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ANTARCTICA - WHAT’S GOING ON?
PART SEVEN
UNPROVEN VISITOR J. CLAPPER AND PROVEN VISITOR PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

In the internet rumor mill of the time, I found several sources which insist that James Clapper went to Australia at the same time when Obama was in southern Argentina. The theories are abounding that Clapper’s trip was a secret, and I guess that is correct, because I have not been able to find a good source which substantiates that he was there at that time in March 2016. The rumors also insist that Obama and Clapper had actually visited Antarctica simultaneously.

I was not able to find good verification for that with sources that wouldn’t get me tossed out of Free Republic. But the stories are definitely available.

What I found fascinating is that I did find a source which places him in Australia in June 2017 as “a visiting professor at the Australian National University’s National Security College.”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-06/former-top-us-spy-warns-of-chinas-russian-style-behaviour/8595242

…..which is fairly close to Antarctica if the Derps wanted him to go there - even after his days of holding power.

Did any other Presidents go to Antarctica on record?

It seems Bill Clinton did so way back in 1999.

http://www.newzeal.com/theme/antarctic/clinton.htm

“President William Jefferson Clinton of the USA became the first US President to visit the American Antarctic Deep Freeze Base in Christchurch when he paid an official visit on 15th September 1999.”…”touring the nearby International Antarctic Centre and also speaking via an internet link to US Antarctic program personnel serving at the American main Antarctic Base at McMurdo…”

FWIW, there are several pix of the event at the link. There is one of him and Chelsea in their red Antarctic suits.

But don’t quit on me now….there are more prominent people who have visited Antarctica.

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ANTARCTICA - WHAT’S GOING ON?
PART EIGHT
KING OF SPAIN/ PREZ OF CHILI/ VLADIMIR PUTIN

Other documented prominent visitors to Antarctica include the King of Spain as far back as 2004. The President of Chili accompanied him.

www.newzeal.com/theme/antarctic/spain/spainroyalvisit.htm

And

https://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/2178/king-juan-carlos-visits-antarctic-research-bases

His visit was reportedly as a long-time wish fulfillment of the desire to go there. There are two Spanish scientific bases there. In addition to going to Antarctica, the King Juan Carlos and his wife, the Queen of Spain had a diplomatic visit with the President of Chili, Ricardo Lagos. The King and the President of Chili both visited the two Spanish bases on January 17, 2004. They also visited a marine wolf breeding center. It was reportedly the first time a monarch had visited Antarctica.

Later on Saturday the party returned by Chilean Air Force Hercules aircraft to Punta Arenas where the King reported he was very pleased with the visit. He praised the work of scientists and personnel stationed in Antarctica and added:

“I slept only 3 hours, but I’m not tired because everything has been so moving; I’ve been longing for this trip and it’s been quite some time since I’ve felt so good”

I guess a trip like that would be “moving.” And who knew there was such a thing as a “marine wolf?” Apparently there are such.

ANOTHER UNPROVEN VISITOR: VLADIMIR PUTIN

The Moscow Times announced on January 28, 2017, Putin’s plan to visit Antarctica.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2013/01/28/putin-to-visit-antarctica-a21017

“Maybe he will go scuba diving in the summer…plans for the coming year include playing ice-hockey and a VISIT TO ANTARCTICA. PUTIN ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM CHILEAN PRESIDENT SEBASTIAN PINERA TO VISIT A RUSSIAN-CHILEAN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR [2016]…”

At the time of the release of that plan to visit, NO DATE HAD BEEN SET.

I checked on his international travel list

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_presidential_trips_made_by_Vladimir_Putin

In 2017, reportedly, he went nowhere near any countries which would make a secret visit to Antarctica an easy jump. In 2018, he did go to Johannesburg, South Africa for the 10th BRICS summit on July 25-27, 2018. He also attended the G20 Summit on November 20-December 2, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. No rumors seem to be reported that he had a secret trip there from either of those events.

His 2019 schedule shows him anticipating trips in November to Chili [APEC Summit] and Brazil [11th BRICS Summit.] No whisper of Antarctica. Perhaps the trip to Antarctica by the Patriarch Kirill was the needed representation for Russian for whatever is going on.

