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Or are the reindeer herd means of transport a Europhile myth to perpetuate the myth of a North Magnetic Pole location for a real production operation? Show us the North Pole reindeer at home! By the way.... A southern location for the great Santa would only be inefficient if it fact it was real! Southern sunny smiles Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on > Behalf Of David Bradbury > Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 11:12 PM > To: Discussion group for map history > Subject: Re: [MapHist] Santa - another message (The reality check, > please) > > > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're > replying to the whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o > + o + o + > > Actually, the evidence, or lack thereof, suggests that Santa's secret > base moves around- in other words it is most likely to be at the North > Magnetic Pole (quite probably, the magnetic field is itself a by-product > of Santa's massive power-generation system). > > A southern location would be grossly inefficient, on account of the lack > of reindeer herds. > > David Bradbury > > > Michael Ross wrote: > > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're > replying to the whole list) > > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > o + o + o + > > > > Dear Elfess Rose > > > > Of course those in the Northern hemisphere assume Santa lives > at the North > > Pole. > > > > But does he? After all the North Pole is only a European construct, on a > > seasonal ice platform. Talk about arguing with no foundation! > > > > On the other hand, Antarctica is a landmass covered by solid > water. (I will > > admit there are two layers....but the land did not slip itself under the > > ice-sheet...I think) > > > > If you were Santa where would you base yourself? > > > > Perhaps the North Pole story is a clever strategy to direct inquisitive > > people away from the real truth... > > > > Or perhaps we are responding to an ever-elaborate scheme to construct a > > "new" truth from nothing. > > > > A fellow elf from Santa's business base tells me that in the software > > industry this is called vapour-ware. > > > > Happy New Year from the first elves in the world to celebrate it! > > > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography > hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of > Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for > the views of the author. > List Information: http://www.maphist.nl > > Maphist mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
