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World Service,1 min

Why there’s no time at the North Pole

The Forum

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At the very top of our world, the sun rises and sets just once a year. Dr Michael Bravo from the University of Cambridge explains how the North Pole sits outside of any time zone and how people travelling there tell the time. Photo: The equipment used by Salomon August Andrée. (Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

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