On a map, Antarctica reads like the final frontier, a place where the rules of the natural world work a little differently.
Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, ...
This early exploration opened the door to centuries of scientific study and adventure in one of the world’s last great ...
Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...
Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it's round, not flat? True. But that isn't the point. See, the ...
The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...