1. POLES: I've heard people say that the north and south ice sheets were surveyed and found to be perfectly flat. It seems that it was just after this that they started pushing the "oblate spheroid" doctrine - followed by the "pear shapediness" B.S. hoax, to allow for the north and south to be flat, while preserving the "plane-t" doctrine.
So I was wondering if anyone has some documentation on the findings of the surveyors, their data, or at least just some official article links.
2. LAKES I'm also looking for any documentation on surveys of lakes that show them to be flat. So far I've found this:
http://greatlakesmaps.org/Default.aspx?tabid=87Some of the surveys make note of "the level of the lake" being "the plane." But I'm looking for less vague statements, if such exist.
Any leads are much appreciated!
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