Serious answers only, please. This is schoolwork.
2007-12-20 08:30:45 · 12 answers · asked by Abby 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
In most places on Earth, local time is roughly synchronized to the position of the sun in the sky. Thus, at midday the sun is roughly at its highest. This method fails at the Poles where the sun is continuously in the sky for six months. There is no permanent human presence at the North or South Pole, and no particular time zone has been assigned.
Polar expeditions may use any time zone that is convenient, such as GMT, or the time zone of the country they departed from.
2007-12-20 08:36:03 · answer #1 · answered by D J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What abt the core dude? anyway the rules would be different if there was a hole, even gravitational laws as it is based on shell theorum and the hole would need the formation of a new formula or theorum for graviatation on earth, also the heat at the centre would not exist (would it?) i don't know, if it would then we would die near the center due to temp increase and also would there be any atmosphere there? i don't think so cuz that would also change much conditions on earth. and most importantly, if there were holes in north and south pole, then the magnetic field which saves the earth from radiation from the sun would not be complete and thus we would cease to exist. so i don't know
2016-05-25 05:05:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Link to time at the South Pole below.
The North Pole is under the Arctic Ocean. Find a town or country near it and look it up on www.timeanddate.com
2007-12-20 08:41:12 · answer #3 · answered by Amazonian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people at South Pole Station use New Zealand time. That's because their supply base is in New Zealand. It just so happens that NZ standard time is GMT + 12 hours. NZ daylight time is GMT + 13 hours (last Sunday in September to first Sunday in April).
People at the North Pole mostly use GMT, but some use the time at the supply base they left from. If they leave from Norway, they use Norway time. If they leave from Russia, they use Russia time.
2007-12-20 08:57:06 · answer #4 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Due to the impossibility of determining the longitude of the Artic and Antarctica time depends on how both regions are divided. So Antarctica for example would consist of many times as it is divided into countries regions, such as Australia in charge of a large potion, this portion would follow the time zones of Australia.
2007-12-20 08:39:42 · answer #5 · answered by REDDWARF L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure that there is anything "official". In a sense, you are in all timezones at the same time.
Having said that, my guess would be that the default would be UTC (i.e. Greenwich Mean Time - technically GMT is measured in Greenwich England, where as UTC is measured at the equator - a rather minor nit-pic of a difference).
2007-12-20 08:36:08 · answer #6 · answered by Damocles 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is of academic interest, since these locations are points, which don't have a finite area. Otherwise, time is determined the the longitude of the location relative to GMT and local options.
2007-12-20 08:35:07 · answer #7 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what time zone you are in (they all converge at the Poles).
The American scientific program and bases run on New Zealand time while most private expeditions (like Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions) run on Chilean time.
2007-12-20 09:38:52 · answer #8 · answered by Wayner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daytime or nightime. Standardized time units are referred to GMT which is on the 0 degree longitudes.
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
2007-12-20 08:37:11 · answer #9 · answered by Mr Cellophane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time to get a heater!
2007-12-20 08:33:23 · answer #10 · answered by a_shrubbery_knight_of_ni 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