By traveling to the edge of the world, they hoped to prove that the midnight sun does not exist—an outcome that would reinforce their belief in a flat plane rather than a rotating globe.

Colorado pastor Will Duffy organized the highly anticipated December 14 trip, dubbed “The Final Experiment”, which brought together four “flat earthers” and four “globe earthers” in an ...

On a website devoted to the expedition, Duffy explains that the journey involves 24 flat earthers and 24 “globe earthers” who were “handpicked” as “representatives of their respective ...