Spinning at the North Pole: Equator to Arctic Teleportation

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If You are suddenly teleported from the equator to the north pole. How fast and which way will you be spinning relative to your surroundings?
 
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Spinning will be the least of my problems. If I was standing up, I will now be lying down. And I will be traveling at 465 meter/sec, which is more than the speed of sound, about Mach 1.4.
 
Relative to your surroundings, you will not be spinning at all. Both you and the surroundings spin at approximately 1 revolution per day, and in the same direction.