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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)antarctica 8.1
-# <pre>
+# @(#)antarctica 7.23
# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ Rule ChileAQ 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 0:00 0 -
# Australia - territories
# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
# previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
-# <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">
+# <a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">
# Margaret Turner reports
# </a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
# presumably this is when they have visitors.
@@ -91,23 +90,23 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13
# </a>
# Brazil - year-round base
-# Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
+# Ferraz, King George Island, since 1983/4
# Chile - year-round bases and towns
# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
-# Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
-# General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
-# Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941
-# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09
+# Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
+# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
+# Prat, -6230-05941
+# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), King George Island, since 1984-04-09
# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'.
# China - year-round bases
-# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20
-# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26
+# Great Wall, King George Island, since 1985-02-20
+# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, since 1989-02-26
# France - year-round bases
#
-# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):
+# From Antoine Leca <Antoine.Leca@Renault.FR> (1997-01-20):
# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases
@@ -140,22 +139,25 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947
0 - zzz 1956 Nov
10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
# Reference:
-# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station">
-# Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05)
+# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html">
+# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03)
# </a>
+
# Germany - year-round base
-# Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815
+# Georg von Neumayer
# India - year-round base
-# Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200
+# Dakshin Gangotri
# Japan - year-round bases
-# Dome Fuji, -7719+03942
-# Syowa, -690022+0393524
+# Dome Fuji
+# Syowa
#
# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
-# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
+# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. [See]
+# <a href="http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm">[reference in Japanese]</a>
+# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu <wd@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp>.
#
# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29
# </a>
# S Korea - year-round base
-# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
+# King Sejong, King George Island, since 1988
# New Zealand - claims
# Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
@@ -200,8 +202,7 @@ Rule NZAQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S
# Russia - year-round bases
# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
-# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
-# year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
+# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
@@ -233,8 +234,8 @@ Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16
6:00 - VOST # Vostok time
# S Africa - year-round bases
-# Marion Island, -4653+03752
-# Sanae, -7141-00250
+# Marion Island
+# Sanae
# UK
#
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - zzz 1976 Dec 1
#
# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
#
-# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06):
+# From Ethan Dicks <erd@mcmsun5.mcmurdo.gov> (1996-10-06):
# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956
# Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the
# larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit.
#
-# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
+# From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-06-27):
# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12