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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The line was published by David Cooke in this YouTube video. It lies on a plane but is not quite a great circle (in practice, you'd be turning slightly) and good luck sailing over the Antarctic ice shelfs this decade.