Why are commercial airplanes not allowed to fly over the south pole?

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DudeLer 2

its easier to go around.

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unpredictible

i didnt no they werent allowed

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2old2dieyoung

I think I once read that the magnetic field there messes with their instruments. I could be remembering wrong, though.

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Brian - employs bipedal locomotion daily

It's out of the way and dangerous because of the low temperature.

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e gnome

Ostensibly, it probably has something to do with magnetic fluctuations that could cause instrument error. However, many world governments have secret installations there as well, and this could also have something to do with it.

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