Twins’ Peaks: The Gilbertson Brothers Want to Rewrite Your Country’s Map
Two brothers, both mechanical engineers, are climbing many of the world’s tall peaks to prove they have been measured incorrectly.
Two brothers, both mechanical engineers, are climbing many of the world’s tall peaks to prove they have been measured incorrectly.
Supporters of the campaign say that the popular Mercator projection promotes a false view of the continent and its size.
This text is a part of Overpassed, a form of obituaries about important public whose deaths, starting in 1851, went unreported in The Occasions. In 1977, Karen Wynn Fonstad made…