'Lacy underwear' guiding explorers towards North Pole.Byline: ANI London, Mar 30 (ANI): A bunch of Arctic explorers have found a rather 'saucy' tool to navigate their way to the North Pole-a pair of lacy underwear for the ladies For the Ladies is a extended play by Machine Gun Fellatio. The extended play was released in 2002. Track listing
The Catlin Arctic Survey are using a pair of lady's knickers to help them with directions after compasses failed to work. The explorers are trekking 700 miles to the North Pole North Pole, northern end of the earth's axis, lat. 90°N. It is distinguished from the north magnetic pole. U.S. explorer Robert E. Peary is traditionally credited as being the first to reach (1909) the North Pole. In 1926, Richard E. to measure the thickness of the shrinking Arctic icecap.ut because of being very close to magnetic north, the compasses are "going haywire". And also, the freezing conditions have rendered the latest global positioning satellite or GPS equipment dysfunctional. Thus, the team led by Pen Hadow Pen Hadow is a British explorer and author. In 2003 he became the first man to walk solo and unsupported the 478 miles from the northern coast of Canada to the North Pole. needs to rely on navigating using the position of the sun. But, when the weather turns cloudy, they follow the direction of the wind, as indicated by a pair of lacy knickers shredded and stuck to the end of a ski pole. Hadow, who was the first person to trek solo to the North Pole, said a supporter of the expedition kindly donated the knickers. "It an entirely genuine situation. If you can get gossamer thin material and attach it your ski pole it is particularly useful for this project because we can cannot use the compass as we are so close to magnetic north and it is too cold to use the GPS," the Telegraph quoted him as saying on satellite phone from the Arctic. He added: "The knickers have taken up a whole new value operationally." Navigator Ann Daniels explained why the knickers were so useful, saying: "Due to our proximity to the Magnetic North Pole, our compasses are currently going haywire." Daniels added: "The earth's strong magnetic field on this part of the ocean means that the compass needle simply spins uselessly in its housing. As such, we're currently relying on more traditional methods for day-to-day navigation, using the sun (for those few precious hours each day when it graces us with its presence), and using wind direction, as indicated by the panties pant·ie or pant·y n. pl. pant·ies Short underpants for women or children. Often used in the plural. [Diminutive of pant2. ..." (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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