Time
In most places on Earth, local time is determined by longitude, such that the time of day is more-or-less synchronised to the position of the sun in the sky (for example, at midday the sun is roughly at its highest). This line of reasoning fails at the North Pole, where the sun rises and sets only once per year, and all lines of longitude, and hence all time zones, converge. There is no permanent human presence at the North Pole, and no particular time zone has been assigned. Polar expeditions may use any time zone that is convenient, such as Greenwich Mean Time, or the time zone of the country they departed from.
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Famous quotes containing the word time:
“The time comes when our hearts sink utterly;
When we remember Deirdre and her tale,
And that her lips are dust.”
—James Kenneth Stephens (1882–1950)
“Up, lad: when the journey’s over
There’ll be time enough to sleep.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)
“One luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)