Entering "Little Diomede Island, Alaska" into google maps shows Little Diomede island to be around 170 W, which is 35 degrees west of 135 degrees west, which is 2:20 off of the meridian of the time zone. So, it should be 2:20 during the winter and 3:20 during the summer, not 3:20 and 4:20 as the article states. Aaron On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Brian Garrett <mgy1912@cox.net> wrote:
Little Diomede Island is near the 180th meridian (and thus the IDL), not the 170th.
Brian
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Aaron Brown" <asb110273@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 1:19 PM To: <tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov> Subject: Re: FW: [Meticulous] and well researched article on Alaska time zones
Who can find the mistake in this article (about Diomede Island)?
Aaron
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] <olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov> wrote:
I'm forwarding this message from Steve Ferguson, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately.
--ado
From: Steve Ferguson [mailto:s_t_e_v_e_f@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 1:50 To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: [Meticulous] and well researched article on Alaska time zones
The author lives in Alaska and many of the references listed are only available to Alaskan residents.
http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/index.cfm?section=discover%20alaska&p...