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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 85 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I assume they mean "just north of Antarctica". But really it could be any body of water on the planet it could fit in.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 week ago (6 children)

"Just north of Antarctica" is still not helpful at all though. Even a hemisphere would narrow it down more.

[–] evidences@lemmy.world 94 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just north of Antarctica in the southern hemisphere.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

lol what else did they mean by hemisphere? is there an eastern and a western hemisphere?

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes! Divided by the prime meridian and the antimeridian. That's a good question, though.

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That feels wrong though. First of all the prime meridian is completely arbitrary (as opposed to the equator), and in some parts of the world like Japan and New Zealand the "western" hemisphere would actually be closest towards the east.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 10 points 1 week ago

It is arbitrary! England declared themselves the center of the world, and everyone else went with it.

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The peninsula is considered the north side. So the location of the shipwreck is south of South America.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

the peninsula is considered the north side

look at the peninsula

it's on the west side

[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You're looking at it from the South Pole, so there is no West, only North.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Well sure, and I get that, but the map we're looking at clearly has a W-E line marked, presumably on the prime meridian. It's pretty westerly in that regard which seems like a pretty sensible perspective to me on how to navigate at the south pole.

If you handed me this map and told me to go North I would go to Dronning Maud Land.

[–] oo1@lemmings.world 9 points 1 week ago

Hey it's just south of Orkney. Small world.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It literally says beneath the Weddell sea.

[–] anonymouse2@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But where is the Weddell sea?

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 32 points 1 week ago

Just north of Antarctica

[–] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It's wrapped around by that peninsula that juts toward(ish) the Andes.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah... probably "between Antarctica and the South Atlantic" would be the best reference here.

[Now it's probably not the time for me to ramble on how the Atlantic should be considered two oceans instead of one, right?]

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

The location is being kept secret to prevent looting.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

It is helpful in that it gives an idea of what sort of waters it sank at. Being close to Antarctica my mind immediately goes to heavy seas with cold weather.

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, the Weddell Sea is basically in Antarctica

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Ah. South of the Arctic.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah even "near Antarctica" narrows it down to the South Atlantic, South Pacific and South Indian oceans.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

if we suppose "just" means near in this context, "Just north of antarctica" and "Near antarctica" has exactly the same meaning.

It still narrows it down to about 1/8th of the Earth's surface area.