East and west of the poles

[Gav 110]

Just sitting here watching the morning news and there’s a story about the Antarctic

Apparently the majority of the western side of Antarctica’s land mass is under water

Now it all sounds simple and with there aerial photographs and illustrations it looks the part as well, but what has got me stumped (not hard to do after a big night on the ales) is when your looking or standing at the pole, which way is east and which way is west???

Between my well educated brains trust (maybe not so brainy) it appears any way you head away from the South Pole is north

As soon as you start your journey you have an easterly and westerly direction, but depending on which direction you head your east and west changes

My head is starting to hurt so I thought I’d put it to the group who should have at least one fully functional brain between them (on second thought, owning a Land Rover [emoji848]). and in typical AULRO style I’m going to get more than one answer, right or wrong it at least gives my head a chance to recover from last night’s effort [emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji4][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji854][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481]🤪[emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji42][emoji481][emoji481][emoji43]

Gav

[101RRS]

Follow the lines of Longitude. 0° to 180° is East - 180° to 360° (0°) is west. Simples [thumbsupbig]

[Gav 110]

Follow the lines of Longitude. 0° to 180° is East - 180° to 360° (0°) is west. Simples [thumbsupbig]

Thanks 101RRS

It is all coming back to me now (I knew school wasn’t a waste of time (maybe I need to go back for a refresher))

Start googling the right words and we get the answer
Prime meridian - Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_meridian)

Now we can go back to pondering the rest of life’s mysteries ………

1. Why did I buy a Land Rover???

2. Why did I buy a second Land Rover????

3. Why am I still driving a Land Rover?????

4. I’ll get to 4 when I work out the answer to the first 3 questions

[emoji481][emoji481]

[101RRS]

Well ponder how you head south when standing on the true south pole [thumbsupbig]

[DiscoMick]

If you want a headache, another way to think of it is, no matter where you stand on the Earth, every direction is up.

[Fatso]

What does my head in is where does space end , and if there is an end what is after that ??? . :bangin:

[Tombie]

What does my head in is where does space end , and if there is an end what is after that ??? . :bangin:

Space ends whenever I try to fit something else in my workshop.

[Gav 110]

What does my head in is where does space end , and if there is an end what is after that ??? . :bangin:

The other side🤪

[Tombie]

What does my head in is where does space end , and if there is an end what is after that ??? . :bangin:

You could try asking someone at the restaurant [emoji41]

[RANDLOVER]

Just sitting here watching the morning news and there’s a story about the Antarctic

Apparently the majority of the western side of Antarctica’s land mass is under water

Now it all sounds simple and with there aerial photographs and illustrations it looks the part as well, but what has got me stumped (not hard to do after a big night on the ales) is when your looking or standing at the pole, which way is east and which way is west???

Between my well educated brains trust (maybe not so brainy) it appears any way you head away from the South Pole is north

As soon as you start your journey you have an easterly and westerly direction, but depending on which direction you head your east and west changes

My head is starting to hurt so I thought I’d put it to the group who should have at least one fully functional brain between them (on second thought, owning a Land Rover [emoji848]). and in typical AULRO style I’m going to get more than one answer, right or wrong it at least gives my head a chance to recover from last night’s effort [emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji4][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji854][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481]🤪[emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji42][emoji481][emoji481][emoji43]

Gav

IIRC this has lead to an idea to slow the melting by dumping huge amounts of sand under the ice, to slow the ice melting due to being in contact with the warming sea.

Two audacious plans for saving the world's ice sheets (nbcnews.com) (https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/can-these-bold-plans-keep-world-s-ice-sheets-melting-ncna877616)

[windsock]

What does my head in is where does space end , and if there is an end what is after that ??? . :bangin:

https://i.redd.it/jombjd10z0o31.png

[Fatso]

https://i.redd.it/jombjd10z0o31.png


Maybe the answer is 42 :eek2: