>> Okay, a little tougher now. I just thought of this so I haven't worked out
>> the answer. Of all the other people on Earth who *can* do the
>> North-East-South journey.....at what latitude do the people live who would
>> travel the furthest on their journey?
>>
>> Assume the Earth to be a perfect sphere, 8000 miles in diameter.
>>
>> Charles
>
>Latitude -90, discarding the trivial solution of "Walk 0 miles North..."
>>From -90, you'd have to walk to the latitude of central Finland (+64.57),
>some 10791 miles, then circumnavigate on the parallel, for a total of
>around 21582 miles!
Why stop at Finland? This poor guy could continue on to latitude 85.995 north,
whihc is 12,287 miles from the south pole. Then he walks east 12,287 miles,
circumnavigating the north pole 7 times. Finally he heads south again, for a
total of 36,861 miles.
-- Roger
