Areas south of the Antarctic Circle experience extreme day-night cycles near the times of the June and December solstices, making it difficult to determine which time zone would be most appropriate. For practical purposes time zones are usually based on territorial claims; however, the time zone of their supply base is often utilised (e.g., McMurdo Station and Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station use New Zealand time due to their main supply base being Christchurch, New Zealand). In most areas south of 80 degrees latitude, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is assumed despite the limited presence of clocks.
It’s not striped. Those are alternating regions of UTC+12 and UTC+13.
Yes, it’s excruciatingly annoying to try to get an accurate ETA when traveling through there. The research labs in that area regularly have to throw out samples because they walk them across the lab and all of the sudden they’re an hour too old.
wtf
They’re pulling your leg. I think it’s supposed to represent daylight savings time (that region is New Zealand’s bit, and it does use DST), but I’m not sure because Norway and Australia’s areas should also be striped if that’s the case