Consider the following statements : I. Anadyr in Siberia and Nome in Alaska are a few kilometers from each other, but when people are waking up and getting set for breakfast in these cities, it would be different days. II. When it is Monday in Anadyr, it is Tuesday in Nome. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A
I only
Correct answer
B
II only
C
Both I and II
D
Neither I nor II
Explanation
Statement I is correct: Anadyr, in Russia's Chukotka, and Nome, in Alaska, lie on either side of the International Date Line, so the two towns are on different calendar days for most of each day. Anadyr keeps UTC+12 and Nome UTC-9 (UTC-8 in summer), almost a full day apart: at 7 a.m. on Tuesday in Anadyr it is 10 a.m. on Monday in Nome, so breakfast falls on different days. (The towns are in fact several hundred kilometres apart across the Bering Sea; the point being tested is the date line.) Statement II is wrong: Anadyr, west of the line, is ahead, so when it is Monday in Anadyr it is Sunday, or the small hours of Monday, in Nome, never Tuesday.
Latitudes and LongitudesInternational Date LineInternational Date LineTime ZonesSiberiaAlaskaBering Strait