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jasper99 | 16:09 Fri 27th Sep 2002 | How it Works
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How do you tell the time at the North or South pole? Presumably there is either no time at all or all times at once?
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It's easy to track movements in time when the Sun is up (Summer) as it revolves around the horizon. You should be able to tell when it's midday/midnight as the sun will be higher/lower in the sky (the Earth's axis isn't at 90% to the Sun). I guess in the Winter you could use the movement of the stars.
You could always look at your watch!
probably 1 of the most interesting questions ive ever read.
During the winter, the movement of the stars at the horizon can be noted against fixed reference points to give a celestial clock. During the summer, exactly the same principle can be used with the sun, or a pole can be stood in the snow and increments marked around making a 360 dereesun dial

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