Most people never noticed that at 12:00 midnight, it was actually 12:01 a.m.

For one thing, most people in that time zone were sleeping. Most of the people in the other time zones were also sleeping, and the others, some in the yellow sun of 12 noon, were just not observant.

Edwin Cjiekowski, an engineer at the Stokes installation at the North Pole saw it happen and didn't know quite what to do..