named after Taylor to honor him and his discovery. For a long time scientists were unclear as to why this waterfall had its unique color. When he initially discovered it Taylor believed that the water had gotten its red color due to algae discoloring it. Scientists later found out that blood Falls was once a very salty lake that had now been cut off from the atmosphere due to the formation of ice. Due to this cutoff the water has seen an increase in salt content which has also prevented it from freezing even in the harshest of weather and besides this the water has a very high content of iron which gives it its color and the water also doesn't get any access to oxygen or sunlight so it has an even darker hue.

When Sam Tripoli told Joe Rogan that the commander on operation high jump might have made contact with alien life while on an expedition to Antarctica. Many people have actually made UFO sightings in this region. In October 2020 someone was scanning satellite imagery of Antarctica when they came across an interesting discovery. They immediately shared it with author Brad Olson and he was quite shocked to come upon the same thing. A metallic looking object half covered in ice appeared to have been peeking out of the land surface and it looked suspiciously like an alien spacecraft. Orson believes that an alien spacecraft must have been left there thousands of years ago only to be covered up by the immense layers of ice in the region. Why would it be that an alien civilization visiting the Earth would choose Antarctica of all places settle? According to experts the fact that Antarctica has grown to be such a cold uninhabitable place for humans doesn't necessarily mean that other life forms won't be able to thrive there. It is possible that an alien race looking to visit our planet would feel more comfortable in a place like Antarctica than they would feel elsewhere.

There's something quite interesting about the ice in this region some of it actually gives off sound. When some researchers set out to explore the high shifts in Antarctica they were pleasantly surprised to come across a glacier that gives off melodic sounds. The Ross Eye shelf as it was named appears to have a thing for giving off sounds and making music. The Ross Eye shelf is the largest of its kind in Antarctica with a size that rivals all of France. When winds blow across its dunes and crash against its surface this collision creates vibrations that produce continuous seismic tones. This means that the Shelf pretty much sings at all times. The sounds aren't audible to human ears. Scientists had to use seismic senses to listen to them. Another interesting fact is the sounds appear to change. Scientists now use the sounds as well as changes in the sounds to measure the eye shelf stability and vulnerability to climatic conditions. Antarctica is the coldest region on Earth with an estimated 90 percent of the world's ice and with the continent being incredibly secluded it's pretty obvious that we're just scratching the surface when it comes to things that can be found in this place.