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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?
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**Explanation:**
Statement I is correct. Anadyr, Russia is 21 hours ahead of Nome, Alaska.[2] This means that during morning hours when people are having breakfast in both cities, they are indeed on different calendar days. For example, when it is 1:24 AM Wednesday in Anadyr, it is 4:24 AM Tuesday in Nome.[4] However, it's important to note that while they are "a few kilometers" apart geographically (separated by the Bering Strait), they are separated by the International Date Line, which creates this time difference.
Statement II is incorrect. The statement reverses the time relationship. Since Anadyr is 21 hours ahead of Nome[2], when it is Monday in Anadyr, it would be Sunday (not Tuesday) in Nome. The 21-hour time difference means Anadyr is almost a full day ahead, so Nome is actually behind by one calendar day.
Therefore, only Statement I is correct, making option A the right answer.
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Guest previewThis is a classic 'Concept applied to Map' trap. While the International Date Line (IDL) logic is standard static geography (GC Leong Ch 2), the specific city pairing (Anadyr vs Nome) acts as a distractor. The examiner tests if you can distinguish between the general proximity of landmasses (Bering Strait) and the precise logic of time travel across the 180° meridian.
This question can be broken into the following sub-statements. Tap a statement sentence to jump into its detailed analysis.
- Statement 1: What is the distance in kilometers between Anadyr (Chukotka, Siberia, Russia) and Nome (Alaska, USA)?
- Statement 2: Are Anadyr (Chukotka, Russia) and Nome (Alaska, USA) on different calendar dates during local morning/breakfast hours?
- Statement 3: If it is Monday in Anadyr (Chukotka, Russia), what day is it in Nome (Alaska, USA)?
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A student could look at a map to locate Anadyr in Chukotka and Nome on the Seward Peninsula and infer they are relatively close across the Bering region, suggesting a cross-Bering distance rather than a transcontinental one.
Mentions shipping/ports on the Arctic seaboard of Eurasia and ability to ship timber and fur from Siberia, implying maritime connections between Arctic Siberia and North America.
Using a world map, a student could note the short sea-crossing distances in the Bering/Arctic areas (e.g., between Siberian and Alaskan ports) to judge that Anadyr–Nome is likely on the order of hundreds — not thousands — of kilometers.
Explains that distance between longitudes decreases toward the poles, a geographic rule relevant when estimating east–west distances at high latitudes like Anadyr/Nome.
A student can combine the rule with the approximate longitudes of Anadyr and Nome (from a map) and compute the smaller km-per-degree longitude at their high latitudes to estimate the great-circle distance.
Describes Arctic tundra distribution occupying northern fringes of Alaska and Siberia, reinforcing that both locations lie in the high-latitude near-Arctic zone.
Knowing both are high-latitude points, a student could use their latitudes on a globe and apply great-circle reasoning (shorter surface distances near the pole for given longitude differences) to estimate separation.
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