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Near? It's 99 miles! https://distcalculator.com/distance-between/106093/New-Zealand-and-McMurdo-Antarctica https://distcalculator.com/distance-between/106093/N

Near? It's 99 miles! https://distcalculator.com/distance-between/106093/New-Zealand-and-McMurdo-Antarctica https://distcalculator.com/distance-between/106093/New-Zeala... "If average speed of your car will be standard for this route between New Zealand and McMurdo, Antarctica and road conditions will be as usual, time that you will need to arrive to McMurdo, Antarctica will be 1 hour."

ceejayoz 4y ago
That site is getting confused by New Zealand's Antarctic Scott base. NZ proper is about least 1,500 miles from Antarctica.
- bacon_waffle 4y ago
  Scott Base is easy walking distance from McMurdo, not 99 miles (or 100 kilometers and 100 miles and 100 nautical miles - that site is quite confused!). Both are actually in New Zealand depending on the purpose, due to the Ross Dependency[1]. For instance, most of those folks in McMurdo station have longer NZ visas than typical US tourists visiting NZ would get (3 months), because when they fly down to The Ice they're not technically leaving the country. An interesting corner case is when something happens at one of the US stations in the Ross Dependency, which New Zealand wants to investigate. The Rodney Marks death[2] is a particularly well-known example. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Dependency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Dependency [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marks
jkonline 4y ago
I think distcalculator is buggy: "Distance between New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA is 99 miles. If average speed of your car will be standard for this route between New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA and road conditions will be as usual, time that you will need to arrive to Los Angeles, CA will be 1 hour."
- duskwuff 4y ago
  It appears to return "99 miles" for any pair of locations, even between a location and itself, or to nonexistent locations (like "Narnia").
getpost 4y ago
McMurdo is 2385 miles from Christchurch NZ, where support flights originate[0]. Flying from the south coast of NZ at Invercargill saves 208 miles[1]. It's 3222 miles to the South Pole[2]. [0] http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=CHC-NZIR http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=CHC-NZIR [1] http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=NZNV-NZIR http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=NZNV-NZIR [2] http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=CHC-NZSP http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=CHC-NZSP

ceejayoz 4y ago

That site is getting confused by New Zealand's Antarctic Scott base. NZ proper is about least 1,500 miles from Antarctica.

bacon_waffle 4y ago
Scott Base is easy walking distance from McMurdo, not 99 miles (or 100 kilometers and 100 miles and 100 nautical miles - that site is quite confused!). Both are actually in New Zealand depending on the purpose, due to the Ross Dependency[1]. For instance, most of those folks in McMurdo station have longer NZ visas than typical US tourists visiting NZ would get (3 months), because when they fly down to The Ice they're not technically leaving the country. An interesting corner case is when something happens at one of the US stations in the Ross Dependency, which New Zealand wants to investigate. The Rodney Marks death[2] is a particularly well-known example. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Dependency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Dependency [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marks

jkonline 4y ago

I think distcalculator is buggy: "Distance between New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA is 99 miles. If average speed of your car will be standard for this route between New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA and road conditions will be as usual, time that you will need to arrive to Los Angeles, CA will be 1 hour."

duskwuff 4y ago
It appears to return "99 miles" for any pair of locations, even between a location and itself, or to nonexistent locations (like "Narnia").

getpost 4y ago

McMurdo is 2385 miles from Christchurch NZ, where support flights originate[0]. Flying from the south coast of NZ at Invercargill saves 208 miles[1]. It's 3222 miles to the South Pole[2]. [0] http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=CHC-NZIR http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=CHC-NZIR [1] http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=NZNV-NZIR http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=NZNV-NZIR [2] http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=CHC-NZSP http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=CHC-NZSP