Crossing the International Date Line

If you look in the map you'll see between Alaska and Russia a line marking the International Date Line. The line is a bit tricky. It extends between the North and South Polls rather straight until it needs to pass over land. For example, it extends east to include all of Russian, then back to a vertical alingment, then it extends west to include the Aleutian Islands that extend from Alaska, then it returns back to a vertical alignment with the polls. This continues as you follow the line. So in I crossed the line 3 times.


Our flight crossed at the western V just off the Aleutian Islands.



This is what it looked like - facing north towards Russia. Not very impressive, but you can say you "saw" the International Date Line.