What’s the time at the North Pole?

The answer is that it is always midnight. This information comes from a new book titled “Why Don’t Penguins Feet Freeze?” and the “Mirror” newspaper today features 20 questions from the work.

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2 Comments

  • johninnit
    October 2nd, 2006 at 1:37 pm

    So does that mean it’s always noon at the South Pole? And if so, how do the scientists stationed there know when it’s lunchtime?

  • Roger Darlington
    October 2nd, 2006 at 1:43 pm

    As far as I’m concerned, it’s always time for lunch …
    Slightly more seriously, as someone who is still recovering from jet lag after a flight from Tashkent to London, I should point out that chronological time and body time are not always the same!