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> On December 18, 2010, just after 6 pm New Zealand time, the last of IceCube’s 86 strings was lowered into the Antarctic ice. Huh, did it use NZ time for ever
by EdwardDiego 3y ago
> On December 18, 2010, just after 6 pm New Zealand time, the last of IceCube’s 86 strings was lowered into the Antarctic ice.
Huh, did it use NZ time for everyone else? Or is it cleverly localised?
I would've thought that the South Pole base would be on a US timezone.
- sjackso 3y agoChristchurch is the logistics hub and support base for the US presence in Antarctica, so I believe all US facilities on the continent conduct their work in that time zone.
- cozzyd 3y agoWell, not Palmer, since that's supported by a research vessel from Chile. It's also amusing because the tourist camp less than a km from Amundsen-Scott also goes by Chilean time. The tourist camp staff invited us over for Christmas when I was down at Pole, but it was like 3 am for them...
- jaipilot747 3y agoWikipedia agrees 'The station uses New Zealand time (UTC+12 during standard time and UTC+13 during daylight saving time) since all flights to McMurdo station depart from Christchurch and, therefore, all official travel from the pole goes through New Zealand.' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South...
- EdwardDiego 3y agoOh, that's cool! I've been watching the Deep Freeze planes take off since I was a kid, so I'm kinda chuffed.