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Mar 21 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
#gischat give me your best crazy geo-facts
Australia is wider than the moon #gischat
Reno, Nevada is farther west than Los Angeles, California. #gischat

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Mar 16
So seems like folks had a lot fun last week pointing out how it's silly to say "north of Antarctica" (regarding the discovery of Shackleton's lost ship).

Well, I'm here to say that it's silly to point out that it's silly to say "north of Antarctica".

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I'm a cartographer with a background in environmental education. I am also married to a physicist (@Ice_BBerg) who's done significant glaciology modelling research about Antarctic.

📍 Here's why "north of Antarctic" is actually a meaningful statement...
How are scientists able to work together to research and communicate information about a continent without a useful reference system?

🧭 That is, if north is meaningless?
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