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Longitude: Undefined
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Longitude-Undefined.mp4
Longitude-Undefined-Pt-2.mp3
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Longitude-Undefined-intro.mp3
[Verse 1]
The attitude
(Of the latitude)
90 degrees
(Oh, please)
[Bridge]
To the contrary
(Longitude is arbitrary)
[Chorus]
It’s undefined
(All the time)
It’s up to you
(Anything you want it to….)
[Verse 2]
Every which way
(Is down, down, down)
That is if you say
(The top is spinning round)
[Bridge]
To the contrary
(Longitude is arbitrary)
[Chorus]
It’s undefined
(All the time)
It’s up to you
(Anything you want it to….)
{Verse 3]
Is this ground zero
(Oh, I don’t know)
But it sure is rude
(Having no longitude)
[Bridge]
To the contrary
(Longitude is arbitrary)
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
It’s undefined
(All the time)
It’s up to you
(Anything you want it to….)
[Outro]
Do you know which way’s best
(East to West)
If you could remind
(That’d be so kind)
I can’t seem to get ’round
(To getting down)
Down, down, down
ABOUT THE SONG AND THE SCIENCE
The geographic North Pole has a very simple (and slightly unusual) coordinate:
Latitude: 90° North
Longitude: Undefined / arbitrary
Why longitude is undefined at the North Pole
Longitude lines all converge at the poles. At 90°N, every line of longitude meets at the same point, so:
You can technically assign any longitude (0°–180° E/W) to the North Pole
It is common, for mapping convenience, to label it 0° longitude, but this is a convention, not a physical distinction
Key implications
Every direction from the North Pole is south
Time zones also converge there, which is why polar stations often use an agreed-upon reference time (e.g., UTC)
So in short:
North Pole = 90°N, longitude undefined (often shown as 0° by convention)
From the album “Arctic“
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[Verse 1]
The attitude
(Of the latitude)
90 degrees
(Oh, please)
[Bridge]
To the contrary
(Longitude is arbitrary)
[Chorus]
It’s undefined
(All the time)
It’s up to you
(Anything you want it to….)
[Verse 2]
Every which way
(Is down, down, down)
That is if you say
(The top is spinning round)
[Bridge]
To the contrary
(Longitude is arbitrary)
[Chorus]
It’s undefined
(All the time)
It’s up to you
(Anything you want it to….)
{Verse 3]
Is this ground zero
(Oh, I don’t know)
But it sure is rude
(Having no longitude)
[Bridge]
To the contrary
(Longitude is arbitrary)
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
It’s undefined
(All the time)
It’s up to you
(Anything you want it to….)
[Outro]
Do you know which way’s best
(East to West)
If you could remind
(That’d be so kind)
I can’t seem to get ’round
(To getting down)
Down, down, down
ABOUT THE SONG AND THE SCIENCE
The geographic North Pole has a very simple (and slightly unusual) coordinate:
Latitude: 90° North
Longitude: Undefined / arbitrary
Why longitude is undefined at the North Pole
Longitude lines all converge at the poles. At 90°N, every line of longitude meets at the same point, so:
You can technically assign any longitude (0°–180° E/W) to the North Pole
It is common, for mapping convenience, to label it 0° longitude, but this is a convention, not a physical distinction
Key implications
Every direction from the North Pole is south
Time zones also converge there, which is why polar stations often use an agreed-upon reference time (e.g., UTC)
So in short:
North Pole = 90°N, longitude undefined (often shown as 0° by convention)
From the album “Arctic“