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>From: William Penberthy <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: Time Zones and the North Pole
>Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:15:10 -0700
 
 
 
Is this the magnetic pole, or the "true" North Pole?
I reviewed the ultimate sources for life on the North Pole,
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" and "Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer".  (There was a lot of familial debate
about whether "The Year Without a Santa Claus" qualified...
We decided it was a horror story up there with Halloween and thus
was fiction)
 
In "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" Sombertown, a seemingly
English town (design and accent) was in the same time zone as
the North Pole.  GMT sounds like a good hypothesis here.
 
However, in Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, the delay is starting
(the blizzard, you know) and the route taken gives the impression
that the North Pole is in the same time period as NYC, (Eastern US)
or perhaps Central US.  They didn't always show a tower with a clock on it.
 
Thank you for the opportunity to do this research.  However, if my four year-old
asks me "Is it Christmas yet?" one more time, I'm going to scream!
 
Bill
 
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>From: [log in to unmask]
>Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 17:27:26 EST
>Subject: RE: time zones and the North Pole
 
 
Dear Rich,
 
The Pole itself is a point and nut in any time zone, but a quick
two minute stroll around the pole would take you through most
of the world's time zones and across the International Date Line!
 
regards
 
Tim Rideout
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