Well... the idea that the poles shift (or that the crust can slip over the mantle) has been around for quite a while. See Charles Hapgood: Earth's Shifting Crust, with a Foreword by some fellow named Einstein.
103 posted on 02/07/2011 11:01:46 AM PST by Interesting Times
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