A group of Flat Earth conspiracy theorists recently traveled to Antarctica in hopes of proving—once and for all—that our planet is, in fact, flat. Unfortunately for them, travel seems to prove what scientists and geologists are everyone has been saying for a long timeand what photographic evidence and videos it has been proven: our planet is round.

The expedition in question was chartered by Will Duffy, the pastor of a small church based outside of Denver, Colorado. on a website devoted to the expedition, Duffy explained that the journey involved 24 flat earthers and 24 "globe earthers" who were "chosen" as "representatives of their respective sides." The point of the expedition, called "The Final Experiment," is to investigate whether there is a 24-hour day in Antarctica.

"The Last Experiment is a way to settle the shape of the Earth debate," says the organization's website. "The flat part of the earth and the part of the globe agree that whether there is a 24-hour day in Antarctica or not proves whether we live on a flat planet or on a globe."

The "midnight sun," as known, is the result of the axial tilt of the Earth and the position of the Arctic circle in relation to the solar rays. It is not clear why the flat earthers decided that the presence of the sun could confirm or disprove their own beliefs. After all, if the Earth is actually flat, how do you explain the concepts of night and day? Like, what does the sun do when it gets dark? Hiding beneath the cosmic chessboard that is our world? I don't know enough about the tenets of the conspiracy theory out there, but I fail to see why the changing of the sun would have any effect on their belief system whatsoever.

However, when the expeditions reached Antarctica they found, not surprisingly, that there was, in fact, a 24-hour day. "Sometimes you're wrong in life," said Flat Earth influencer Jeran Campanella, in a video which Duffy posted after the team reached their destination. "I thought there was no 24-hour Sun. In fact, I'm sure of it. "

The Flat Earther movement is mostly a religious movement (it referred to as a form of "extreme Biblical-literalist theology"), which explains a number of its believers' rejection of science. In recent years, the theory has been platformed by many right-wing political personalities, including Candace Owens and Tucker Carlsonprobably because it appeals to their largely conservative, possibly religious audience.

In fact, Owens appears to have ties to a recent trip to Antarctica. In his video, Duffy thanked the right-wing podcaster, who he said was "super excited" about the idea of ​​the expedition, and admitted that Owens' director, Mark Herman, was actually with them in Antarctica. on different videoDuffy said Herman would report back to Owens' audience on the findings of the trip. In the past, Owens has been quoted as saying: “I'm not a flat earther. I am not a round earther. Actually, what I am is a person who has left the cult of science. "