Position N 49 d 48.413
E 165 d 00.991
As we all learned in grade school the planet we live on is a spinning orb revolving around the sun. As it is spinning and thus facing the sun at different aspects at different times each revolution is broken down into 24 hours. To make it simple then the Earth has 24 time zones. The reference time zone is based out of Greenwich, England and for every 15 degrees of longitude one moves east or west there is a time zone change. If one moves east the time keeps increasing and if one moves west it decrease. Halfway around the world from Greenwich is the International Date Line. As one crosses it one either gains or loses a day depending in which direction. We have just crossed 165 degrees East so our next time zone would be 180 or the International Dateline. However as is often the case man interferes with things natural and time is not immune. If one looks at time zone charts they do not exactly follow longitudinal lines but weave in and around population centers. No one lives in this part of Alaska yet here is where one of the largest variances lay. We will actually cross the IDL before we reach Attu but technically we should not cross it until after we pass Kishka.
Anyway this crew is still on Japan Standard time until we land in Attu so it is all irrelevant anyway. But thanks for listening!
E 165 d 00.991
As we all learned in grade school the planet we live on is a spinning orb revolving around the sun. As it is spinning and thus facing the sun at different aspects at different times each revolution is broken down into 24 hours. To make it simple then the Earth has 24 time zones. The reference time zone is based out of Greenwich, England and for every 15 degrees of longitude one moves east or west there is a time zone change. If one moves east the time keeps increasing and if one moves west it decrease. Halfway around the world from Greenwich is the International Date Line. As one crosses it one either gains or loses a day depending in which direction. We have just crossed 165 degrees East so our next time zone would be 180 or the International Dateline. However as is often the case man interferes with things natural and time is not immune. If one looks at time zone charts they do not exactly follow longitudinal lines but weave in and around population centers. No one lives in this part of Alaska yet here is where one of the largest variances lay. We will actually cross the IDL before we reach Attu but technically we should not cross it until after we pass Kishka.
Anyway this crew is still on Japan Standard time until we land in Attu so it is all irrelevant anyway. But thanks for listening!
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