Which comic book did you read that in?
Probably just got deeply confused on dating and such....
At one time, Antartica not only had a temperate climate, it had a TROPICAL climate; Antartica was on the Equator and has since drifted to the South Pole after the breakup of Pangaea and the further breakup of Gondwanaland. However, this was tens of millions of years ago. Hence, there's coal in Antartica.
While the climate of Antartica in 9500 BC may, of course, have been slightly different than today, Antartica was in the same place it was today, and it's a safe assumption that Antartica was then, as it is now: Ass-cold.
The whole polar flip-flop stuff is pure crap, of course.
Wish I'd seen this thread earlier; after I began reading it I was greatly fearful that NO ONE would figure out the entire story was a complete fake, but fortunately FR redeemed itself. Still, pretty embarassing how many posts there were till somebody did figure it out.