This sensational news was made back in 1935, when geologists discovered on the slopes of the Antarctic Mount Weaver prints of leaves and stems, as well as a whole petrified tree! This is evidence of the presence of topical vegetation in the early Tertiary period. What does this prove? That Antarctica was once located three thousand kilometers to the north than it is now, in a belt of genetically favorable climatic conditions for life. And therefore, it is in the icy and snowy Antarctica that one should look for the answer to the question about the origin of modern civilization. The answer is still under a three-meter layer of ice near the South Pole.
Many people think that Antarctica has been chained in an ice shell for many millions of years. However, recent discoveries suggest that this has not always been the case. Geological data dating back to an era 60 million years away from ours does not reveal any traces of glaciation. Why is there 60 million, and if you look into the foggy past even further, by about 600 million years, it turns out that Antarctica was washed then by warm seas, and lush vegetation grew here. But now Antarctica is the coldest continent on our planet. During the winter months, the polar night reigns here, when the Sun does not appear above the horizon at all, and in the summer it rises only 24 degrees. Therefore, on the polar plain, the temperature can drop to minus 89 degrees. There are no land mammals here,and from vegetation only mosses, lichens and algae.
Many have already agreed with the assumption that in ancient times there were highly developed civilizations unknown to us, which sooner or later perished as a result of global natural disasters. Here, probably, many people remember the impressive legend about Atlantis, the mysterious lands where a highly developed civilization existed, which reached a very high development, but disappeared forever as a result of a terrible geological catastrophe. But if global catastrophes really took place on earth, one of which led to the death of Atlantis, then why should it not be assumed that Antarctica is the “frozen” Atlantis.
Why not! After all, this hypothesis is directly related to the so-called glaciation of our planet, which occurs in the distant past, which still remains one of the greatest mysteries of the Earth. In ancient times, for some reason, giant masses of ice began to accumulate in the polar regions and on the tops of many mountains, which covered about 1/5 of the planet's surface. The great glaciation in question began about 500 thousand years ago and lasted for many millennia. For some reason, the ice either receded or advanced again. As for the last glaciation, it ended somewhere around 10-12 thousand years ago, which coincides with the death of Atlantis. What could have happened then?
It can be assumed that the Earth collided with a huge cosmic body, as a result of which it shuddered and shifted, as a result of which the geographic poles moved 30 degrees in the direction of the external force. The North Pole may have "left" the Hudson Strait and returned to its current position. The ice cap quickly moved from Labrador to the mouth of the Yenisei. As a result of all this, there was a sharp cooling in some regions of the planet and a sharp warming in others. So suddenly and unexpectedly the climate could change. The catastrophe caused the waters of the Mtskhzhugo ocean to gush out in a huge wave and flood Atlantis. Over the past centuries, researchers have tried to find traces of the dead Atlantis not only in the Mediterranean Sea, but also in the most unexpected places, including Sweden, Palestine and Central Asia. However, no traces of a significant land area with traces of ancient structures that have sunk to the bottom have not been found! All this may well indicate that Atlantis did not sank after all, because scientists, who had at their disposal a huge arsenal of modern technology, could not fail to notice the sunken continent. Therefore, as the researchers suggest, traces of Atlantis should be sought on land. And this is where the version comes, according to which Antarctica could well have once been this piece of land. It may sound incredible, but it is quite acceptable, because leaf prints were found on the slopes of Antarctica, as well as a petrified tree. All this proves once again that life was in full swing on this continent. So it is quite possible that the secret of Atlantis is hidden under the ice kingdom of Antarctica.
