1926: Admiral Byrd claimed to fly over the North Pole in 1926.
It is claimed that later he verbally admitted that he failed to reach it and had to turn around, but couldn't afford to admit it. It is claimed that as he flew into darkness with gauges gone haywire, he was shocked at the terrain changes, and had to turn around.

1947?, February: In a Radio Broadcast, Admiral Byrd said before his Pole flight from a base 400 miles from the Pole: "I'd like to see that land beyond the Pole. That area beyond the Pole is the center of the great unknown."

After-flight radio commentaries were:
"During his Arctic flight of 1,700 miles BEYOND the Pole he reported by radio that he saw below him, not ice and snow, but land areas consisting of mountains, forests, green vegetation, lakes and rivers, and in the underbrush saw a strange animal resembling the mammoth...." and
The air temperature outside the cockpit measured 74 degrees (Bernard, p.

1955, November: Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, before departing to explore land beyond the South Pole stated "This is the most important expedition in the history of the world."

1956, January: "Admiral Byrd led another expedition to the Antarctic and there penetrated for 2,300 miles BEYOND the South Pole.

A 1/13/1956 radio announcement said: "On January 13, members of the United States expedition penetrated a land extent of 2,300 miles BEYOND the Pole. The Flight was made by Rear Admiral George Dufek of the United States Navy Air Unit."

Another Radio announcement on January 13, 1956: "On January 13, members of the United States expedition accomplished a flight of 2,700 miles from the base at McMurdo Sound, which is 400 miles west of the South Pole, and penetrated a land extent of 2,300 miles beyond the Pole." (Radio announcement, confirmed by press of February 5.)

In a Radio clip, Byrd said on March 13, 1956, "The present expedition has opened up a vast new land."

1957: In 1957, before his death, Byrd said: "that enchanted continent in the sky, land of everlasting mystery"

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Standard Thought:

Arctic Explorers' findings:

Because of the Arctic's angle to the sun, the farther north you go, the colder it should get by standard theory. The entire Arctic region is claimed to be frozen solid, so Cook and Peary both claimed to have reached it by sled.

Some 19th Century explorers claim that at some points (e.g. Fridtjof Nansen north of the New Siberian Islands) the Arctic ice mass stops as you go north, and there is only clear ocean from there on.

Only Ice and Snow; barren of animals, plants and insects.

Explorers found massive driftwood, pollen, animals and insects

Animals should migrate south for the winter in Greenland

Explorers observed that animals all migrated north

Wind & ocean currents from the north should be colder.

Wind & ocean currents from the north are warmer in winter.

Many Arctic Explorers from the 19th Century stated that 1) the Arctic ice mass stops as you travel north, 2) after that there is only ocean (not ice), and 3) that winds and currents from the North are warm in winter.
Kane (an Arctic explorer) writes: 'Some circumstances which he (McGary) reports seem to point to the existence of a north water all the year round; and the frequent water-skies, fogs, etc., that we have seen to the southwest during the winter, go to confirm the fact.'" (Bernard, p.107)
Greely speaks of open water the year round. (Bernard, p.107)
"Nansen, who probably went farther north than any other explorer, remarks in his book that it was a strange feeling to be sailing in the dark night to unknown lands, over an open rolling sea, where no ship had ever been before, and remarks how mild the climate was for September. The farther north he went, the less and less ice he saw." (Bernard, p.107)

Arctic explorers also found dust in the air and on snow and icebergs, indicating volcanic activity. Massive volcanic activity could cause warm winds and water currents from the north.

Arctic explorers also found massive red, yellow and green pollen from unknown tropical plants covering the snow massively. This cannot be from volcanic action, but from a large land mass with tropical plants.
(One Arctic Explorer) Kane, in his first volume, p.44, says: 'We passed the Crimson Cliffs at Sir John Ross in the forenoon of August 5th. The patches of red snow could be seen clearly at the distance of ten miles from the coast. It had a fine deep rose hue.' (p.111 Bernard quoting Reed, who quotes Kane).

