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Did you hear about the terrible blizzard that struck Hawaii last winter?
No, I didn’t horribly misspell North Dakota, Minnesota or Alaska. I really did mean Hawaii.
As I mentioned in this post, the big island of Hawaii receives snow on its two highest volcanic peaks every winter, and the winter of 2021-2022 turned out to be quite a doozy.
As you probably know, all of our planet’s longitudinal lines (also known as meridians) converge at the geographic South Pole.
For that reason, the South Pole doesn’t have an officially designated Time Zone.
However, there is indeed a specific Time Zone in use there…
If you live in a place where snow falls in the winter you’re probably used to seeing those fluffy white flakes falling from the sky.
What you might not know is they can actually be quite large.
In fact, the largest snowflake ever reported by reliable witnesses was a whopping 15 inches in diameter!
Can you imagine building a nice underground hut, complete with an in-ground swimming pool?
Now, can you imagine building those things using nothing but a few rudimentary digging tools?
Well, the two guys featured in today’s video did just that. [Read more…]
I’ve done a lot of traveling in my time on planet Earth, and I’ve either driven or ridden on some roads that I hope I never have to travel down again.
If you’re the adventurous type you might want to give the Himalayan mountain road featured in this video a try.