Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less [was Re: Significant digits in a float?]

[Gregory Ewing]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> For the most part, there are no bears within a mile of the North Pole 
> either. "they are rare north of 88°" (ie, 140 miles from pole).
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bears
> They mostly hunt in or near open water, near the coastlines.

The way things are going, the coastline might be
within a mile of the north pole quite soon.

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Greg