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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
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Subject: Re: Polar Bear Problem Sequel
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 19:36:52 EDT
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> The old Polar Bear Problem:  You go somewhere, set up a tent, walk a mile
> south, walk a mile due west, shoot a bear.  Then you drag the bear a mile north
> to your tent & have him for dinner.  What color is the bear?
> 
> The sequel:  (1) From how many points on Earth (assuming it's spherical, etc.)
> 		 can you make exactly these moves, i.e., walk 1 mile south, 1
> 		 mile west, 1 mile north, and be back where you started?
> 
>              (2) Describe all of them.

Are there any polar bears in Antarctica?
Are there even any near the North Pole?