Re:Time Has No Meaning at the North Pole
by cozzyd on Thursday March 19, 2020 @10:04AM
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At the South Pole station, NZ time is used since it's supplied from McMurdo (which is supplied from Christchurch). However the tourist camp a km away is on Chile time since they are supplied from Union glacier and Punta Arenas. The tourist camp people were nice enough to invite us on Christmas, even though for them it was like 3 am when we visited.
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Re:Time Has No Meaning at the North Pole
by mcbutterbunz on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:30AM
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3 am to me means in the middle of the night while I'm sleeping. So I'm curious, do people at the South Pole typically follow a similar sleep/wake cycle despite the time zone they follow?
I think the staff at the tourist camp just tries to accommodate the tourists, so I'd guess they'd mostly stay on Chile time, but I don't really know.
At the research station though a normal schedule is mostly followed, at least for meals. Some people keep odd hours of course, and I think there are people on night shift for certain things (e.g. meteo is always manned).