The Earth's Shifting Crust by Charles Hapgood - wire of information

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EARTH'S SHIFTING CRUST
of the crustthe roots of continents and mountain
ranges. This would result in comparatively sudden changes
at the surface, at least in areas being moved equatorward and
thus stretched and weakened. It would also facilitate the
process of planing off and shaping
suggested in the last chapter. 1
the continental sides as
i Newspaper reports of observations now being made in Antarctica, as part of
the scientific program of the present International Geophysical Year, indicate
a depth for the ice sheet at the South Pole of about 8,000 feet. This suggests
that Campbell and I may have considerably underestimated the total mass
and weight of the icecap. At the same time, the reports suggest very low pre-
vailing temperatures, and therefore high rigidity, for the ice, at some depth
below the surface. (See p. 170.)