While we are on Putin, I ran across this quote from him, which is not at all relevant to our Antarctica study, but I had to share it anyway:

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-10/playing-chess-putin

““WHAT’S IT LIKE PLAYING CHESS WITH OBAMA?” asks a top aid of Russian president Vladimir Putin.”

“Putin replies, “It’s like playing chess with a pigeon. First it knocks over all the pieces, then it shits on the board, and finally it struts around like it won.””

“Now, Putin hasn’t actually said this on record. It’s just a popular joke circulating in Russia. But I wouldn’t be surprised if he really did say it. It’s not far off base.…”

To which I suspect some of us are saying “amen!”

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ANTARCTICA - WHAT’S GOING ON?
PART NINE
NO NAME AND JOHN NASH

Some prominent people have not actually gone there but for some reason have some connection with Antarctica.

One of our US Senators was admonished to go to Antarctica
Who might that be?

None other than Ol’ No Name His Ownself! JOHN MCCAIN!

John McCain Must Go to Antarctica - The Moderate Voice

https://themoderatevoice.com/john-mccain-must-go-to-antarctica/

Back in 2008, The Moderate Voice was reporting that Candidate McCain, in order to be taken seriously as one with climate change credentials, should spend a month in Antarctica. What this article is doing is twitting the way candidates do surface dog-and- pony shows for false cred.

It is possible that not a few here were also wishing heartily John No-Name would go!

JOHN NASH
Another prominent person who had some rather strong thoughts on Antarctica was the subject of “A Beautiful Mind,” John Nash. He apparently entertained delusions about Antarctica.

https://www.answers.com/Q/Did_John_Nash_believe_he_was_going_to_be_the_emperor_of_Antarctica

“Did John Nash believe he was going to be the emperor of Antarctica?”

“The answer is yes. John Nash began to purchase copious amounts of furs for his new wardrobe he planned to bring to the antarctica. He also believed penguins would worship him and bring him raw fish daily as well as make penguin sacrifices for him.”

Um, well….That was rather a detour.

Well, did any more prominent people actually MAKE it to Antarctica?

YES! We will look at them next.

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ANTARCTICA - WHAT’S GOING ON?
PART TEN
PRINCE HARRY AND BUZZ ALDRIN

The King of Spain was not the only Royal to visit Antarctica. Take a look at this from November 13, 2013:

“Prince Harry reaches South Pole on Walking with the Wounded expedition- Prince plans to celebrate 200-mile trek with a few whiskies and says he is proud of his team of injured service personnel”

“…The 29-year-old royal proclaimed “mission success” as the Walking With The Wounded charity expedition reached their polar destination on the eve of the anniversary of Norwegian Roald Amundsen first planting his flag on 14 December 1911….”

“…the 200-mile Antarctic trek saw a group effort by the service personnel, who pulled 11st (70kg) sleds, or pulks, and who had all suffered life-changing injuries in conflict…”

“…Their achievement, said the newly bearded royal, “will just prove to everybody there is so much that can be made possible when you think that nothing is left”….”

“…Our aim was to show that, despite injury, young men and women from our armed forces can still achieve great things.”

“We came down here, determined to get 12 men and women, all injured in conflict, to the South Pole, and this is what we have done. The feeling is incredible.”

https://www.royal.uk/prince-harry-take-part-walking-wounded-expedition-south-pole

And

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/13/prince-harry-reaches-south-pole

BUZZ ALDRIN

While there may be other well known people who have gone to Antarctica, the final one on the list I was able to find in my recent researches was BUZZ ALDRIN.

