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After examining each step in the argument twice, Dr Einstein had When Professor Hapgood and Dr Einstein were at work on their the impression that the principles were right, and that the effects calculations in the 1950s, they had no way of anticipating several were of the right order of magnitude. He stated that he would be _ recent discoveries that are pertinent to their research. Had they satisfied if the bursting stress and the strength of the Earth's crust known of these recent events—and their impact on the growth of were in the ratio of not more than 1:100, since the Earth's crust the off-centre Antarctic ice sheet—they might have placed more varied so greatly in strength from place to place and would urgency on their work. undoubtedly yield at its weakest point. "Mr Campbell explained an effect he had often observed, which | OUR CHILLING WORLD illustrated the process by which the crust of the Earth might yield In 1977 the US Central Intelligence Agency reported that cli- to fracture. A common method of splitting a block of granite isto matic changes begun in 1960 had gone unnoticed until the early drill two small holes, about six inches apart, near the center of the 1970s.' It says the world's climate is cooling and will revert to long axis of granite, and insert and drive home a wedge in each conditions that prevailed between 1600 to 1850. "The change of hole. A bursting stress of sufficient magnitude is brought to bear _climate is cooling some significant agricultural areas and causing to split the rock. However, the rock is not split all at once. drought in others," as we see today in Africa. Enough stress is brought to bear to The report, as chilling as the ice start a fracture, but the fracture does growing at the south pole, says this not take place instantaneously. If the wedges are put in place in the evening, it will be found next morning that the whole rock has been split evenly along a line extending through the two holes. The fracture has slowly migrated through the rock during the night. The force required to split rock in this way is but a fraction of that required to split it all at once. So far as the Earth's crust is concerned, what is required is not a force suffi- cient to split it all at once, but sim- ply a force sufficient to initiate a fracture or fractures which will then gradually extend themselves during possibly considerable periods of time. "Professor Hapgood next described the geological evidence of worldwide fracture systems extending through the crust and weakening it, and the remarkable similarity of those patterns to those which, theoretically, would result from a movement of the crust. Dr Einstein expressed great interest in this evidence. catastrophic climate change means we can expect the death of 150 mil- lion persons in India from starva- tion, unless world reserves can fur- nish 30 to 50 million metric tons of grain there yearly. With a one- degree-Centigrade drop in tempera- ture, China, with a major famine every five years, would require a supply of at least 50 million metric tons. Canada, a major grain exporter, would lose over 50 per cent of its production capability and 75 per cent of its exports in this commodity. Northern Europe would lose 25 to 30 per cent of its present production capability, the [former] Soviet Union would lose Kazakhstan for grain production, thereby showing a yearly loss of 48 million metric tons, while exports of the Common Market [European Union] countries would fall to zero. As part of the world community, the United States would be much affected by these developments. As the CIA reported, "The economic and political impact of major cli- matic shifts is almost beyond com- "Professor Hapgood referred to prehension." the Hough-Urry findings of the Moving into a colder environ- dates of climatic change in Position of Siberia before and after possible pole shift. ment means that the accumulation Antarctica during the Pleistocene. of ice at the south pole could be Dr Einstein stated that the method of radioactive dating developed increasing far more rapidly than Hapgood and Einstein would by W. D. Urry was sound and reliable. As a result, Dr Einstein have thought possible. Nor could they know of the extraordinary was in full agreement that the data from Antarctica, indicating 766-page "Global 2000 Report to the President", published in that that continent enjoyed a temperate climate at a time when a 1980.? Richard Strout, Washington correspondent for the continental ice-cap lay over much of North America, virtually Christian Science Monitor, wrote, "I defy anyone to read the sum- compel the conclusion that a shift of the Earth's entire crust must mary of the report without a shudder." The report warns that time have taken place." is running out. When Professor Hapgood and Dr Einstein were at work on their calculations in the 1950s, they had no way of anticipating several recent discoveries that are pertinent to their research. Had they known of these recent events—and their impact on the growth of the off-centre Antarctic ice sheet—they might have placed more urgency on their work. IS THE POLE MOVING NOW? Might there be another pole shift in the future? It seems reasonable to suppose that, given the ice-cap's continu- al growth, the Earth's crust will once again, at some point in the future, respond to the increasing bursting stress by catastrophic fracturing. ICE-CAP INSTABILITY Other factors possibly contributing to even faster polar ice build-up include the alarming accumulation of CO in the atmos- phere, which supplies the moisture for extremely rapid glaciation;* the worldwide death of micro-organisms in the Earth's soil,* and its likely result, the worldwide death of trees;* a worldwide 24 - NEXUS Position of Siberia before and after possible pole shift. DECEMBER 1997 - JANUARY 1998