Prefer “°” to “degrees” when quoting source saying former

africa

@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Windhoek	1:08:24 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
 # https://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/3064634/3064634_1914/3064634_1914_opt.pdf#page=27
 # "On January 1st [1914], a universal standard time for Nigeria was adopted,
 # viz., half an hour fast on Greenwich mean time, corresponding to the meridian
-# 7 [degrees] 30' E. long."
+# 7° 30' E. long."
 # Lloyd's Register of Shipping (1915) says "Hitherto the time observed in Lagos
 # was the local mean time. On 1st January, 1914, standard time for the whole of
 # Nigeria was introduced ... Lagos time has been advanced about 16 minutes

antarctica

@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Rothera	0	-	-00	1976 Dec  1
 # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
 # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
 # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
-# at that time (1957).  (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.)
+# at that time (1957).  (Source: Siple's book 90° South.)
 #
 # From Susan Smith
 # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html