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| 1# <pre> | |
| 2# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 3# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 4 5# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15): 6# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see | 1# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 3 4# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15): 5# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see |
| 7# <a href="http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/"> | |
| 8# COMNAP - Stations and Bases | 6# COMNAP - Stations and Bases |
| 9# </a> | 7# <http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/> |
| 10# and | 8# and |
| 11# <a href="http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm"> | |
| 12# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23) | 9# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23) |
| 13# </a> | 10# <http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm> |
| 14# for information. 15# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. 16# 17# Except for the French entries, 18# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome! 19# FORMAT is 'zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. 20 21# These rules are stolen from the 'southamerica' file. --- 28 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 50Rule ChileAQ 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 - 51Rule ChileAQ 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 - 52Rule ChileAQ 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S 53Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 - 54Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S 55 56# Argentina - year-round bases 57# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 | 11# for information. 12# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. 13# 14# Except for the French entries, 15# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome! 16# FORMAT is 'zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. 17 18# These rules are stolen from the 'southamerica' file. --- 28 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 47Rule ChileAQ 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 - 48Rule ChileAQ 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 - 49Rule ChileAQ 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S 50Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 - 51Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S 52 53# Argentina - year-round bases 54# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 |
| 58# Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 59# Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 60# Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 | 55# Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 56# Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 57# Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 |
| 61# Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22 | 58# Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22 |
| 62# San Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21 | 59# San Mart��n, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21 |
| 63# (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21) 64 65# Australia - territories 66# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) 67# previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered | 60# (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21) 61 62# Australia - territories 63# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) 64# previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered |
| 68# <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html"> | |
| 69# Margaret Turner reports | 65# Margaret Turner reports |
| 70# </a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST; | 66# <http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html> 67# (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST; |
| 71# presumably this is when they have visitors. 72# 73# year-round bases 74# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969 75# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13 76# (except 1964-11 - 1969-02) 77# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13 78 79# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11): 80# Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone: 81# Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11 82# Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5 83# Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5 84# The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times). 85# 86# Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division) | 68# presumably this is when they have visitors. 69# 70# year-round bases 71# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969 72# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13 73# (except 1964-11 - 1969-02) 74# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13 75 76# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11): 77# Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone: 78# Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11 79# Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5 80# Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5 81# The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times). 82# 83# Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division) |
| 87# <a href="http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079"> | |
| 88# http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079 | 84# http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079 |
| 89# </a> | |
| 90# 91# We have more background information here: | 85# 86# We have more background information here: |
| 92# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html"> | |
| 93# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html | 87# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html |
| 94# </a> | |
| 95 96# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10): 97# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ... 98# 99# - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010. 100# The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but 101# has not been decided yet. 102# 103# - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010 104# 20:00 UTC. 105# 106# - Mawson station stays on UTC+5. 107# 108# Background: | 88 89# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10): 90# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ... 91# 92# - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010. 93# The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but 94# has not been decided yet. 95# 96# - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010 97# 20:00 UTC. 98# 99# - Mawson station stays on UTC+5. 100# 101# Background: |
| 109# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html"> | |
| 110# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html | 102# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html |
| 111# </a> | |
| 112 113# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 114Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 | 103 104# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 105Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 |
| 115 8:00 - WST 2009 Oct 18 2:00 116 # Western (Aus) Standard Time | 106 8:00 - AWST 2009 Oct 18 2:00 107 # Australian Western Std Time |
| 117 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 118 # Casey Time | 108 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 109 # Casey Time |
| 119 8:00 - WST 2011 Oct 28 2:00 | 110 8:00 - AWST 2011 Oct 28 2:00 |
| 120 11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u | 111 11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u |
| 121 8:00 - WST | 112 8:00 - AWST |
| 122Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13 123 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time 124 0 - zzz 1969 Feb 125 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 126 5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u 127 7:00 - DAVT 2011 Oct 28 2:00 128 5:00 - DAVT 2012 Feb 21 20:00u 129 7:00 - DAVT 130Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 131 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 132 # Mawson Time 133 5:00 - MAWT 134# References: | 113Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13 114 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time 115 0 - zzz 1969 Feb 116 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 117 5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u 118 7:00 - DAVT 2011 Oct 28 2:00 119 5:00 - DAVT 2012 Feb 21 20:00u 120 7:00 - DAVT 121Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 122 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 123 # Mawson Time 124 5:00 - MAWT 125# References: |
| 135# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html"> | |
| 136# Casey Weather (1998-02-26) | 126# Casey Weather (1998-02-26) |
| 137# </a> 138# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html"> | 127# <http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html> |
| 139# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26) | 128# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26) |
| 140# </a> 141# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html"> | 129# <http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html> |
| 142# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) | 130# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) |
| 143# </a> | 131# <http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html> |
| 144 | 132 |
| 133# Belgium - year-round base 134# Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007 135 |
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| 145# Brazil - year-round base | 136# Brazil - year-round base |
| 146# Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 | 137# Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 |
| 147 | 138 |
| 139# Bulgaria - year-round base 140# St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988 141 |
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| 148# Chile - year-round bases and towns 149# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 | 142# Chile - year-round bases and towns 143# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 |
| 150# Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 151# General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 152# Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941 | 144# Frei Montalva, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 145# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 146# Prat, -6230-05941 |
| 153# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09 154# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'. 155 156# China - year-round bases 157# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 158# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26 159 | 147# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09 148# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'. 149 150# China - year-round bases 151# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 152# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26 153 |
| 160# France - year-round bases | 154# France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy") |
| 161# 162# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): 163# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP 164# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). | 155# 156# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): 157# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP 158# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). |
| 165# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases 166# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came | 159# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Ad��lie bases 160# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Ad��lie supplies came |
| 167# from Tasmania. 168# 169# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants 170# | 161# from Tasmania. 162# 163# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants 164# |
| 171# Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 172# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964 173# Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; | 165# Alfred Faure, Possession Island, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964; 166# sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+; 167# see Indian/Reunion. 168# 169# Martin-de-Vivi��s, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 170# Port-aux-Fran��ais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; |
