Originally Posted by
archon_huskie
If that were true, the Great Barrier Reef is Northeast of Australia, at 18degrees south latitude. That is within the tropics! That means snow above it every 50 years is highly unlikely. But even if we accept that, Scrooge only claims that snow above the reef cools the current and allows for safe passage to Atlantis (which is traditionally in the Atlantic or Mediterranean). Atlantis does not have to be near the Drake Barrier Reef. So that is not evidence that Duckburg is on the West Coast of North America.