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20 October, 1893

I have long felt the celebrated map of Admiral Piri Reis, which quite

astoundingly depicts the continent of Antarctica in a state wholly free of the

ice which has bound it ceaselessly since time immemorial, to be of far wider

and more resonant implications to humanity than the proud echelons of the

scientific community will ever dare admit. I believe that beneath the

ice-veiled surface of that southernmost continent lie the remnants of time-lost

civilisations which were ancient even before fabled Atlantis sank beneath the

waves. Indeed, further translation of the sigils engraved into the antediluvian

artefact has imbued my oft derided theory with an unmistakable aura of veracity.

Piecing together the fragmentary records evidenced in this incredible relic,

whilst simultaneously cross referencing the resultant lore with information

gleaned from other sources on the same theoretical subject, I have been able to

extrapolate a meaning from the arcane carvings which transcends all but my most

fevered imaginings. What mighty cyclopean structures once towered skyward where

now only the desolate wind-whipped ice-wastes endure? What splendid peoples

once throve where now only the hardiest and most resistant forms of life

subsist? This ancient and wondrous testament is truly an elucidatory blessing

to such idealistic questors as I, who are forever In Search Of The Lost Cities

Of Antarctica:

The Explorer: Beneath the ice, the endless ice of Pangaea’s now axial eternally

frozen frontier, entombed for countless millions of years… the lost cities of

Antarctica!

Secrets locked within the ice, the endless ice of Antarctica

‘Neath the peak of Erebus the First Ones sleep, Lords of Pangaea

Cities lost within the night, the frozen night of Antarctica

Pre-Cambrian, the Voyagers, beyond the stars, Lords of Pangaea

The Testament of the Winds:

Once, the coruscating spires of man here offered their splendour to the heavens.

Now, those spires gleam no more, save in dreams of verdant plains,

save in dreams of time-lost citadels

Legacy of a utopia lost, forever enshrined ‘neath the ice…

Echoes of the First Ones:

Sail across Panthalassa to Gondwanaland

Three moons to guide us on this voyage across the sea

Sail across Panthalassa to Gondwanaland

New lands to conquer and claim for our progeny

The Testament of the Winds: Before the Third Moon fell from orbit,

before the Nine Continents were formed from Pangaea’s shattered surface…

On the eve of the Third Moon’s fall from the tortured sky

On the eve of the cataclysm, the stars align…

Hewn from the Pre-Cambrian rock, behold this primordial metropolis!

And the First Ones shall awaken on that day, when man will return to the stars!

Echoes of the First Ones: We, who were before Man, are destined to be the

architects of his future!

The Explorer: And humanity shall one day rediscover the secrets long-frozen

within the lost cities of Antarctica!

It is true… a vast ice-bound megalopolis lies concealed beneath our very feet.

. as does one of the axial entrances to this planet’s inner world!

There will come a day when the ingenuity of man shall pierce that impenetrable

shield of ice which keeps Antarctica’s wonders from our inquisitive gaze,

and I truly believe that day shall herald a glorious new era of enlightenment

for us all

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