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Christchurch is the logistics hub and support base for the US presence in Antarctica, so I believe all US facilities on the continent conduct their work in that time zone.



Well, not Palmer, since that's supported by a research vessel from Chile.

It's also amusing because the tourist camp less than a km from Amundsen-Scott also goes by Chilean time. The tourist camp staff invited us over for Christmas when I was down at Pole, but it was like 3 am for them...


Wikipedia agrees

'The station uses New Zealand time (UTC+12 during standard time and UTC+13 during daylight saving time) since all flights to McMurdo station depart from Christchurch and, therefore, all official travel from the pole goes through New Zealand.'

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South...


Oh, that's cool! I've been watching the Deep Freeze planes take off since I was a kid, so I'm kinda chuffed.




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