This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. It’s called the “longest-swim problem”: If you had to drop someone at the place in the ocean ...
Point Nemo, also known as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility, is the point in the ocean farthest from any landmass. It is located in the South Pacific Ocean at coordinates 48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W.