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minus-squaresaltesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down2·5 days agoI assume they mean “just north of Antarctica”. But really it could be any body of water on the planet it could fit in.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·5 days ago“Just north of Antarctica” is still not helpful at all though. Even a hemisphere would narrow it down more.
minus-squareevidences@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53arrow-down1·4 days agoJust north of Antarctica in the southern hemisphere.
minus-squarestebo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agolol what else did they mean by hemisphere? is there an eastern and a western hemisphere?
minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoYes! Divided by the prime meridian and the antimeridian. That’s a good question, though.
minus-squarestebo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoThat feels wrong though. First of all the prime meridian is completely arbitrary (as opposed to the equator), and in some parts of the world like Japan and New Zealand the “western” hemisphere would actually be closest towards the east.
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoIt is arbitrary! England declared themselves the center of the world, and everyone else went with it.
minus-squareJimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoThe peninsula is considered the north side. So the location of the shipwreck is south of South America.
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days ago the peninsula is considered the north side look at the peninsula it’s on the west side
minus-squareKraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoYou’re looking at it from the South Pole, so there is no West, only North.
minus-squareoo1@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoHey it’s just south of Orkney. Small world.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoIt literally says beneath the Weddell sea.
minus-squareanonymouse2@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoBut where is the Weddell sea?
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoYeah… probably “between Antarctica and the South Atlantic” would be the best reference here. [Now it’s probably not the time for me to ramble on how the Atlantic should be considered two oceans instead of one, right?]
minus-squarewander1236@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 days agoYeah, the Weddell Sea is basically in Antarctica
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoYeah even “near Antarctica” narrows it down to the South Atlantic, South Pacific and South Indian oceans.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoif we suppose “just” means near in this context, “Just north of antarctica” and “Near antarctica” has exactly the same meaning.
I assume they mean “just north of Antarctica”. But really it could be any body of water on the planet it could fit in.
“Just north of Antarctica” is still not helpful at all though. Even a hemisphere would narrow it down more.
Just north of Antarctica in the southern hemisphere.
Listen here you little shit.
lol what else did they mean by hemisphere? is there an eastern and a western hemisphere?
Yes! Divided by the prime meridian and the antimeridian. That’s a good question, though.
That feels wrong though. First of all the prime meridian is completely arbitrary (as opposed to the equator), and in some parts of the world like Japan and New Zealand the “western” hemisphere would actually be closest towards the east.
It is arbitrary! England declared themselves the center of the world, and everyone else went with it.
The peninsula is considered the north side. So the location of the shipwreck is south of South America.
You’re looking at it from the South Pole, so there is no West, only North.
Hey it’s just south of Orkney. Small world.
It literally says beneath the Weddell sea.
But where is the Weddell sea?
Just north of Antarctica
Yeah… probably “between Antarctica and the South Atlantic” would be the best reference here.
[Now it’s probably not the time for me to ramble on how the Atlantic should be considered two oceans instead of one, right?]
Yeah, the Weddell Sea is basically in Antarctica
Ah. South of the Arctic.
Yeah even “near Antarctica” narrows it down to the South Atlantic, South Pacific and South Indian oceans.
if we suppose “just” means near in this context, “Just north of antarctica” and “Near antarctica” has exactly the same meaning.