There is a man (loosely called a "US Scientist") and a group of rabid "believers" that are heading to the North Pole on what they call "the greatest geological expedition in history."
Do you suppose they're looking for wildlife? Or Oil? Or wanting to examine arctic conditions? Nope. How about measuring the magnetic anomalies of the pole? Nope. How about doing some ice core sampling? Nope.
They are, and I kid you not, looking for "the hole to the center of the Earth". Supposedly, and according to this group, it is surrounded by a mysterious fog. How they know this, never having been there (they're looking for it, right?), is a bit of a mystery in itself. Anyway, this "hole" is supposed to lead to the hollow core of the Earth where an unknown civilization lives, or lurks.
The "scientist" is named Brooks Agnew, and by next year at this time, he hopes to be lounging in the hole, delighting in inner Earth amazement. He's chartered a commercial Russian icebreaker named Yamal (port of Murmansk), and he will sail just beyond Canada's Arctic islands - where the "hole" is supposed to be.
"Everest has been climbed a hundred times," Mr. Agnew says. "The Titanic has been scanned from stem to stern. [But] this is the first and only expedition to the North Pole opening ever attempted."
Recently, the idea that the Earth is hollow experienced a revival, thanks in part to a 2006 book, by American author David Standish, titled "Hollow Earth: The long and curious history of imagining strange lands, fantastical creatures, advanced civilizations, and marvelous machines below the Earth's surface".
Now, mind you, I'm not one to stop this guy, and his fruitcake microwave-oven brain damaged followers from their fun. Have at it. But please do not try to tell us this is anything other than silly hijinks at best.
In a way, this is REALLY REALLY scary. This Agnew guy supposedly has an education - from a university here in the US. In physics no less. So my question is, what school passed this guy and gave him a degree? And how many others are walking around with supposed degrees - thinking this kind of sheer and utter nonsense in their heads - without one shred of a capability to think critically or reason scientifically??
Let's talk about this "hole"... surrounded by mysterious fog eh? And I suppose guarded by Mothra or Godzilla perhaps? And um... no sea water pouring into it draining our oceans? Must be an elevated hole... is it marked? Neon signs ringing it with strange lettering "Hole Here, Danger, Watch Your Step"? Or perhaps, "No Girls Allowed"... hahahaha.
It obvious that everyone is lying about this perhaps... of all the Earth orbiting satellites, ocean explorations, flights, no one has ever spotted "the hole"... ah yes, the conspiracy approach... we're ALL in on it. This group will prove us wrong.
Yeah. OK. I know where there's a HOLE and it's not in the Arctic, it's in their heads.
