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Which time zone?

If you are standing at the geographical north (or south) pole, what time zone would you be in? 

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  • Asked by Jeff&ang
  • on 2010-03-09 19:57:07
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Jon-Richfield says:

Because your feet are larger than a mathematical point, you would overlap the Pole, and have some part of yourself in each time zone. Whoever said you could not be in more than one zone at a time?

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posted on 2010-03-10 13:01:30 | Report abuse


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@li0nestone says:

Since there are various research stations in Antarctica, each station adopts a time zone appropriate to the sponsoring country. The Scott base, sponsored by New Zealand, with the exception of a Russian base in the interior of the continent, happens to be situated the closest to the south pole.  Convention has it that the time at the south pole is the same as the New Zealand time observed at the Scott base.

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posted on 2010-03-10 14:55:07 | Report abuse


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Jaw-B123 says:

Officialy, the time used at both poles is GMT

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posted on 2010-05-26 15:37:48 | Report abuse


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