Comment on what is north?

TheOctonaut@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• raltoid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s not just kids, gen-z’s are legal adults now.

  And for further clarification:

  The Antarctic Peninsula(the long bit sticking out) is the furtest part away from the south pole in the antarctic and is thus the northernmost part, and is generally considered to be the “north” when using cardinal directions there. The Weddell Sea is off the coast of the peninsula.

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  • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And is part of the southern ocean, to make it real clear

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• yozul@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The entire Weddell Sea is just north of Antarctica. That’s where the Weddell Sea is. The problem is that everything near Antarctica is just north of Antarctica, including things on the complete opposite side of the entire continent. It’s just a way of saying near Antarctica that sounds like you’re giving more information than you really are.

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• Wolf@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  We all probably understood that’s what they meant but it’s funny and not super clear. “The Weddell Sea just north of Antarctica.” or “The Weddell Sea near Antarctica.” work much better.

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  • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “off the coast of” is the phrasing I would have used. I’ve honestly never heard of the Weddell sea until just now.

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• flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yeah, you’re right: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weddell_Sea?wprov=sfla1

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Headline syntax sucks.

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• meeeeetch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If you leave Antarctica, you’re heading north. Is it North of Antarctica toward Australia, South Africa, Patagonia or some other northerly direction from Antarctica?

  That’s the ambiguity inherent to the headline.

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  • TheOctonaut@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Where else would you succinctly say the Weddell sea is?

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    • meeeeetch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      East of the Antarctic peninsula.

      Anyplace off the coast of Antarctica is, by definition, north of it. But the Weddell Sea is a specific area of the Southern Ocean.

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