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In response to "what if someone is born at the South Pole (which has happened)? how do you determine the furthest east/west they ever traveled? -- nm" by loosilu

They can't travel east or west at all, can they? Is this a trick question? -- nm

Posted by mara Dec 9 '09, 07:41

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and the entire point of my original conundrum -- nm - Dano Dec 9, 07:43 3
- Why? Were any of us born that close to a pole? -- nm - mara Dec 9, 07:51 1
  - You need more info to answer east/west. You need no more info to answer north/south. - Dano Dec 9, 07:56
- another oddity is that in antarctica, you can walk a few miles and go very far east or west, whereas at the equator it might take thousands of miles. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 07:45
of course it's a trick question! -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 07:42

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