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[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 85 points 1 month ago

I assume they mean "just north of Antarctica". But really it could be any body of water on the planet it could fit in.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 month ago

"Just north of Antarctica" is still not helpful at all though. Even a hemisphere would narrow it down more.

[-] evidences@lemmy.world 94 points 1 month ago

Just north of Antarctica in the southern hemisphere.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago
[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

lol what else did they mean by hemisphere? is there an eastern and a western hemisphere?

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Yes! Divided by the prime meridian and the antimeridian. That's a good question, though.

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

That feels wrong though. First of all the prime meridian is completely arbitrary (as opposed to the equator), and in some parts of the world like Japan and New Zealand the "western" hemisphere would actually be closest towards the east.

[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 10 points 1 month ago

It is arbitrary! England declared themselves the center of the world, and everyone else went with it.

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