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Alright, we all know Chris made it to and escaped from the Antarctica based Umbrella facility on what seems to look like a Harrier II S/VTOL jet. It may have been a training version of the AV-8B since it would have two seats as seen in the game (one for Chris and the other for Claire).
All of this theory is based on the maximum flying time of a fully fueled (non-armed) Harrier II AV-8B jet (the only extra weight it is carrying is two external 300 gallon fuel tanks), the "Where Is Biohazard Going?" advertisement for Code Veronica ( http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/8...xbetaad1dg.gif ) which labeled the southern latitude of 82.17 degrees, and the simple fact that some of Antarctica's land is not "claimed" by any country (actually, by a mutual international treaty no country except for the USA and Russia reserved the right to claim any land on Antarctica, but on most maps, you'll see national claims of the land).
The portion of Antarctica I will be talking about is seemingly un-claimed and that far into Antarctica it is also very likely not to be inhabited. Not to mention that the hole in the ozone layer is directly over Antarctica thus UV radiation is basically raining on that region drastically effecting the longevity of any airborne polymorphic retroviruses we are familiar with
Assuming Umbrella did not want to hassle with any nation sticking their nose into Umbrella's business, they would create the facility on territory that was unclaimed so they did not have to answer to anyone about building there.
According to this map of Antarctica ( http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oce...rch_station.gif ) the lower left portion of Antarctica (depending on if your looking at it at this perspective) has no international claim and is probably inhabiting very few forms of life that far inland (most research stations and flora/fauna are on or near the coasts).
Based on official US Navy documentation ( http://www.history.navy.mil/planes/av-8b.pdf ) the maximum possible flying distance (without in-flight refueling) for a Harrier II (AV-8B) is approximately 2,400 miles (Page 8, number 29 under the Ferry Mission category. Don't forget to convert nautical miles (thats the format used in the PDF) into actual miles since thats the distance I'm talking about). On "Ferry Missions" the flight plans are pretty straight forward: lift off, fly to your destination, and then land. You also keep your your external fuel tanks on ferry missions for the return home flight (since the same amount of fuel would be needed to traverse the same distance back).
So now we have a pretty basic idea that the jet Chris flew to Antarctica could only traverse 2,400 miles from where ever Rockfort Island was.
As for where the Antarctica Facility was, we know Capcom hinted at the latitude 82.17 degrees. Since the south pole is at 90 degrees south latitude, you can see how close that is to the pole (about 530 miles away, by my calculations). Now we have the maximum flying distance Chris could possibly travel, and the fact that the facility lies on the latitude 82.17.
Mainland Antarctica is a perfect environment to hold a lab that studies and creates viral specimens. If the virus was ever released into the air by accident or on purpose, the hole in the ozone layer means that their is a more than normal amount of UV rays hitting Antarctica at any given time and that would destroy the virus rather quickly.
Any who, getting back to the possible locations:
* The end of the cones designate where the maximum possible distance a fully fueled harrier jet could fly to in the most optimum possible flying conditions. The end being 2,400 away from the possible suggested points where Rockfort Island could be approximated to be located at.
* The solid red line within the cone designates the location of the latitude 82.17 degrees South as noted in the Biohazard Code Veronica advertisement poster.
* The cyan dotted line designates the possible locations of the Antarctica facility. They are well within the acceptable distance for the Harrier to fly to, they lay on ground which is unclaimed territory by any nation, and also lay on the 82.17 degree line as noted in the official Capcom poster.
However... One has to think of the following question: How did Wesker escape the facility?
By submarine!
Therefore access to water is a strict requirement; which in Antarctica can be provided to you by use of the various ice shelfs which are essentially attached to the actual Antarctica landmass, but extend from it over the sea. In the result screen from Wesker's battlemode game, we can see that it is an already established system for submarines there:
It looks as if leads directly to the ocean, but that would contradict with the whole 82.17 coordinate part of this theory, so what if the ice shelf the facility is built upon is half suspended over water and land? The main facility is supported by Antarctica, but a large portion of it maybe over water. Therefore, that dock must be on a portion of the ice shelf that has been dug out to connect with the ocean to make transporting of materials easier/discreet:
That leads back to my old map; the cyan dots were the places that were on unclaimed territory. In this update I've colored those over the Ross Ice shelf a darker hue:
The dark blue dots are on the 82.17 line and also are on the Ross Ice shelf From there it is only 2,000+ miles to the closest landmass which is New Zealand. Australia is another thousand miles from that. From the of South America to the suggested locations on the Ross Ice Shelf, it's about 3,000 miles...