Arctic explorers also document massive amounts of driftwood coming from the north.
Commander McClure explored Banks Land and found immense quantities of trees thrown in layers by glacious action, which evidently brought them from the north. In one ravine he found a pile of trees closely packed, to a height of forty feet. While some wood was petrified, much of it was of recent origin. These trees were found far beyond the latitude where trees grow.(Bernard, pp. 128-129)

"it can be shown by quoting those who made the farthest advance toward the supposed Poles, that it is warmer, that vegetation shows more life, that game is more plentiful than farther south," (Bernard, p.108)
"In 'Captain Hall's Last Trip,' we read: 'We find this a much warmer country than we expected, bare of snow and ice. We have found that the country abounds with life, and with seals, game, geese, ducks, musk-cattle, rabbits, wolves, foxes, bears, partridges, lemmings, etc.'" (p.108 Bernard)
"Gardner points out that birds and animals migrate to the north in winter to find warmer weather. He also notes that when explorers go north of 80 degrees north latitude, they find the water to become warmer due to warm currents coming from the polar region, and the air becomes warmer due to warm winds from the north. They cause the open sea, in place of ice, in the extreme north. They also find re pollen on icebergs and glaciers, and find logs and other debris washed ashore by those warm currents from the north." (p.121 Bernard)

The evidence from Arctic explorers appears to disprove that the Arctic is a cold frozen wasteland of just ice and snow. It appears to be teaming with life coming from the North. Admiral Byrd appears to have found a vast iceless/snowless continent of mountains and trees, teaming with life, including the wooly mammoth. The air temperature was 74 degrees. The same thing was found at the South Pole.

According to research at www.ourhollowearth.com/PolarOpn.htm, the Location of the Polar Opening starts about 86 miles from the North Pole in the direction of the New Siberian Islands.
This would place it at 141 E Longitude and 84.4 degrees N Latitude (5.6 degrees from the current pole [1 polar degree is 68.939 miles).
In the book, "The Smoky God", Olaf Jansen sailed NE of Franz Josef Land. The Island they found on their third day's sailing is not on our maps today. After the island, they entered the Polar Opening.
This island was in the general direction that Admiral Peary and Cook saw the mirage of "Crocker land" from the west coast of Ellesmere Island.

"Gardner quoted Professor Lowell who notes that on June 7, 1894, he was watching Mars and suddenly saw two points of light flash out from the middle of the polar cap. They were dazzling bright. The lights shone for a few minutes and then disappeared. Green, some years earlier, in 1846, also saw two spots of light at the pole of Mars."(p.143 Bernard)

"Lowell tried to explain the lights he saw as reflections of sunlight by polar ice, but Gardner denies this, quoting Professor Pickering who saw a vast area of white form at the pole of Mars within twenty-four hours, visible as a white cap, and then gradually disappear. Also Lowell saw a band of dark blue, which he took to be water from the melting ice or snow cap. Gardner believes that the so-called Martian ice cap was really fog and clouds, which also could appear and disappear so rapidly." (p.143 Bernard)

An English astronomer, W.E. Dening, writing in the scientific periodical, "Nature," concerning his observation in 1886, wrote:
"During the past few months the north polar cap of Mars has been very bright, sometimes offering a startling contrast to those regions of the surface more feebly reflective. These luminous regions of Mars require at least as much careful investigation as the darker parts. In many previous drawings and descriptions of mars, sufficient weight has not been accorded to these white spots." (p.145 Bernard)

The English astronomer, J. Norman Lockyer, in 1892, wrote about Mars: "The snow zone was at times so bright that, like the crescent of the young moon, it appeared to project beyond the planet. This effect of irradiation was frequently visible. On one occasion the snow spot was observed to shine like a nebulous star when the planet itself was obscured by clouds, a phenomenon noticed by Beer and Madler, and recorded in their work, "Fragment Sur les Corps Celestes.'

On Venus the extensive water vapor tends to equalize the temperature, so that its polar caps are not composed of ice and snow, as supposed in the case of Mars, but which Gardner doubts. Speaking of the polar caps of Venus, McPherson, in his "Romance of Modern Astronomy," says: "Polar caps have been observed, supposed by some to be similar to those on our own planet and Mars. Some astronomers, however do not regard them as snow."

The French astronomer Trouvelet, in 1878, observed at the pole of Venus a confused mass of luminous points, which Gardner attributes to light from the central sun struggling through the clouds. Since the polar cap is not made of ice, these lights cannot be a reflection of the sun. He believes this is the same case with Mars.' (Bernard, p.148)

Richard Proctor, one of the best known astronomers of the nineteenth century, wrote: "One phenomenon of Mercury, if real, might fairly be regarded as indicating Vulcan energies compared with those of our own earth would be as the puny forces of a child compared with the energies of a giant. It has been supposed that a certain bright spot seen in the black disc of Mercury when the planet is in transit indicates some source of illumination either of the surface of the planet or in its atmosphere. (p. 148 Bernard)

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