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From an AP story about drilling down to an Antarctic lake below the ice crust:

"The Russian team hit the lake Sunday at the depth of 12,366 feet (3,769 meters) about 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) southeast of the South Pole in the central part of the continent."

What's wrong with this sentence? [8|]
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Oh, snap! New page. [8D]
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Apart from being amazingly bad syntactically?
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Apart from being amazingly bad syntactically?

I fixed that for you. [:'(]
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Fixed what? There was nothing wrong with my original post. Nothing whatsoever.
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Fixed what? There was nothing wrong with my original post. Nothing whatsoever.

And even if he did make a mistake, it's gone now!You can't prove a thing! [:D]
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Is no one curious how you could possibly travel 800 miles southeast of the South Pole?
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Is no one curious how you could possibly travel 800 miles southeast of the South Pole?
I'm amazing curious. [:'(]
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Is no one curious how you could possibly travel 800 miles southeast of the South Pole?

How did they figure SOUTHEAST?[&:]
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If you're at the South Pole, isn't North the only direction you can go?
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Hi all,

Tomorrow morning they expect -18 degrees Centigrade here... it is bright night and full moon was yesterday... bitterly cold... [X(]


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ORIGINAL: USS America

Is no one curious how you could possibly travel 800 miles southeast of the South Pole?

How did they figure SOUTHEAST?[&:]

Somebody, who is map challenged, looked at a south polar projection of Antarctica, noted where the South Pole is on the map, and then determined the drilling site was 800 miles "down and to the right" of the SP. [:D]
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ORIGINAL: USS America

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Hi all,
ORIGINAL: USS America

Is no one curious how you could possibly travel 800 miles southeast of the South Pole?

How did they figure SOUTHEAST?[&:]

Somebody, who is map challenged, looked at a south polar projection of Antarctica, noted where the South Pole is on the map, and then determined the drilling site was 800 miles "down and to the right" of the SP. [:D]

And that is, of course, SouthWest... [8D]


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Been a long time in here. Tithe[&o]

Howdy stranger! [:)]


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Of course you could just say north of the south pole near the 107th meridian. Actually, 78°27′51.92″S latitude 106°50′14.38″E longitude to be precise.
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Hi all,

Tomorrow morning they expect -18 degrees Centigrade here... it is bright night and full moon was yesterday... bitterly cold... [X(]


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Cold? That ain't cold. That's pretty cozy around here.[8D] -18C was yesterday morning here and it felt pretty darned good. Now -35C to -44C, that's getting well into uncomfortable range especially with any sort of breeze.[;)] Seen it -100F with wind chill. That's a real B*tch. Stalingrad weather.[:)]
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Now, T: who would have put that idea in your head? Who would have made you naughty? Hmmm...? Could it have been....?
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