For those who still have a few freebies from Washington Post, [I no longer do] here is a link to the story December 14, 2016, about him being in Antarctica. He was evacuated from the South Pole, reportedly for having developed “altitude sickness” at 9000 feet.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/12/14/buzz-aldrin-nearly-died-at-the-south-pole-why-he-insists-it-was-worth-it-really/

Here is another link to the NPR story about it from December 1, 2016:

Buzz Aldrin Is Medically Evacuated From Antarctica - NPR.org

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/01/503973422/buzz-aldrin-is-medically-evacuated-from-antarctica

“As a precaution, following discussion between the White Desert doctor and the US Antarctic Program (USAP) doctor, Mr Aldrin, accompanied by a member of his team, was evacuated on the first available flight out of the South Pole. ... His condition was described as stable upon White Desert doctor’s hand-over to the USAP [medical] team.”….”

There are a lot of stories out there about him tweeting that we are in danger from something he supposedly saw there. The folks at reddit, to my satisfaction, have cast reasonable doubt about that tweet’s veracity. Maybe he did make that tweet, but it is by no means certain, IMHO.

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/5hftbi/buzz_aldrins_tweet_about_evil_itself_in/

“Idk if your account is the only one you’ve had, but I’ve been here 4 years and Sorcha Faal was always known as Sorcha Fail because of his sensationalism, fear mongering, and straight bullshit. He’s the one that said buzz aldrin tweeted the pyramid in Antarctica saying “it is evil itself”. That tweet was fake.”

Here is what Buzz Aldrin himself said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4032820/It-worth-Buzz-Aldrin-speaks-evacuated-South-Pole-health-emergency-admired-late-John-Glenn.html

“‘It was worth it’: Buzz Aldrin speaks out about being evacuated from the South Pole with a health emergency and how much he admired the late John Glenn”

Buzz Aldrin looked in high spirits as he gave an interview with the Today Show Wednesday morning, less than two weeks after he had to be evacuated from Antarctica when he had a medical emergency.

The 86-year-old former astronaut, and second man on the moon, said he suffered altitude sickness as he was journeying 11,000 feet up to the South Pole earlier this month.

While Aldrin made it to the South Pole - becoming the oldest person to do so - he immediately had to be evacuated to a hospital in New Zealand for congestion in his lungs - cutting his trip short.

“I got out of breath, you know. That’s nothing new, except it’s a little more concentrated. It’s cold and you got heavy stuff and not much air to breathe up there,” he told Al Roker.

“When turning back is about as difficult as pressing on, you press on because you got an objective. Especially when they tell me that I set a record - the oldest guy to the South Pole. See now it was worth it really.”

While he was hospitalized in New Zealand, waiting for his chest to clear, he learned about the passing of his fellow former astronaut John Glenn.

Here is a short clip showing Buzz Aldrin arriving at the hospital

https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2016/12/02/5241521657711510287/636x382_MP4_5241521657711510287.mp4

During his Today Show interview, Aldrin remembered Glenn - a man he first met in 1953 when the two were fighter pilots in the Korean War.

Glenn was a ‘typical all-American guy,’ Aldrin said, adding that he ‘admired that guy so much’.

‘He was a Marine, but he knew how to fly that airplane I’ll tell you,’ Aldrin, an Army veteran and West Point alum, said.
Glenn died last Thursday at the age of 95. In addition to a decorated career as a fighter pilot and one of the Original Seven astronauts, he was a long-serving senator for the state Ohio.

There are a bunch of cool pix at the Daily Mail link.

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ANTARCTICA - WHAT’S GOING ON?
PART ELEVEN
TIMELINE

Here is a timeline of the visits people we have looked at who have been to Antarctica (or haven’t, in a few cases)

Bill Clinton (and Chelsea) - September 15, 1999

King of Spain and President of Chili - January 17, 2004

Joe Biden - Informed publicly of Mission January 2009

Prince Harry - November 13, 2013

Patriarch Kirill - February 17, 2016

Obama and James Clapper - each got nearby in March 2016 - and perhaps visited

John F’n Kerry (WSIVN) - November 8, 2016

Cosgrove of Australia - November 18, 2016

Buzz Aldrin - December 1, 2016

Jeffrey Epstein’s Plane - July 23, 2019 - (or at least possibly an aircraft with a matching tail number)

John NoName McCain - No

John Nash - We hope not

After reviewing this no doubt impressive list of celebs and genuinely prominent people, in the next part we shall discuss a little about WHY did they go there?

