In the Sunday Morning session of General Conference, people from around the world spoke on a variety of topics. It was mentioned that talks had been given by speakers “from every inhabited continent.”

All three scientists in Antarctica who are members of the Church were outraged at the lack of representation. Jaxson McHale, a glaciologist from Payson stationed at the Ross Ice Shelf, said, “They said ‘every inhabited continent.’ Do we not count as inhabitants here? Does our viewpoint not matter?”

A meteorologist at the South Pole, Matthew Goodson from Logan, also felt jaded. “We’ve been down here for a while. I thought this was a ‘global church.’ I guess they never look at the bottom of the globe.”

There is no indication that speakers from Antarctica will be selected in the future.