The legend of Atlantis was first recorded by the Greek philosopher Plato. He relates how his ancestor Solon, the famous Athenian law-giver, received the legend from one of the most learned of the Egyptian priests. This priest descibed Atlantis as a high altitude, mountainous island continent in the 'real ocean' which was destroyed by earthquakes and floods of extraordinary violence. This description makes perfect sense when we view the world's geography from Antarctica. Antarctica is a high altitude, mountainous, island continent in what oceanographers call the 'World Ocean.' Ancient maps depict the actual shape of parts of Antarctica that are today under ice. One of these maps, Kircher's 1665 map of Atlantis, is an amazingly accurate map of Antarctica without is ice.
The common assumption is that Antarctica has been under ice for millons of years and therefore the idea that people might have once lived on this island continent is absurd. But a little thought on the matter sheds doubt on this assumption. We know that every place on the earth's surface has a corresponding spot on the opposite side of the globe. The North Pole is on the opposite side of the globe to the South Pole. New Zealand is almost on the opposite side of the globe to the U.K. There is even an island off the south coast of New Zealand called "Antiopodes" which is very near to being opposite to London. In each case, the climate is similar - New Zealand is temperate and so is England. We don't find cases where one area is polar and the opposite side of the globe is temperate. Lesser Antarctica (the size of Western Europe) is on the opposite side of the globe to Alaska, Siberia, Canada's Yukon and the former land bridge known as 'Beringa.' Extensive scientific studies of these regions in the far north demonstrate the existence of a wide variety of animals that lived there before 9,600 B.C. These include not only the famous mammoths but also antelope, deer, saber-toothed tigers and lions. These animals lived in what today is a polar region. It follows then that people could have lived on the opposite side of the planet to this region.
To explain how the climate changed, how the ice sheets were formed, the sudden rise of agriculture, massive extinctions, and the ancient maps from the ice age, we use the theory of earth crust displacement as developed by Charles Hapgood. We corresponded with Hapgood for the last five years of his life (he died in late 1982) and we received his support for our advancements of his theory. Having read the nearly 200 pages of correspondence between Hapgood and Albert Einstein we understand why Einstein was so enthusiastic about the earth crust displacement theory.
It is impossible in a short review like this to list all the reasons why we believe that Antarctica was Atlantis before the last displacement. We have assembled numerous myths from around the world about an island paradise that was destroyed by a great flood. We believe that these lost island paradise myths are a distant echo from Atlantis.
We are perfectly serious in our desire to see our theory tested with an expedition to Antarctica to uncover what yet might remain of a once advanced civilisation that perished WHEN THE SKY FELL.