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Re:A mine in the Northwest Territories provided uranium to t... by pdonis on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @02:59PM (#37137832)
> The nwt capital (yellowknife) is on great slave lake about 40 degree north

I think you mean about 62 degrees north latitude?

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Re:A mine in the Northwest Territories provided uranium to t... by AlotOfReading on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @04:11PM (#37138757)
I suspect they looked up the latitude for the Great Salt lake instead, which is around 41N or ~40N if you're rounding down to SLC.
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