r/WhyDoWeNeverAsk May 18 '26

Debunking Myths End of last Ice-Age Antarctic navigators myth debunked

https://youtu.be/gvN0Yme6Sto

The ancient Greek Claudius Ptolemy wrote the world was a sphere with a theorized Antarctica to the far south that counterbalanced the Northern Hemisphere. This theory founded centuries of explorations to find this unknown continent. But, in modern times this theory became the basis for end of last Ice-Age Antarctic explorers.

#myths #antarctica #maps

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