[Woody]

Ancient astronomers got pretty good at predicting lunar eclipses and had trouble predicting solar eclipses.

One person was said to have predicted a solar eclipse in 585 BC, but his method was abandon since it was not reliable.

In 1715 Sir Edmund Haley was able to predict a solar eclipse.  I will not tell you how, but he used something rhyming with mewton's slaw of fravity.

Creating a map that people could navigate with has been proposed.  Unfortunately it is something beyond the current capabilities of FES.

I trip to Antarctica is out of the question.  Who ever went would be meet by a naval blockade and if they managed to slip by them would die horrible deaths in the harsh environment.

Buying a ticket for any flight between Australia to South America and verifying the flight time seems something beyond reach.

Why not just work on a FE model where you can predict lunar eclipses? Seems kind of where our ancient ancestors started. Once you get a reliable model with that you can use it as a foundation to build on and figure out other stuff.

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html

Once you can do something like what is in the link you will know you are on the right track.

[jroa]

What would a trip to Antarctica prove?  That it is possible to go there?  Surely, you people can put more thought into your mocking put downs. 

[Woody]

What would a trip to Antarctica prove?  That it is possible to go there?  Surely, you people can put more thought into your mocking put downs.

How about prove a pictures  and time lapsed photos taken are fake?

Maybe from the pole you can spot the ice wall?

That tour operators saying they are taking you to the south pole are a hoax.  Maybe keeping close track of travel times, taking a lot of photos and vids may reveal something, taking copious notes of observations, maybe the behavior of a compass does not fit within a RE but does with a FE, maybe able to see a naval fleet or at least some hint of military activity.  Military forces would have to travel back and forth.  Maybe see more aircraft operating in the area then you would expect.

This is not about traveling there however it was already dismissed as an possibility in other threads.  This is about focusing efforts into one area and that is to get a working sun and moon for an FE model that is reinforced by predicting lunar eclipses.