Redditor Groke used Google Earth showing it is actually possible to sail from Norway, all the way to Antarctica in a straight line - without ever touching land.




The route begins near the westernmost point of Norway:



After crossing the polar ice cap, and going through the Bering Strait, and missing Alaska's Steward Peninsula and then skirting west of Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island…



You'll need to get through Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, it runs barely east of Kagamil Island and then Chuginadak Island…



Finally, you've got to get past Samoa, which is the narrowest, between two tiny Samoan islands, east of the island of Apolima and west of the island of Manono:


From Samoa, it’s smooth sailing to Antarctica.