And that's about it...
All of this theory is based on the maximum flying time of a fully fueled (non-armed) Harrier II AV-8B jet (the only extra weight it is carrying is two external 300 gallon fuel tanks), the "Where Is Biohazard Going?" advertisement for Code Veronica ( http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/8...xbetaad1dg.gif ) which labeled the southern latitude of 82.17 degrees, and the simple fact that some of Antarctica's land is not "claimed" by any country (actually, by a mutual international treaty no country except for the USA and Russia reserved the right to claim any land on Antarctica, but on most maps, you'll see national claims of the land).
The portion of Antarctica I will be talking about is seemingly un-claimed and that far into Antarctica it is also very likely not to be inhabited. Not to mention that the hole in the ozone layer is directly over Antarctica thus UV radiation is basically raining on that region drastically effecting the longevity of any airborne polymorphic retroviruses we are familiar with
Assuming Umbrella did not want to hassle with any nation sticking their nose into Umbrella's business, they would create the facility on territory that was unclaimed so they did not have to answer to anyone about building there.
According to this map of Antarctica ( http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oce...rch_station.gif ) the lower left portion of Antarctica (depending on if your looking at it at this perspective) has no international claim and is probably inhabiting very few forms of life that far inland (most research stations and flora/fauna are on or near the coasts).
Based on official US Navy documentation ( http://www.history.navy.mil/planes/av-8b.pdf ) the maximum possible flying distance (without in-flight refueling) for a Harrier II (AV-8B) is approximately 2,400 miles (Page 8, number 29 under the Ferry Mission category. Don't forget to convert nautical miles (thats the format used in the PDF) into actual miles since thats the distance I'm talking about). On "Ferry Missions" the flight plans are pretty straight forward: lift off, fly to your destination, and then land. You also keep your your external fuel tanks on ferry missions for the return home flight (since the same amount of fuel would be needed to traverse the same distance back).
So now we have a pretty basic idea that the jet Chris flew to Antarctica could only traverse 2,400 miles from where ever Rockfort Island was.
As for where the Antarctica Facility was, we know Capcom hinted at the latitude 82.17 degrees. Since the south pole is at 90 degrees south latitude, you can see how close that is to the pole (about 530 miles away, by my calculations). Now we have the maximum flying distance Chris could possibly travel, and the fact that the facility lies on the latitude 82.17.
Mainland Antarctica is a perfect environment to hold a lab that studies and creates viral specimens. If the virus was ever released into the air by accident or on purpose, the hole in the ozone layer means that their is a more than normal amount of UV rays hitting Antarctica at any given time and that would destroy the virus rather quickly.
Any who, getting back to the possible locations:
* The end of the cones designate where the maximum possible distance a fully fueled harrier jet could fly to in the most optimum possible flying conditions. The end being 2,400 away from the possible suggested points where Rockfort Island could be approximated to be located at.
* The solid red line within the cone designates the location of the latitude 82.17 degrees South as noted in the Biohazard Code Veronica advertisement poster.
* The cyan dotted line designates the possible locations of the Antarctica facility. They are well within the acceptable distance for the Harrier to fly to, they lay on ground which is unclaimed territory by any nation, and also lay on the 82.17 degree line as noted in the official Capcom poster.
However... One has to think of the following question: How did Wesker escape the facility?
By submarine!
Therefore access to water is a strict requirement; which in Antarctica can be provided to you by use of the various ice shelfs which are essentially attached to the actual Antarctica landmass, but extend from it over the sea. In the result screen from Wesker's battlemode game, we can see that it is an already established system for submarines there:
It looks as if leads directly to the ocean, but that would contradict with the whole 82.17 coordinate part of this theory, so what if the ice shelf the facility is built upon is half suspended over water and land? The main facility is supported by Antarctica, but a large portion of it maybe over water. Therefore, that dock must be on a portion of the ice shelf that has been dug out to connect with the ocean to make transporting of materials easier/discreet:
That leads back to my old map; the cyan dots were the places that were on unclaimed territory. In this update I've colored those over the Ross Ice shelf a darker hue:
The dark blue dots are on the 82.17 line and also are on the Ross Ice shelf From there it is only 2,000+ miles to the closest landmass which is New Zealand. Australia is another thousand miles from that. From the of South America to the suggested locations on the Ross Ice Shelf, it's about 3,000 miles...
And that's about it...
I remember this topic 
I mean he just jumped and disappeared.. he couldn’t have jumped in the sky nor could he have jumped in the water part it’s shallow.
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