A question about flying over the Antarctic on a passenger plane?

If I was to fly from CapeTown, South Africa, to Auckland, New Zealand, could I fly over the Antarctic or would I have to go around it? Why?





Please see the following maps:


Cape Town, South Africa:http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=64762%26amp;re...


Auckland, New Zealand: http://www.hirecar.co.nz/images/sect-nz-...


World Map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...





If you know of an article or document dealing with this, could you please give me the link?


All help with this would be greatly appreciated.


If you have a globe, please use it!


Thank you so much in advance.

A question about flying over the Antarctic on a passenger plane?
No, because the only available flights to New Zealand are via. Perth and Sydney, thus you will not fly over the antartic.





Your routing will be JNB-SYD via. PER and from SYD connecting to CHC/AKL