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0 Is East

For their latest vacation, Isaac and his frenemy Gottfried took a plane trip around North America, starting from LAX airport.  To decide where to go, Isaac initially spelled out a series of mathy places, which Gottfried captured in their travel log below.

BIS, 156 miles, 135°
YWG, 105 miles, 338°
BGM, 8 miles, 59°
YKA, 119 miles, 93°
ABE, 97 miles, 159°

Shunning a compass, they found a mathier way to orient themselves at 0°.  For fun, they wore coordinating outfits featuring their favorite animal, a polar bear.

Clever as they are, they hid a code word in their itinerary to describe a divisive relationship.

You can find a printable version here.

Puzzle creator: Brian Elieson

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