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What confusing maps! Blue ice and white water. There's a clearer map of the actual journey here (along with way more technical info): https://eoportal.org/web

• lqet 6y ago
  > What confusing maps! Blue ice and white water. Bad coloring in schematic maps is something that is driving me crazy. This is especially a problem in maps published by media outlets. Often the water is for example white, and the land is black (like here: https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2C58E1H/map-of-caribbean-region-and-central-america-black-land-silhouette-and-white-water-simple-flat-vector-illustration-2C58E1H.jpg https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2C58E1H/map-of-caribbean-region-an...). I am regularly staring at these maps trying to figure out which place on earth it shows, only to realize after 10 seconds or so that it is e.g. Europe, and I was confusing water and land.
• stronglikedan 6y ago
  I'd agree if it were a full color map, but it's a single color map, where the color is used to make the subject (ice) pop. Not to mention artic ice is indeed blue(ish), so the color does accurately represent the subject of the map.
• nemetroid 6y ago
  I don't think it's that strange. Orienteering maps use white to indicate "forest", because it's the thing you have the most of and therefore is of the least interest. As another commenter pointed out, the colour scheme helps the ice "pop out", especially the pockets of ice near land.