Extremes

These are some of the limits of my world travels so far:

• Northernmost: 78°39' N: Pyramiden, Svalbard
• Southernmost: 54° 58′ S: Isla Navarino, Chile
• Southernmost (airborne): 71° 19′ S: over the Antarctic, on a flight from Santiago to Sydney
• Highest: 5822m above sea level: El Misti, Peru
• Lowest: 410m below sea level: Dead Sea, Jordan
• Hottest: 43°C: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Coldest: -17°C: Stockholm, Sweden, and Vilnius, Lithuania.