| 174# whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 175# 176# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited 177# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931 178# 179# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] | 171# whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 172# 173# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited 174# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931 175# 176# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 180Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais | 177Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Fran��ais |
| 181 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time 182# 183# year-round base in the main continent | 178 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time 179# 180# year-round base in the main continent |
| 184# Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 | 181# Dumont d'Urville, ��le des P��trels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 182# <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05) |
| 185# 186# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. 187# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. 188# 189# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 190Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947 191 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time 192 0 - zzz 1956 Nov 193 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time | 183# 184# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. 185# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. 186# 187# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 188Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947 189 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time 190 0 - zzz 1956 Nov 191 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time |
| 194# Reference: 195# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station"> 196# Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05) 197# </a> | |
| 198 | 192 |
| 193# France & Italy - year-round base 194# Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005 195 |
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| 199# Germany - year-round base | 196# Germany - year-round base |
| 200# Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815 | 197# Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009 |
| 201 | 198 |
| 202# India - year-round base 203# Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200 | 199# India - year-round bases 200# Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012 201# Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989 |
| 204 | 202 |
| 203# Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy") 204# Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986 205 |
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| 205# Japan - year-round bases | 206# Japan - year-round bases |
| 206# Dome Fuji, -7719+03942 207# Syowa, -690022+0393524 | 207# Syowa (also known as Showa), -690022+0393524, since 1957 |
| 208# 209# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06): 210# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. 211# 212# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan, 213# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main 214# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. 215# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 216Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29 217 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time 218# See: | 208# 209# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06): 210# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. 211# 212# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan, 213# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main 214# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. 215# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 216Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29 217 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time 218# See: |
| 219# <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html"> | |
| 220# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) | 219# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) |
| 221# </a> | 220# <http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html> |
| 222 223# S Korea - year-round base | 221 222# S Korea - year-round base |
| 223# Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014 |
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| 224# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988 225 226# New Zealand - claims 227# Balleny Islands (never inhabited) 228# Scott Island (never inhabited) 229# 230# year-round base 231# Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01. --- 32 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 264Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 UTC 265# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 266Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - zzz 2005 Feb 12 267 0:00 Troll %s 268 269# Poland - year-round base 270# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977 271 | 224# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988 225 226# New Zealand - claims 227# Balleny Islands (never inhabited) 228# Scott Island (never inhabited) 229# 230# year-round base 231# Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01. --- 32 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 264Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 UTC 265# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 266Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - zzz 2005 Feb 12 267 0:00 Troll %s 268 269# Poland - year-round base 270# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977 271 |
| 272# Romania - year-bound base 273# Law-Racovi����, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986 274 |
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| 272# Russia - year-round bases 273# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 274# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 275# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551, 276# year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 277# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150, 278# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992 279 280# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11 | 275# Russia - year-round bases 276# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 277# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 278# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551, 279# year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 280# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150, 281# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992 282 283# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11 |
| 281# <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP"> 282# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>: | 284# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15) 285# <http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP>: |
| 283# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same 284# time as Moscow, Russia. 285# 286# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08): 287# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is 288# what they had to say about time there: 289# "in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo) 290# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was 291# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead 292# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The 293# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT." 294# 295# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): 296# This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it | 286# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same 287# time as Moscow, Russia. 288# 289# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08): 290# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is 291# what they had to say about time there: 292# "in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo) 293# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was 294# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead 295# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The 296# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT." 297# 298# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): 299# This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it |
| 297# in person. He said that some Antartic locations set their local | 300# in person. He said that some Antarctic locations set their local |
| 298# time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this 299# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean 300# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks 301# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time 302# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6. 303# 304Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16 305 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time 306 307# S Africa - year-round bases 308# Marion Island, -4653+03752 | 301# time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this 302# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean 303# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks 304# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time 305# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6. 306# 307Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16 308 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time 309 310# S Africa - year-round bases 311# Marion Island, -4653+03752 |
| 309# Sanae, -7141-00250 | 312# SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997 |
| 310 | 313 |
| 311# UK | 314# Ukraine - year-round base 315# Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954 316 317# United Kingdom |
| 312# 313# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims 314# South Orkney Islands 315# scientific station from 1903 316# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 317# South Shetland Islands 318# 319# year-round bases --- 39 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 359# Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20 360# 361# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27): 362# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station, 363# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station, 364# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12 365# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound, 366# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year | 318# 319# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims 320# South Orkney Islands 321# scientific station from 1903 322# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 323# South Shetland Islands 324# 325# year-round bases --- 39 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 365# Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20 366# 367# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27): 368# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station, 369# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station, 370# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12 371# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound, 372# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year |
| 367# at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.) | 373# at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.) |
| 368# 369# From Susan Smith 370# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html 371# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): 372# We use the same time as McMurdo does. 373# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... 374# One last quirk about South Pole time. 375# All the electric clocks are usually wrong. 376# Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something 377# makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days, 378# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so. 379# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!! 380# 381# See 'australasia' for Antarctica/McMurdo. | 374# 375# From Susan Smith 376# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html 377# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): 378# We use the same time as McMurdo does. 379# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... 380# One last quirk about South Pole time. 381# All the electric clocks are usually wrong. 382# Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something 383# makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days, 384# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so. 385# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!! 386# 387# See 'australasia' for Antarctica/McMurdo. |