The Flat Earth theory suggests that the Earth is flat rather than spherical, and this belief has been documented in history, with early human civilizations envisioning the world as a flat plane.
However, the modern world has debunked this. Researchers, astronomers, mathematicians, physicists, geologists and others that also include pilots, oceanographers, filmmakers, and more have scientifically disproven that the Earth is flat.
Some people however, still believe in this Flat Earth concept.
In fact, many individuals around the world consider the Earth is flat, no matter how many facts are presented to them. And as a result of this, flat-Earth communities continue to grow, sharing their beliefs and arguing against the scientific consensus that the Earth is round.
Pastor Will Duffy from Colorado decided to end this, his way.
Pastor Will Duffy organized "The Final Experiment," in order to send a group of four Flat Earthers and four "Globe Earthers" to Antarctica.
His goal was to provide conspiracy theorists with undeniable proof of the Earth's shape.
The idea is to send Flat-Earth representatives to Antarctica, the very place they often claim supports their beliefs.
He hopes that their finding would confirm to them that the Earth is indeed round.
The trip had been in the works for three years, and after everything is set, Duffy sent the group to the southernmost part of the planet on December 14th, during the time that the south pole experiences most sunlight.
The sun's movement are only explained through a spherical Earth, which means that observers on the North and South Poles witness the sun on opposite sides of the same plane.
And the best place to witness this, is during the summer in Antarctica.
By letting them see the midnight sun, Duff hopes to end this Flat-Earth theory for good.
No Flat Earthers had ever been to Antarctica.
Part of which, is because a popular conspiracy theory was that the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 prevented them from going, specifically in summer, which made them to never discover the truth.
Flat Earthers argue that the treaty exists only to "hide" the edge of the Earth.
In order to "end this debate, once and for all" so "no one has to waste any more time debating the shape of the Earth," Pastor Duffy arranged for the all-expenses.
He paid S35,000-a-head trip for the whole team.
Upon reaching to Antarctica, one of the Flat Earthers, influencer Jeran Campanella, went viral for admitting that the trip changed his mind.
"Sometimes you're wrong in life," Campanella said in a video filmed with Duffy in Antarctica.
For years, he believed the Earth is flat.
But after witnessing that the sun never sets in Antarctica (in this time of year), deliberately changed his mind.
Campanella, who runs the popular Flat Earth YouTube channel 'Jeransim,' traveled to Antarctica on his own terms, just to test his theory.
He packed his bags, and travelled more than 10,000 kilometers from from Salinas, California, to realize that his theory is wrong.
For years of his life, he believed there was no such thing as the 24-hour sun in the southern hemisphere — a key argument for Flat Earthers.
During the southern summer, due to the axial tilt of the Earth, the sun does not set over much if seen in Antarctica.
In fact, the sun may not even set at all.
Flat Earthers view Antarctica as an ice wall that encircles the other continents and holds in the oceans.
If that view is correct, the sun must rise and set each day, even in Antarctica, and could never circle the sky all 24 hours.
"All right, guys, sometimes you are wrong in life," Jeran Campanella said in a video, uploaded to his YouTube channel, on the midnight livestream from Union Glacier Camp, four-and-a-half hours south from Punta Arenas, Chile.
"And I thought that there was no 24-hour sun, in fact I was pretty sure of it."
Pastor Duffy noted Jeranism was “one of the most popular flat earth YouTube channels”, but Campanella quipped “not for long”.
"It’s a fact — the sun does circle you in the south," he said.
Their finding that confirms the sun never disappears under the horizon for 24 hours during the southern summer, has again proven the Globe Earth model claims.
"What does that mean? You guys are going to have to figure that out yourself," he continued.
"Don’t listen to my beliefs or my opinion, it shouldn’t matter to you. But at least you should be able to accept that the sun does exactly what these guys said as far as [it] circles the southern continent."
"I realize that I’ll be called a shill for just saying that, and you know what, if you’re a shill for being honest, so be it."
"I honestly believed there was no 24-hour sun, I honestly now believe there is," he concluded.
While Campanella's confession shocked many Flat Earthers, and that the fact could be so groundbreaking for those who are deeply entrenched in the Flat Earth community, not everyone is convinced.
Many conspiracy theorists remain steadfast, claiming the experiment was staged or manipulated.
Many Flat Earthers didn't see the experience as definitive proof of a spherical Earth because some of them did acknowledge the existence of the 24-hour Sun in Antarctica.
Despite overwhelming evidence, the fight between science and belief continues, with Antarctica now at the center of the debate.
