# At what latitude 1% of humans are north of you?

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**Created:** [April 3, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-latitude-1-of-humans-are-north-of-you/783658 "2017-04-03T14:31:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-latitude-1-of-humans-are-north-of-you/783658/21 "2017-04-06T20:16:05Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Cool. Thanks for sharing. Visiting the far North is something I’ve always wanted to do and haven’t yet done.

Don’t you fly by/over Newfoundland all the time?

Which reminds me: “The Great North.” I can’t place my finger on what the hell that refers to.  
(To me North is anything over 14th street…)

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-latitude-1-of-humans-are-north-of-you/783658/22 "2017-04-07T00:20:57Z")

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I don’t work over the Atlantic or Pacific at all. I’ve ridden across the ponds or the arctic only as a passenger. The northernmost airports I’ve worked into are Seattle, Toronto, and Boston. And we approach each of them generally from the south. In my current position I never get past Boston.

“Great White North” is a slang term for Canada. Is that what you’re thinking of?

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