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On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:51:32 +1000, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
declaimed the following:

>
>Any point where the mile east takes you an exact number of times
>around the globe. So, anywhere exactly one mile north of that, which
>is a number of circles not far from the south pole.
>
	Yeah, but he'd have had to bring his own bear...

	Bears and Penguins don't mix. Seals, OTOH, are food to the bears, and
eat the penquins.

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