In the News II

Example of a head scratcher:


Using a globe, here's a flight path that crosses the equator twice for a path that doesn't make sense.

Why cross the equator?





Using the 1892 map:





Gleason's 1892 map with the south pole spread out keeping the water in:





The only answer [according to the maps] is because the south pole is not a point.


My second grade teacher showed us a globe with the south pole being a point, so I know this can't be true.

Plus, my father had a globe in his office and my father was never wrong because he was the boss.