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= REVIEWS not been adequately explained, and he B oO oO K S examines the behaviour of the last great ice sheet, polar changes, the shaping of the THE PATH OF THE POLE Earth's surface features, the extinction of the by Charles Hapgood a mammoths and the problems with the fossil Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press, record. Full of hard-core scientific analysis USA, 1999 and referencing, Hapgood's thesis demands ISBN: 0-932813-71-2 (413pp tpb) that we ask not just if a major cataclysmic Price: AUD$35.00 inc. p&h; NZD$34.95; ill h in, but when. £15.50 inc. p&h; NLGF40,90; USD$16.95 “YN WN DAPPen again, but when Available: Aust/NZ/UK/Europe— NEXUS offices; USA—Adventures Unlimited, tel MONSTERS OF THE LAKE (815) 253 6390, fax (815) 253 6300, by John Kirk e-mail auphq@frontiernet.net ~ A ;__ Publisher: Key Porter Books, 1998 Res who have appreciated all the arti- ISBN: 1-55263-010-2 (303pp tpb) cles and reviews we've published on geological cataclysms, pole shifts and the Price: AUD$24.95; NZD$24.95; En/a; demise of Atlantis will be pleased to know NLG 43,90; CAD$24.99 that one of the sourcebooks for postmodern _— Available: Aust/NZ— UniReps, tel +61 thinking in these areas has been reprinted. (0)2 9664 0999, e-mail info.press@unsw. This is Charles Hapgood's The Path of the edu.au; UK—Gazelle Book Service, tel Pole, first published in 1958 and revised in 01524 68765; Europe—NEXUS Office, tel 1970, and it is the book containing the oft- +31 1321 380558; Canada—Key Porter quoted foreword in which Dr Albert Books, tel (416) 213 1919, 1800 387 Einstein comments on the validity of the 0172, website www.keyporter.com author's theory of crustal displacement. ihe idea that ancient prehistoric creatures still exist in land-locked lakes and in rivers and seas continues to captivate the public imagination. As Canadian cryptozo- ology researcher John Kirk knows all too well, serious investigators have to sort through the frauds, hoaxes and myths to get close to the truth, but there are sufficient credible eyewitness accounts from around the world that suggest that these and all sorts of anomalous animals do in fact exist. Occasionally these elusive creatures are filmed or photographed, but orthodox sci- ence won't acknowledge their existence until physical specimens are obtained. For his book, In the Domain of the Lake Monsters, Kirk records his own experiences in search of "Ogopogo"—Canada's answer to Scotland's "Nessie", that has a long histo- ry of sightings in Okanagan Lake, British Columbia. His two brief glimpses of the According to Hapgood (whose previous famed creature in jhe ue ta spurred him book, Earth's Shifting Crust, caused a stir, as on to investigate the global “lake monster did his Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings), the phenomenon. The creature most often North Pole has occupied three different posi- described very closely fits the picture of a tions in the last 100,000 years, the last plesiosaur—that finned, large-bodied, long- change occurring between only 18,000 and necked relic of the dinosaur age—and it has 12,000 years ago. He presents evidence, been sighted all over Canada and much of based on geomagnetism and radioactive dat- the United States, in Ireland and Scotland, ing, that the last crustal shift took place at Europe and Scandinavia, Central and South the end of the last ice age and caused an America, Africa, Asia and Australasia. improvement in climate. In view of recent Kirk has an engaging style, and the story discoveries about magnetic field reversals of his expeditions in Canada and Scotland, that have affected the polarity of the Earth's his media experiences and his evidence- crust over the aeons, Hapgood's theories are —_ gathering and interviewing makes for an gaining more attention from academia. exciting read. If only he could have includ- In this landmark book, Hapgood postulates _ ed some photos, video stills or eyewitness why the ice ages and climatic changes have _—_ drawings as an aid to visualisation. BOOKS THE PATH OF THE POLE by Charles Hapgood Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press, USA, 1999 ISBN: 0-932813-71-2 (413pp tpb) Price: AUD$35.00 inc. p&h; NZD$34.95; £15.50 inc. p&h; NLG#40,90; USD$16.95 Available: Aust/NZ/UK/Europe— NEXUS offices; USA—Adventures Unlimited, tel (815) 253 6390, fax (815) 253 6300, e-mail auphq@frontiernet.net Res who have appreciated all the arti- cles and reviews we've published on geological cataclysms, pole shifts and the demise of Atlantis will be pleased to know that one of the sourcebooks for postmodern thinking in these areas has been reprinted. This is Charles Hapgood's The Path of the Pole, first published in 1958 and revised in 1970, and it is the book containing the oft- quoted foreword in which Dr Albert Einstein comments on the validity of the author's theory of crustal displacement. Aahor a According to Hapgood (whose previous book, Earth's Shifting Crust, caused a stir, as did his Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings), the North Pole has occupied three different posi- tions in the last 100,000 years, the last change occurring between only 18,000 and 12,000 years ago. He presents evidence, based on geomagnetism and radioactive dat- ing, that the last crustal shift took place at the end of the last ice age and caused an improvement in climate. In view of recent discoveries about magnetic field reversals that have affected the polarity of the Earth's crust over the aeons, Hapgood's theories are gaining more attention from academia. In this landmark book, Hapgood postulates why the ice ages and climatic changes have NEXUS +77 FEBRUARY — MARCH 2000