The Final Experiment: flat-earthers see the midnight sun

In December 2024 the pastor Will Duffy took four flat-earthers and four 'globe-earthers' to Union Glacier Camp, at about 79°S, to test whether the sun stays up for 24 hours in the Antarctic summer; it did.

2024 CE · -79.75, -82.50 · status: official

The account

Both sides had agreed beforehand that a continuous sun would refute the flat-earth map, and the group livestreamed it for several days. The YouTuber Jeran Campanella said afterwards that he had been wrong about the 24-hour sun, while much of the flat-earth community claimed the footage was faked. Each place cost about US$35,000.

Connections in the atlas

• The flat-earth 'ice wall' around the world
• The Antarctic Treaty and 'why is it closed?'

Sources

1. Wikipedia: The Final Experiment (expedition)
2. ScienceAlert: Flat-earthers went to Antarctica to look at the sun