Friday, December 10, 2021
Why Don't Planes Fly Over the South Pole?
Airlines fly over the North Pole all the time. I once flew to Hong Kong by going over the Arctic Circle, which looks really weird on a mercator map. But there are no commercial airline flights that go over the South Pole. Half as Interesting explains why. (via Digg)
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I remember that Aerolineas Argentinas flew to New Zealand (RUTA TRANSPOLAR, it was called) back in the 1990s. I understand an alternative landing strip had been built in Antartida Argentina, so the claim that there never was any flight over the Earth's poles seems to be inaccurate.
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