How do you know what time it is in North and South Pole?

Question

If it is completely dark for one half of the year then light the other, how can you tell what time of it is?

Answer 1

Call me old-fashioned - but I'd use my watch !

Answer 2

It's any time you want! All the time zones come together at both poles, so asking what time it is at the North Pole is like asking which way is north.

Local time at all other locations on the Earth's surface is based on the Sun's position relative to the celestial meridian, an imaginary line running north and south directly overhead. Noon is based on when the Sun crosses the local meridian, which also corresponds to its highest point in the sky on a given day.

At the North Pole, there is no north/south line that can define a meridian. Also, on any given day the Sun circles the sky at the same apparent altitude. There is no "highest position" to define noon.

For current time in the South Pole and the weather here is a website.

Answer 3

It depends. I don't know about the North Pole, but at the South Pole, the American base (the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Base) uses New Zealand time because they mainly base their entry point onto the continent via Christchurch, NZ. Since there is 24 hour daylight when most of the work is done on the continent (the austral summer), any time is arbitrary.
Different countries operating scientific bases may use different time zones. Private expeditions flown in by Adventure Network International use Chilean time, since their austral summer headquarters are based in Punta Arenas, Chile.

I would assume that the North Pole would be similar - it would depend on what country is doing what up there.

Answer 4

It is the same as the time measured along the the Prime Meridian of the World (0° longitude) which runs from the North Pole through Greenwich, England to the South Pole. This is by scientific aggreement. See reference below.

Answer 5

By convention, GMT is used at the poles (particularly at the south pole, where the Amundsen-Scott base is permanently manned.

Answer 6

Time does not exist, it is an artificial creation by H. Samuel because he wanted to sell loads of watches

Answer 7

Use a watch. Explorers in those regions choose whatever time zone they wish; sometimes GMT is used, but more often people leave their watches set to whatever time prevailed at their point of departure.

Answer 8

use an atomic clock

Answer 9

look at your watch?

Answer 10

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