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ANTARCTICA - WHAT’S GOING ON?
PART TWELVE

And so we have all these people with great interest in Antarctica - except for possibly No Name. But don’t forget there are also the activities of the Pew Trusts involved in environmental things in Antarctica. Pew Trusts are dipping their hands into all kinds of things environmental and NOT environmental. Recall their stated mission:

“improving public policy, informing the public, and stimulating civic life.”

Is it a good thing they are involved, or are they Derponized enough for us to be nervous about it? It did not fall under the scope of the above dig, but I would point out that there are other truly derpezoid organizations possibly deeply involved in the goings on at the South Pole of the world. National Geographic? Smithsonian? NGO’s of all flavors and nations?

BUT WHY????

Reference has already been made to the abundance of minerals there. And the abundant sea life found there.

Here is a possible explanation from 2009:

IS THIS WHY EVERYONE IS GOING TO ANTARCTICA?

“NATO OF THE SOUTH - CHILI, SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, ANTARCTICA”

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_globalmilitarism02.htm

“…A battle royal is in progress for securing control over the vast Antarctic region and its hitherto untapped oil, gas, mineral, fresh water and fishing resources and potential. The Antarctic’s strategic military value is increasing in importance commensurately, as is that of the Arctic Circle on the opposite end of the earth.

The subject has been explored in an earlier article in this series, Scramble For World Resources: Battle For Antarctica. The four countries directly north of the Antarctic Ocean are,
Chile
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand,
...and all four are to varying degrees being integrated into Western military alliances; all four have bilateral military ties to the United States and with other NATO states, three directly with NATO itself. With Britain filing a claim with the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on May 11th of this year for one million square kilometers of the South Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans and Australia being granted 2.5 million more square kilometers in the Antarctic Ocean by the same UN Commission last year (the Australian Antarctic Territory takes in 42% of Antarctica) the region is now arguably one of the most closely contested territorial - and resource and strategic - disputes in the world.

Seven countries have formal claims to Antarctica
three NATO states in Europe - Britain, France and Norway
two British Commonwealth nations in the South Pacific - Australia and New Zealand
two South American countries - Argentina and Chile
The Argentine, British and Chilean claims all overlap at places.
Peru, Russia, South Africa and the United States have reserved the right to future claims on Antarctic territory and Brazil has designated what it refers to as a zone of interest in the region. Of the seven official claimants, five are members of what is generally considered the Western world, geography aside, leaving only Chile and Argentina as rivals to them….”

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“…Last October the Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, visited the Argentine capital and met with the nation’s foreign and defense ministers and its secretary of intelligence.

“Patrushev indicated that the two countries have identical viewpoints on all issues and especially ones pertaining to international policies, and this has a good effect on bilateral relations. “Patrushev named a host of areas where Russia and Argentina have mutual interests - the nuclear power industry, power engineering, nanotechnologies, oil and gas exploration and production, and the use of the Russian icebreaker fleet.“ He also mentioned plans to develop relations between the two countries’ Defense Ministries. “More specifically, Patrushev said that his Argentine hosts and he had discussed a possibility of joint military exercises and joint training of defense cadres.”

“This diversification by major Latin American states of ties in all areas, but particularly in the defense realm and especially with Russia, a European nation, has been heralded as the effective demise of the 186-year-old Monroe Doctrine…”

So there you have it. The Mad Scramble for Resources seems to be on, even though there are long-standing treaties/agreements for that continent not to be dominated by any one nation.

There is definitely Something going on at our South Pole. Maybe it is the above explanation, of the battle over the richness of the mineral and sea life content on and around the Frozen Continent. And no doubt, that is very likely to be part of the equation, if not all of it….

But FReeQs, if they do a cursory search on

“Why did Patriarch Kirill (or John F’n Kerry (WSIVN), or Buzz Aldrin, or Prince Harry, etc. - fill in the blank) go to Antarctica?”

will be deluged with many theories which JimRob has requested that we refrain from discussing on open forum.

We may not know the whole story now, but “The Truth is Out There,” to quote the X-Files heroes, Mulder and Scully.

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