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Don’t the circumpolar winds essentially prevent this, or at least make it really impractical?
Sorry, can't hear you down here in my submarine
DON'T THE CURCUMPOLAR WINDS ESSENTIALLY PREVENT THIS, OR AT LEAST MAKE IT REALLY IMPRACTICAL?
Ping.
Sailing near the south pole is not advisable, you might die. But thats also true for many other things, so whatever.
No diesel sub is going to have the range to make that trip. And NZ doesn't allow nuclear subs in its waters.
nuclear subs are all over the place and could even be in their waters with out them realising
It's true I've got all the locations of the nuclear subs right here and this conjecture is totally correct.
Lmao I do love abit of sarcasm
Yeah, sure you do.
What about Stirling engine like on a Gotland class?
Oh that's fascinating! I had no idea those existed!
As for answering the question. I searched to see if I could find the range of the Gotland class, but the best I got was this:
Submarines don't sail, they steam.
The only place you can't sail is directly into the wind. You can go all the other places eventually but it's a lot of back and forth.
Tacking back and forth is kinda the opposite of a straight line though, isn't it?
If you zoom out far enough, the zig zags look like a straight line. Something like a fractal or how they measure coastlines.
All your tacks are straight, they just turn every so often. Over time that adds up to Velocity Made Good.
"sail"