When investing a significant amount of money, ensuring it yields a return is typically a priority. However, this wasn’t the case for a YouTuber who ventured to Antarctica aiming to prove the Earth was flat.
Despite hopes to the contrary, his expedition ultimately reinforced the scientific consensus and visual evidence from space that confirm the Earth’s round shape.
The journey began with Jeran Campanella, a critic of NASA, who set off to Antarctica to challenge the concept of the ‘midnight sun,’ a phenomenon where the sun remains visible for 24 hours.
If the Earth were flat, such an event would not occur, but it does in Antarctica due to the Earth’s axial tilt during the summer months, resulting in the sun never setting below the horizon, a phenomenon known as the ‘polar day.’
Initially skeptical of the polar day’s existence, Campanella, an American, faced reality when he visited the region alongside Will Duffy, a non-Flat Earther often referred to as a ‘glober.’
In his YouTube video, “It’s Midnight in Antarctica!”, Campanella confessed, “Alright guys, sometimes you are wrong in life.”
He stated, “I thought that there was no 24-hour sun, in fact I was pretty sure of it, but I respect Will Duffy for being a standup guy – at least in the way that he kept saying it was true, I kept saying it wasn’t.”
The expedition to reveal this truth had a hefty price tag of approximately $35,000, equivalent to an annual salary for many. However, Campanella revealed in his video that he didn’t foot the bill for the trip; he somehow managed to undertake it at no cost.
He expressed gratitude in his video, acknowledging, “I just want to say thanks to Will, through everything you’ve been at least kind to me. I appreciate that and I appreciate the trip… My whole master plan worked for getting a free trip out here [laughing].”
The YouTuber continued to express awe at the experience, stating, “It’s amazing, I can’t even tell you… flying in was the best thing I’ve ever seen. Looking around, best thing I’ve ever seen. So you know, how could I give him a hard time for bringing me down here? $35,000 trip, it’s been incredible.”
As for the Flat Earth theory’s trajectory, Campanella encouraged his audience to independently investigate the implications of the 24-hour sun phenomenon.