[Tepix]

There's a continent in the way... </snark>

[tzs]

There is a reasonably circular path you could take to sail around the world. Just sail near the edge of what is visible in this view [1].

https://www.google.com/maps/@-31.0010223,-173.4498925,3.01z

[s1artibartfast]

"around the world" is a fairly arbitrary definition using around the rotational axis as the criteria. If pesky antarctica werent there you could sail around the the world in a very small amount of time. The record would be determined by the turning radius of the boat.

This is of course ok, given that any other criteria would be equally subjective.

[hervature]

That's the current course and the subject of the debate. The point is Tierra del Fuego (the southern tip of South America) is very close to Antarctica and so that circumnavigation is very short.